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• Sidhe's record year ends with a 'horror'
  Stuff.co.nz, 27 September
  Wellington games developer Sidhe has brewed up another title for major United States games publisher Activision, but the faint-hearted need not apply.
  Blood Drive – for PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 – is a mix of Mad Max and the zombie apocalypse genres. Television show contestants in "motorised death steeds of steel" battle each other and "hordes of revolting flesh eaters in an all-out fight to the death".
• E-books may spur more kids to read
  Stuff.co.nz, 30 September
  The amount of time children spend reading books for enjoyment decreases as they use cell phones and other mobile technology, but e-books might just bring them back to literature, according to a recent report released.
  Discussion starters:
  • Digital media: sociocultural influences
• Touchable Holograms
  seeing (data), 8 October
  My jaw dropped when I saw this video of researchers at Tokyo University creating holographic images that “feel” like physical objects. The technology uses ultrasonic waves to create a sensation of pressure on the hands of people interacting with the hologram. When inaudible sound waves emitted by a set of ultrasonic transducers interfere, they can create a focal point that is perceived as a solid object.
• Students' project helps lodge
  The Nelson Mail, 26 October
  Waimea College's computer studies students got a sneak preview of the business world they may eventually enter when they produced a website for a commercial client.
  Principal Larry Ching organised the project after completing his three-year term as leading principal for Lake Rotoiti Lodge Outdoor Education Centre, near St Arnaud. The lodge's website was outdated and Mr Ching negotiated a "contract" with the college's year 13 computer whizzes to create a new website as part of their NCEA studies.
• New Search Engine - where less is more
  New York Times, 31 October
  A new entrant into the field of search engines aims to show search results from only trustworthy sites, weeding out sites filled with little relevant information.
  Discussion starters:
  • Digital technologies: Search algorithms; integrity of information
• Kinect: The future of gaming?
  TV3 News video, 3 November
  A new breed of game is about to hit the shelves in USA. Kinect sees and even hears what players are doing allowing the game to follow every move you are making.
  Discussion starters:
  • Developments in gaming technology
  • Interaction between humans and machines
• New player in the animation industry
  TV3 Campbell Live video, 12 November
  New Zealand's reputation as a major player in the international film and television industry took another leap forward with the opening of Auckland-based company Oktobor Animation.
  Discussion starters:
  • Computer generated animation
• Alcatel lab showcases broadband technology
  NZ Herald, 22 November
  Franco-American technology giant Alcatel-Lucent has lifted the lid on its broadband technology laboratory as telecommunications equipment suppliers jostle to provide equipment for the Government's $1 billion broadband scheme.
  Based in the company's Wellington offices, the ultra-fast broadband laboratory aims to test technology solutions for existing clients, such as Telecom, and showcase its equipment to prospective customers.
• 'Ubice': Nokia builds a touchscreen made of ice (w/ Video)
  Physorg.com, 23 November
  Nokia researchers in Finland have created a massive touchscreen display from a wall made of blocks of ice, dubbed ubiquitous ice or "Ubice."
  Scientists at the Nokia Research Center in Tampere in Finland projected images on a wall made of blocks of ice 25 cm thick and 50 cm square, and used near-infrared projectors and cameras to determine the position and movements of the hands of users, who saw what looked like flames or colored lights in the ice.
• Open source feats to be proud of
  NZ Herald, 24 November
  When Rob O'Callahan moved home to New Zealand five years ago, there was a feeling of pride in this country's small open source community at his achievements.
  Like many of our top computer science students, O'Callahan had gone overseas to further his education.
• iPhone proposal makes a game of love
  Dominion Post, 25 November
  An Australian man has made the ultimate high-tech marriage proposal, treating his girlfriend to an 11-hour treasure hunt using a custom-built iPhone app he designed himself.
  Sydney man Sahba Idelkhani, a computer security engineer, decided to combine his girlfriend's love of adventure games with his own "geeky" interests to create the iPhone app that took three months to build at a cost of $1500.
• Richard Branson to launch iPad magazine
  NZ Herald, 25 November
  SAN FRANCISCO - British tycoon Richard Branson will unveil a digital magazine tailored for viewing on Apple's popular iPad tablet computers, according to press conference invitations.
  Word of Branson's plans to publish "Project" for delivery on iPads came shortly after Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch hinted that his News Corp empire will soon publish a digital newspaper for the hot Apple gadgets.
• Sky readies for internet TV assault
  NZ Herald, 25 November
  The way Kiwis watch TV shows is about to undergo a fundamental and dramatic change.
  Sky TV is making its long-awaited pay into the online space with a combination of television shows and movies.
• E-books - the latest chapter in literature
  TV3 News video, 5 December
  A year ago seven million Americans owned e-readers, or tablet computers, but that figure has trebled during 2010 and E-books are on a lot of shopping lists this Christmas.
  Discussion starters:
  • Characteristics of Technology: historical positioning
• Are millions now vulnerable to 'electronic pick-pocketing'?
  TV3 News video, 21 December
  A new type of scanner is being used overseas to read credit and debit cards without them having to be swiped - providing thieves with the capability to steal credit card information without touching wallets or purses.
  Discussion starters:
  • Data encryption security