Skype has partnered with Wi-Fi hotspot provider Boingo to provide 2,016 free WiFi access spots across Australia this weekend.

The owner of takeoff site, Encyclopedia Dramatica says he will not remove offensive content from the site, after being targeted by Australia's Human Rights Commission for racism.

Social networking site Facebook has topped Google to become the most-visited website in the US for the first time ever, according to web analysts Hitwise.

Two Australian school teachers from Warwick State High School have become the subject of controversy after posting raunchy photos of themselves in schoolgirl outfits on the popular social networking site Facebook.

Security researchers at McAfee are warning that a massive spam run have targeted Facebook's 400 million users that could have their computers infected with malicious software designed to steal passwords and other personal data.

Egypt has begun enforcing a ban on international calls made through mobile internet connections, according to the country's telecoms regulator.

Copyright holders have given up legal efforts to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to block controversial file sharing site, The Pirate Bay.

Micro blogging site Twitter is working on a way to allow Chinese users to sign up to the social networking site in their own language but access to the popular site remains blocked in the country.

The very technology that made the world a smaller place and the mass sharing of information and knowledge possible has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

First Tasmanian NBN retail service providers announced

Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of being part of a U.S.-linked cyber network responsible for gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training.

Seattle-based Classmates.com has agreed to pay up to US$9.5 million to its users to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of sending fake emails that made people to believe their old friends were reaching out to connect.

Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has slammed the Federal Government's proposal for mandatory ISP-level filtering.

An electronic engineer has developed a hardware dongle that allegedly jailbreaks an iPhone

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service yesterday said the seizure of a number of R4 cartridges which allow piracy on Nintendo's DS and DSi handheld consoles was just part of normal business for the agency.

Optus partners with Starlight to bring Livewire Online Community to young patients at Nepean Hospital

A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name for porn Web sites, helping to keep adult content away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.

Melbourne-based ISP, Netspace,claims it was not actively looking for an acquisition offer but has confirmed negotiations with iiNet.

Attacks from the opposition persist on the federal government's plan to legislatively dismember Telstra as the telco's rivals increase efforts to lobby cross-bench senators to vote in favour of the bill.