Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

 

No "significant" personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

 

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

 

Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

 

A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.

 

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Hoping to energize the electric car industry and make the Bay Area the electric car capital of the United States, San Jose, Calif., installs the first of hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations.

 

CNET Car Tech spent some time with the Mitsubishi i-Miev in San Francisco.

 

Get schooled by CNET editor Jasmine France. This week she gives tips on how you can use technology to do good things for fellow humans.

 

Las Vegas is the setting this week for two of the most popular annual security events. First comes Black Hat for the professional crowd, followed by the more antic Defcon gathering.

 

Updates to the Firefox cloud-based syncing tools for iPhone and for the Firefox browser correct three of users' top complaints, according to Mozilla.

 

The chancellor says the MoD, and not the Treasury as had been expected, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting more pressure on the defence budget.

 

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

 

The US senator who will chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release says he may send investigators to the UK.

 

Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.

 

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.

 

The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.

 

Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.

 

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry.

 

Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.

 

A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London begins.