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.

Parents willingly expose their children to the dangers of the internet because it is essential for them to be online, a visiting internet expert says.

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.

Internet provider Slingshot will undercut rivals on price when it offers customers ultra-fast broadband in the next fortnight as competition in the fibre market heats up.

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.

A New Zealand-born fashion designer's gear will feature in one of this year's hottest films - all thanks to an internet search.

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

British PM pledges intelligence services to probe `dark net' following internet giants' move.

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.

A website telling the stories of rape and sexual assault survivors in their own words launches today with a social media campaign encouraging people to share their experiences.

It will give citizens the ability to challenge bullying in its modern form, empowering people to change the way they treat themselves and each other, writes Mai Chen.

Police have been asked to investigate a website that claims to be exposing dozens of men who it says sought sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Young women are striking back against the Roast Busters Facebook gang in a bid to support alleged victims and stand up to what they say is a lack of action against rape culture.

The fact that when the Roast Busters story hit the news my 15-year-old daughter took one look at the television and said "Oh yeah, those guys. Everyone's seen their page."