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$1m at stake as five firms face dragons
Five companies are set to put their business plans to the acid test in front of a panel of shrewd business investors.

Mac Planet: What next for the iPhone?
Smartphones are still on the rise, but Apple's position at the top of the market has changed radically, writes Mark Webster.

Pat Pilcher: New technology could transform aviation
Scientists at MIT are working on a propulsion technology that has the potential to completely revolutionise air travel, writes Pat Pilcher.

Pat Pilcher: Pirate Bay browser clocks up massive downloads
ThePirateBay has launched a web browser that allows people to access blocked sites and is proved hugely popular in countries where access to file sharing sites is blocked.

Mac Planet: Tablets beneficent and bitter
As we have seen, even more magazines have dropped print versions and gone to digital.

Review: Hands on Windows 8.1
Microsoft have been listening to the public and have launched a fix pack branded Windows 8.1, and Pat Pilcher puts the update through its paces.

Kiwi computer software pioneer dies
Don Bowman, one of the pioneers of New Zealand's software industry, has died. He was 77.

Government to tackle IT debacles
Government Chief Information Officer Colin McDonald is to get more powers and a bigger budget as the Government seeks to keep a lid on IT debacles like Novopay.