Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, has said he believes the company's takeover of the loss-making internet phone service Skype is a "great deal".

A review of the UK's copyright law makes ripping CDs and DVDs legal, while relaxing rules on parodies and reworkings of existing material.

The boss of Sony insists the firm acted quickly enough to inform users about a security breach at its PlayStation network.

Andrei Ninu of prosthetics company Otto Bock talks through the latest innovations in bionics with BBC reporter Neil Bowdler.

Professional networking site LinkedIn dramatically raises its share price as it prepares to go public.

The search giant has been talking up its views on privacy at the Big Tent conference