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HP chairwoman resigns
Patricia Dunn has resigned as Hewlett-Packard chairwoman with immediate effect amid allegations of illegal spying by the US computer firm. She had earlier indicated she would leave in January over her role in a company probe into...

Battle of the game consoles
CHIBA - Japan's biggest gaming event, the Tokyo Game Show, was packed this weekend, a sure sign that the battle between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to woo fans to their game consoles is heating up.Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 and...

Treasury man to chair Apec committee
A principal adviser to the Treasury, Bob Buckle, has been selected as the new chairman of the Apec economic committee.An award-winning economist, Professor Buckle said ensuring that members of Apec (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation)...

Maori school vows to recover from 'senseless' arson
Staff and pupils of a Porirua Maori school devastated by arson are reeling as they take in catastrophic damage from two deliberately lit fires.Te Kura Maori o Porirua board of trustees chairwoman Meka Whaitiri said walking through...

Work starts on $255m port road
Work begins this week on the Bay of Plenty's biggest roading project - the $255 million, four-lane Harbour Link expressway between Tauranga and Mt Maunganui.A duplicate harbour bridge is part of the 4.9km expressway, which Transit...

Paralysed cyclist says vehicle sped up behind him
A teenage cyclist left paralysed after being forced off the road has told police the vehicle involved sped up behind him in an intimidating way.Officers say there was no reason for the driver to swerve towards the 17-year-old...

More British police on beat
Police numbers will be boosted next week with the addition of 19 new officers from Britain.The 18 men and one woman from Scotland, Wales and England completed the 10-week conversion course at the Royal New Zealand Police College...

Females locked out of top science jobs
WASHINGTON - Women are being filtered out of high-level science, maths and engineering jobs in the United States, and there is no good reason for it, say specialists in the field.A committee of experts looked at all the possible...

BrainZ-GE deal set to spur world sales
Medical technology company BrainZ Instruments nearly doubled the sales of its brain monitor last year and a new distribution agreement should help drive the global uptake of its technology, the Auckland firm says.BrainZ sold 74...

Losing Xtra partnership? Whatever, says Microsoft
Microsoft MSN appears unconcerned that it may lose its long-standing contract as partner to Telecom's internet business Xtra.It has been speculated that MSN would be replaced by Yahoo in a deal connected with the sale of Telecom's...

False rape claim charge
Top jockey Michael Walker just wants to concentrate on his riding after revelations of a false rape claim made against him.Saying he had no comment to make about the claim, Walker, 22, added yesterday: "I just want to concentrate...

Surf's up at the Mount - almost
The saga of Mt Maunganui's artificial surf reef is coming to an end but it could be some time yet before it produces the waves envisaged.The second, right-breaking, side of the reef is nearing completion after $350,000 of donations...

Children holiday in space at observatory
If you've ever wanted to get up and close with the planets and experience another universe, then the Stardome Observatory is the place to visit these school holidays.Two holiday programmes, World Space Week and Living in Space...

Bus flyover horrifies Newmarket
Auckland transport officials are investigating "future-proofing" central Newmarket for a possible $95 million bus-priority flyover of its railway station.But the prospect, which has resurfaced in station redevelopment investigations...