Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

Google is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service.

Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.

Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.

Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.

Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.

Facebook shares will start trading later in one of the largest and most high profile share flotations of recent years.

Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.