Pakistani authorities block access to the social media website Twitter because of tweets they say are blasphemous and inflammatory.

Will Facebook keep innovating post-IPO?

Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.

Facebook has gone public - how have other internet shares done?

LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.

Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.

Facebook shares are trading flat at $38 on their stock market debut, having initially jumped to $42 within minutes of trade beginning.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg opens trading on the Nasdaq exchange from a ceremony in California, ahead of the social network's share sale.

MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.

Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.

Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.

Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.

Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.

As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.

One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.

Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.

Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.

Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

Google is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service.

The social networking giant's first female engineer

Facebook shares will begin trading in New York on Friday in one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.

The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.

Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.

Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?

Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV.

HMRC is targetting people who use sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell items online at a profit.

The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet with Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.

China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.

Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?

Scotland's latest bid for tidal power

Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.

Paralysed patients control a robotic arm only with their thoughts

Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.

Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.

File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.

Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.

Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York are now able to make in-flight phone calls.

A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.

The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.

A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures

Search giant Google patents the technology behind its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.

Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems.

Shares of Taiwan's HTC fall after US customs officials hold up shipments of its new smartphones over a patent dispute.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.

The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone

Click's Sumi Das reports on the Udacity project which is already causing ripples around the globe as it is making a top class education available to anyone, anywhere and for free.

Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.

Flipboard starts making noise in world of mobile apps

Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.

Fans knock over maker Blizzard's servers as they rush to play the much-awaited sequel to the fantasy action role-playing game.

Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.

A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"

Baidu, China's search giant, has announced the launch of its first smartphone.

The creative brains imagining a smarter future

A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.

Apple offers Flashback patch for customers who with older operating systems.

Facebook raises the price range at which it hopes to sell shares this week from $28-$35 to $34-$38, potentially putting its total value above $100bn.

The technology powering the Philippines call centre revolution

Three finalists fight for UK's top engineering award: a multinational car firm, a small flood consultancy and a high-tech camera manufacturer

As it marks its first year operating in the UK, Twitter tells the BBC it is to work more closely with government and other policymakers.

A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.

AMD unveils its latest PC chip boasting more graphics power than Intel's Ivy Bridge and new 'energy recycling' tech.

Renren, known as China's Facebook, reports wider losses for the first three months of the year because of weak advertising revenues.

A web-connected robot that emits a puff of perfume is helping people gauge how connected they are online.

The Philippines has recently overtaken India as the country with the most call centre workers - and it is due in no small part to technology.

A system said to block bit torrent downloads is backed by a Microsoft fund, but experts dispute its long-term effectiveness.

Apple has stopped using '4G' in adverts for its latest iPad following complaints about which technologies the phrase stood for.

Pedestrians in an American town are being fined £50 for texting while they walk.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship, just days ahead of the company's stock flotation.

The nervous questions ahead of Facebook IPO

With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.

Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi

The campaign site Change.org is localising its service to help publicise UK-based campaigns.

The CEO of Yahoo has stepped down, the computer firm has confirmed, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV.

Spencer Kelly advises on the huge range of wireless printers available in the shops.

Carbon capture battles money, politics and technology

Training the next generation of digital defenders

In a bid to ramp up its focus on mobile lifestyles, Facebook acquires 'social discovery' startup Glancee.

US gamers spent 42% less on their hobby in April compared to the same period in 2011, says market research firm NPD.

Some Facebook users are getting the chance to pay a small fee to make some posts 'more visible' on the social network.

Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain.

The world's largest test facility for carbon capture and storage opens in Norway

The man who runs Ofsted, which examines schools, says he wants children banned from taking their phones into class.

Sony shares tumble to a 31-year low, a day after the company reported a record annual loss of 456.7bn yen ($5.7bn; £3.5bn).

Virtual visitors are coming - what if they commit crimes?

Salesforce's Marc Benioff says social media has changed everything

The BBC has been given an exclusive demonstration of how the technology of robot avatar 'beaming' works, allowing a kind of 'physical' interaction at a distance.

How smart vehicles could deliver a more productive commute

Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms.

The Netherlands' Pirate Party is banned from telling users how to bypass blocks to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.

A teenager is arrested in Newcastle over alleged involvement with hacking group Team Poison.

The rating system used to warn parents about unsuitable content in video games is to be simplified, the government says

Cyber crime is a problem in developed countries and as the internet expands in emerging countries it's opening up a new range of potential targets to cyber criminals.

