Under the promise of protection we surrender privacy, writes Chris Barton. Once given up, it's a freedom we may never get back.

I shop online as much as I can. It saves time, hassle, petrol and sometimes money. Yet, in my opinion, New Zealand is poorly served for online shopping.

Sky subscribers are sharing account details with friends to get behind the paywall and watch for free.

It appears our biggest domestic terror threat is either Tame Iti's training camps or Dotcom's (alleged) copyright infringements.

Early next year, New Zealand will have true competition in 4G - the fastest mobile technology.

Hollywood and TV broadcasters are casting a cautious eye over New Zealand internet service provider Slingshot's plans to provide back-door access to their new television shows.

It was hatched as a Stanford University design project barely two years ago. B

The developer behind the makeover of Auckland's Britomart has thrown his financial weight behind Coliseum, the new media group that last week grabbed the rights to English Premier League soccer coverage.

Viewers wanting internet-based broadcasting can choose from a multitude of devices but their viewing experience will be dictated by their internet connection.

Anyone with a passing interest in cars knows that the latest models go faster and faster.

Ultra-fast broadband is spreading, but where are the customers? Anthony Doesburg reports.

The Oxford English Dictionary has now included the social networking term 'tweet', as technology continues to change the way we speak.

The principals of two Dunedin high schools are worried the latest "babe of the day'' Facebook page could put pupils at risk from sexual predators.

The danger is that the techniques devised today by NSA data miners to track potential terrorists may tomorrow be employed by private sector, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

The Guardian reports the UK spied on its G20 partners in 2009 - tricking some delegates into using fake internet cafes so their email could be read.

In a landmark court decision, a blogger has been ordered to remove dozens of posts and comments from her website and issued with a restraining order against a lawyer she harassed on-line.

Edward Snowden had a life that superficially sounded nothing short of idyllic and for some reason, he threw it away with a few leaked documents revealing the reach of the US National Security Agency.

An email claiming to have been sent to McDonald's customers invites people to enter a fake competition to win Honda CR-Vs and Caltex petrol vouchers.

Developed in the secretive Google[x] lab, today Google launched a world-first in Christchurch: Sending internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons.

By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I will have ended it, I'll have popped my clogs, cashed in my chips. That's right, I have deleted my Facebook account.

The girlfriend of an Auckland schoolboy fatally injured in an attack after rugby practice has been subjected to vicious online bullying.

Privacy commissioners say the public should be wary about this but most people are not, writes John Roughan. They post much more personal information about themselves on internet sites.

Have you ever wanted to lock lips with someone on the internet? Burberry has teamed up with Google to create world-first technology allowing people to pash in cyberspace.

I became aware of the social networking site ask.fm in April when a mother of a girl in my daughter’s class copied me in on a letter she’d sent to the school principal.

The rise of social media has put "conversation without speech" at the centre of millions of lives, as Tom Chatfield explains.