The government’s track record on looking after private information is not very good. Should we really be considering giving them more access to our information or should we be demanding they review their entire approach to our data before giving them any additional powers?
The Australians have concluded their inquiry into pricing of goods, both online and real, and released a set of recommendations that are gob-smacking in their extent. Meanwhile, in New Zealand…
US-based companies cannot legally comply with the government’s proposed GCSB and TICS bills and will have to make a call – follow US law or follow NZ law. Which way do you think they’ll go?
The government has released its first ICT sector report. How do we fare as a nation and are we achieving our potential when it comes to the digital economy?
It’s at times like this that we realise just how important mobile telecommunications has become. So why do we still have a consent process that takes 18 months on average and which pleases nobody?
Tim is a teacher at
Seatoun School in Wellington. He is interested in the challenges of leading
systemic changes in schools. As a leader of IT at his school, he is always
considering how IT enables and enhances the “how we do what we do” in
education.
Guest Post – Paddy Buckley runs Quickflix New Zealand. Here he talks about the video on demand market and why telecommunications and broadcasting are two sides of the same coin.
Tim is a teacher at
Seatoun School in Wellington. He is interested in the challenges of leading
systemic changes in schools. As a leader of IT at his school, he is always
considering how IT enables and enhances the “how we do what we do” in
education.
Guest Post:
Matt Powell is the editor for the UK broadband comparison site
Broadband Genie, where he
blogs on the latest broadband and mobile broadband topics.
News coverage of yesterday’s GCSB hearing focused on Kim Dotcom’s presentation, but for my money the real kicker came with Thomas Beagle’s presentation on behalf of the Tech Liberty organisation.
