The internet is awash with great wine deals. Google "buy wine online" and you'll be hit with pages and pages of offers.

Microsoft and Google have told a select committee considering the GCSB companion bill it will stifle innovation and could impact on economic growth.

A new UK law will require ISPs to block objectionable content by default. But will it work? Pat Pilcher looks at the issues.

Prime Minister John Key says neither New Zealand's domestic and foreign spy agencies, the SIS and GCSB, have been involved in surveillance of journalist Jon Stephenson.

A company hoping to build a submarine internet cable out of New Zealand is eying up Whangarei as its landing site.

A former Defence Force chief says he is concerned by a leaked Defence Force document that lists investigative journalists as subversive threats.

Google is working on plans to turn smartphones into translators which would allow callers to speak into the phone in their own language.

Kim Dotcom joined academics, civil libertarians and lawyers at a meeting to oppose the proposed new spy law which will allow more surveillance of NZers.

A major new global plan aimed at forcing multinationals to pay more taxes has been described as underwhelming and disappointing by a Kiwi tax expert.

Tightening up on the various tricks and techniques used by the wealthy and less ethical for tax avoidance may bring the Govt more money, writes Pat Pilcher.

Buffy Gill spent years analysing some of New Zealand's major retailers and property firms for the local branch of one of the world's biggest investment banks.

At least one retailer in Devonport is blaming the downturn in her business on British immigrants.

What do racing and retail sales have in common? Both industries are suffering unfair competition from offshore websites.

I'm bewildered by the obsessional use of cellphones; the constant telephoning and message-sending. I'm flabbergasted by Facebook, writes Bob Jones.

Editorial: Rarely can a government-appointed taskforce have had the wind taken out of its sails quite so comprehensively.

Who is the volunteer Wikipedia editor who has inadvertently come to attention in a "wikispat" between Justice Minister Judith Collins and a ministry critic?

If GST was added to items bought on the internet, it wouldn't stop Esther Greatbanks from shopping online.

Mastercard says credit card companies are "not set up" to collect tax on transactions and online shoppers could easily migrate to other payment platforms.

Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says it would be virtually impossible to charge GST on items being bought online, an idea currently being explored.

Good news for New Zealand retailers now the Government has committed to look at taxing purchases made on overseas websites.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has defended her office's editing of Wikipedia pages, saying the revisions were minimal and removed defamatory material.

Twitter. Even the name is ridiculous. If I told you I "booped" or "qwanged" or "quiffed" 50 times a day, it would make me strange, an escaper from Dr Seuss' day surgery.