A UN agency hosts a controversial meeting to discuss what - if any - regulations should be placed over the internet.

US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs in homes and offices.

A brief jolt of searing heat can "heal" flash memory and stop it wearing out, researchers in Taiwan have found.

The UK government is to set up a "Cyber Reserve" force to deal with security threats posed by computer crime.

Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as his company prepares to launch its first tablet, the Surface, and its latest operating system, Windows 8.

The chief executive of the Japanese online retailer Rakuten, Hiroshi Mikitani, has told the BBC he wants to challenge global rivals like Amazon.

Home Secretary Theresa May warns that those opposing plans to let police monitor all internet use are "putting politics before people's lives".

The Pope will send Twitter messages in eight languages using the handle @pontifex as his personal account, the Vatican has said.