Facebook has agreed to make worldwide changes to its privacy policy as a result of negotiations with Canada’s privacy commissioner.
Last month the social network was found to breach Canadian law by holding on …

  French consumer groups are investigating reports of iPhones that explode or crack spontaneously.
An 80-year-old from the Paris suburbs was among eight people who said their phones’ screens were affected, according to the AFP news …

  File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) is back online after its former internet service provider (ISP) was forced to take down the site.
Stockholm district court made the order on 21 August, saying ISP Black …

Sony Entertainment has announced it is reducing the price of its PlayStation 3 …

Toshiba is to start making products that can play Blu-ray discs.
 
The decision marks …

  A blogger who was targeted in a co-ordinated attack against websites such as Facebook and Twitter has told the BBC he blames Russia for the assault.
The pro-Georgian blogger, known as Cyxymu, said he had …

  Micro-blogging service Twitter and social networking site Facebook have been severely disrupted by hackers.
Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook’s service was "degraded", according to the firms.
The popular sites were …

  A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation camp has allegedly been beaten to death by its counsellors, according to reports.
A number of employees of the Qihang Salvation Training Camp in Nanning have …

  The resignation of Google’s Eric Schmidt as a director of Apple’s board has failed to halt a government inquiry into possible antitrust violations.
Mr Schmidt stepped down because the search giant’s business increasingly competes with …

  Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has quit Apple’s board of directors because the search giant’s business is increasingly competing with Apple’s.
Apple boss Steve Jobs said that had Mr Schmidt stayed on, crossovers between the …