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Nick Smith: IT minnow wins big clients
4-year-old firm puts the emphasis on combining software with design skills

Windows 8: The good and the bad
Microsoft thinks it has hit the nail on the head with the Windows 8 operating system, due for release next year.

Time to Ctrl+F more helpful shortcuts
Navigating a computer or touch phone is a whole lot simpler if you know all the right buttons to press, writes Rhodri Marsden.

Mac Planet: Final Cut Pro X review
There's been a lot of controversy about Apple's latest Pro video-editing software...

Success: Homegrown system, worldwide reach
Business software developed in NZ attracts growing interest in the US.

Catch me if you can: Illegal downloaders
When the fangs are bared in the latest US episode of Anna Paquin's True Blood, Bernie will be watching within a few hours.

PC users lose $10m to fake computer virus scam
Tens of thousands believed tricked by calls from bogus Microsoft technicians.

Spyware bid to steal data 'possible but not plausible'
Israeli spies planting software into the police national computer network with a USB stick to steal secret files is possible.

Google teleports into social networking
Initial reactions suggest the search giant has failed in its attempt to produce a service to rival Facebook, writes John Naughton.