Never mind tornadoes and the most celebrated bride of the century - this week Kiwis preferred to know...

As the New Zealand Comedy Festival opens this weekend, Aleks Krotoski considers how the web has enhanced the funny business. And why so many cats?

A group of Christchurch skateboarders have made the most of their city's devastated roads and pavements.

As Larry Page's ascension to the chief executive post this week marks a coming of age for him, Google itself is also coming of age in another way.

The Department of Internal Affairs website is under threat of attack from the shadowy 'hacktivist' group Anonymous.

The new Foo Fighters' album, Wasting Light, track by track:

Would you want the world to know what you do online? Several new services think that you do.

In my last column I covered a few of the many features incorporated in the YouTube website. For example, the ability to edit videos, add captions and sort into playlists.

Mind-blowing response after YouTube video shows Christchurch suburb getting back on its feet.

YouTube is no longer just about building a buzz on emerging artists and new albums. The largest labels are making "millions of dollars a month" from the advertising alongside their videos.

If you're a typical parent, I bet you're continually chiding your children for chewing up your home internet bandwidth allowance, watching videos on YouTube.

Alan Perrott finds sharing memories ain’t what it used to be.

While he isn't exactly in TVNZ's good books, it appears that Paul Henry is a big Kiwi favourite online.

Xbox motion controller Kinect might be the gift to get this Christmas, but enthusiasts around the world are teaching the device sweet new tricks.

A gravity-defying video posted on YouTube this week shows a group of teenagers balancing atop a 900-foot (274-metre) tower.

Children are a lot more media savvy than we give them credit for.

TV One's New York correspondent Tim Wilson might have spent much of the last decade reporting some of the world's biggest stories but somehow he's found time to write his first novel, too. Stephen Jewell spoke to him in New York.

Only one has started school but all three of the Cotter children are using iPhones, an iPad and an Apple laptop.

Hamish Chang has revenge on his mind, after returning home to find his every worldly possession tightly wrapped in tinfoil.

The Rugby Channel's ad featuring All Blacks showing off some incredible skills has attracted attention worldwide - but is it real?

For mostly practical reasons the Brazilian constitution requires all of the nation's politicians to be able to read - even celebrity clowns.

Facebook's valuation, vacillating in recent months between $23bn and $33bn, is highly speculative and almost certainly too high.