Every year most of the security vendors' forecasts predict dramatic spikes in volumes of spam, phishing, botnet activity, and malware. Usually, they're right.

An icecream retailer keeps his customers up-to-date on his business using social media technology, which he describes as "word of mouth on steroids".

The family of Blade Runner author Philip K Dick is threatening to sue Google over its new Nexus One mobile.

Aussie scientists are using technology including SMS to keep tabs on great white sharks

Some believe social networking and search - Facebook, Twitter and Google in particular - are putting our personal information at far too much risk.