Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours.

Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the future

Podcasters pick 2009's best web moments

Plans to make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs in the US to create start-ups will be debated in 2010.

Apple wins a court case against claimants who say the iPod is defective and could cause hearing loss.

A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google.

Apple shares rise by more than 1% in early trading on Wednesday amid further speculation over new products.

Apple shares rise by more than 1% in early trading on Wednesday amid further speculation over new products.

Voice-to-text company Spinvox has been bought by speech recognition firm Nuance.

2009's stories that made waves in the Twitterverse