Today is Safer Internet Day which means today might be a good time to have that chat about playing it safe online, writes Pat Pilcher.

Overseas scammers using a fake website nearly identical to the Inland Revenue Department's are preying on Kiwis in one of the most sophisticated attacks NZ officials have seen.

New Zealand is ranked second worldwide for hotels offering internet access, according to a survey.

Organisers of NRL Auckland Nines are trying to get tickets removed from Trade Me as scalpers start cashing in on New Zealand's bumper event calendar.

Kiwi snowboarder causes a stir at Sochi after looking for romance via Tinder dating app.

Are you a Facebooker, or is Instagram or Twitter more your thing? No matter which, it's a pretty safe bet you'll be living a social media life somewhere these days.

"I thought it was going to be a bit lame, but I gave in." Kiwis have been hooked by Facebook's latest gimmick, which puts together a short movie of their online life.

The chances of GST being applied to all overseas web-based retail purchases appear more distant after the Govt changed tack on a review into tax of online shopping.

If Kim Dotcom can rein in his tendency to megalomania and let his charisma shine, Dotcom has unrivalled expertise in three areas, writes Chris Barton.

More pre-school children know how to use a smartphone than can tie their shoelaces, new research shows.

The email accounts of tens of thousands of Telecom Xtra customers have been hacked again, and this time there could be no end in sight to the deluge from fraudsters.

"Will the all-powerful Facebook burn out in just a few short years?" asks Patrick Kelly. "Contributing factors to the notion that users are abandoning the site are most certainly people's concerns over privacy and advertising."

Animal loving New Zealanders are being lured into scams by dreams of fluffy kittens and adorable puppies.

The family of a man who was stomped to death by teenagers is shocked the ringleader has been running a Facebook page for two years - from his prison cell.

Parents are losing hundreds of dollars through fraudulent websites claiming to sell popular baby products.

A frustrated mother turned to YouTube after her son was assaulted and police showed little initial interest in making arrests.

"Disgraceful comments" by right-wing blogger Cameron Slater, which have led to death threats, meant he was asking for trouble, according to the Grey District Mayor.

Right-wing blog site Whaleoil has crashed after a sustained denial-of-service attack.

A Dunedin man who falsified his Facebook profile to contact a teenage boy for sex offending has been jailed for three years.

Will the internet giant evolve into the biggest retailer in the world? Katherine Rushton looks at what the future holds for the Seattle-based company.

Money lenders are peering into the Facebook and Twitter profiles of would-be borrowers to look for evidence of debts or dodgy spending habits.