A Brazilian city has microchipped T-shirts worn by pupils in an effort to curb truancy and improve teacher-parent relations.

The blogging website Tumblr has announced plans to remove posts which promote self-harm and eating disorders

The boss of Vevo, one of the world's biggest online music services, says an age rating system would be 'bad for artists and business'.

Britain's biggest video game retailer, Game Group, goes into administration.

Paedophiles are hiding images of child sex abuse on websites that look like regular web shops, reveals a report.

Google is ordered to disable parts of its autocomplete feature following complaints that a man was wrongly associated with criminal activity.

The feet of insects known as pond skaters have helped to create a novel super-buoyant material.

Microsoft has undertaken a global operation to disrupt a huge criminal botnet believed to be responsible for millions of pounds in theft.