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Nightmares for Gmail users as Buzz kills privacy
Google's new Buzz social hub features is set automatically to 'on' - and shares Gmail users' information without asking.
Facebook critics of principal to be prosecuted
Commentators who joined in a vicious online attack against a new school principal will be prosecuted, police say.
Salesman 'crippled' by internet charges
A kiwi salesman was stunned to receive a $1100 bill from Telecom for just 10 minutes of internet access from his laptop.
World turns to social media for real-time death
People flooded social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after the fatal crash of an Olympic luger yesterday, eager to read the latest, and quickest, details of the horrific accident.
<i>Rings</i> prequel born out of one fan's blood, sweat and tears
Watch out Peter Jackson - a Lord of the Rings fan and amateur actress is causing a storm with her cheap prequel to the epic trilogy.
Connect with your customers
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Buzz ... the list of places to promote your business online appear almost endless.
MySpace - how did it go so wrong?
In 2005, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp spent US$580m on MySpace. Four years later he hired AOL's Jonathan Miller to rescue it. He fired founder Chris De Wolfe and hired Owen Van Natta from Facebook. Ten months later, he's out too.
Facebook at work problems growing, say employers
A new survey of 520 NZ companies finds 67 per cent have no policies to regulate staff use of social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook deletes prisoner pages after plots, intimidation
British prisoners have been disconnected after they used Facebook to plot with other criminals and intimidate their victims.
Medication is what you need (would trillions of spams lie?)
There are slim pickings on the spam front in my email these days.
Google slammed over Facebook-chasing 'Buzz'
Google is making a belated attempt to force its way into the social networking sphere - but the industry has come out swinging.
Blogger in suppression case outs child porn offender
A NZ blogger denying five charges of breaching suppression orders has revealed on a website the name of a child porn offender who has name suppression.
Name suppression decision attacked by Maori Party MPs
Party's MPs join chorus of condemnation at the permanent name suppression given to a Manawatu man who downloaded more than 300,000 pornographic images, many of them picturing children.
Facebook gets yet another new face
Facebook has started rolling out a new front page design which emphasises chat and applications, and includes display advertising.
Internet imposters have celebrities in a twitter
Kiwi celebrities are being targeted by social networking frauds, who are forging Twitter and Facebook accounts in their names.