Facebook finds that on average any two of its members are linked by far fewer than the renowned six degrees of separation.

Private data has been lost by or stolen from UK local councils more than 1,000 times since 2008, a campaign group's report says.

China overtakes the US to become the world's largest smartphone market by volume with 24m smartphones shipped during the period.

The search giant prepares to abandon Wave, Gears and Knol as it concentrates on its Facebook rival Google+.

Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward bans hundreds of players who cheated in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The FBI says it can find no evidence that hackers burned out a water pump in Illinois, but a security expert questions their findings.

Technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, trials O2's next-generation mobile data service.

The struggling telecoms equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens Networks is cutting 17,000 jobs worldwide in a "regrettable but necessary" move.