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Fake raid marks start of Mega
Kim Dotcom's new venture Mega was launched with fanfare at the tycoon's mansion last night and came with a warning for Hollywood.

Love at first smell in NZ
When Angela Hudson walked into former schoolfriend Stuart Blower's arms at Auckland Airport, it was love at first smell.

Dotcom launches Mega
The launch of KIm Dotcom's new file-sharing service Mega at his Coatesville mansion on Auckland's North Shore.

Dotcom goes Mega with new site
Tycoon Kim Dotcom's new file-sharing service Mega launched today with great fanfare - and more than 100,000 users signed up in the site's first hour.

Kids help parents find love online
Kiwi sons and daughters encouraging their single parents to find love online are helping set up profiles to push their mums and dads into the dating game.

TelstraClear quickest broadband - survey
TelstraClear outpaced its rivals during December and offered customers the fastest web browsing speeds, according to a broadband testing service.

Sir James Dyson: Let's get inventing to create jobs and prosperity
Invention creates jobs, it creates exports, and it creates wealth, writes Sir James Dyson. Both in the UK and in New Zealand, we need to do more to ease the skills shortage.

Net crusader 'bullied' into death
Family and friends are preparing for the funeral of Aaron Swartz, the free internet crusader who was facing prosecution for alleged data theft when he was found dead.

Cult dating book's makeover
The book that had 1990s women playing it cool has a new look. Look out, boys, says Harriet Walker

Craig Elliffe: Multinational internet businesses adept at minimising tax
Many have written about the impact of the internet and e-commerce on business.

USB user stuck with wrong end of stick
Neil Riley, from Wellington, was livid about the quality of a stick he bought in Hamilton last year.

Hackers and phishers target Kiwis
Thousands of taxpayers have been targeted by international scammers as criminal syndicates take advantage of ever-advancing computer technology.

Chris Barton: Key's stance on broadband decision gob-smacking
John Key's willingness to overrule the Commerce Commission's reduction of wholesale broadband pricing is gob smacking, writes Chris Barton.

Finding cyberlove clicks with having the right name
A what's hot in cyberspace love list compiled by Trade Me dating website Findsomeone has revealed the two names as most successful, followed by Brian, Geoff, Jessica and Amy.

Big bang heads Trade Me's top 10
The chance to bring down a building, buy space on a woman's bottom and change someone's name were among the most-viewed Trade Me auctions of the year.

Rain, rain, and more rain - oh the luck of the Irish
The Irish enjoy nothing more than whingeing about the weather. But internet giants say the people of Ireland should be grateful for their damp, cold climate.

Unwanted gifts on Trade Me
While most New Zealanders spent Christmas afternoon napping off their lunch or playing with their new toys, others listed their unwanted gifts on Trade Me.

Video links keep families in touch at Christmas
New Zealand's overseas defence force personnel will be turning to heavy doses of Skype tomorrow for a link with home on Christmas Day.

Child's horror toy meal
A toddler swallowed 20 small but super-strong toy magnets - then spent seven weeks in pain as they gripped each other and eventually punctured his bowel.