Internet

In just under two hours an unprotected computer was rendered unusable through online attacks in an experiment in Auckland today.

An international credit crunch, the roll-out of rival broadband schemes and a general improvement in the performance of large ISPs has not dented enthusiasm for a new municipal high-speed broadband network in Dunedin.

The American who helped New Zealand teen hacker Owen Thor Walker mount an electronic attack on an internet server, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison and five years of probation.

Telstraclear says a new high-speed broadband network will be available to Dunedin businesses by December.

New Zealand broadband is improving, according to a new report.

Internet subscribers with wireless networks are being warned to check security settings to ensure their connections are not hijacked .

A war of words has broken out over the Dunedin City Council's plan for a new multimillion-dollar fibre broadband network to be owned by the community.

Vodafone has moved into the broadband wholesale market in a deal with internet service provider and phone company Slingshot.

A federal judge has granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation's first file-sharing trial, ruling he made an error in the jury instructions that "substantially prejudiced" her rights.

Clutha's economic watchdog will tomorrow consider its approach to lobbying the Government to invest in installing high-speed Internet into rural regions - even though there are no guarantees money will be there after the election.

The Olympics are coming to YouTube.

I read the news to day oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade The Beatles' A Day in the Life came to me a day or two ago, prompted by the huge black headline covering the front page of one of our Sunday papers.

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service DoubleClick will aid newspapers as they struggle to corral more online revenue.

Credit card companies know what you have bought. Phone companies know whom you've called. Electronic toll services know where you've gone. Internet search companies know what you've sought.

The nation's farmers desperately need access to broadband internet links, and they need it more than many "townies" says Federated Farmers.

Ranfurly residents are enjoying the freedom and convenience of the Internet once again, after a Telecom broadband hardware failure left the town in technical isolation over four days last week.

National Party leader John Key appears to be winning the battle of cyberspace, with almost three times the number of supporters on the same social networking site as Prime Minister Helen Clark.

A young Whitianga computer nerd who pleaded guilty to being part of an international cyber-crime ring will be sentenced in the High Court at Hamilton on July 15.

A young Hawke's Bay woman is due in court for allegedly hacking into a schoolgirl's social network website.