Facebook has launched its own app store to promote mobile programs that operate using the social network.

The company said the App Center will become the "new, central place to find great apps like Draw Something" and other titles.

A shareholder seeking the dismissal of Yahoo's chief executive has demanded the search firm allow access to documents relating to his recruitment.

In January, Yahoo named Scott Thompson, the president of online payments firm Paypal, as its new head.

Nevada drivers could soon be sharing the road with vehicles that don't need them.

Department of Motor Vehicles officials said Monday they've issued Google the nation's first license to test self-driving cars on public streets, after conducting

Steve Jobs played many roles in his lifetime, from entrepreneur to visionary. He introduced the personal computer in 1984 and then kept re-inventing technology right up to his death.

But here he is in a role that has never been seen before - playing American President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a spoof video aimed to inspire Apple's troops.

The Hollywood venue that hosts the Oscars has been renamed the Dolby Theatre in a new sponsorship deal.

The 3,400-seater building, which has been home to the annual Academy Awards ceremony since 2002, was previously known as the Kodak Theatre.

Apple has reported its profits almost doubled in the first three months of the year.

Apple said its net profit came in at $11.6bn (£7.2bn), up from $6bn in the same period last year and much better than had been expected.

YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties as it loses a court battle in Germany over music videos.

A court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube is responsible for the content that users post to the video sharing site.

Yahoo's chief executive has confirmed plans to shut down dozens of products that are not seen as core to the firm.

Scott Thompson announced the move to analysts following the firm's latest financial report.

Oracle's claim that Google violated several of its patents and copyrights goes to trial in a San Francisco court on Monday.

It is one of the biggest such tech lawsuits to date. Oracle is claiming about $1bn (£630m) in compensation.

Facebook has updated a tool that lets users look at some of the data the social network holds on them.

The update gives people an "expanded archive" of their activity on Facebook letting them see friend requests and login locations.

Notorious mass murderer Charles Manson is up for parole in California, possibly for the last time, but he is not expected to attend the hearing.

Manson, convicted in 1971 and serving a life sentence for seven murders, has not appeared in front of the parole board since 1997.

Technology giant Apple and major publishers are being sued by the US Department of Justice over pricing of e-books.

The US accuses Apple and book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Penguin of colluding on prices of books on the iPad.

Microsoft is buying the majority of AOL's patents in a deal worth $1.06bn (£668m).

A statement said the agreement covers theintellectual property rights to more than 800 innovations.

Google has revealed details of its research into augmented reality glasses.

It posted a brief introduction to Project Glass, photos and a concept video at its Google+ social network.

APPLE would e-mail all buyers of its new iPad in Australia to offer them a refund, a lawyer for the company said yesterday, after the nation’s consumer watchdog

accused it of misleading advertising over a key aspect of the product.

By July this year mobile firms will be forced to lower the prices of making a call or downloading data abroad.

Under new rules agreed by the European Parliament, consumers will pay no more than 29 cents (24p) per minute to make a call and 70 cents (59p) per megabyte

Paedophiles are hiding images of child sex abuse on websites that look like regular web shops, reveals a report.

The tactic is being used more and more often,said the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) in its annual report.

A group of 22 Chinese authors are suing Apple over claims their work is being sold without a licence in the App Store.

In three separate lawsuits 12 authors are seeking a combined 23 million yuan (£2.3m) in compensation.

Android app developers have complained about a hold-up in payments from Google.

Europe-based software writers have posted hundreds of comments on the company's forums, saying their February fees had not been received on 7 March as scheduled.

Google search will soon do more than simply hunt down words - instead, it will 'answer questions' in a drastic makeover for the search engine.

Within months, Google searches will no longer throw up a simple list of blue links - a huge change for the page that forms the world's 'doorway' to the web.