Internet

Telecom says the Government's rural broadband plans will cost it up to $56 million a year in earnings between 2011 and 2013.

China reacted quickly today to Google Inc.'s decision to stop censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland, saying it is "totally wrong" and accusing the company of violating promises.

He's unemployed and isn't much of a computer expert. The Frenchman accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the accounts of President Barack Obama and singers Britney Spears and Lily Allen says he wanted to reveal just how vulnerable online data systems are to break-ins - and he says he didn't mean any harm.

A government initiative to stop people viewing websites containing images of child sexual abuse has some concerned about its merits

More than a million New Zealand homes used broadband to connect to the internet last year, double the number of three years ago, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Trade Minister Tim Groser says New Zealanders' views will be taken into account when the Government makes any decision about whether to join an Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).

The Octagon's free wireless internet (Wi-Fi) service is set to start next Friday.

Scammers are targeting the internet trading website TradeMe by copying listed items and marketing them on different websites, duping one unsuspecting woman of $750.

A group representing performing artists says it is not opposed to independent adjudication of copyright disputes under a new law that requires Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to automatically shut down suspect websites.

A controversial copyright law covering the internet will be delayed to see if the sector can make it workable, Prime Minister John Key said.

A Whitianga teenager who hacked into a United States university computer says he would ultimately like to start his own company and become the next Bill Gates.

Lawrence, famous for its 1860s goldrush, will soon make 21st-century history by becoming the first small town in the country to offer free wireless Internet for locals and visitors to its main business district.

A federal jury has been given the case of a mother accused of conspiring with her daughter and an assistant to harass a 13-year-old girl on the Internet, allegedly precipitating the teen's suicide.

An estimated 5000 house-holds in Gibbston, Arrowtown and Wanaka, plus some areas of Alexandra and Cromwell, were left without Internet or phones for about three and a-half hours yesterday, after a contractor struck a fibre optic cable near Lake Hayes.

Despite the bad economy, US Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released on Thursday.

Although it is only November, the dreaded Christmas spam has made its unwelcome entry into in-boxes around the world.