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• Indebted Dubai puts a brave face on tower opening
  www.tvnz.co.nz, 5 January
  Dubai opened the world's tallest structure in a glitzy ceremony meant to put a brave face on crushing debt woes, leading some to wonder whether the tower is the emirate's crowning glory or its last hurrah.
  The $US1.5-billion tower reaches 828 metres, 200 storeys into the sky, exceeding the next highest structure by some 300 metres.
• Dubai to open world's tallest tower
  www.tvnz.co.nz, 5 January
  Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's shaky financial footing.
  But the final height of the Burj Dubai – Arabic for Dubai Tower – remained a closely guarded secret on the eve of its opening. At more than 2,625 feet (800 metres), it long ago vanquished its nearest rival, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
• Deployment of airport full body scanners could be delayed
  www.tvnz.co.nz, 6 January
  In the aftermath of the incident aboard a US-bound airliner on Christmas day in which a passenger attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear, governments are rushing to install full-body scanners at airports to thwart similar attacks.
  But their efforts could be stymied by the fact that the scanner technology has not yet been certified as fit for purpose by national governments – and manufacturers will not invest in mass production until it has.
• Microsoft beats Apple to tablet punch, announces Natal release
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 7 January
  LAS VEGAS - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated a new touch-screen, tablet-style computer from Hewlett-Packard, the first of several such devices expected to be unveiled this month.
  The tablet - also known as a slate, a one-piece portable computer without a physical keyboard - was one of several new PCs Ballmer showed off as he delivered Microsoft Corp.'s customary keynote on the eve of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
• Losing mobile may be a thing of the past
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 8 January
  Losing your cellphone can be exasperating and expensive. But what if your phone could call out to you, letting you know it was about to be left behind?
  Zomm, a newly minted consumer electronics company from Tulsa, Oklahoma, believes this would cut down on disappearing handsets.
  At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the company showed off a small device that does call to you.
• 3-D TV through rose-tinted glasses
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 8 January
  This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing.
  Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works. But it's not clear the idea will reach out and grab mainstream viewers.
  Besides having to spring for expensive new TVs, people would have to put on awkward special glasses to give the picture the illusion of depth. That limits 3-D viewing to times when viewers can sit down and focus on a movie or show.
• Take your shows on the road
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 8 January
  The prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices is getting closer.
  Manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets that can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.
  The devices include a cellphone made by Samsung Electronics and a Dell laptop. There's also the Tivit, a device about the size of a deck of cards that receives a TV signal, then rebroadcasts it over Wi-Fi so it can be received by an iPhone or BlackBerry.
• Green Business: Conscious Cloth
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 9 January
  Miranda Brown's sustainable fashion collection is already available at high-end boutiques across New Zealand and Australia, as well as one store in San Francisco.
  But the Westmere-based clothing designer is planning to take her brand - Miranda Brown Conscious Cloth - fully global this year with the launch of her e-commerce website.
• Stab-resistant wool attracts attention
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 9 January
  AgResearch says it has several international companies interested in commercially producing its stab and flame-resistant wool fabric.
  The fabric was launched at Fashion Week in 2007, with a catwalk model submitted to a blowtorch and a mannequin stabbed to demonstrate the product.
• NZ firm has high hopes for cancer test
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 12 January
  An investment of more than $18 million and almost a decade's effort should begin to get a payback this year with commercialisation of a New Zealand-developed test for bladder cancer.
  Pacific Edge Biotechnology in Dunedin is finalising a clinical trial of the test, dubbed Cxbladder, which is based on detection of four biomarkers in the urine of people suspected of having the cancer.
• Green Business: Greenbeans nappies
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 12 January
  A new New Zealand nappy supplier is working hard to help the planet and parents by keeping waste out of our landfills.
  Owners of company 'GreenBeans', husband and wife team Hamish and Sarah Russ, set out six years ago - after the birth of their first son - to provide New Zealand parents with more choices in modern cloth nappies.
• Tech firm Konnects across the Tasman
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 14 January
  1000 Kiwi GPs signed up to exchange info electronically, boosting plans for Oz
  Auckland technology start-up Konnect says it is close to finalising its first deals in Australia after signing up more than 1000 New Zealand doctors to use its automated life insurance information exchange system.
  Konnect is tapping into the growing market for technology that enables the electronic exchange of information across the health system and the financial services sector.
• Kiwi online fashion venture in China push
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 14 January
  A young Auckland maths student has combined her entrepreneurial spirit and sense of fashion to create an e-commerce store she hopes will one day be a market leader.
  Jane Li's online store - mode92.co.nz - went live in November 2009, and offers a range of women's clothing and accessories.
• Mind-blowingly expensive earphones announced
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 15 January
  Logitec has blown the in-ear headphone market to bits with a new ultra-pro product with a price tag that will have trembling bank managers heading for the hills.
  Ultimate Ears 18 Pro Custom Monitors are primarily designed for flashy touring artists, with the brand already claiming 75% of the in-ear monitor market.
• Spreading the word in online world
  www.nzherald.co.nz, 16 January
  New Zealand firms have much to gain from tapping into social media, writes Helen Twose
  Every weekend Gianpaolo Grazioli sells more than 2000 gelato icecreams and sorbets from his Queen St store, Giapo Gelato.
  He has at least that number of people keeping up to date with the business through online social media connections.