Social networks such as Facebook and on-line gaming are changing people's view of who they are and their place in the world, says a UK report.

Foreign visitors are for the first time being allowed to take their own mobile phones into the country, though they cannot yet go online.

Researchers have identified people in the US who anonymously donated their DNA for use in medical research - raising concerns about privacy.

Online retailer Amazon reveals how it uses "chaotic storage" to ensure orders get sent out on time

Operators will be unable to keep up with smartphone users' growing demand for data on the move, a report warns.

A national codebreaking competition aimed at schoolchildren attracted more than 6,000 pupils from 725 British schools

Atari's US operations file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a view to separating from its loss-making French parent company.

A high-speed fibre-optic cable connecting Cuba to the global internet has been switched on - more than a year after it was ready.