Kiwi shoppers have the foulest mouths when rating products online, a global survey has found.

Rumour has it that the Commission will quietly ask Sky to reconsider its apparently restrictive contracts with ISPs on a mutually agreeable basis, writes Chris Barton.

Finding a lover online is more likely to lead to a happier and longer marriage than getting together through more traditional means, a study has found.

The internet will make some English misspellings acceptable.

Cyber fraudsters sent a fake death certificate to try to dupe a lovestruck Kiwi woman into sending money overseas

Social networking site Twitter is becoming increasingly popular with teenage girls.

Children as young as 3 will benefit from being taught about Twitter and other social media, New Zealand's early childhood educators have been told.

Lance Wiggs' Punakaiki Fund plans to seek as much as $50 million in an initial public offering to invest in New Zealand companies.

An online car dealer that placed thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions has been fined $42,000 this afternoon.

An online car dealer has been snared placing thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions.

When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double.

Yahoo's chief executive is making a US$1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) bet on the online blogging forum Tumblr as Marissa Mayer tries to make a former internet icon cool again.

It's 6.58 on an unremarkable Tuesday night in Mt Wellington, and influential sports jock Andrew Mulligan is about to go live on air.

Australia's internet gambling king Tom Waterhouse is feeling the blast from outrage over live betting odds.

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

A Swedish co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an IT services company with ties to the Swedish tax authority and other government agencies.

Alan Perrott finds out just how different @DanCarter is from the real Dan Carter ...

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an internet pioneer that has fallen behind the times.

Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the internet company's website and mobile applications.

Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests.