"Stalking" potential dates online and ending a relationship via email are becoming dating norms for Australasian women, according to a snapshot of online activity here.

New Zealanders may have to wait longer for cheaper internet after Chorus yesterday initiated court action to challenge the Commerce Commission's ruling.

As the United States prepares for its annual Cyber Monday online shopping bonanza.

Chorus shares took another pounding yesterday when it became clear the Govt's proposal to override wholesale broadband price cuts would not have the necessary political support to come into effect.

NZ can look forward to cheaper broadband or higher data caps after National was yesterday left with no mates in Parliament to support its proposal to override price cuts.

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has had talks with internet giant Alibaba in China about setting up a New Zealand-based section of the site.

The local innovator behind Realstew wants his communications platform to make WINZ redundant.

US actor Anthony Ray Parker will be the face of a major campaign by a new internet venture this week - three weeks after going to ground with his "Roast Buster" son.

Kiwis are using the internet to near saturation levels, accessing it several times a day at work and home for everything from consumer decision-making to social networking, a survey has found.

Minister for Women's Affairs Judith Collins has accused Labour leader David Cunliffe of sexism after he referred to her as a "trout" in an opinion piece.

Just over a third of NZ internet users taking part in a new survey said they access cloud computing services.

Poor, elderly, small town dwellers and Maori and Pacific people are being left on the wrong side of the "digital divide", according to a new survey of NZ internet use.

Back when Yahoo was something hollered at a rodeo and no one could conceive of Googling anything, President Ronald Reagan signed an executive order that extended the power of US intelligence agencies overseas.

An al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide attacks on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.

Australia can now take credit for the term "selfie" - Oxford Dictionaries' international word of the year for 2013.

There's never been a better time to be a journalist or a news junkie, writes Liam Dann.

Just as one high-tech breakthrough often paves the way for the next big thing, technology IPOs move in virtuous cycles, too.