Social media gone too far. The startup Blippy.com allows users to create a profile track what they have been purchasing so all their friends can see what they are buying. Now is that feature really worth risking your credit card data?

Chorus technicians have fully restored telecommunications traffic in and out of Te Anau by reconnecting the fibre optic cable near the Whitestone Bridge.

The countdown has begun to the seventh New Zealand International Science Festival, themed Everyday Science: Food for Thought, from 6-11 July, 2010 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Victoria University and Industrial Research Limited (IRL) are working to foster entrepreneurial and commercial skills among New Zealand's emerging scientists.

In a post recession business environment, Loyalty New Zealand's (LNZL) new data warehouse and strengthened analytics team means the 54 Fly Buys retailers are getting further ahead of their competitors and LNZL's own business is growing.

Many social media users are getting tired of living with too many followers and friends.  We've seen Facebook face down services that make it easy to quit and Twi

Google just released an application called the Government Requests tool. This app shows how many requests each nation’s government has made for users’ personal information or for the removal of URLs from Google’s search index.

Alcatel-Lucent has created a 300Mbps pipe using what it has dubbed "Phantom Mode" technology to create a "phantom" channel in between two physical copper pairs, applying vectoring to eliminate the resultant cross-talk and bonding all three pairs, real and virtual.

Izon Science today launched the Variable Pressure Module (VPM) for its qNano and qViro instrument range. The extended capabilities now provide Izon with the world's most comprehensive nanoparticle analysis system.

Melbourne - There is a new optimism in the search for an efficacious pharmacological treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) despite a lack of attention from Big Pharma, finds independent market analyst Datamonitor.