The operator of the world's biggest online marketplace, eBay, agrees to partner with a Chinese company, in an effort to boost its sales in the country.

Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, leaves the company with immediate effect.

The UK's biggest record labels say the launch of Google Play "doesn't make sense" because the firm's search engine is still not tackling music piracy in its results.

Vodafone writes off £5.9bn from the value of its units in Spain and Italy, pushing the firm into a half-year loss.

Laptops belonging to European Commission officials were hacked when taken to a government conference in Azerbaijan, says an official.

US government technology supplier Lockheed Martin has said that the pace of cyber-attacks has increased dramatically.

Big name launches including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 are expected to boost lagging video games sales.

Digital detective work to track down the author of anonymous email messages led the FBI to uncover the affair between Paula Broadwell and Gen David Petraeus.