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Apple Flash Holdout Flash In The Pan

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on August 31, 2007 by nobihaya]
The Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen spilled the beans over progress made on getting Flash working on the iphone yesterday:
MACMILLAN: And then just to follow-up was on the Apple iPhone 3G — any update on Flash support within that device? Thanks.

NARAYEN: With respect to the iPhone, we are working on [...]

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Tags: Apple · IPhone · Kiwi News · iPod

Lotus To Build More (British Racing) Green Cars

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on November 28, 2006 by Fleur-Design]
Lotus Cars has won two green projects from the UK Government Technology Strategy Board.

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Tags: Jaguar · Kiwi News · green things

Thank God - JJ Bean Saves Lives

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on April 7, 2008 by Knitter Gal]
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain have conducted an extensive study into the health effects of coffee drinking and have concluded that there is no relationship between cancer and coffee drinking and in some circumstances lowered the risk of heart disease.

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Tags: Kiwi News · Starbucks · coffee

Hummer Time Is Over

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

If you are considering a Hummer…, originally uploaded by cSc - formerly Paint with light.

As part of the downsizing announcement this week, General Motors stated that they intend to do a “strategic review” of the Hummer Brand. A strategic review of course means selling the brand because like Ford, they have no money to [...]

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Tags: Hummer · Kiwi News

Unsafe at Any Shutter Speed

June 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Kabul Hillside [via flickr]
Kabul is definitely not a place that springs to mind when we build a list of places that we need to see before we depart this world, but if not for the challenges the Afghanis face, it should be:
Kabul is situated on a mountain plain and can be stifling hot during the [...]

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Kiwi Inventor Dies at 79

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Colin Murdoch, 79, the creator of the disposable syringe, the tranquilliser gun, the childproof bottle cap and the silent burglar alarm died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
He was a pharmaceutical and veterinary chemist as well as an inventor. Working late at night at the kitchen table or in his workshop, Murdoch became [...]

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Tags: Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff

Anna Coddington live on Kiwi FM

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Anna Coddington plays 3 tracks live on the Radio Wammo Show on Kiwi FM. Never Change, Hold You Here and What a Shame off her debut album The Lake out June 2008.

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Tags: Entertainment · Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff

Kiwi Shlock Horror Flick Getting Traction

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Kiwi shlock flick from Gorilla Pictures, Last of the Living [Official Site] is gaining some traction in North America. Thanks to Peter Jackson and his early work, and the success of Eagle vs Shark, there is an appetite for New Zealand independent productions (that is not blockbusters funded by US film studios).
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Tags: Kiwi Films · Kiwi News

Rachel Hunter’s Mog Maison

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Kiwi Super Model Rachel Hunter’s moggie now have their own dog house based on a southern Californian mansion.

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Tags: Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff

Whitebaiting on the West Coast of NZ

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The traditional whitebait fritter time has come around again.

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Tags: Kiwi News · New Zealand