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Police urged to keep eye on Facebook for party tip-offs
North Shore residents are calling on police to monitor social media sites to shut down youth beach parties before they get out of control.

<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Need more revenue? Get to work
How can you improve income generation?

iPhone patent blocks sexters
iPhone maker Apple has technology to stop "objectionable" messages sent on its machines.

Governor tweets of fine time in Moscow
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been busy telling his Twitter followers about 'having a blast' in Russia.

Library ponders twitter's historical value
The chief executive of the British Library yesterday confessed to having asked herself recently: "Should a world-class library preserve Stephen Fry's tweets?"

'Politics' behind salacious text scandal, claims Laws
Michael Laws has a theory about why his relationship with a former P addict and prostitute has become public.

Sexting lands Laws in strife
Salacious text messages between Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws and a former lover have entered the public arena.

Life unplugged
Many Kiwis refuse to join social networking sites like Facebook. But as the online community grows, it's becoming even tougher to stay away. Jehan Casinader confronts his social networking nightmare and meets others who are doing the same.

NRL: Warriors leave Facebook use up to players
The New Zealand Warriors don't plan to ban their players from websites like Facebook and Twitter.

League players banned from Twitter, Facebook
An NRL club has banned its players from using social networking websites Facebook and Twitter

Chemist's texts too intimate
A married pharmacist faces a fine and could be struck off for sending inappropriate text messages to the three hairdressers.

Cellphone scammers' text con
Mobile phone users are being warned about a scam that tells people they have won thousands and fish for bank details via text message.

Motorists still texting on the roads, survey finds
Despite a change in the law, some Kiwi drivers still seem unable to keep their eyes on the road instead of their phones.

New fault disrupts Telecom's XT service
Telecom mobile phone customers on the network's XT and CDMA networks have experienced more intermittent outages today.

Vodafone apologises for network failure
Vodafone says it is "fully focused" on ensuring the patchy service does not happen again.