Google is to pay $125m (£76.6m) to settle lawsuits in the US by authors and publishers over the internet giant's book-scanning project. The settlement ...
Attorneys for self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon have asked the High Court to consider whether home secretary Jacqui Smith was within her rights to refuse a plea to stay McKinnon's extradition to the US to face hacking charges.
The Home Secretary has announced the government's intention to consult on plans for a "super-database" for communications data. Few details were provided, but it has been reported that the database will be used to monitor the internet use, mobile phones and e-mails of every Briton to counter terrorism.