Internet

Exposed: another fiendish way to make money on the web

Dec 7 2007:

Bloggers may unwittingly be giving commercial sites a leg-up in search engines' rankings

How secure are your online passwords?

Dec 6 2007:

Just as you hit the button to pay for your online purchase it happens: "First, create a username and password."

We're proud to have fought for the privacy of our users

Dec 6 2007: Response: Google is open about the information it holds, and has led the way for all search engines, says Peter Fleischer

Dating moves from the PC to the mobile

Dec 6 2007:

Victor Keegan: Social networks typically put you in touch with friends or friends of friends. Dating sites let you meet strangers anywhere on earth with whom you might share a passion. Never before has it been possible to trawl so many people to discover the person of your destiny

Internet hoax raises pressure over emissions

Dec 4 2007:

· Bogus website trumpets drastic cuts by oil groups
· Anarchic humour suggests work of 'Yes Men' satirists

Feel the whole world at your fingertips

Dec 3 2007:

Jack Schofield: What's the time in Hong Kong? What day will it be in 100 days? How old would Elvis be today? There's only one place on the net you can get all answers to all these questions and more

Net to become third biggest ad medium

Dec 3 2007:

The internet is set to overtake magazines to become the world's third largest advertising medium in 2010, according to a new report. By Mark Sweney

Google is watching you

Dec 3 2007: Leader: The American search engine is under simultaneous investigation by the US and European anti-trust authorities. Both are probing whether its acquisition of DoubleClick, whose technology puts adverts on the web, is against the public interest

Tell me the future

Dec 3 2007:

Google vice-president Vint Cerf asks web luminaries for their visions of where technology will take us

Crowd surfing

Dec 3 2007:

With millions of editors scouring the web in search of the best content, Digg is levelling the media playing field. Vint Cerf e-interviews co-founder Kevin Rose

Friendship on the web will thrive and make a fortune

Dec 3 2007:

New media, Jeff Jarvis: Just as the internet - well Google, really - has had a profound impact on knowledge and our relationship to it, so will the social web - well Facebook, probably - change friendship for ever.