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COMMENT: We need to stop handing criminals and spies easy access to digital weapons of mass destruction.

Trustpower has been hauled through the courts and fined $390,000 for misleading consumers over a campaign for an unlimited broadband deal.

Imagine being able to download the entire Game of Thrones series in high definition in less than one second.

COMMENT: Plethora of sub-sea cables blast away tyranny of distance as New Zealand's internet just gets faster.

Australian internet users are casting a jealous eye over the Tasman and liking the look of the speeds we're being offered.

The Government's latest quarterly report shows up to 2.4 million Kiwis can now get access to high-speed internet.

The AOL-Yahoo merger could take place in a wholly unexpected manner - thanks to Verizon, the largest phone carrier in the US.

A growing number of people say they are frustrated and annoyed with telecommunications provider Chorus.

Newly installed fibre broadband wires were chewed by a pet dog after installers nailed the cables to the dog enclosure, an internet user complains.

The final cell site in the nationwide Rural Broadband Initiative has been switched on in Waipu.

Three of the Bay's most remote schools are part of 49 country schools now connected to faster broadband just in time for the start of term one, says Communications Minister Amy Adams.

People tend to use Wi-Fi rather than ethernet cables to connect their computers and tablets, because it's more convenient, but don't realise multiple users and devices require beefier routers with new technology, writes Juha Saarinen.

Now that Apple has made styluses, sorry, pens, cool again with the iPad Pro, I'd be interested to hear how many of you actually use one.

Juha Saarinen takes a look at new Australian PM's tech credentials and we're giving away a Microsoft Surface worth $800!

Spark's home security system Morepork has been launched, but it's only for the company's broadband customers.

From tomorrow, Spark customers will be able to monitor their home from their smartphone with 'Morepork'.

Fixed broadband connections reached 1.39 million as at June 30, 2014, from 1.32 million a year earlier.

Chorus has won the supreme award at the Aon Hewitt Best of the Best awards in Sydney this week.

Spark says it's moving into the home security business, with a new smartphone based service named Morepork.

Chorus says ultra-fast broadband is going "mainstream" as more users sign up.

Two Degrees Mobile is still burning cash but has once again reduced its financial losses.

Chorus has called on the government to enact changes to the RMA to speed the fibre rollout.

Streaming services have increased congestion on broadband services for the second month in a row.

Film and television streaming firm Netflix has released its first assessment of New Zealand broadband speeds since launching in the country in March.

NZ Netflix customers can now see for the first time which company offers the service at the fastest speed.

The Shareholders Association has issued a sharp rebuke to the Commerce Commission over its delays in determining the final wholesale broadband prices that will apply to Chorus.

Founders of the country's third-largest telco and broadband provider, CallPlus, have sold the company for $250 million.