Investors are using web-based tracker tools to put their money into online scams in the hope of cashing out before the schemes collapse, research suggests.

Legal action starts to force a decision about what to do with 25 petabytes of data from closed file-sharing site Megaupload.

Foreign spies have comprehensively penetrated the computer networks of the US government, American politicians have been told.

The social network confirms it has bought intellectual property rights from IBM. The move may help it in a patent dispute with Yahoo.

The number one sketching game app is sold to company behind Farmville and Cityville.

Sony files a patent for a smartphone that can scan users' fingerprints through its screen and also offer improved video conference calls.