Recommended News & IT & Interesting Links:   NZ Herald   Stuff (Click Infotech insert to Dominion) Computerworld IDG (IT news NZ) NetGuide   Aardvark MISweb    Daily IT News (Australia)   Independent NZ Newspaper   CNN News   The BBC   NZoom   Newsroom NZ   ABC Australia   Sydney Morning Herald    The Australian   Washington Post   The Guardian   The Independent    The Times   Financial Times     Wall St Journal USA Today Tired of the TLAs (three letter acronyms)? http://lookup.computerlanguage.com/host_app/search   NZ Edge web site http://www.nzedge.com/links/index.html New Zealand History Net http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/index.html New Zealand Arts Resources http://url.co.nz/arts/nzarts.html Median Strip On-line www.medianstrip.com Rip it Up (music magazine) www.ripituponline.com Radioworld (database of radio stations) www.nzmusic.org.nz Amplifier.co.nz http://www.amplifier.co.nz New Zealands equivalent to MP3.com with independent and well known artists profiled , songs to be downloaded. Bands www.bands.co.nz MP3 downloads,, interviews, news, features etc NZSongs A moderated newsgroup for songwriters and those interested in local music http://www.egroups.com to subscribe or contact Eddie O’Strange at bluesmoke@actrix.gen.nz