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Kids beware - the web never forgets
Things used to be in the past, but now they're not. They're on YouTube (motto: "Broadcast Yourself") and Vimeo and Facebook and Idiotvids.

Google sorry for collecting data
Google will no longer collect WiFi network information for its Street View mapping after "mistakenly" gathering personal wireless data.

Google collects home wireless data
Internet search giant Google has confirmed it gathered data about personal wireless connections from homes around New Zealand.

Heavy metal for the heavily loaded
Metallica tickets have officially sold out. But they are already appearing on the black market.

Social media puts the boot into reality telly
When it comes to keeping secrets, reality TV producers don't typically have the same luxuries as their scripted TV counterparts.

Unfixed internet glitch could strand you offline
In 1998, a hacker told Congress he could bring down the internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw - and it's still not fixed.

Webby Award winners announced in New York
Critic Roger Ebert, web pioneer Vint Cerf and funnyman Jim Carr were among the host of winners at this year's Webby Awards.

Facebook hacker not living in NZ - police
Police have no evidence that a Russian hacker who posed as a Kiwi girl to sell Facebook login information has ever been to NZ.

Google: Privacy is alive and well
In NZ for Privacy Awareness Week, Google privacy expert Alma Whitten talks about what the company is doing to keep your data safe.