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PNG leader points to early poll to solve power struggle
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O'Neill, says he will move to dissolve parliament next month and go to early polls to end the current political impasse.

Man killed after ute rolled named
Police have named a man who died yesterday after his ute left State Highway 43 near Taumarunui in wet conditions and rolled 50 to 60 metres down a steep bank.

NZer may be mistakenly on way to Antarctica with fugitive boatie
The fugitive Norwegian yachtsman, Jarle Andhoey is now headed for Antarctica on his yacht, Nilaya, with a New Zealander who may be onboard by mistake.

Euro: Five countries hit by downgrade
US ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings of five countries that use the euro, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.The downgraded countries also including Belgium, Cyprus, and Slovenia faced financial...

White House CTO Chopra leaving his post
Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February.

Apple reclaims top brand spot after iPhone 4S launch, Jobs' death
Apple reclaimed the top spot in a brand listing by collecting an estimated $900 million worth of traditional media, social media and Twitter coverage in the fourth quarter of 2011, a measurement company said today.

Facebook IPO could come next week
The Internet juggernaut Facebook could file papers for an initial public offering as early as Wednesday, hoping to raise as much as US$10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Wall Street Beat: Tech shines as earnings come in strong
This week's tsunami of tech earnings, led by Apple's jaw-dropping quarterly report, has given market watchers something to cheer about and also points to industry shifts around tablets and cloud computing.

Massive Android malware op may have infected 5 million users
The largest-ever Android malware campaign may have duped as many as 5 million users into downloading infected apps from Google's Android Market, Symantec said today.

NZer unplanned crew member on rogue boat
A New Zealander is reported to be an unplanned crew member on board the yacht being sailed to Antarctica by Norwegian adventurer Jarle Andhoey.

Pike River recovery years away
Recovery of the bodies of the men killed in the Pike River Coal mine disaster is not expected to be completed for at least 3 1/2 years, a new independent report says.

Man arrested after assault in resort town
The police in Queenstown have arrested a 40-year-old man following an assault in one of the resort's nightclubs, which left a man fighting for his life.

Demi Moore 911 call tape released
Demi Moore suffered convulsions after smoking an undisclosed substance, according to a tape of an emergency call made on Monday.

Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill
Lawmakers in Hawaii quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years.

Facebook scammers redirect victims through Amazon's cloud
Facebook scammers have started redirecting victims through Amazon's cloud in order to bypass malicious URL filters, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor F-Secure.

Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features
Mission Control and other snazzy new Lion features may have gotten all the press, but columnist Ryan Faas has uncovered a slew of lesser-known features that every OS X Lion user should know about.

Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces
Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.