Small businesses are increasing their investment in ecommerce and demanding greater functionality, and web designers are benefitting from the growing demand, according to a new report.

The UK government has scrapped the post of Ecommerce Minister in the wake of the recent General Election. It has not announced where responsibility for ecommerce will lie in the future.

According to research by Paypal, small retailers who do not trade online may be missing out on an average of £70,000 per year in revenue that delivers.

Almost half of online businesses may be losing revenue through not listing their sites on search engines.

Microsoft cuts the price of its Xbox 360 video game console in Europe, weeks after doing the same in the US.

Net phone firm Skype says its service is up and running again after days of “unprecedented” disruption.

Regular columnist Bill Thompson says what counts as private has to change if we're to get the most out the network.

The writer of a prominent blog which lampoons Apple boss Steve Jobs is unmasked by the New York Times.

US website Monster.com suffers an online attack with the data of hundreds of thousands of users stolen.

Six firms withdraw adverts from the networking website Facebook after they appear near BNP content.