Google today took a major step into the controversial targeted advertising space market by introducing a global display advertising system on YouTube and other networks. The programme means advertisers will focus their campaigns on users who have previously visited related sites, or who have express...

YouTube in the UK is to be stripped of its most popular music videos after the site failed to agree a new licencing deal with the Performing Rights Society for Music, the trade body that collects music royalties. YouTube said today that after the expiry of its former deal, PRS had proposed new payme...

I'm in two minds about the creation of a Twitter correspondent by Sky News. This is, to be clear, not someone who reports solely on Twitter (though recent mainstream press coverage might lead you to think otherwise) but someone who scours Twitter for breaking news. Which probably means sitting on Tw...

Very soon, the Pirate Bay vs Sweden trial will end, and the world's file-sharers can get back to work. Or get back to file sharing, at least. But for today, the prosecution is making its final attempt to pile on the pressure in its closing statements. Prosecutor Haakan Roswell pushed for a one-year ...

The Financial Times is again expanding its presence in China with the launch of China Confidential , a high-end specialist investment title that will combine consumer research with economic debates and market trends. China Confidential's first fortnightly print edition and website will be available ...

The second week of Pirate Bay vs Sweden is upon us, and what will it bring? Pirate ship. Photograph: mikebaird/Flickr/Some rights reserved Firstly, some great lists. TorrentFreak , which has been excelling itself with comprehensive coverage of the trial, follows up on  comments by co-defendant ...

An American couple who attempted to sue Google over what they claimed was its "privacy invading" Street View technology have lost their case in a Pennsylvania court. Aaron and Christine Boring brought their case against the online search giant in April, accusing it of privacy violation, negligence, ...

Anyone over 21 might struggle on Bebo, the social networking site that's as popular with UK teens as Facebook is with office workers. Maybe you're being mugged, but plenty of Bebo's users think the bare piff words on the website are totally seen. For the first time, publisher HarperCollins has teame...

Former colleagues and friends were today mourning the loss of Katharine Everett, the much-loved former BBC executive who helped establish the corporation's new media department. Everett, 51, who died last night after a long illness, was controller of new media from 1999 to 2003, leading a team of 30...

These aren't just hard times, these are hard Financial Times... The news firm is suing the private equity group Blackstone over multiple use of premium login details, ending several months of settlement negotiations with one decisive writ filed in New York, according to the Wall Street Journal's Dig...