The Christmas break is a chance to recharge. You always return with a sense of optimism about what the new year will bring.  Nearly a month into the new year, it seemed like an opportune time to review whether that optimism was well placed.
Wikipedia was blacked out for a day as part of a widespread protest against the US [...]

A look at how state sponsored cyber warfare might produce collateral damage.

The British Foreign Office recently hosted the London Conference on Cyberspace which aimed to “launch a more focused and inclusive dialogue between key cyberspace actors from across the world including from government, industry and civil society”.  In fact, more than 700 delegates representing over 60 countries attended. I attended in support of the New Zealand delegation.
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I don’t watch Rugby review shows as a rule. This is because they’re boring. However, one night I happened upon the RugbyCode on Sky Sport and the guests were Graham Henry and Grant Fox. For people who read this blog outside of New Zealand. Graham Henry is the coach of the All Blacks which means [...]

When I was on the TVNZ7 debate the other night, Labour ICT Spokesperson Claire Curran raised a question about a need for a national CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team). She has also asked some specific questions of the Government on this topic which you can read on the Labour Party Red Alert Blog. There was [...]

The Vietnam war is sometimes described as the first TV war.  By this they mean it is the first war that was heavily influenced by TV.  The standard analysis goes like this …  The Americans at home could see what the war was like, in horrible technicolour – and they didn’t like it. A lack of [...]