For many of us, the idea of cloud computing - or of storing information in "the cloud" - conjures up images of puffy white balls of fluff containing limitless amounts of information, somewhere in the region just above our heads.

Drowned in Sound censors listings for artists such as Lambchop and Sigur Ros over advertising row.

Landing top talent is getting so tough in Silicon Valley that tech companies are trying anything for an edge, including hiring interns out of high school and boosting their perks.

Google, once boastful that it was the leading defender of a free and open Internet, has gone into the shadows.

In the pervasively connected world of the 21st century, creating and sharing knowledge has never been easier. But the fact remains that many people still lack the skills required to access this information and an inequity gap is growing.

What makes a 'real' gamer? There is a pervasive idea among the gaming community that 'real' gamers play every day, own every console, and would never touch a casual game like Angry Birds or Bejeweled. But is that concept of the gamer outdated now that eve

In May 2012, meatworker Graham Barker bought an iPhone for $1,110. It never arrived. Two years later, Barker is still smarting about being scammed.

Google has been accused of misinterpreting a European court's "right to be forgotten" ruling by deleting links to apparently harmless news articles in a bid to whip up anger against "censorship".

Free to air TV networks are holding urgent talks with Hollywood studios after revelations Slingshot is offering easy internet access to shows they have paid for.

Researchers at Facebook were given almost free rein to manipulate the news feeds and sometimes the emotions of many of the company's 1.3 billion users without their knowledge, a former employee has disclosed.

Slingshot has just made it a lot easier for its customers to access TV and movie streaming websites like Netflix, Hulu and BBC iPlayer that are normally blocked here.

A parent of one of the teenage girls at the centre of serious assault allegations has expressed her disappointment over her daughter's actions.

Women are becoming increasingly prominent in tech company white hat roles, reflecting the rising profiles of women throughout the security-technology industry.

An online Casanova who preyed on vulnerable and lonely women he met on internet dating sites before ripping them off has today been jailed for two years and four months.

The government has entered a 25 year contract with Hawaiki Cable worth to secure a new international telecommunications cable capable of handling huge data loads.

Online restaurant sourcing and review business Zomato is strengthening its market presence by acquiring rival New Zealand company MenuMania for an undisclosed sum.

The online abuse aimed at the Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she donated £1 million to the Better Together campaign may have actually been the work of British spies, a senior Scottish politician has claimed.

Alibaba plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, instead of the Nasdaq, cementing the 222-year-old market's newfound strength in technology companies.

A complaint over a racist money box for sale on the online auction site TradeMe has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority.

You may have noticed that as you're scrolling through your Instagram feed full of well-dressed bloggers, It girls and fashion stylists there's something new popping up on their posts.

Google have bolstered their presence in the cloud storage space with an industrial strength version of Google Drive aimed at business users.

Security researchers from the US have shown that gadgets such as Google Glass can be used to covertly record PIN codes from distances of 3 meters - even if the target display is hidden.

One of the problems with using passwords to prove identity is that passwords that are easy to remember are also easy for an attacker to guess, and vice versa.

Supermodel Cara Delevingne has taken to Twitter to air her gripes with the fashion industry.