Digital living

Spoof Qantas Twitter account shut down

Qantas

A satirical Twitter account masquerading as part of the Qantas PR team has been suspended at the airline's request.

MySpace comeback?

Justin Timberlake

Is Justin Timberlake really bringing MySpace back? The site claims it has added more than a million new users since launching its new MySpace Music Player in December.

Govt turns to hi-tech

Internet

Prime Minister John Key is citing Air New Zealand check-in times as a model for the public service to follow.

Google algorithm measures funny

No no no cat

ASHER MOSES

Google comes up with an algorithm to measure "funny", but the results are a little perplexing.

Protests erupt over ACTA

Sofia, Bulgaria ACTA protests

ERIK KIRSCHBAUM AND IRINA IVANOVA - Reuters

Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom.

Living without Google

Life without Google

JOSHUA TOPOLSKY

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

Facebook can alienate - study

Teenage depression

© Fairfax NZ News

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

Brazil files Twitter injunction

Twitter

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.

New Facebook photo viewer mimics Google+

Google vs Facebook

DANIEL IONESCU

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

What went wrong?

Broken hearts

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

CEO apologises over privacy bungle

Path app

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.

Managing a massive music library

Music library

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.

Xbox hijacks acknowledged

Xbox Live

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.

Consumers not keen to pay

Broadband cable

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

FB will release more user data

Max Schrems

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.

Money lost after trader dies

GRUMPY CUSTOMER: Adam Robertson, 24, has been left $900 out of pocket after a company he bought a tablet computer from shut down following the death of the owner.

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

Sony merges PS Network

Sony's PlayStation Network

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

Indonesia tweeters flaunt law

Twitter

KATE LAMB - © Fairfax NZ News

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.

Microsoft may ditch start button

Windows start

NARED NEWMAN

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

$50k anti-virus source code sting

Hacker

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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