It's boom time for the site once considered a fad, as tailored online ads take off.

It's become as overused as "the dog ate my homework", or "darling, I've never met this woman before" – and it's about as believable.

Navigating a computer or touch phone is a whole lot simpler if you know all the right buttons to press, writes Rhodri Marsden.

Time and technology wait for no one, so can an overhaul of the Privacy Act be truly future proof?

So far video calling has not really caught on for everyday conversations. Rhodri Marsden looks at at why not and whether that is set to change.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg greeted Prime Minister John Key on a tour of the headquarters in Silicon Valley yesterday.

Initial reactions suggest the search giant has failed in its attempt to produce a service to rival Facebook, writes John Naughton.

The bosses at Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, sought to buck up their shareholders with the promise of a resurgence in sales.

Blisteringly successful in the search, mobile and browser technology, Google's strides into the social networking arena have faltered.

Google is the only one not in a consortium buying a portfolio of thousands of technology patents from bankrupt firm Nortel Networks.

Start-up tech firms need to repeat modest successes, says US Icehouse visitor.

Facebook expected to involve Skype in counterattack on Google+ service.

The robots are taking charge. A friendly-looking green droid now dominates the smartphone world.