International governments file more than 250 objections to new net names including proposals for .app, .baby, .rugby and .islam.

Cloud hosting service Rackspace, the world's second largest, has announced plans to launch its start-up programme in the UK.

Hundreds of Chinese web users are protesting the arrest of a Beijing man detained after criticising the ruling Communist Party on Twitter.

The decision of a 21-year-old Syrian woman to post an image of herself without a veil on a Facebook page has polarised opinion and drawn attention to the debate surrounding women's rights in the newly emerging landscape of the Middle East.

Google calls on web users to sign a petition raising concerns that a forthcoming UN conference poses a risk to a "free and open internet".

A French news magazine accuses the US government of having hacked into the office of Nicolas Sarkozy in the final weeks of his presidency of France.

Social-media accounts, including those on Facebook and Twitter, belonging to Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom are hacked.

A Gateshead man jailed for running an illegal download website has his term increased for committing contempt of court on the day he was sentenced.