Matsumoto software development

Homemade nuclear fusion concocted in Brooklyn

California considers allowing advert-broadcasting digital number plates on cars in a bid to raise money for the cash-strapped state.

California considers allowing advert-broadcasting digital number plates on cars in a bid to raise money for the cash-strapped state.

Execution in US announced by a tweet.

Using a nuclear bomb and other ideas from readers

Officials explain why the authorities censor the internet in a white paper outlining China's policies governing the web.

Former US President George W Bush attracts thousands of friends during his first day on the social networking website Facebook.

New York students fuse art and interactivity

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's Twitter account has more followers than any other in Venezuela, prompting him to hire 200 people to sift through the responses.

A former US student is found guilty of hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account and obstructing justice.