Activision Blizzard says subscriptions to World of Warcraft have held steady after losing over one million users the previous year.

Regulations to significantly reduce the cost of using a mobile phone abroad have been passed by the European Parliament.

Flipboard - a popular news magazine for mobile devices - expects the number of downloads of its app in China to soon surpass those in the United States.

Facebook announces App Center, a specialised store offering mobile apps, as it admits growing mobile use could hurt its revenues.

How is the publishing industry embracing the world of digital?

An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them

The UK's biggest robotics lab opens for business

One of Europe's main contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope - an instrument that will help identify the first stars to shine in the Universe - is built and ready to ship to the US.

Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves

Japanese electronics maker Sony reports a record annual loss as natural disasters and a strong yen hurt its earnings.

The popularity of songs streamed on services like Spotify will be measured in a new weekly top 100, compiled by the Official Chart Company.

Facebook has set the share price for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at between $28 and $35 per share, valuing the company at between $85bn-$95bn (£52bn-£59bn).

Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism.

Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects.

Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.

The US-based voice recognition firm Nuance confirms its technology is being used in Samsung's high-end TVs.

How a robotic suit let a paralysed woman complete a marathon

Rivals have voiced their objections to Everything Everywhere rolling out 4G mobile services before them.

The much-anticipated third game in the Bioshock series will miss its Christmas sales slot after its developer asks for more time.

Two technology start-up entrepreneurs and the chief executive of ARM Holdings explain why Cambridge is a good place for a tech company to be based.

Two teenagers are arrested in Norway following an attack on Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations.

Plans to make it easier for the police and security services to monitor e-mails and telephone are unveiled but with promises of "strict safeguards".

Twitter objects to a US court order ordering it to hand over old messages posted by a Occupy Wall Street protester.

Chinese firm Proview's case against Apple over a dispute involving rights to the iPad name is dismissed by a court in the US.

A 'ghost town' is being built in America to test out the latest technologies, such as new traffic systems and self-flushing toilets!

A paralysed woman completes the London Marathon in a "bionic" suit - 16 days after starting the race.

The owner of O2 and Movistar launches an app capable of making calls over the internet like rivals such as Skype.

Why the city's tech cluster has been such as a success

Virgin Media takes its website offline after an attack by hacktivists angered by The Pirate Bay access ban.

The software giant is going carbon neutral from July and will charge an internal carbon fee based on emission levels.

A fault with WH Smith's IT system cause all of its till receipts to say customers have bought "The Queen's Knickers".

Light bulbs meant to last for more than two decades while consuming very little energy may go on sale later this year.

Motorola Mobility must wait longer to find out if it will be allowed to enforce a ban on Microsoft's Xbox and other products in Germany.

US and Chinese defence ministers pledge to co-operate on cybersecurity, despite accusations that China is behind online attacks against the US.

Electronic Arts reports that there has been about a 25% fall in subscribers to its Star Wars online video game.

Driverless car will hit the roads of Nevada as Google is granted first US autonomous vehicle licence.

A teacher explains why she quit her job after facing online abuse

Salamworld, a social networking site with Islamic influences, is due to launch in July with the hope of challenging Facebook's supremacy.

The life of a pioneering computer conservationist is being commemorated with an award for the best computer restoration project.

Meet the top contestants fighting for the iPhone's crown

HTML5 takes the internet by storm

A US jury finds Google breached copyright in a case brought by Oracle over its Java programming language, but can't agree whether it constitutes "fair use".

A shareholder seeking the dismissal of Yahoo's chief executive demands the internet firm hand over documents relating to his recruitment.

Evernote, the company behind the popular digital note-taking service, plans to tap the world's largest web community - China

Magnet-making bacteria may be building biological computers of the future, an international team of researchers says.

What can India do to protect people's online information

Engineers and scientists who mean business

Engineers in California unleash high-intensity artificial earthquakes on a five-storey building packed with medical equipment

Cybercrime is a problem in developed countries and as the internet expands in emerging countries it's opening up a new range of potential targets to cybercriminals.

Richard Taylor reports on how virtual reality has made James May fear for the future of his presenting career.

The government's targets for access to broadband services are unlikely to be met because of a £1.1bn funding shortfall, says a report.

In Click's weekly tech news Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, that tracks its users eyes and listens to voice commands. Also supports wireless charging.

