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Thousands of free eBooks available

Auckland Libraries has added thousands of new, free electronic texts to its collection.

Slingshot used rival's database

Slingshot marketers used login codes to access a Telecom database to improperly switch over customers without their consent.

Slingshot fined over dodgy transfers

Internet and phone company Slingshot has been fined $250,000 after it admitted transferring competitors' customers to its business without authority.

'Fake' interpreter a serial offender

The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial who has been accused of being a fake has signed at past ANC events.

Investigation into 'fake' interpreter

"There was no meaning in what he used his hands for." An investigation is launched into whether a fake sign language interpreter worked his way into Mandela's service.

Govt report on Chorus out next week

A full report on how internet price cuts will affect Chorus' ability to complete its leg of the ultra-fast broadband scheme will be released next week.

Diner e-guide gets taste for NZ

Online restaurant guide Zomato is ramping up its growth in NZ as it goes head-to-head with more established competitors such as MenuMania, Localist and Yelp.

Web users caught up in ransom scam

Some NZ computer users have paid $500 ransom demands after finding their machines encrypted and a ransom note demanding cash.

Readers become the authors

A novel approach to reading has kids blogging and commenting online about what should happen next in books - and authors follow the instructions.

Scam Watch - Dec 8

A Napier retailer warns a man claiming to be from "Google business" is offering a preferential listing for $295 - which must be paid via paypal. Ignore calls like this.

New York bank sells down Chorus shares

Chorus' share price has plunged by 50 per cent over the past year - now one of its big shareholders, BNY Mellon, has cut its holding from 7.45pc to 6.3pc. Photo / NZ Herald

ComCom seeks haste in copper price review

Chorus contracts review

Chorus' ultra-fast broadband contracts could be changed to ensure the project is not at risk.

Shelley Bridgeman: Have you photographed a crying baby?

In a world in which social media sites are full of photographs depicting clichéd "happy family" scenes, it's refreshing to see some honest moments.

No extra Govt funds for UFB - Adams

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.

Cunliffe's tweet referred to police

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.