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Napolean Dynamite star tosses his moon boots
LOS ANGELES - He has tossed off his moon boots and traded in his tether ball, but actor John "Napoleon Dynamite" Heder still thinks nunchucks are "pretty sweet."Heder, 28, gets a chance to break free of Napoleon's super geek shackles...

Cyclist dies after collision with car
A male cyclist has died after a collision with a car in Takanini this afternoon, Manakau Counties Police have said.The man was taken to Middlemore Hospital after the accident on Porchester Road at about 2pm today.Police have...

Photos: Mona Lisa still pushing science forward
500-year-old painting inspired a 3D scanning system used in outer space and "Lord of the Rings" animation studios.

Zero-day attacks continue to hit Microsoft
Rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch fixes one flaw, but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue.

The hype word of all hype words
Blog: It's a word that has made veteran science reporters roll their eyes for decades: "breakthrough."And as the Wall Street Journal...

Teleflip connects email to SMS
Blog: I covered Joopz from DemoFall yesterday [see the Demo blog]. It's a nice Web site that lets you send and receive SMS messages....

Intel wants to offer servers in your size
Chipmaker looks at moving toward product lineup with lots of different choices depending on a customer's workload.

Smart car service offers more than just maps

Video: Smart car service offers more than just maps. Dash Navigation CEO Paul Lego presented the company's Dash navigator at DemoFall 2006 in San Diego on Sept. 26, 2006. The smart car navigator uses either Wi-Fi or cell network connectivity to provide users with real-time information such as live traffic conditions and estimated time of arrival.

Counterfeit note discovered in Invercargill

33-tonne beam blocks Coromandel highway

Name suppression for man on P lab charge

Greens call for nutrition labelling on takeaways
Legislation should be introduced forcing fast food outlets to use nutritional labelling on their products, if they fail to do so voluntarily, the Green Party says.McDonald's has said it will include nutritional information on...

Overlander to continue running
The Overlander will stay in service on a reduced timetable, Toll NZ has announced.The service between Auckland and Wellington had been due to run for the last time on Saturday after Toll said it was losing too much money.But...

An exercise bike that can stream music and video

Video: An exercise bike that can stream music and video. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos speaks with a representative from the company's digital home group about the Expresso Spark, an exercise bicycle equipped with Intel's Viiv platform. The interview took place at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

HP in for hard time at hearing
In an election year and after HP has acknowledge spying, congressional subcommittee likely to make example of company.