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Does online love last longer?
Finding a lover online is more likely to lead to a happier and longer marriage than getting together through more traditional means, a study has found.

Internet silently turning rhubarb into rubarb
The internet will make some English misspellings acceptable.

Cyber fraudsters target lovestruck Kiwi
Cyber fraudsters sent a fake death certificate to try to dupe a lovestruck Kiwi woman into sending money overseas

Ports and bloggers colluded: strategist
A political strategist who has trained National Party MPs says the Ports of Auckland colluded with right wing bloggers to undermine industrial action against the Ports of Auckland.

Calls for Google to block child porn
Internet search companies such as Google have come under pressure to block child porn after a children's charity said that the sites "fuel the fantasies" of paedophiles who then sexually assault children.

Hi-tech lessons for 'digital natives'
Children as young as 3 will benefit from being taught about Twitter and other social media, New Zealand's early childhood educators have been told.

Punakaiki Fund mulls $50m IPO
Lance Wiggs' Punakaiki Fund plans to seek as much as $50 million in an initial public offering to invest in New Zealand companies.

Car dealer fined over 'shill bidding'
An online car dealer that placed thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions has been fined $42,000 this afternoon.

Sports world riding the wave of change
When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double.

$100k online car dealer scam
An online car dealer has been snared placing thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions.

Delete that! Twitter faux pas
After publicly issuing media guidelines for players to follow on their coming tour of Australia, the Lions lost the plot with their official account.

Yahoo's $1.3b gamble on Tumblr
Yahoo's chief executive is making a US$1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) bet on the online blogging forum Tumblr as Marissa Mayer tries to make a former internet icon cool again.

High school dropout who made a fortune
It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

The Pirate Bay co-founder goes on trial
A Swedish co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an IT services company with ties to the Swedish tax authority and other government agencies.

@DanCarter seems nicer than Santa
Alan Perrott finds out just how different @DanCarter is from the real Dan Carter ...

Yahoo's big leap with $1.1b Tumblr deal
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an internet pioneer that has fallen behind the times.

Sports stars make a #hashtag of it
Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1b acquisition of Tumblr
Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the internet company's website and mobile applications.

Firms unfazed by risk from social media
Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests.

Telecom stays mum on online TV plans
Telecom is keeping its powder dry on its plans for internet television and revealed little about what entertainment services could be in the pipeline during its strategy update to investors.

Social media trail rumbles moonlighter
A beauty therapist who was caught treating salon clients at home after leaving her Facebook page open at work has been ordered to pay damages.

'Hatchet hitchhiker' wanted for murder
A self-proclaimed "home-free" hitchhiker who became an internet celebrity earlier this year for using a hatchet to stop a fight is suspected of beating a lawyer to death.