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Another paper succumbs to the power of the net
Thu, 26th Nov
The once-loved Trade and Exchange newspaper has published its last edition today, marking the end of an era for the classified.
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UPDATE: Michelle Obama as a monkey picture removed
Thu, 26th Nov
The racially offensive image of Michelle Obama has been removed from the website, Hot Girls, which was hosting the image.
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Michelle Obama as a monkey: Google apologises
Wed, 25th Nov
Offensive picture of Michelle Obama tops Google image search and prompts apology.
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Internet Explorer under new threat from hackers
Mon, 23rd Nov
Older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser are under a new threat from hackers.
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Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO
Thu, 26th Nov
Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.
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Google buys ad specialist Teracent
Tue, 24th Nov
Google has snapped up another start-up in its quest to sell more visual advertising on the web.
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Twitter to follow Google's lead
Mon, 23rd Nov
Twitter has been in the spotlight more than once over the past year for its role in helping to disseminate information...
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Installing Google Chrome OS
Mon, 23rd Nov
So you’ve heard about Google Chrome OS? Want to find out more?
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Silicon Valley ebook company buys NZ's BookHabit
Fri, 20th Nov
Silicon Valley-based "ebook" company Smashwords has bought Wellington's BookHabit, a distribution platform for independent authors and publishers.
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YouTube launches tool to assist newsrooms
Wed, 18th Nov
YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage.
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Iggy re-records 'The Passenger' with a little help from NZ fans
Tue, 17th Nov
A Kiwi telecommunications company has managed to swing itself an unlikely alliance with the godfather of punk, Iggy Pop.
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Big response to Govt's broadband partnership offering
Tue, 17th Nov
A string of groups have expressed interest in partnering the Government in its broadband roll-out
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Twitter in space: Tweeters to report live on space shuttle launch
Mon, 16th Nov
Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.
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Russian policemen use YouTube to fight corruption
Sat, 14th Nov
When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.
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Farmers want Facebook
Thu, 12th Nov
Farmers don't want access to broadband only for those worthy but dull things that can boost their on-farm productivity - they want Facebook.
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MC Hammer - you can't touch him, but you can tweet him
Thu, 12th Nov
MC Hammer became famous in the 1990s with the hit 'You Can't Touch This', some oversized trousers and an unforgettable dancing style.
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Murdoch threatens to sue BBC
Tue, 10th Nov
News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch threatened to sue the BBC for allegedly stealing content from his company's newspapers and said News Corp is considering pulling its stories from Google news searches.
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Framed for child porn....by a virus?
Mon, 09th Nov
Of all the sinister things that internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
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Google Dashboard gives control over personal content
Fri, 06th Nov
Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.
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Lily Allen: Piracy's okay as long as the pirates make money
Sat, 21st Nov
Lily Allen has backtracked in the fight against music piracy - she is happy for fans to circulate illegal copies of her albums, as long as they don't give them away for free.
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Trojan computer virus arrests made
Thu, 19th Nov
A couple suspected of helping spread some of the internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester.
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MySpace to acquire imeem?
Wed, 18th Nov
Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem.
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Unfriend is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year
Tue, 17th Nov
Finalists for 2009 also included sexting
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Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list
Tue, 17th Nov
Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday.
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Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
Sat, 14th Nov
Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.
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MySpace launches online music service in NZ
Fri, 13th Nov
With the launch of a new music service in New Zealand by MySpace, Kiwis now have yet another way to get their music online.
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Web-based email features come to desktop software
Thu, 12th Nov
Email has taken a full circle. Over the years, web-based email services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the email programs that reside on the computer desktop.
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Internet claims another newspaper victim
Wed, 11th Nov
The internet has spelt the end for an iconic newspaper that has been a lifeline for thousands of Kiwis on their OE to Britain.
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Google book-scan deadline looms
Tue, 10th Nov
The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google's ambitious book-scanning project.
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Website illegally selling Beatles mp3s launches unusual defence
Sat, 07th Nov
An online music store caught selling Beatles mp3s without permission has removed the band's music from its services, but denies it was breaking the law.
