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Breaking News: Robot joins resthome staff (NZPA)
Source: Xtra News

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Fri Nov 27 10:09:37 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Residents of an Auckland retirement village now have a robot helper, thanks to new research into inexpensive robotic assistants for the elderly. Selwyn Retirement Village in Pt Chevalier, where its tasks will include taking vital signs and giving reminders.
Credibility Views: 3 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 1 | 2
 
Latest Breaking News: High-def movies, Facebook and Twitter come to Xbox
Source: New Zealand Herald

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Tue Nov 17 18:30:53 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Xbox Live Gold subscribers who use Facebook and Twitter will get stand-alone applications to allow status updates and tweets right from the console...Facebook streams and updates are visible for friends on the popular social network, and it's possible to compare...
Credibility Views: 25 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 14 | 27 | 28 | 4
 
Current News: Announcement due on lab testing
Source: Newstalk ZB

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Tue Oct 13 06:16:20 -0700 2009 | technology-news

Announcement due on lab testing 13/10/2009 10:12:02 An announcement is being made today on changes to laboratory testing in Auckland. Some of the work recently awarded to Australian firm Labtests will be given back to the previous provider Diagnostic Medlab,...
Credibility Views: 20 | News Stories: 10 | Blog Posts: 0 | 2 | 12 | 0
 
Current World News: US relinquishes control of the internet
Source: The Guardian

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Wed Sep 30 13:25:27 -0700 2009 | technology-news

Icann – the official body that ultimately controls the development of the internet thanks to its oversight of web addresses such as .com, .net and .uk – said today that it was ending its agreement with the US government. The...
Credibility Views: 9 | News Stories: 7 | Blog Posts: 0 | 10 | 5 | 0
 
Source: Scoop

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Sun Nov 22 03:40:48 -0800 2009 | technology-news

While hospital costs have increased by around 6% per year, funding has only increased by around 3% (through the ‘future funding track’ formula). It has been made worse by the senior doctor workforce crisis in district health boards because New...
Credibility Views: 1 | News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 0 | 5 | 0 | 1
 
Current Event: Turnbull ignores 'anonymous smart arses'
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Fri Oct 02 11:04:46 -0700 2009 | technology-news

A day after Mr Turnbull threatened to quit if rebel Liberal colleagues refused to fall into line over climate change, the move itself appears to have fallen flat. While West Australian MP Barry Haase and NSW senator Bill Heffernan have...
Credibility Views: 22 | News Stories: 5 | Blog Posts: 4 | 8 | 14 | 0
 
Source: Xtra News

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Thu Nov 19 00:37:23 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Health Minister Tony Ryall is adamant there will not be funding cuts for the health sector in next year's budget. The possibility has been raised after Auckland District Health Board papers indicated the DHB was looking to cut five to...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 1 | 6 | 0 | 0
 
Breaking News Event: Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand: Pharmacy hold-ups may increase
Source: Androscoggin News

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Thu Oct 15 15:10:37 -0700 2009 | technology-news

00 16/10/2009 Police and pharmacists warn armed hold-ups may increase because of a crackdown on cold tablets. The Government has banned over-the-counter sales of medicines containing pseudoephedrine – a key ingredient in the manufacture of the class A drug methamphetamine....
Credibility Views: 9 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 2 | 10 | 0
 
Source: New Zealand Herald

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Tue Oct 13 10:29:24 -0700 2009 | technology-news

For Beehive-watchers searching for signs the blokes are truly back in town, look no further than the exceptions to the near total ban on pseudoephedrine-based medications the Prime Minister plans to introduce in his war on P. Despite Mr Key's...
Credibility Views: 0 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 5 | 0 | 0
 
Breaking World News: First NZ patient receives pig cell transplant
Source: New Zealand Herald

Auckland :: New Zealand | updated Tue Oct 06 22:15:48 -0700 2009 | technology-news

The 47-year-old man, who has not been publicly identified, was treated at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland in a collaboration with the producer of the specially-coated pig cells, Living Cell Technologies. He is the first of eight patients to be treated...
Credibility Views: 3 | News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 9 | 17 | 0

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