Market tracker Nielsen has released a study confirming what many US parents already knew: teens love to use cellphones to swap text messages.

A new fund could help bring high speed Internet to unserved and remote areas of the United States, say US telecommunications regulators.

Telkom has launched its mobile phone unit, taking aim at a crowded market dominated by Vodacom, its former earnings driver, and MTN.

US Facebook fans inclined to connect with the leading social networking site while out and about have a couple of new security tools at their disposal.

Kaspersky Lab has announced that almost 32 million vulnerable applications and files were detected on users' computers in 2010.

The Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security have unveiled an agreement designed to boost cooperation in defending military and private computer networks from growing cyber threats.

In recent years scientists have become intrigued by the possibility of life in oceans trapped beneath the icy crust of distant worlds.

Britain faces the threat of cyber attacks from hostile states and criminals which could damage its critical infrastructure, the head of the country's electronic spying agency has warned.

Juniper Research says that Apple's latest generation iPhone will spur adoption of video calls but the trend is stymied because different devices don't talk to one another.

Microsoft has issued its biggest-ever security fix, including repairs to its ubiquitous Windows operating system for flaws that could let hackers take control of a PC.

Sending romantic text messages to someone other than your spouse can be partial grounds for a divorce, a South Korean court has ruled.

India has given BlackBerry maker Research In Motion an extended deadline of January 31 to provide its intelligence agencies a way of accessing all its services.

The Wireless Application Service Providers' Association of South Africa has warned people trading in second-hand goods to be wary of a new scam.

Computer security firm Sophos has shot down rumours that a "10/10/10" virus will strike computers at 10am on Sunday - October 10, 2010.

Neotel has unveiled a refocused consumer offering that gives ordinary South Africans improved access to affordable voice and entry level broadband data products.

The United Arab Emirates will not suspend BlackBerry services on October 11 after resolving a dispute with its Canadian maker Research in Motion over access to email and other data.

It is estimated that revenues generated in London from piracy-related work exceed R1.5-billion a year.

According to Kaspersky Lab statistics, a new variant of the notorious polymorphic Sality virus, dubbed "bh", is found to be particularly widespread on users' computers.

As telecommunication companies across Latin America attempt to increase product and service offerings, few regions are seeing the execution of these plans more pronounced than through the restructuring of Chile's communications infrastructure.

Zambia's communications authority has reversed its decision to shut down five main Internet service providers, saying they would be allowed another chance to renew their licences.