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Police: Google committed no crime with Wi-Fi data grab
The police have handed the investigation on Google's Street View data gathering back to the Privacy Commissioner.

Rape investigation into WikiLeaks boss reopens
Allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, took an unexpected turn today.

Can four guys take on Facebook - and win?
A utopian vision of social networking: you remain in control of all your data, you own it, look after it and share with whoever you like.

KiwiSkills gets back to the basics
The Computer Society is trying to make New Zealand $1.7 billion a year.

What's in a name? Too much to throw away
If a new identity is the only way to escape your online past, maybe Facebook just isn't worth it.

I blog, therefore I am
Those unconvinced about the value of the web as a platform for ideas regard bloggers with suspicion, imagining them as self-promoting at best, narcissistic at worst,

From covert agent to magazine cover girl?
Anna Chapman, the glamorous figure at the centre of the US-Russia spy scandal, has been threatened with legal action over a photo-shoot.

Revealed: The YouTube rich list
New research has revealed the names of the ten highest earning independent acts on video sharing site YouTube.

Website wants free access to TVNZ archive
A non-profit website dedicated to letting people watch New Zealand-made movies and television programmes wants access to Television New Zealand's (TVNZ) archive - for free.

Wi Fi provider Tomizone makes deal with Skype
Local wireless internet provider Tomizone has partnered with Skype to promote the global giant's new web access product to NZ users.

WikiLeaks supporters blame spy agencies for sex claims
Friends of the secretive founder of WikiLeaks say he is the victim of a smear campaign.

Online pageant scouts set trap for pretty girls
A teen's mother has raised concerns about beauty pageant organisers trawling social networking sites seeking pretty contestants.

<i>Simon Hendery:</i> Fast-changing demands test telco sector
Simon Hendery writes that more network traffic won't mean more income for major phone providers.