1000Minds released today a new version of their award-winning decision-support software. The new version includes tools to help private sector and government decision-makers get better ‘value-for-money’ when allocating scarce resources across competing alternative uses.

While Google.com is clearly the world leader in helping people search the Internet, a number of other services are continuing to strive to take over the mantle of search leader.  Sites like LeapFish and WolframAlpha continue to try and make a better search - only time will tell if they have found a way to out-google Google!

Email was the first killer application on the Internet and while it has been surpassed by many others in terms of the "coolness" factor, it remains one of the top applications for almost every Internet user around the world.  However, the development of new email software is almost nil - except for Google's Gmail.

Rumors are swirling that a large screen iPod touch device will be released in the Fall of 2009. Various industry sources are reporting that this new Apple Tablet will have with a 7 or 9 inch screen.

The .ME Registry announced today its popular ccTLD extension has hit 250,000 domains registered. Montenegro's .ME Registry has seen significant growth since it launched the domain extension worldwide just over one year ago. In fact, .ME is the fastest growing new ccTLD.

Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) today announced the enhancement of its wireless design services by Spectrum Design with fixed price offerings.

Online Conveyancing Limited, an Auckland based web company, has today launched its new Conveyancing Services Directory at www.conveyancing.co.nz.

Its dinner time and you can't decide what to make.  With several new Internet sites you simply type in what ingedients you have in the in the house and they will reply with a list of potential recipes!

The HTC Magic exclusive in New Zealand to Vodafone and Vodafone's first Android-powered smartphone, will be available to customers in June, through Vodafone's retail stores and online.

Text te Reo Maori with Telecom

In a first for New Zealand, common te Reo Maori words will now be recognised in the predictive text message function and auto voice dialling on certain Telecom 3G handsets.