The Cabinet is expected to decide next month whether to give the go-ahead for a nationwide voice and data network that would be shared by government agencies and which could cut communications costs and make it easier for them to work together.

New Zealand has the world's second lowest software piracy rate out of 87 countries studied by analyst IDC, but Kiwis aren't being rewarded with lower pricing, paying far more than most for some common packages.

The Internet Safety Group is calling for internet cafes to up their game after a "random survey" of 10 cafes by an IBM New Zealand security expert found most of their computers were infected with spyware and vulnerable to hackers.

NZ Post IP network to save $2m

Intralot to use NZ office as launch pad

Sell online enticement draws in 40 small firms

Supermarkets get WiFi

Mush money may not go far

Hospital goes hands-free

Handheld upgrade for breeding cooperative

Mako signs $7.5m deal with Saudi Telecom

Low-level flaw gets Microsoft fired up

Txt-a-park success leads to formal arrangement

Yahoo upgrades instant messenger

Cellphone technology to track dolphins

Alleged voice mail hackers arrested

Upskilling will fuel real growth in economy

Girls wanna have fun in computing

Teenager gets help from Scambusters

Genesis offers broadband

UK's Vodafone slashes roaming charges

Napster aims to maintain prices after Yahoo launch

Oracle prefers deals over dividend, chairman says

BBC to trial online TV service

Warning against free seminars by US company

Local bodies welcome Government's digital strategy

Kiwi family has internet fun

Cunliffe gives cash for Mush

Govt spending $9.9m to develop business website

Mercedes that can't crash are on the radar

BBC uses Kiwi graphics software to take weather to the world

Telecom tests enthusiasm for 'Next Generation'

VC company, Otago Uni buy MediaLab

Minister wants reassurance from banks

Former Deltec boss appointed CEO for Synergy

MetService to overhaul telco services

Firms risk lawsuits for poor websites

Email archive for Police

Microsoft helps with security

SeniorNet, the non-profit organisation that teaches the over-55s to use computers and the internet, is banding together with an expat director of Hong Kong's ForgetMeNot Software to offer its members a way to send text messages to mobiles around the world from their PC.

LOS ANGELES: It's hard to hold a video game trade show during a power failure, as attendees of the Electronic Entertainment Expo learned the hard way just as the show was getting underway.