The two leading makers of computer security software, Symantec and McAfee, are like preachers who conduct dueling tent revivals.

The wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Internet networking site Facebook, prompting astonishment among security experts and calls for an enquiry.

Google will to stick to its core business and continue developing technologies to monetize search, CEO Eric Schmidt told CNBC.

Microsoft's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google, according to data released on Wednesday.

China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed an abrupt delay of the contentious plan.

Cisco Systems Inc. is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet. Cisco said Tuesday the company may develop a service that allows business users to create documents.

Online job advertisements declined by over 500,000 in June compared with the same period a year earlier, but a national report shows only a modest decrease from May, a private research group says.

As the market loses steam,  some are turning to technology stocks to ride out the next stock cycle.

As investors continually look for an edge, social media sites like Twitter have become a popular tool for raw information—and rumors.

Internet social network powerhouse Facebook has hired the former chief financial officer of Genentech as its CFO, filing a spot that has been empty for about three months.

Cybercrime is rapidly spreading on Facebook as fraudsters prey on users who think the world's top social networking site is a safe haven on the Internet.

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs is back to work following a near six-month medical leave, the company said Monday.

China has stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

Top U.S. officials urged China to abandon its controversial plan requiring all new personal computers to be sold with Internet filtering software from next week, warning the step could violate world trade rules.

Microsoft, the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.