Sales of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer has said.

Panasonic said it has begun a tender offer to take over smaller rival Sanyo Electric for an estimated 402 billion yen (£2.69 billion), moving closer to create one of the world's biggest electronics makers.

PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily, is set to become eBay's biggest business very soon.

European Parliament lawmakers and EU governments have agreed on new draft telecommunication rules they say offer breakthrough rights to European mobile phone and internet users.

Apple's local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lacklustre start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high.

The BBC has launched a new service to allow the public to see UK democracy in action with live and on-demand footage from numerous political institutions inline and in one place.

Hundreds of thousands of internet users have watched a new video targeting the person hiding a guilty secret about what happened to Madeleine McCann.