Legal crackdown on suicide sites
16.01 Wed Sep 17 2008
Ministers are to re-write the law on websites that advocate suicide to make it clear they are illegal.
Advertisement for iPhone misled consumers
09.09 Wed Aug 27 2008
Apple has been punished by the Advertising Standards Authority for claiming the original iPhone could access all of the internet.
Pay-out over illegal file-sharing
13.43 Tue Aug 19 2008
A woman has been ordered to pay out £16,000 after a swoop on Britons who illegally share games and films over the internet.
Sandler returns in Zohan comedy
09.12 Sun Aug 17 2008
Adam Sandler's latest comedy You Don't Mess with the Zohan is released at cinemas this weekend.
Songwriters lose out to downloads
09.21 Mon Aug 11 2008
Figures have revealed songwriters made 15 per cent less money from CD sales as consumers choose to download music from the internet.
Ebay bid for Lord's title reaches £3m
12.42 Fri Aug 08 2008
A lord who has put his title and property up for sale on Ebay has received bids over £3 million.
New Bebo web soap unveiled
15.16 Wed Aug 06 2008
A new Bebo soap about a guy who gets a job in the mail room at Universal Records has just been launched.
IOC agrees online media restrictions wrong
10.46 Thu Jul 31 2008
A senior IOC official has admitted the media should have been told they wouldn't have total Internet freedom before arriving in Beijing.
'Children having online sex chats'
08.03 Thu Jul 17 2008
Almost half of children have lied about their web activities, with 11 per cent having sexually explicit conversations online, a poll says.
Fears of internet abortion pills
07.42 Fri Jul 11 2008
More women are buying medication on the internet in order to perform an abortion at home.
Internet users at risk from cyber fraud
10.41 Tue Jul 01 2008
UK internet users are increasingly at risk from fraudsters using financial spam to take advantage of the credit crunch.
Alien 'filmed' in America
14.47 Sat Jun 07 2008
A man who claims he has filmed an alien wants Denver officials to prepare for extraterrestrial guests.
Scores held in child porn raids
14.49 Thu Jun 05 2008
Australian police have arrested 70 people in nationwide child pornography raids.
Woolworths to axe CD singles
14.38 Tue May 27 2008
High street chain Woolworths has announced it will stop selling CD singles from August this year.
Young people 'are being raised online'
18.47 Mon Mar 24 2008
A generation of young people are being "raised online" due to the amount of time they spend on internet sites, according to a report.
UK shoppers set online spending record
12.32 Thu Feb 21 2008
Online spending in the UK hit £4.5 billion last month - more than any previous January.
Illegal downloaders 'to get web ban'
14.27 Tue Feb 12 2008
Internet users who illegally download music and films could be banned from the web under leaked Government proposals.
YouTube may be blocked in China
23.19 Fri Jan 04 2008
China has decided to block access to video-sharing websites like YouTube unless they have government approval.
Shopping continues on Christmas day
09.04 Tue Dec 25 2007
Bargain hunters won't be taking a break on Christmas day, with some retailers launching their sales online.
Britons' online egos growing
10.33 Fri Dec 21 2007
Britons have become "obsessive" online video self-publicists - with men having the biggest internet egos.
Internet popular with stressed shoppers
13.39 Tue Dec 11 2007
In order to avoid the high street stampede a third of Britons plan to do their shopping online this year, a survey has shown.
Bid to make chatrooms safer for children
12.56 Tue Oct 30 2007
In a move to protect children from paedophiles, the Government wants more chatrooms and Internet sites to have "report abuse buttons".
Britons spending weeks on Facebook
16.57 Tue Sep 25 2007
Facebook is now the most popular social networking site with Britons, who spent a total of 991 million minutes on it in August.
Man arrested for stealing broadband
11.53 Wed Aug 22 2007
A man who was spotted in the street using his laptop to access an unsecured wireless connection has been arrested.
Dozens arrested in China over 'rumours'
09.53 Wed Aug 22 2007
Around 60 people in eastern China have been arrested or had warnings for spreading rumours by text message or on the internet.
Myspace - the movie
21.21 Sat Aug 18 2007
Myspace is bringing out the world's first fully user-generated feature film.
'Teens are aware of web dangers'
13.09 Tue Jul 31 2007
Teenager Oliver Horsfall says that young people are aware that untrustworthy people are lurking on the Internet
Children post violent video online
09.18 Sun Jul 29 2007
An investigation has found violent videos involving children are posted on the internet without being screened.
Internet spending continues to rise
07.50 Fri May 18 2007
Britons have spent more than £100bn in shopping online over the past 12 years.
Man who planned kidney scam spared jail
17.47 Fri May 11 2007
A salesman who tried to sell one of his kidneys in an internet chat room to pay off gambling debts walked free from court.
Online fashion store's booming popularity
16.11 Mon Apr 30 2007
The public's demand for celebrity inspired clothing seems insatiable according to sales figures from online retail chain ASOS.
Knut turns Internet star
16.22 Sun Apr 29 2007
Knut the polar bear might be thrashing David Hasselhoff as the new king of the Internet.
Internet child abuse rises
07.28 Tue Apr 17 2007
The number of repulsive internet sites showing the most severe forms of child sex abuse has grown rapidly, a report has revealed.
Half of adults have broadband in UK
12.57 Mon Apr 02 2007
More than half of British adults have broadband at home, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom.
'Webcam' man found dead after tip-off
13.12 Fri Mar 23 2007
Police have found a man's body after a tip-off from an internet user that he appeared to self-harm while using a messaging service.
Viewers call shots on China show
14.48 Sat Mar 03 2007
An Internet show which lets viewers shape the storylines has launched in China.