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NZ up in global IT rankings
New Zealand has improved its position in global rankings measuring how countries take advantage of new technology.

Google +1: Who likes who the most?
Google is jumping on the one-click recommendation bandwagon with something very similar to Facebook's 'like'.

Make it click: Online shopping takes off
The way we shop is changing, and the web is to blame, writes Zoe Walker.

<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Old routine or new rewards - it's your choice
There's great comfort in sticking to your routine, isn't there? That doesn't just apply to what you order at restaurants or how you have your coffee. Most people also stick to their routine at work, doing what they've always done.

Scammers hit phones in brazen con tricks
Scammers are increasingly abandoning email and hitting the phones to swindle money from their victims.

Granny brings down internet
Usually when there are internet problems in former Soviet countries, people suspect nefarious government interference.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: An invitation to write the future
Movement aims to connect almost everything to the internet.

Want a free iPad? Don't fall for the Facebook spam bait
Social media is the new spam target, and Facebook - with 500 million users - is the biggest target of them all.

Facebook testing 'real time' ad targeting
Facebook is testing a new system that instantly targets ads based on the content of members' wall posts and status updates.

Pacific Fibre seeks tenders to build new undersea cable
Pacific Fibre, the local start-up looking to build a second internet cable linking New Zealand to the world, has put out a tender to have its system built.

Watchdog probes UFB fibre barriers
The Commerce Commission wants to look at potential barriers to end-user uptake of ultra-fast broadband.

<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Apple shows the way to tempt buyers
Last year, Apple released a product. "This product is doomed to fail", said many experts. After all, the type of product had been introduced time and time again, and never succeeded.

'Disgusting' Facebook hate campaign
A salesperson says he's has become the butt of a cruel stunt as a mischief-maker posts a fake online profile.

<i>Chris Barton</i>: Broadband price controls no way to reverse the great telco rip-off
Internet plan set to replace one monopoly with another.