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The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it.

Happy silver anniversary dotcom

A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.

Net clash for web police projects

China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws.

China's stern warning to Google

About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will become a fundamental way the public communicates with government.

Tweeting 'fundamental' in life

Japan is embracing fuel cell to provide electricity and heat in the home. Now it wants to export the systems to the UK and the rest of Europe.

Japan aims its home fuel cells at Europe

Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

Microsoft rebuffed in Word appeal

Flaws originating in WebKit are chief among the issues addressed in Safari 4.0.5.

Apple Safari Update Tackles WebKit Vulnerabilities

New version of commercial Tomcat Java server debuts combining Java smarts with VMware virtualization.

SpringSource Adds VMware to Tomcat

The social networking and voting site is migrating from the MySQL database to Cassandra, an open source non-relational database.

Digg Dumps MySQL for Cassandra

Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.

NoSQL Supporters Challenge Relational Databases

Search giant debuts online shop for apps, expanding beyond its own App Engine to offer developers working in other frameworks an integration into the marketplace.

Google Unveils Apps Marketplace

The non-profit open source foundation looks to show it's not just an extension of its main backer, Microsoft.

Microsoft-Sponsored CodePlex Moves Ahead

Jeffrey Jaffe takes over as the World Wide Web Consortium's CEO as the chief Web standards body looks ahead.

Top Spot at W3C Goes to Former Novell Exec