Tighter security controls for net The era of a more secure internet is set to take a major step forward after 10 years in the works as technology comes on stream to safeguard the web's address system.
Virtual life after death What happens to our online presence when we die? Peregrine Andrews explores what people are doing with their digital assets and how loved ones are choosing to remember them.
Q&A: The Digital Economy bill The controversial Digital Economy Bill has been passed, but what is it and what does it mean?
Police back down over domain name The Government's police inspectorate backs down after protests from social media activists over its choice of name for a website.
Chinese mobile firm drops Google China Unicom is to stop putting Google search services on phones that use the search giant's Android software
Dotcom marks silver anniversary The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it.
Net clash for web police projects A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.
Porn net domain name plan revived A plan to create a net domain for adult content could be revisited three years after it was rejected by regulators.
China tightens internet controls China tightens controls on internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a website to meet regulators and produce ID documents.
Google to build US fibre network Google announces that it is plans to offer 'ultra high-speed' broadband to up to half a million homes in the US.
Anti-abortion ad causes row at Super Bowl An anti-abortion ad featuring a top player American football player and scheduled to run during Sunday's Super Bowl game is causing controversy in the US as the BBC's Haydn Perry reports.
Police tackle Olympic fraudsters A squad of specialist detectives will tackle ticket fraudsters trying to cash in on the London 2012 Olympic Games.
'Iranian cyber army' hits Baidu The hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu.
Montenegro's .me name gain Montenegro's top level domain name .me has proved extremely popular with web users as it is snapped up in record numbers.
Google loses domain name claim A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google.
'Cyber Monday' warning for shoppers As British shoppers are expected to spend a record amount online on "Cyber Monday", they are being warned about online fraud.
Fake websites shut down by police More than 1,000 websites which appear to sell cut price designer goods have been brought down by police in the biggest operation of its kind.
Cameroon is web threat hotspot More than one third of Cameroon websites - which end with .cm - are risky, according to a report by computer security experts.
The shifting sands of net debate Much of the debate at this week's Internet Governance Forum focuses on domain names in non-Latin languages.
