Eight US lawmakers withdraw their backing from anti-piracy laws being considered in Congress amid "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites.

Facebook adds array of new apps in bid to get users to spend more time on the social networking site.

Huntsville, Alabama, is where Nasa hopes to build a "mega rocket", the next giant leap in the US space programme.

US photography firm Eastman Kodak, the 133-year old company that invented the hand-held camera, files for bankruptcy protection.

Internet auction site eBay reports a jump in profits, helped partly by the sale of its remaining stake in Skype.

McAfee is releasing a patch to fix a vulnerability in its anti-malware software that allows spammers to hijack users' computers.

Wikipedia insists its protest over US anti-piracy legislation will continue, while UK interests say they are watching the situation "closely".

Video games developers could win £25,000 of funding in a competition run by Abertay University in Dundee.