BBC Online also failing to meet target of 22m clickthroughs a year for connecting users to external sites

Site changes policy to stop prostitutes using network to make connections

On Monday night the Twitter feed of satirical newspaper The Onion was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (Sea), supposed supporters of the Assad regime. Or that’s what it looked like.

Right-wing columnist launches her own branded merchandise as she takes on the American market

After Paris Brown was vilified for tweets she sent years earlier, Oscar Quine thought he had better check his own social media history

Privacy watchdogs have united in an unprecedented attack on the way the search giant collects information on its users

Do you fancy another one? Go on, just a small one. You don’t have to get up in the morning, after all.

The Sun is reportedly following the Telegraph in charging readers for online access.

Does the world really need a place for virtual fist bumps?

The basic, courier-fonted layout is one of the hallmarks of Popbitch. It is both reminiscent of the internet’s earlier days and testament to the argument that content is king.

Then it's a news business subject to the new independent regulator

Around 1.5 million people have stumbled upon child pornography while using the internet, a survey has found. But the study suggested that 40 per cent would not know how to go about reporting it, if they did see it online.

The boss of TiVo, the American company behind Virgin Media’s search-and-recommend TV set-top box, today claimed that BSkyB is struggling to match his technology.

Tumblr blog of the day (if not the year so far): Jim’ll Paint It. A man, presumably Jim, possibly with a lot of time on his hands, takes commissions for original artworks and posts several a day created using Microsoft Paint.Jim has an eye for the bizarre – and more detail than Paint should allow.