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.

Having broadband access is a societal good, there's no doubt about that.

New Zealand's average internet connection speed is faster than Australia's, according to an international report, but we are still only ranked 42 in the world.

If there is any justice, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who make a living designing the way computers "talk" to you. The capacity of programmers to make stuff only they can understand flash up on the screen is as mysterious as the Im

Chorus has decided not to anger its customers, and has pulled the proposals that could have led to slower broadband performance for everyone.

TheCloud chief executive Bruce Trevarthen says cloud computing is entering an evolutionary phase where cloud services will be available on an hourly basis.

National has unveiled $266 million worth of new policies including a $150 million boost to its rural broadband initiative in the past week.

Gadget fiends take note: an Aussie blogger believes he has come across some pictures of Apple's upcoming iPhone 6.

Kim Dotcom and his Internet Party have been trolling John Key hard around New Zealand, upsetting not just the PM but Family First as well.

Modern cars are chocca with electronics and computers that makes them potential hacking targets - but some are more hackable than others, writes Juha Saarinen.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen takes a look at rural broadband, the Black Hat hacking conference and he reviews the Nomadkey USB cable.

Spare a thought for whanau and friends over in Australia who are getting fresh Game of Thrones episodes via the Internet when they're not supposed to.

Everyone knew layoffs were coming because the financial markets demanded blood, but few expected Microsoft to cut its workforce by a massive 18,000.

Telecom and Chorus are having their first big squabble since they split up, with the phone and internet company complaining to regulators over its former network.

Xero’s Rod Drury wants one, Labour’s offering one, but National aren’t so keen on a taxpayer funded chief technology officer for New Zealand.

Debate has broken out on twitter after Labour said it will appoint a chief technology officer - something Xero boss Rod Drury has been advocating.

Barack Obama has one. So do many large companies, writes Rod Drury. The chief technology officer's role, for the US at least, is to apply technology to help create jobs, reduce the cost of health care.

Internet companies will enjoy a reduction in some of their wholesale costs in December but aren't committed to passing on these savings directly to consumers then.

Before I signed up for an internet service provider (ISP) I imagined their help centres as well-lit, large rooms with lots of windows and dozens of small cubicles, writes John Parker.

Intense competition in the Kiwi broadband market is proving a boon for consumers. This month, Telecom and Vodafone began offering unlimited data plans (at $109 a month), so users can download as much content as they like.

Wellington's small-and-medium-sized businesses have outpaced their counterparts in other centres in getting connected to ultra-fast broadband.

Ultra-fast broadband contract changes don't address the fundamental problems Chorus is facing from wholesale broadband price cuts, say analysts.

Popular plans cheaper than OECD average: regulator.