New 'best practices' outlined by the IAB would block adverts from appearing alongside illegal content

New Economist report details why Asia trails the West when it comes to internet giants

Firms were quick to seize their chances when China finally opened up

Johnny Depp has spoken publicly for the first time about his break-up with partner, the French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis.

Tribute band The Bootleg Beatles will go head-to-head with Sir Mick Jagger and co during the Somerset festival in two weeks' time

Two jailed, another sent to young offenders unit and fourth handed suspended sentence

Ian Burrell talk to the Swedish MEP who wants free music and movie downloads to stop internet users being criminalised

UK will also contribute to a £50 million international fund for the state

Even Dante could not have conjured quite such a hellish punishment: for almost two months, 11 people were confined to an underground bunker in Italy and forced to read the new novel by Dan Brown – all day, every day. Brown's Inferno, which reportedly makes repeated reference to Dante's Inferno, is due for publication on 14 May.

In a bid to stop people downloading their new title for free, the Klug brothers created a version of their Game Dev Tycoon game that would virtually bankrupt anyone who tried it. Jamie Merrill reports

If you do something to someone’s intimate bits which you know s/he has not consented to or is unable to consent to, you are committing sexual assault or rape

Eight boats, all built to the new 65-foot design, are expected to leave Alicante, Spain

Add magnesium to strontium, and prepare yourself for fireworks

Glance at a photograph of George Petherbridge in his 1950s Bristol Rovers heyday and he appears old before his time. The expression is watchful, almost anxious, and when seen taking to the pitch in the flesh at Eastville – Rovers' much-missed former headquarters, now the site of a vast convenience furniture store – the 5ft 4in Devon-born winger might have seemed a vulnerable figure, especially in comparison to the full-backs charged with marking him, often muscular hulks who appeared capable of eating him alive.