Anna Paquin's bisexuality, Russell Crowe's bar-room brawl in London - ever wondered how everyone seemed to know before you?

Writer Peter Nowak starts his survey of technology by linking war, porn and fast food - the idea surfaced after he saw the lurid sex tape of Paris Hilton.

From today nzherald.co.nz readers have yet another way of getting their news first - with an add-on to the Firefox browser.

Wildlife enforcement officials have identified the Norwegians suspected of having been involved in slaughtering protected native kereru in NZ.

Five Norwegian men who shot New Zealand wildlife were today ducking for cover as a row continued over their YouTube video of protected kereru being slaughtered.

A woman who posted a "polite but forthright" message about whaling on the Prime Minister's Facebook page found herself quickly cut from his online social circle.

Some New Zealanders are likely to get a nasty shock while browsing the internet over the next few months - a web page on their computer saying "STOP!".

Potential bidders in the sex.com domain auction won't be allowed in the room without a certified cheque for US$1 million.