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Google's changes to privacy have irritated and worried some of its users. But are the search company's rivals really worth considering?

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People with low self-esteem should limit their woeful comments on Facebook, a study reports.

A request for an injunction to stop Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks could make Brazil the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor content at governments' requests.

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Facebook tweaked its photo viewer interface, making it look a lot like its counterpart on Google+.

Forget a makeover to heal your broken heart - try a "digital breakover" instead.

Social-sharing app Path has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' phone address books without their permission. The information has now been deleted, and Path has apologised.

There comes a time when your digital entertainment library just won't squeeze onto one computer, especially if it's brimming with video as well as music.

Microsoft has denied there is any evidence of a security breach in the Xbox Live service but has acknowledged users are having their accounts hijacked by cyber criminals.

Internet providers may have trouble persuading consumers to pay extra for services over ultrafast broadband.

Facebook has promised to release more information about the data it collects from millions of users, an Austrian group lobbying for respect of privacy laws says.

Hundreds out of pocket when an import firm continued trading after sole man at its reins died.

Sony will merge its PlayStation online gaming service into its broader online platform.

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After pulling the plug on more than a million online porn sites, Indonesia's Communications Minister, Tifatul Sembiring, has now set his sights on Twitter.

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Microsoft has reportedly made the gutsy decision to remove the Start button from its Windows 8 interface.

A hacker sought US$50,000 (NZ$59,882) from US anti-virus firm Symantec in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation.

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The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

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Parents should not stalk their children online, warns leading US cyber safety expert Dr Danah Boyd.

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Pictures users have deleted from Facebook months or even years ago may still exist, it has been revealed.

A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic.

The huge amount of choice in online dating can lead people to make poor decisions.