Reference

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* Advice & Troubleshooting
* Computer Associations
* Computer Dictionaries & Acronyms
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* Linux
* News and Magazines
* Open Source
* Programming & Scripting
* Viruses and Security
* Web

Sites

* Safari Books
An electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. We have subscribed to 55 books.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
Bi-weekly column by Dr. Jakob Nielsen, principal, Nielsen Norman Group - the love em or hate em usability expert.
* Answers that work
Useful information about troubleshooting, boot disks and what app it is safe to close from the windows task list.
* Anti-Spam
Information about anti-spam legislation and enforcement from the Department of Internal Affairs
* Centre for Software Innovation
The Centre for Software Innovation draws on the significant research resource of New Zealand's largest research-led university, The University of Auckland, which is internationally recognised as a computer science and software research leader.
* Computer Science and Information Technology @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
* Cybersmartkids
This site will help you and your family to find out how to be cybersmart and use the internet safely. It's a young person's guide to smart 'net surfing, chatting and emailing. Have fun on the internet and explore cool sites, but remember to always be cybersmart.
* developerWorks
IBM's resource for developers
* Digital Life
Companion site to Radio New Zealand Series
* DocBook.org
DocBook: the definitive guide by Norman Walsh and Leonard Muellner is the official documentation for DocBook. View the latest version and its source online.
* Evaluating Webpages
A comprehensive site that teaches the internet user to ask a series of questions when looking at websites, and evaluate the resources available.
* HIT Lab NZ : Human Interface Laboratory New Zealand
Human-computer interface research centre hosted at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch
* Internet safety
Protect your family online. From UK agency ParentsCentre.
* Microsoft at home
* Netsafe - The Internet Safety Group
* NetSafeKids: A Resource for Concerned Parents
* New Zealand Digital Strategy
The Digital Strategy has been developed by several departments and has been coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Development. It is a strategy about how we will create a digital future for all New Zealanders, using the power of information and communications technology to enhance all aspects of our lives.
* New Zealand Open Source Awards
Awarded October
* NZ Computer Directory
* Overclockers (NZ)
* Pew Internet & American Life Project
Explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Includes reports and some raw data.
* Port numbers assignments
From IANA
* Request for Comments (RFCs)
The Requests for Comments (RFC) document series is a set of technical and organizational notes about the Internet (originally the ARPANET), beginning in 1969.
* StopBadware.org
* Understanding CD-R & CD-RW
seeks to answer basic questions about CD-R and CD-RW product technology in an understandable and accessible way and to provide a compass pointing to sources of further information. From the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA)
* Understanding DVD
Explanations are provided to satisfy essential questions about DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM product technology and offer direction to sources of further information. From the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA)
* Unicode.org
News and technical specifications for Unicode
* Webwise
Co-funded by the European Union this site aims to help kids and parents be safe on the Web.