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Publishing: Rude bits in disguise

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

According to new research by discount website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, people have been buying e-readers to disguise the embarrassing books they're reading. The poll of 1,863 e-reader owners found that 58 per cent had acquired the device partly so as to disguise their taste in erotic and/or children's fiction.

Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:05:01 GMT

Hewlett Packard has warned of cuts in its UK operation in a global purge that will see it axe 27,000 workers.

Facebook accused of misleading investors

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:01 GMT

Mark Zuckerberg and the other directors of Facebook have been slapped with a lawsuit claiming they defrauded investors in the company's $104bn (£66.29bn) stock market float last week.

Twitter obituaries

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Twitter rumours yesterday of Mikhail Gorbachev's death turned out to be greatly hashtag-erated, and so he joins the list of this year's death hoaxes.

A lament for the the man who created the couch potato

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

With the news that the inventor of the remote control, Eugene Polley, has died, couch potatoes around the globe have mourned his passing.

'We face a fight for the future of the web,' says Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:03:44 GMT

One of Google’s most senior executives issued a stark warning tonight that the power of the internet to free some of the world’s most oppressed people risks being overturned by autocratic governments who seek to “Balkanise” the web by controlling what can be accessed.

Google opposed to government proposals to introduce filters blocking internet pornography

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:45:21 GMT

Google has said it is opposed to government proposals to introduce filters blocking internet pornography because they will amount to censorship and risk encouraging lazy parenting online.

Interactive Google Doodle celebrates music pioneer Robert Moog's 78th birthday

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:17:59 GMT

Google's search engine is designed to be a gateway to whatever destination website you choose.

A 2,400ft jump on to a pile of boxes with no parachute. What could go wrong for stuntman Gary Connery...?

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:30:01 GMT

If you happen to be walking in the countryside around Henley-on-Thames this afternoon, look up. You may see a dark shape, soaring through the summer air at 80mph, then gliding like a hawk over the fields and farmland. That would be Gary Connery.

Interactive Google Doodle celebrates music pioneer Robert Moog

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:59 GMT

Google's search engine is designed to be a gateway to whatever destination website you choose.

Google designs interactive musical 'doodle' to celebrate Robert Moog

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:59 GMT

Google's search engine is designed to be a gateway to whatever destination website you choose.

A 2,400ft jump on to a pile of boxes with no parachute. What could go wrong...?

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease anti-trust concerns

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:49:48 GMT

The European Union said today that Google must in ''a matter of weeks" outline steps it is willing to take to ease concerns about alleged abuses of its dominant position in the online search market.

Zuckerberg pockets a fortune as Facebook debuts on stock market

Fri, 18 May 2012 18:11:11 GMT

Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg pocketed more than a billion US dollars (£630 million) today after one of the biggest US stock market flotations.

Facebook stock jumps in public debut

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:54:11 GMT

Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg pocketed more than $1billion (£630 million) today after one of the biggest US stock market flotations.

Facebook soothes privacy fears on eve of flotation

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:01 GMT

Facebook is bracing for increased scrutiny of its privacy policies and the way it makes money from data on its 900 million users, now that it is finally making its debut as a public company.

Facebook set to make market splash with $100bn flotation

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:18:11 GMT

Facebook shares are being offered to the public for $38 (£24) in one of the biggest ever US stock flotations.

Facebook set to make market splash with $100bn floatation

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:18:11 GMT

Facebook shares are being offered to the public for 38 US dollars (£24) in one of the biggest ever US stock flotations.

Monmouth to become UK's first 'Wikipedia town'

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:02:51 GMT

Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is set to launch a new project aimed at covering every aspect of life in one Welsh town.

$100m pin money for noticeboard site

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The quirky social networking website Pinterest cashed in on the "Facebook effect" yesterday with a fundraising that values the business at $1.5bn (£940m).

Facebook set for monster flotation

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:19:08 GMT

Facebook is heading for one of the biggest ever US stock flotations when it sells hundreds of millions of shares to the public.

Facebook set for monster floatation

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:19:08 GMT

Facebook is heading for one of the biggest ever US stock flotations when it sells hundreds of millions of shares to the public.

Warning for England fans over mobile bills for Euro 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:30:21 GMT

England fans heading to Euro 2012 have been warned about the potential for high mobile phone bills because Ukraine is outside an EU-wide cap on call charges.

Demand drives up size of Facebook float

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:01 GMT

Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 per cent, and could raise as much as $16bn (£10bn) as strong investor demand for a share of the social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.

Twitter reaches 10 million UK users

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:43 GMT

It’s the website that offers its users a front row seat to the never-ending feud between Lord Sugar and Piers Morgan, the place to rant when contestants are voted off unscrupulous reality shows, and a window into just how “on message” our politicians and government figures really are. It should come as no surprise, then, that more Britons are addicted to Twitter than ever before.