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Salesman 'crippled' by internet charges
A kiwi salesman was stunned to receive a $1100 bill from Telecom for just 10 minutes of internet access from his laptop.

Supergeek pulls off 'near impossible' crypto chip hack
Christopher Tarnovsky has stunned the security world by hardware hacking a module used in up to 100 million computers worldwide.

<i>Tracey Barnett:</i> Virtual battles shaping our future
The biggest story you've never heard of in the last decade had nothing to do with September 11, 2001 or the War on Terror.

Thinking small internet's next big thing
The founders of a new website that dishes up city-specific New Zealand news and information say they are tapping into a growing international demand for "hyper-local" web content.

Old battlegrounds move to cyberspace
Cyberspace is the new battleground between hostile nations, says Microsoft

iLove: Meet the Apple addicts
Tomorrow, when Steve Jobs walks out on stage to announce his company's latest super-gadget, millions of technophiles will watch with excitement bordering on religious fervour.

No reports of Internet Explorer hack problems, says Microsoft NZ
Microsoft will issue a security patch for Internet Explorer after it was revealed that a vulnerability in the web browser was to blame for last week's hacks on Gmail accounts.

Keeping safe online: Big threats for 2010
Every year most of the security vendors' forecasts predict dramatic spikes in volumes of spam, phishing, botnet activity, and malware. Usually, they're right.