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Call for monitoring of child sex offender
A mother is questioning why a child sex offender will be allowed to live in NZ with no official monitoring when he is deported from Australia this month.

Broadband now 'legal right' for Finnish citizens
Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for all of its citizens.

LinkedIn - it's not what they know...
To some, it is the most boring website since watching-grass-grow.com.

Joyce widens broadband tender scope
Bidders for the government's $1.5b ultra-fast broadband fund will now be invited to supply plans for "lit" fibre.

Charges considered for degrading Facebook list
Australian police are considering charging the author of a Facebook page which lists and names women as "100 Biggest Sluts of Ballarat".

Social networking: Too close for comfort
Social networking with built-in GPS was meant to be the next big thing. The possibilities are endless - so why isn't everyone signing up?

NZ improves in digital world rankings
New Zealand has moved up one spot in the world 2010 'digital economy rankings' compiled by the Economist.

<i> Ben Young:</i> Traffic! It's a blunt measure
Using traffic as a measure of success is a blunt instrument.

Facebook sleuthing proves fruitful for NZ police
Police use of social networks to hunt criminals is proving effective, with 'one or two' crooks caught each month.

InternetNZ downplays illegal Kiwi file sharing claims
'The sky is not falling,' says InternetNZ's Jordan Carter, pointing out exceptional recession performance from the copyright content industry.

Goldblum upset by death hoax
Jeff Goldblum has broken his silence over an internet hoax that he died in a fall off the Kauri Cliffs in Northland last year.

Bebo finds new owners
AOL has offloaded Bebo for a tiny fraction of the $1.2b it paid for the company two years ago.

Telecom to refund 1300 customers for misleading advert
The Commerce Commission has has ordered Telecom to refund customers over a Fair Trading Act breach.