First the good news. Apple appears to have another hit on its hands with the new iPhone 5S.

While global attention has been drawn to the dramatic stand-off at the Westgate shopping complex in Nairobi, both Kenyan authorities …

Samsung and LG have agreed to end a year-long battle over display technology patents that spawned a series of lawsuits. …

A Gmail glitch that took about 10 hours to fix and hit nearly 50% of the webmail service's users has …

Two thirds of deaths worldwide go completely unrecorded, making it impossible to know if public health money is being spent …

A government-backed campaign to assert greater control over social media has resulted in increased self-censorship by some of China's most …

The Twitter account of Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels was suspended on Saturday after they used the site to claim responsibility …

BlackBerry plans to become a private company in a deal that is worth $4.7bn.

Huawei Technologies, China's largest networking equipment manufacturer, plans to double its smartphone sales in Nigeria this year.

A Zimbabwean ISP, Valley Technologies, has lost its operating licence with the country's telecoms industry regulator saying it had failed …

SA has been ranked 92nd on the UN's latest Broadband Commission list, with an online population of 41%.

The Nigerian Senate gave an early approval to a legislation seeking to empower authorities to intercept electronic communications between, and …

A senior Pentagon official says defence lawyers in the case of five alleged al-Qaeda terrorists charged with plotting the September …

Human Rights Watch urged governments around the world to implement stronger laws and policies that protect online privacy in the …

Britain's online child protection agency has claimed paedophiles are blackmailing their victims into releasing sexually explicit images or performing sex …

British intelligence services were behind a hacker attack called 'Operation Socialist' which targeted the computer systems of Belgian telecommunications giant …

The company that scrutinised former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a US Government security clearance said last week it …

Two-dozen US and European banks have been targeted by the Shylock Trojan. The virus avoids detection as it injects itself …

A website has been launched in Kenya to name and shame poachers. BBC News reports that PoachersExposed.com will list anyone …

Unsolicited junk mail could soon be a thing of the past as the Protection of Personal Information Bill (Popi) will …

America's top telecommunications companies are refusing to say whether they accept that the bulk collection of their customers' phone records …

A Federal Appeals Court ruled last week that 'liking' something on Facebook is a form of protected free speech in …

Eighteen digital hubs have been launched for Kenyan primary schools, allowing pupils access to computers and the Internet.

Cybercrime in SA is a national crisis. That's the view of Beza Belayneh, CEO of the South African Centre for …

* The #iam4rhinos Twitter storm has passed the 100 000 mark of tweets pledged, and continues to gather momentum across …