A full report on how internet price cuts will affect Chorus' ability to complete its leg of the ultra-fast broadband scheme will be released next week.

Online restaurant guide Zomato is ramping up its growth in NZ as it goes head-to-head with more established competitors such as MenuMania, Localist and Yelp.

Some NZ computer users have paid $500 ransom demands after finding their machines encrypted and a ransom note demanding cash.

Kim Dotcom is likely to be under fresh surveillance and to have had phone calls with his lawyer intercepted, the judge hearing the extradition case has found.

Internet company Slingshot has accepted Commerce Commission findings that 27 customers were transferred to it without authorisation.

Only about half of New Zealand kids aged 5 to 10 know the danger of speaking to online friends and a fifth of those would like to meet them in real life.

There are two distinct tiers of value for smartphones and tablets in enterprises.

A novel approach to reading has kids blogging and commenting online about what should happen next in books - and authors follow the instructions.

A Napier retailer warns a man claiming to be from "Google business" is offering a preferential listing for $295 - which must be paid via paypal. Ignore calls like this.

Chorus' share price has plunged by 50 per cent over the past year - now one of its big shareholders, BNY Mellon, has cut its holding from 7.45pc to 6.3pc. Photo / NZ Herald

Chorus' ultra-fast broadband contracts could be changed to ensure the project is not at risk.

In a world in which social media sites are full of photographs depicting clichéd "happy family" scenes, it's refreshing to see some honest moments.

Govt not expecting to invest any more than the $1.35b already committed to UFB, despite an independent probe indicating the Chorus' leg of the project is at risk if changes aren't made.

The Electoral Commission today referred Labour leader David Cunliffe to the police for a tweet he sent on Twitter last Saturday, the day of the Christchurch East byelection.

Twitter has suspended an account featuring images of child rape after an online campaign from Charlotte Dawson.

Hurrah for democracy. Hurrah for independent regulators. And bloody good job by the parties who gave a collective "no" to National Party cronyism, writes Chris Barton.

Editorial: Blogger Cameron Slater has been told by a Manukau District Court judge his "Whaleoil" website is not a news medium.

"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.