David Cameron is to meet ISPs to discuss new measures aimed at protecting children from pornography online

Giving cheap smartphones to patients living in remote and rural areas has been suggested as a way of providing faster care.

Brussels proposes creating an age-based authentication system for children to ensure they stay safe when going online.

The government will consult on new measures to protect children from internet pornography, including a parental opt-in policy for receiving adult content.

How to break all the rules to work better and faster

Olaf Swantee, CEO of Everything Everywhere, explains why he thinks the UK needs to speed up the rollout of 4G.

Norway is leading the way in preparing for the move to the net's new addressing scheme, suggests a survey.

An operating system developed to connect services in the cities of the future will be put through its paces in London.

Image tools used by Interpol to arrest child abusers

Facebook sets the share price for its upcoming initial public offering at between $28 and $35 per share, valuing the company at $85bn-$95bn.

South Korean firm Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the successor to the Galaxy S2.

Two British men who have been blind for many years have been able to perceive light and some shapes after surgery to fit an innovative retina implant.

Samsung unveils its new Galaxy S3 smartphone, featuring a 4.8 inch screen, calling it the "best in class" Android-based phone on the market.

Tiny submarines that are 10 times smaller than the width of a human hair could be used to clean up oil spills, US researchers say.

Samsung unveils its 3G smartphone Galaxy S - but how will it fare in a highly competitive market?

The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency is taken offline following a cyber-attack.

Some bouncers are checking Facebook accounts to verify customers' ID on their smartphones, it has been revealed.

Conservative MP Louise Mensch and Chief Constable Stuart Hyde debate abuse on Twitter

This summer's London 2012 Olympic Games will "not be immune" to cyber-attack, Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude warns.

The gadgets that will help pick out winners at the Olympic Games

The South Korean handset maker will unveil its new Android-based Galaxy phone at a London event later on Thursday.

Smart clothes that change colour could help people to camouflage - just like squids do, say scientists.

Ubuntu's plans to revolutionise computing

Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic in two countries over claims they have infringed a total of 45 patents.

Research In Motion promises a cash guarantee to developers who create quality apps for its forthcoming system refresh.

Popular mobile game Draw Something has lost millions of users in the past month, analysis suggests.

Content providers may turn their attention to Virtual Private Networks next, as they become the new tool for pirates.

A diary that writes on its own pages in one of the Harry Potter books inspires a paper that spells out blood types.

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales is to help the UK government make the academic research it funds freely available to all.

How your status updates can affect how you are treated in shops, restaurants, and hotels

Motorola Mobility is granted a sales ban against the Xbox 360 and Windows 7 in Germany.

The latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops 2, will go on sale a week after Microsoft relaunches its Halo franchise.

Anonymous 'hacktivist' Peter Fein comes out from the cyber shadows to explain what he believes the group is trying to achieve.

Leicester Tigers teams up with IBM analytics

Why China's attempts to control the web could backfire

Anonymous revision

Crowdsourced funding site Kickstarter suffers what is thought to be its first fake project - a video game claiming the involvement of Disney.

Apps containing racy or sexual content are to be purged from the Windows Phone app store if developers do not make changes.

Developers get their hands on early version of RIM's new handset as the firm gears up to take on rivals.

Digital book sales have gone up 54% in the past year to £243m but total book sales have fallen by 2%.

Bokeh has suddenly splattered onto our TV screens, writes Paul Mason.

The NHS and social networking site Facebook have joined forces in an attempt to increase the number of organs being donated.

The BBC News website picks up another award at the 16th Webbys while new entrants Pinterest, Google+ and Spotify get their first.

The Flashback Trojan could have netted its creators more than $10,000 a day, suggests analysis of the malware.

Who is responsible for content on the internet? Claire Perry MP, chair of the Internet Porn Inquiry and Nicholas Lansman of the Internet Service Providers ISP Association, debate the ISP ban on file sharing website Pirate Bay.

Post-war African state beats most of Europe to 4G

Apple is facing a wider inquiry over "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands.

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled.

Five major UK internet service providers are ordered by the High Court to prevent users from accessing popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.

Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes and Noble's digital business, providing a boost to the Nook e-book reader.

Three MPs were challenged to the Temple Run game on an iPad as a Commons committee suggested giving every MP a tablet computer to save money and printing paper.

China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.

