A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.

China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws.

About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will become a fundamental way the public communicates with government.

Japan is embracing fuel cell to provide electricity and heat in the home. Now it wants to export the systems to the UK and ...

Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this ...

Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.

How to get more out of Twitter

Hi-tech to stop gadgets being stolen

The digital election: Should we prepare to be spammed?

The dawning age of the agricultural automatons

Phones transform healthcare in the developing world

Gaming pioneers finds the old magic returning

The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.

Sony reveals details about its new motion controller the PlayStation Move, as a contender to market leader Nintendo Wii.

Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.

The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Facebook calls on game designers to make an iconic title, such as Mario or Halo, specifically for the social network.

Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.

Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP ...

A plan to create a .xxx net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by internet regulators.

A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.

Has copyright gone too far? asks Bill Thompson.

Openness must be defended, says Bill Thompson.

Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the future

Innovation is the key for papers says Bill Thompson

Your help is needed to watch the surface of the Sun

The web community founded on morals and manners

Can newspapers charge online and survive?

The US struggles with the battle over net neutrality