Chris Nickson

The FBI wants ISPs to keep information for two years on what sites users visit. The agency believes this action could help in the investigation of crimes, including child pornography.

Microsoft is planning a bumper Patch Tuesday tomorrow, with a total of 13 fixes. One of these will close a loophole that's existed since the days of DOS.

Amazon has begun selling physical books published by Macmillan again after suspending all sales from the group.

A senior Sony executive has stated that the plans are under consideration for the company to start charging for its PlayStation Network service.

And the authorities don't know how to fight it

A Microsoft vice president has insisted that the company's search engine, Bing, will eventually make money.

Microsoft has announced that Office 2010 has moved into the release candidate stage. The company said it has distributed the software to those in the technology adoption programme.

Scientists from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have advised that increased solar storm activity could cause communications blackouts during the London 2012 Olympics.

Cybercriminals are looking for more people to spread malicious code, and they're advertising online for contract employees.

A new study has determined that there is a link between heavy internet use and depression.

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park will host the first British vintage computing festival on 19-20 June this year.

The site Internet Eyes has ambitious plans to charge businesses £20 a month in order to have their CCTV cameras monitored by site members.

After Electronic Data Systems failed to create a customer service system for BSkyB, the broadcaster took the IT company to court.

Consumer magazine Which? Computer says it has received complaints from a number of people who claim they have been falsely targeted by a law firm going after illegal file sharers.

ISPs would become responsible

According to its website, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has begun an investigation of Nokia's complaint that Apple infringed its patents.

The Ministry of Defence has admitted that secret information has been leaked onto social networking sites 16 times in the last 18 months.

Bill Gates has come out and offered support for China's recent internet actions, but managed to do it without criticising Google by name.

Bill Gates, the world's richest man and the co-founder of Microsoft, is finally catching up with the world of social media. He's opened a Twitter account and set up a Facebook fan page.

In the wake of Google's shattering announcement that it might pull out of China, its music partner there, Orca Digital Inc., has been wondering just what the future holds.

Microsoft is issuing an emergency patch to block the security hole in its Internet Explorer browser that was responsible for the Chinese cyberattacks last month on Google.

A new study indicates that children who use text messages frequently can prove to be better spellers and readers, have higher scores in verbal reasoning tests, and are more aware of rhyming words.

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Microsoft has said it will eliminate all the data collected on users by its Bing search engine after just six months.

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