Hotspot owner fined £8,000 for the illegal activities of its customers, according to reports

Social-networking site promotions help to deliver bumper pre-Christmas sales for retailers

PC maker's engineers release "highly experimental" version of Chrome OS for Dell netbooks

British Computer Society launches new website to help improve Britain's tech know-how

Psychologist Patricia Wallace tells Tim Danton why people are so aggressive on the internet

Apple told to accept liability for faulty or misdescribed goods sold from its online stores

Google tests new homepage and search results design, with an emphasis on the colour blue

A global shortage of ATI graphics cards has left customers waiting for PCs almost two months after placing orders

Labour and Tory split on broadband policy is creating "considerable uncertainty" over next-generation networks, experts warn

Touchscreen issues affecting Sony Ericsson's Aino and Satio handsets

Gary McKinnon moves another step closer to extradition, as Home Secretary refuses to intervene

BT denies accusations that it's squandering money by laying fibre in areas already covered by Virgin's cable

Deep-packet inspection technology to be used to gauge the amount of illegal file-sharing on Virgin's network

Consumer Panel chair urges telcos not to wait for fibre's "killer app" before investing in next-generation networks

Email client brings host of new search tools, tighter OS integration and promise not to be so late with Thunderbird 4

Acer revises sales upwards by 15% on the back of Windows 7 launch

The former darling of Web 2.0 is floundering as contributors desert the site in droves

Open-source outfit steals Microsoft's thunder by revealing its already integrated DirectX support into Firefox

Offensive image of the First Lady is expunged from Google's Image search

Facing renewed challenge from Sony and Barnes and Noble's Nook, Amazon has bolsted the Kindle with better battery life and native PDF support