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Four government departments spent almost £6m ensuring their websites appeared on search engine results pages, new figures show.

No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

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.

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.

Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

Details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net by a security researcher.

Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.

The government has finally set a date for the auction of airwaves crucial to next-generation mobile services.

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.

Two Newsbeat listeners, Neil and Melanie, have been given a sneak preview of Nintendo's new hand-held console the 3DS.

Asian countries top the charts when it comes to internet speeds, according to a global survey by network giant Akamai.

104-year-old Ivy Bean, who is said to be the oldest user of social media site Twitter, has passed away in her sleep.

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One of the hackers behind a computer virus that infected nearly 13m computers has been tracked down by international authorities.

The world's first 3D handheld console on test

Police in the Philippines use Facebook to find and arrest a suspect in the murder of nine people, including three foreigners.

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.

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.

The long awaited real-time-strategy game StarCraft II has gone on sale, 12 years after the popular first edition was released.