Pop stars, comedians and Kevin Rudd's daughter are among critics of Rupert Murdoch for his insensitive tweet about the Sydney hostage crisis.

There is a lesson for us all in the continuing revelations from stolen Sony emails being splashed over worldwide media.

Jack Ma, a former English teacher who started Alibaba in his apartment in 1999, has become the richest person in Asia.

Any new singleton, wary of dipping their toe into the murky water of online dating, must surely be even more cautious after two news stories this week highlighting the perils of such behaviour.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has called on social networks to do more to tackle gender inequality online.

CIA director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did "abhorrent" things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate.

Hackers have left movers and shakers in Hollywood nervous. Late last month, they breached the cyber security of Sony Pictures and have since leaked a trove of internal company data and emails.

The BBC is to turn shows such as Doctor Who, Top Gear and Sherlock into theme park attractions in Britain's answer to Disneyland.

If there is any justice, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who make a living designing the way computers "talk" to you. The capacity of programmers to make stuff only they can understand flash up on the screen is as mysterious as the Im

Scouts are moving with the times and offering badges for Google searching, giving a Powerpoint presentation and knowing how to use a smartphone.

Me and my entourage arrived at the Auckland District Court this morning for another chapter in the book thrown at me by the combined forces of the American government, the FBI, the CIA, the Pentagon, Hollywood, and my nemesis, John Key.

Antony Glen de Malmanche arrested in Bali for allegedly trying to smuggle almost 2kg of methamphetamine - his son fears he is the victim of an internet dating scam.

Mass media, citizen media, new media, and politician media management - it all gets frequently evaluated, criticised and sometimes praised, writes Bryce Edwards.

Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.

Those giving fly swats or tea towels for Christmas this year may want to think again - they have been voted among the worst presents Kiwis have received.

Everyone's poring over the Commerce Commission's draft decision on ye olde copper phone line network. And no one's happy.

A British couple was fined 100 pounds after breaking hotel policy and leaving negative reviews about their experience online.

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says his three-year, $10m legal fight against extradition to the US has left him 'officially broke'. So how much did he spend?

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom says his three-year, $10m legal fight against extradition to the US has left him 'officially broke' and 'unfairly persecuted'.

SkyTV, Spark's Lightbox and Quickflix, pretend in public they're not concerned about Netflix arriving, but that's just bluster, writes Juha Saarinen.

A European Parliament bid for legislation splitting up Google may send a message that's too loud to ignore.

Five-year-old girl with more than a million Instagram followers lives jet-set lifestyle of limos and Louis Vuitton thanks to her fans.

It’s one of the biggest houses in the country, but the walls are closing in on Kim Dotcom as he rattles around his mansion.

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

New Zealand is on the edge of a smartphone revolution being led from an epicentre in Asia.

Four women of Chinese descent are suing Sephora for allegedly blocking and deactivating the accounts of 'Asian-sounding' customers during a 20 per cent off sale.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen talks about his concerns with copyright in the digital age and reviews the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 10.