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4 hours 16 min ago
Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.
5 hours 56 min ago
No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.
7 hours 4 min ago
Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.
8 hours 2 min ago
Facebook has made its first steps into the search market with the launch a servcie that allows users to quiz the site's 500m members.
10 hours 9 min ago
Some of the biggest names in Japan's technology industry report earnings later today and the likes of Panasonic and Sony are betting on 3D to drive sales of new TVs, DVD players and camcorders.
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:00am
Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:37pm
Details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net by a security researcher.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 2:39pm
Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:21pm
The government has finally set a date for the auction of airwaves crucial to next-generation mobile services.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:10am
A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:06am
Two Newsbeat listeners, Neil and Melanie, have been given a sneak preview of Nintendo's new hand-held console the 3DS.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 7:27am
Asian countries top the charts when it comes to internet speeds, according to a global survey by network giant Akamai.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 7:05am
104-year-old Ivy Bean, who is said to be the oldest user of social media site Twitter, has passed away in her sleep.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 5:15am
What makes your broadband connection slow?
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 5:14am
One of the hackers behind a computer virus that infected nearly 13m computers has been tracked down by international authorities.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 4:50am
The world's first 3D handheld console on test
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 6:22pm
Police in the Philippines use Facebook to find and arrest a suspect in the murder of nine people, including three foreigners.
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:11pm
A British computer expert has been entrusted with part of a digital key, to help restart the internet in the event of a major catastrophe. Paul Kane talked to Eddie Mair on Radio 4's PM programme about what he might be called upon to do in an international online emergency.
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:06am
One of the world's top designers of smartphones, Taiwan's HTC, has announced it is moving into the Chinese market for the first time.
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 8:02am
The long awaited real-time-strategy game StarCraft II has gone on sale, 12 years after the popular first edition was released.