Technology

Authorities say a woman checking her video surveillance system from the Internet while she was at work caught four people robbing her house.

Only a few years ago, bigger guns, badder enemies and louder explosives mattered most in video games.

It could have been a case of art imitating life or even life online imitating art, but the case of a North Island beneficiary being sprung on Facebook had the makings of a classic whodunnit novel.

Looking around the library it is more and more apparent that Apple Macintosh computers are becoming eerily common.

New Zealand's broadband speed and quality improved in the last quarter of 2008 as newer, faster ADSL2+technology was installed.

Public-private partnerships will be established to deliver ultra-fast broadband to 75% of New Zealanders within 10 years, Communications and Technology Minister Steven Joyce announced today.

The Government says it will set up a Crown-owned company to drive its $1.5 billion investment in ultra fast broadband.