Facebook was forced to admit today that it hired a public relations firm to plant negative stories against its Silicon Valley rival.

Facebook tribute pages to Emily Longley were defaced with lewd photos and nasty...

The first thing I do when I enter a new hotel room isn't to go straight to the window to check out the view, test-bounce the bed or look into the bathroom to see whether the toiletries are Molton Brown or Gilchrist & Soames.

One industry that has been surprisingly resilient in the face of new technology is television.

My relationship with Twitter is love-hate, which is why I haven't decided if it is on a Facebook trajectory, towards world domination.

Big discounts on a lavish caviar brunch. A cooking and wine-pairing class at a knock-down price. Customised bouquets for Mother's Day from one of Manhattan's most exclusive florists.

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

A Wellington doctor has been suspended after he admitted having 50,000 pornographic pictures of young girls on his computer.

Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye on why the new internet file-sharing law was needed.

One loyal customer finds out he's paying TelstraClear 10 times what new customers are being charged.

Sohaib Athar was taking a break from the rat-race in the mountains...

The news of the death of Osama bin Laden sent social media networks into a frenzy today. Here's a sampling of what was said.

The average New Zealand Facebook user has 124 friends according to a new poll.

Aucklander Natalia Burgess has broken her silence amid revelations she had sex with at least one 15-year-old boy.

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?

Fixed broadband connections have more than doubled in the last five years, to reach 61pc of households, new research has revealed.

Suddenly, grab-a-bargain websites are everywhere, with deep discounts on anything from burgers to overseas holidays.