Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC reports a 79% drop in profit as it continues to lose ground to rivals Samsung and Apple.

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will try to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle when he jumps out of a balloon high over the New Mexico desert.

The University of Surrey has been given £35m to research 5G mobile internet access.

Telefonica, the Spanish mobile phone operator and owner of O2, is setting up a new division to sell information about its customers.

Microsoft is working on a wrist-worn sensor that can detect a wide range of hand gestures, allowing new ways to control smartphones and video games.

Rural broadband projects could get under way by the end of the year as the EU approves the state-aided project.

The mobile internet spreads to the heart of Brazil's rainforest

Skype, the internet communications platform, is being used by hackers to distribute a 'worm' that infects Windows PCs.