War of words over multi-touch technology.

Trademark holders at risk, warns World Intellectual Property Organisation.

The original founders of Skype have filed a lawsuit against the VoIP giant and its owner eBay, claiming copyright infringement.

Quiet Sweden is bubbling over with righteous indignation following revelations that the judge in the Pirate Bay trial has various links with the Big Media Mafiaa.

From the moon landing, to the rise of Apple and Google, we rate the most inspiring technology moments in history.

From Silicon Valley to Station X during the Second World War, why Romania is teeming with software developers, and Zhongguancun in China where Microsoft is building its Chinese headquarters.

Infamous BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X.

Microsoft has announced that the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system will contain a number of piracy 'tweaks' designed to protect its own interests and those of its customers

A stolen laptop can cost a user on average $49,000 according to a survey by Intel.

A secret treaty might bind the world's countries to act as copyright cops, but no one other than a few lawyers for big corporations is allowed to read the draft.

A series of key Microsoft patents are reportedly on the verge of being sold to an open-source advocacy group..

New skills needed to consumerise corporate technology, says analyst.

Four men have been jailed in China for creating and distributing a version of Windows XP with authentication and certification systems disabled..

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

Unauthorised downloads can spark innovation in unpredictable ways.

The battle between portable devices is heating up.

A fortnight ago we reviewed the worst villains in computing history. But what would a villain be without a hero to battle with?