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Laura Sheeter reports on the latest developments from HOPE, the Hackers on Planet Earth, an event where three thousand delegates recently came together in New York.

More than 200 Facebook users have reported "abuse" following the launch of a "panic button" application last month, figures show.

More than 180 websites responsible for income tax "phishing" e-mails have been closed down in the past three months.

India becomes the latest country to threated closer of BlackBerry handset services unless "security concerns" are addressed.

One of the founding principles of the internet is under scrutiny

New firmware update for Apple's mobile operating system shuts out jailbreak users and removes potential security risk.

Most Americans say the government's plans for broadband are not a priority, a survey finds, amid fierce debate about the issue.

Phone giant Vodafone has backed down in a row with customers over software updates for Google Android phones.

Watching video on the vast majority of websites has become possible on a mass market phone.

A four-wheeled contraption has been unveiled as a police force's latest device in the fight against crime.

A series of photographs, allegedly from a woman quitting her post over her boss, have been exposed as an elaborate internet hoax.

A claim by a scientist at Hewlett-Packard to have solved one of the most difficult riddles in maths is challenged by scientists.

fantasy finally become reality

There has been a significant growth in UK developers making games for Apple's iPhone, the trade association Tiga says.

A 30-year quest to find the minimum number of moves needed to solve every configuration of a Rubik's Cube may have ended.

How we all ended up using the Qwerty keyboard

Records showing how Karl Marx and Sir Ernest Shackleton died poor men are among six million put online for the first time.

A malicious application that racks up premium rate charges on phones running Google's Android operating system is found.