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

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

The digital election: Should we prepare to be spammed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Phones transform healthcare in the developing world

The dawning age of the agricultural automatons

New skirmishes in war of Daily Mail v the internet

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

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

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

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

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