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.

Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.

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

The merging of social networks and games is set to dominate this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch ...

Skynet 5, the UK's single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.

The US eases sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of internet services and support opposition groups.

10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burst

Costumed fans queue for launch

Time for the tech world to do a little bit of politics

Indian computer graduates get etiquette classes

Dotcom crash: Where were you on 10 March 2000?

Your help is needed to watch the surface of the Sun

The home secretary says internet safety lessons must be learned after a convicted sex offender contacts and kills a teenager. ...

Questions used as security checks on websites need to be replaced by better tests to see who someone is, say researchers.

UK university websites are targeted by criminals peddling counterfeit drugs from fake online pharmacies.

A device that could allow people to conduct phone conversations without uttering a word is shown off by researchers.

The Queen warns that businesses in developing nations are missing out because the internet is an "unaffordable option" in ...

Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft's browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.

A South Korean couple addicted to the internet let their baby starve while raising a virtual daughter online, police say.

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

The web community founded on morals and manners

A special edition of BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme looks at three unique uses of technology in education.

Can newspapers charge online and survive?

The US struggles with the battle over net neutrality