Internet users in China are planning a day-long boycott in protest of the country's controversial new filtering laws.

Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.

Nearly five thousand people have signed an online petition to the British government calling for an official apology to be issued over the treatment of Alan Turing..

The British Government has been trialing an unusual program designed to keep tabs on problem families by installing CCTV cameras in 2000 homes, and plans for 20,000 more on the way.

Around 5,000 homes in Tasmania will be the first to experience 100Mbps Internet via the National Broadband Network - which government backers are likening to the electricity revolution.

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

As we bring our Information Overload summit to a close, we have decided to name and rank the biggest culprits for the overload, the issues which more than anything else are causing companies to drown in a deluge of data..

Warning messages about piracy could soon start appearing in peer-to-peer (P2P) applications if the US government agrees to new legislation..

This week we examine a few of those true 'killer apps,' and what they have meant to computing

The United States government is pressing China to reconsider its mandate on web filtering software..

Should Apple ends its addiction to secrecy? Also: The government's ISP filtering trial, and how to build your company's profile on LinkedIn.

IT security firm IronKey has taken the wraps off what it promises to be the most secure Flash drive in the world..

A major DDoS attack against US and South Korean government websites is not thought to be the work of North Korean interests, says a security expert

Telstra has completed the 100Mbit upgrade to their Melbourne cable network and are next planning to get 30Mbit speeds into the rest of the country; but first they'll need to dispel those endless NBN comparisons

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

If you're buying a digital TV set top box you'll have likely noticed those Freeview stickers. But do you need it?

A series of commercials directed by Fight Club director David Fincher for US phone company AT&T in 1993 is making waves across the net for its accurate representations of the future including video on demand and tollway E-tags.

From flying cars to hoverboards, and AI to lasers, we delve into 10 technologies from a list of iconic films and find out just how close we are to making each a reality

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is to take a closer look at the proposed deal between Microsoft and Yahoo over their search engine businesses.

Researchers at the Arizona State University (ASU) have been awarded a two year US$5.1 million grant by the USA government to develop a radically improved battery..