Retired teacher Jackie Barrow explains how she teaches Indian children thousands of miles away, using Skype.

What the next cyberwar might be like

Google employee told colleagues, including a senior manager, about plans to collect personal data from people's home wi-fi, a report says.

UK-based pensioners educate Indian children via Skype

Mobile firm Everything Everywhere has launched a campaign to pressure politicians to deliver the rollout of 4G services.

A new online tool is launched that lets individuals complain if they feel executive pay at companies is too high.

Could this six-year-old be the world's youngest IT expert?

Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright discusses online project the Random Adventures of Brandon Generator

Nintendo players may soon be able to buy games for their 3DS handheld device digitally on the same day as they are released in stores.

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has revealed an eco-friendly digital camera made almost entirely from cardboard.

In Click's weekly tech news wrap up Facebook announces it already boasts over 900 million active users and is on course for its first billion.

After 14 years as the world's leading mobile phone maker, Nokia has finally lost out to Samsung.

Web reviewer Kate Russell finds out how the web can improve her memory.

Apple plans to open an off-site restaurant reserved for employees so they can chat over lunch with spilling secrets.

Samsung, which makes the Galaxy smartphone, says its next flagship handset will use a new quad-core processor.

Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug that affected its Hotmail webmail service.

Samsung Electronics overtakes Nokia to become the world's largest maker of mobile phones and reports an 81% increase in quarterly profits.

Amazon posts better-than-expected profits after the world's biggest retailer cuts costs and boosts sales of Kindle tablets.

A-Level computing student Isabell Long and technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones put the Raspberry Pi computer through its paces.

Children's minister Tim Loughton warns that parents are helping their children dodge Facebook age limits to set up accounts.

Samsung Electronics says profits rose 81%, boosted by smartphone sales and increased profitability at its display panel unit.

A bill allowing access to private web data on suspicion of a cyber threat passes the US House of Representatives, despite a White House veto threat.

Putting the Raspberry Pi through its paces

British industry will lead the production of Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft that will travel closer to the Sun than any satellite to date.

A camera which develops written descriptions rather than pictures has been created by a student in New York.

Facebook has launched Anti-virus Marketplace - a new portal to protect the social network's users from malware.

Chemists devise a means to coat cotton fabrics with durable "super-hydrophobic" layers that repel water and stains alike.

Plans to send warning letters to suspected illegal file-sharers have been put off until at least 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport confirms.

Science fiction publisher Tor UK decides to drop anti-piracy restrictions from its electronic books.

Britain sent its first satellite into space 50 years ago when Ariel 1 launched on 26 April, 1962.

People who have been paralysed are trying out battery-powered "bionic" suits to help them to walk again.

Dozens of criminal websites offering credit card details and other private information have been taken down in a global police operation, as Ben Ando explains.

Game giant Nintendo reports its first annual net loss of 43.2bn yen ($533m; £329m) as sales of its Wii games console disappoint and a strong yen hits exports

Spencer Kelly reports from the Robots and Avatars exhibition on how the virtual and real world are merging.

Angry Birds voted best gaming app while Sky Sports News takes top prize at this year's Appys award ceremony.

There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency.

O2 unveils an app that allows users to transfer up to £500 via text message and speed up purchases from online retailers.

The top five cyber threats for our world

The European Patent Office revokes a patent used to halt mobile phone sales in Germany.

A freedom of information request suggests public sector bodies are more likely to attract data breach fines than private firms.

Star German high-jumper Ariane Friedrich names an alleged stalker on Facebook, citing self-defence, and the move sparks a new debate about privacy.

The animated film Brave will premiere Dolby's Atmos system which allows sounds to be placed with more precision in theatres.

The US space agency Nasa is testing a network of GPS sensors as a rapid-response measure of earthquake location and magnitude.

Olympic bosses admit their ban on spectators posting videos and images on social networking sites will be unenforceable.

Should the internet be regulated to safeguard children?

Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas and Jim Killock of Open Rights Group discuss the best strategies to prevent children from accessing pornography online.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook dismisses the idea of combining laptops and tablets, a vision being pursued by Intel and others.

South Korea's LG Electronics turns to profit in the first three months of 2012 after two straight loss-making quarters.

Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources.

Companies that do not do enough to keep their websites secure are to be named and shamed to help improve security.

Shares in Chinese search engine Baidu fall more than 10% in after hours trading after a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast.

