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Software firm searches for China success
Local software company Pingar has begun an ambitious push into the Chinese language computer search engine business.

Apple apologises for iPhone problems 'we're not perfect'
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has apologised to iPhone 4 buyers about its reception issues and offered free cases to help rectify the problem.

iPhone row threatens to take a bite out of Apple
The test of a company can often be how it responds in the face of adversity, so it will be fascinating to watch Apple over the coming days and weeks.

How a Google mix-up on YouTube left PM's real message
Some of the translations of Prime Minister John Key's video diary messages are less than perfect.

Could Apple's first mistake come back to haunt it?
Apple's iOS4 lock-down may cost it in the smartphone market, the same way its 'no clone' policy hit it in the 1990s.

Wikipedia back online after global outage
Power failure could have been to blame for the sudden collapse of one of the world's most popular websites, the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia.

Google 'set to challenge Facebook'
If some highly reliable sources are to be believed, Google is gearing up to take on Facebook with 'Google Me'.

Social networking: Too close for comfort
Social networking with built-in GPS was meant to be the next big thing. The possibilities are endless - so why isn't everyone signing up?

Bridge to success built on reputation
Good relationships are crucial to your working future, writes Robyn Webb.

Web giant Google faces NZ police probe
Police are investigating claims that Google illegally gathered personal email and wireless internet data during its "Street View" operation in NZ.

Doodle 4 Google winner announced
The New Zealand public has chosen the winner of the Doodle 4 Google 'I love football' competition.

iPad surprises and revelations
It seems the iPad came before the iPhone – one among a series of revelations from Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a recent lengthy interview.

Budget? Nah, give us Pac-Man, say Kiwis
New Zealanders were more interested in playing Pac-Man than the Budget last month.

Danica Patrick: I've stopped driving my Lambo to dinner
'There's nowhere to put my drink, no cup holder. And I'm not going to lie, it looks pretentious'

Apple chest-beating
People called Apple a flash in the pan - but Flash is on the way out and Microsoft just got passed by Apple in market capitalisation.

Energy data to go on Google
A new Government-funded mapping programme has started to lure more oil and gas explorers to New Zealand by putting results on Google Earth.

Privacy Commissioner probing Google over data
The internet giant is alleged to have collected WiFi data that includes people's networks and their signal strength.

Facebook hit by 'firestorm of anger' over privacy policy
In the past fortnight the privacy debate over Facebook has developed into what some excitable commentators are calling a "firestorm of anger".

Google sorry for collecting data
Google will no longer collect WiFi network information for its Street View mapping after "mistakenly" gathering personal wireless data.

Kids beware - the web never forgets
Things used to be in the past, but now they're not. They're on YouTube (motto: "Broadcast Yourself") and Vimeo and Facebook and Idiotvids.

Google collects home wireless data
Internet search giant Google has confirmed it gathered data about personal wireless connections from homes around New Zealand.