Some believe social networking and search - Facebook, Twitter and Google in particular - are putting our personal information at far too much risk.

Telecom XT customers needing to contact emergency services are being told to use landlines instead of their cellphones while the network remains down.

An internet service launched by Google to help cameraphone users identify strangers in the street has been blocked over privacy concerns.

If you're not a fan of instant messaging (IM), you're going to hate a new PC-based communication tool under development by Google.

The Commerce Commission has made an example of Telecom.

The days of fretting over whether your new employer might find all those embarrassing drunken photos on Facebook are coming to an end.

Concerns about the implications of evolving technology are reflected in a spike in the number of complaints to the Privacy Commission.

Google has said it will allow publishers to limit the number of free news pages users can access per day.

See all the most popular search terms of the year after Google reveals what the public wanted to know about in 2009.

Facebook users have been warned they will be among targets of a huge increase in cyber crime next year.

Rumours of a new Google design boasting a revamped logo and three-pane search page have proved to be true.

Today's hacker is a smart IT graduate, probably living in Eastern Europe, who is in the business to make money.

NZ climate scientists have criticised alleged hackers for "stealing" emails at the centre of a worldwide internet storm.