Linus Torvalds, the founder of the operating system, Linux, has been nominated for the Millennium Technology Prize - Europe's most prestigious science and technology award.

Sir Stuart Rose swaps M&S for a mobile app start-up

Many people are a "soft touch" for fraudsters because they fail to wipe data from old disks, says the UK's privacy watchdog.

Tools to stop too much personal data being shared are being developed by a mobile industry body.

Apple reports better-than-expected results, with profits almost doubling in first three months of the year to $11.6bn (£7.2bn).

Google offers remote storage with 5GB of space for free, or up to 1TB for a charge, challenging Dropbox, Microsoft and others.

An EU watchdog is the latest to add its voice to growing criticisms of anti-counterfeiting trade agreement Acta.

A Sheffield United team-mate of Ched Evans is suspended over alleged Twitter comments after the jailed Wales international's rape conviction.

A June preview of Windows 8 will be the closest yet to the final version.

Speculation is rife that Google is on the verge of launching a cloud-based storage system with 5 gigabytes available for free.

A preliminary ruling suggests that Microsoft's games console infringes four of Motorola Mobility's patents.

Details emerge of a plan to mine asteroids for their resources backed by film director James Cameron and Google billionaires Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.

Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield attempts to build a plane which is kept in the air by the energy of his own pedalling.

Arm Holdings, which designs chips used in smartphones such as iPhones, reports rising profits and revenues as demand for digital goods rises.

Three-dimensional images of tissue samples could help spot cancer early, say researchers.

Identifying influential voices on social networks

Click's Spencer Kelly surrenders to the will of a machine which has its own ideas about where he should walk.

When pranksters create internet hoaxes for fun and profit, it becomes difficult to trust what we read or see online.

Solicitor Jonathan Armstrong outlines the offences that can be committed on Twitter after a footballer revealed the identity of a rape victim on the social networking site.

Alibaba.com reports a 25% dip in first quarter profit amid falling membership sales to businesses and higher operating costs.

Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook and new laws are needed, a former GCHQ chief says.

Facebook is paying Microsoft $550m (£341m) for some of the patents it recently bought from AOL - the latest technology patent deal.

A legal row over the use of the iPad name in China could be settled by out-of-court talks.

US President Barack Obama announces fresh sanctions against Iran, Syria and those who help them use technology to crack down on dissent.

Pinterest clones have flooded China's web world - only months after the social image-sharing website reached massive popularity.

Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports.

Badly coded mobile websites are unnecessarily draining smartphone batteries, researchers say.

India has become the top spam spewing nation on the planet in about 12 months, suggests a report by a computer security firm.

Negotiations start on April 26 over what happens to data taken offline by the shut down of file-sharing site Megaupload.

As we get older, our senses such as sight and hearing diminish and that leads to many people giving up driving. Now, new technology is being developed to help older drivers stay on the road longer.

How do you brake the world's fastest car?

Photos by ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reveal how the computer's design evolved.

Reunion for designers of Sinclair's computer

Intel unveils 13 Ivy Bridge chips, promising more processing power and less energy use to help it head off Arm and AMD's challenges.

A term used to refer to gadget haters, but what is its origin?

World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said people should protest against current plans to increase internet monitoring.

A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years will go on sale in the US on 22 April also known as Earth Day.

A hacking attack cripples US-based Chinese-language website Boxun for several hours, its manager says, after reports on the Bo Xilai scandal.

Two British twins, who were 16 when they allegedly defrauded investors out of $1.2m via a bogus stock-picking robot, face charges in the US.

Better ways to spot landing sites on the Moon are part of a Nasa competition to harness "citizen scientists".

The mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, made a net loss of 760 million pounds in the first three months of this year.

Businesses explore how they can use avatars and virtual reality

The BBC talks to the man behind the notorious revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp

The Pebble Smartwatch, an electronic paper watch designed to work alongside smartphones, raises record amount on crowdsourcing funding site Kickstarter.

Web reviewer Kate Russell lets robots run her social networking.

YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties after it loses a court battle in Germany over music videos.

An Anonymous-branded site is created promising not to censor or moderate details posted by hackers.

An Australian High Court ruling deals a blow to major film and television studios in a landmark case over illegal video downloads.

Mobile phones running an operating system developed by makers of the Firefox web browser will go on sale in late 2012.