Microsoft reports falling profits but sales were helped by strong Xbox sales over the holiday season.

Facebook says it was responsible for a fault that caused its social network, Instagram photo service and other apps to become unavailable for about 40 minutes.

A flying device known as a "quad copter" triggered a security alert when it landed in the grounds of the White House, a US official says.

Japanese police have raided Amazon's Tokyo offices as part of an investigation into alleged sales of images of child sexual abuse.

Smart scanners that can identify the sites of potholes before they form are being developed by academics at Nottingham Trent University.

Hacktivists and angry gamers are becoming the main users of net attacks that knock sites offline by bombarding them with data, suggests a report

An attempt to bring back the controversial measures is dropped, but peers demand to see the government's private draft of new legislation instead.

The Transport Ministry in Thailand is seeking to ban all unlicensed drone flights, local media reports.