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Nearly 45,000 people took to Twitter to follow police on a virtual ride-along in the Bay of Plenty on New Year's Eve.

Kim Dotcom's extradition battle postponed to August amid controversy, stretching the high-profile case beyond 18 months.

Pope Benedict XVI embraces digital age, blessing over a million Twitter followers in his groundbreaking first tweet.

Competition for the next-generation of consoles will come from living-room based PCs, according to Valve's Gabe Newell.

A judge in Kim Dotcom's trial has labelled police findings inconsistent, highlighting contradictions in affidavits by detective inspector Grant Wormald.

Metservice.com, a top NZ site, unveils a user-centric redesign after extensive feedback, promising a smoother, more dynamic experience.

Microsoft has revealed the iPhone 5 to be the top-searched news story of 2012, along with a host of other results from search engine Bing.

Release of Windows 8 presents massive opportunities particularly for those developers who are quick to create apps for the new platform.

Less than a day from launch and Black Ops II is already experiencing technical difficulties, some gamers are reporting.

Halo 4 launched less than a week ago but already has a competitor in the same genre as Call of Duty: Black Ops II is now available in New Zealand.

Twitter reset passwords for thousands, warning of phishing threats. The company admits the mass action may have been excessive, causing user inconvenience.

Wallabies' Quade Cooper hit with a £60,000 fine and a three-match ban after a Twitter-rant about ARU and a video game goes awry.

Kim Dotcom's new site, Mega, crashes on launch due to high demand, amid his ongoing battle with US authorities over internet piracy charges.

Offering consumers protection of their digital lives on all Windows 8 compatible devices at home or on the go.

Windows 8 introduces a touchscreen interface and a host of new apps, marking Microsoft's biggest OS update since Windows 95.

Slingshot users experienced brief broadband and calling outages, now resolved, as the provider worked swiftly to fix the network hiccup.

As the world watched Felix Baumgartner's 24-mile skydive from the stratosphere on Sunday, the world shared their feelings through social media.

Bethesda surprises PC users today, making Hearthfire downloadable content for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim available without previous updates.

A Warcraft movie has been a long time in the making but Blizzard high-ups have asked for casting ideas to speed up the process.

When Ben Ridler whips out his iPhone for a bit of social networking, it doesn't necessarily mean he's goofing off.