Kiwi scientists have begun a million-dollar study compacting the amazing capabilities of brain-like computers into a chip that could fit into your smartphone.

Real world and digital worlds are combining more rapidly as technology becomes increasingly accessible to more Kiwis.

The number of Kiwi domains caught up in a global data hack of popular US online file hosting service Dropbox has been estimated at 120,000.

New app will do for art what Google Earth did for maps.

Xero sees potential for sales growth among businesses in ''English-speaking'' southeast Asia, provided they can wean them off hand-written ledgers.

Two huge wind tunnels and Australasia's biggest strong wall are being used in experiments, research and tests.

A Perth child psychiatrist accused of child pornography offences in Australia and Canada is now facing a similar charge arising from a NZ police investigation.

COMMENT: Creation of a superior being that can out-perform humans is underway so developers better not get left behind.

A British developer has come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of annoying spam emails and getting revenge on the people sending them in one fell swoop.

Six teams of developers will face off, algorithm against algorithm, in a hacking battleships tournament tomorrow.

Thousands of New Zealand businesses could have their websites bumped down Google's search results if they do not meet the requirements for mobile by tomorrow.

Microsoft is killing off Internet Explorer and will rebrand its internet browsing software under what is currently code-named Project Spartan, later this year.

Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead to every part of India. Yesterday's test was another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advancements.

Diligent Board Member Services expects sales growth of up to 19 per cent in 2015 as it attracts customers to its BoardBooks service, and plans to launch a new product this year.

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

New Zealand needs to prepare itself for a robot future - that's the message from a delegation of young Kiwis on a tour of several of Asia's renowned robotics institutes.

Point-of-sale software company Vend has grown to more than 200 staff and seven offices worldwide, and chief executive Vaughan Rowsell expects it to keep expanding.

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

If the path to success is treading where others won't, then technology entrepreneur Sir Neville Jordan was already on his way at 13.

This week, as The Interview's December 25 US release date loomed, the Guardians of Peace threatened "the world will be full of fear", hinting at a 9/11-style attack.

SkyTV, Spark's Lightbox and Quickflix, pretend in public they're not concerned about Netflix arriving, but that's just bluster, writes Juha Saarinen.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen talks about his concerns with copyright in the digital age and reviews the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 10.

Finger print identification, a standard feature on new iPhones will soon be common place, a visiting biometrics expert says.