Govt not expecting to invest any more than the $1.35b already committed to UFB, despite an independent probe indicating the Chorus' leg of the project is at risk if changes aren't made.

The Electoral Commission today referred Labour leader David Cunliffe to the police for a tweet he sent on Twitter last Saturday, the day of the Christchurch East byelection.

Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals.

GCSB head Ian Fletcher yesterday acknowledged there was no protection of New Zealanders' data stored in servers overseas from spy agencies.

Twitter has suspended an account featuring images of child rape after an online campaign from Charlotte Dawson.

Hurrah for democracy. Hurrah for independent regulators. And bloody good job by the parties who gave a collective "no" to National Party cronyism, writes Chris Barton.

Editorial: Blogger Cameron Slater has been told by a Manukau District Court judge his "Whaleoil" website is not a news medium.

"Stalking" potential dates online and ending a relationship via email are becoming dating norms for Australasian women, according to a snapshot of online activity here.

New Zealanders may have to wait longer for cheaper internet after Chorus yesterday initiated court action to challenge the Commerce Commission's ruling.

Chorus shares took another pounding yesterday when it became clear the Govt's proposal to override wholesale broadband price cuts would not have the necessary political support to come into effect.

NZ can look forward to cheaper broadband or higher data caps after National was yesterday left with no mates in Parliament to support its proposal to override price cuts.

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance.

Parents willingly expose their children to the dangers of the internet because it is essential for them to be online, a visiting internet expert says.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has had talks with internet giant Alibaba in China about setting up a New Zealand-based section of the site.

Internet provider Slingshot will undercut rivals on price when it offers customers ultra-fast broadband in the next fortnight as competition in the fibre market heats up.

The local innovator behind Realstew wants his communications platform to make WINZ redundant.

Minister for Women's Affairs Judith Collins has accused Labour leader David Cunliffe of sexism after he referred to her as a "trout" in an opinion piece.

Just over a third of NZ internet users taking part in a new survey said they access cloud computing services.

Poor, elderly, small town dwellers and Maori and Pacific people are being left on the wrong side of the "digital divide", according to a new survey of NZ internet use.

Back when Yahoo was something hollered at a rodeo and no one could conceive of Googling anything, President Ronald Reagan signed an executive order that extended the power of US intelligence agencies overseas.

A New Zealand-born fashion designer's gear will feature in one of this year's hottest films - all thanks to an internet search.

An al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide attacks on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.

British PM pledges intelligence services to probe `dark net' following internet giants' move.

Australia can now take credit for the term "selfie" - Oxford Dictionaries' international word of the year for 2013.