Net criminals have exploited a security lapse to pose as part of the Google+ social media service in a bid to steal confidential data.

Samsung, LG and four Taiwanese firms have been fined £35m by Chinese trade regulators for fixing LCD screen prices.

Virgin France is to declare itself insolvent, the latest music chain to fail against a backdrop of consumers shifting to buying digital music.

A self-driving prototype is previewed by carmaker Toyota ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas

China invests $56bn to tackle its air pollution problems and the Ubuntu operating system is adapted to run on smartphones.

Two brothers raised in Afghanistan design a prototype landmine destroyer based on a toy they played with as children.

More than a third of the poorest children do not have the internet at home and a similar number do not have a computer, official figures suggest.

The printed book market fell by almost £74m in 2012, down 4.6% year on year, but the rate of decline was slowed by Fifty Shades Of Grey.