Transport Minister Steven Joyce ignored expert advice to cut the drink-drive limit and save lives after pointed questions from John Key's office suggesting there might be a public backlash, new papers reveal.

Lady Gaga was left "shaken" after a stalker got backstage at one of her shows.

Google has apologised to New Zealanders after its Street View cars were caught out collecting data sent over some Wi-Fi networks.

A proposed law change would allow security agents to spy on foreign communications with impunity during the Rugby World Cup.

Labour is calling for submissions on the spying powers of the Security Intelligence Service to be heard in public.

The medical records of hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders are in the hands of community pharmacists.

Laws allowing spies to intercept text messages and snoop on computers will be pushed through before the 2011 RWC.

State agencies will gain fresh powers to snoop and search under a sweeping law change,

Despite Facebook's 500 million users, even tiny start-ups reckon they can do a better job.

The Facebook-related conviction of a Wellington man revealed the dark side of social networking.

People being investigated by police over serious fraud-related offences or gang crimes will no longer have the right to remain silent, under a Govt bill.

Australian organised crimebusters have warned that cyber crime is 'exploding'.