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Google Music to take on iTunes
Google has began selling digital music in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop - ten years after the Apple service was launched.

Google's language of love
When the language of love is lost in translation, Kiwi travellers are jumping online to sustain relationships.

Banking on more world market uncertainty
Anyone hoping for a weekend fix to the global banking sector will have to wait a little longer - perhaps a lot longer.

Why it's best to be friends with Facebook
It's boom time for the site once considered a fad, as tailored online ads take off.

Rhodri Marsden: Is 'I've been hacked' the lamest excuse ever?
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.

Time to Ctrl+F more helpful shortcuts
Navigating a computer or touch phone is a whole lot simpler if you know all the right buttons to press, writes Rhodri Marsden.

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

Rhodir Marsden: Facing up to video calling
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.

Battle to control social networking heats up
A battle for the top position in internet business has broken out as rival alliances are going face-to-face with one another.