Peter Griffin is a Wellington-based technology commentator, the manager of the Science Media Centre and editor of Australasia’s biggest science blog network, sciblogs.co.nz. He was formerly the New Zealand Herald’s technology editor and is a tech pundit for TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, Radio Live and Idealog.
Two minute download with… Adam Lashinsky
| Tags: apple, Internet, smart phones, tablets, technology
Fortune magazine senior editor at large Adam Lashinsky peels back the skin of Apple to reveal what makes the company tick. But can Apple thrive in a post-Jobs world? [more]
Boxee brings the web
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Peter Griffin's quest to find the best internet TV device is over. [more]
Where is the digital revolution taking us?
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The internet is creating new and exciting ways of doing things while changing many things we hold dear. [more]
The zettabyte era is here
As digital devices proliferate, we’re needing more and more room to store our... [more]
Kiwis more connected than ever
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Someone taking the long view on the impact of the internet is Andy Gibson, lead researcher on the New Zealand arm of the World Internet Project run out of AUT’s Institute for Culture, Discourse and... [more]
Two minute download with… David ten Have
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Dave ten Have unveiled Ponoko to the world from a stage at TechCrunch40 in San Francisco in 2007. Since then, the Wellington-based company has become a key hub in the global maker community and helped take the trade in product designs digital... [more]
Two minute download with… Layton Duncan
| Tags: apple, apps, digital, Internet, iOS, technology
Layton Duncan has built his Christchurch-based software design firm Polar Bear Farm around Apple devices and tapped into the "app" revolution in the process. A couple of major earthquakes along the way and countless aftershocks haven't slowed him down... [more]
Two minute download with… Derek Handley
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Derek Handley is back in New Zealand on sabbatical after selling successful New York-based mobile marketing and advertising company The Hyperfactory, which he grew from New Zealand with his brother Geoffrey and continues to be involved with as chairman. He's also the chairman of Booktrack, a new venture bringing soundtracks... [more]
Still not so Keen on the net
| Tags: Internet, technology
Andrew Keen likes SOPA, still thinks Wikipedia is patchy and contiues to be convinced the internet's amateur hour is giving us all digital vertigo [more]
Our own digital disruptors
| Tags: Internet, technology
Technology entrepreneurs the world over are taking advantage of the merging forces of globalization and the IT revolution. Peter Griffin talks to three Kiwis riding the digital wave... [more]
How to Play a Video Game by Pippin Barr review
Playing a video game involves more than just button-mashing. [more]
The search is on for a better search
Big changes are brewing in the multibillion-dollar industry that is online search. [more]
The roar of the Cloud
Ultrabooks, smart TVs, Windows 8 and Cloud storage will be the tech trends of 2012. [more]
The gift of the gadget
Tis the season to be tempted by the latest technology, but remember to haggle. [more]
Facebook Timeline: a worthy overhaul, good for privacy
| Tags: Internet, social media
Timeline lets you easily purge the digital detritus of your life - or fill in black spots in your history. [more]
2011 tech fails: A year of gadget disasters
| Tags: consumer electronics, gadgets, Internet, technology
For every iPhone 4S there's a Microsoft Zune in a year of major stumbles by some of the tech giants. [more]
The year of Angry Birds
| Tags: Internet, Mobile phones, tablet computers
2011 tech highlights include apps, Android, tablet computers and the cloud. [more]
The cold button of ICT policy
| Tags: Election 2011, Internet
Broadband and information and communications technology issues shouldn't be ignored by policymakers. [more]
Amazon is Apple’s biggest rival
The Kindle Fire promises to take on the iPad in a way none of Apple's existing rivals can. [more]

