The 'planking' craze has hit a new low after a student was caught performing the act on a railway line.

The Government is defending its process for picking Telecom to set up the majority of the ultra fast broadband (UFB) network.

Telecom's split into a network company and service wholesaler and retailer now only hangs on a law change next month and a shareholder vote later this year, chief executive Paul Reynolds has told staff.

Facebook, Twitter, blogs are cost-effective ways to target a specific market, says business owner.

Barry Silbert is trading in a sizzling market: shares of private, venture-backed social-media companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Silicon Valley is where the young and thin dream of making millions on the next hot tech startup. Reid Hoffman is portly, "old" and far more successful than most can ever hope to be.

If we are indeed facing the end of the world this weekend, we'd better be sure to make it count

To help celebrate NZ Music Month, TimeOut and nzherald.co.nz, in conjunction with Frequency Media Group, are giving away a free download EP every Thursday in May.