Android overtakes iOs for web in US

New data says that Android browsing overtook Apple's iOS in the US and Canada in December, though other figures show Apple holding on to world share. By Charles Arthur

• Welcome to Samsung v Google
• It's Google v Apple in the smart TV battle

Hacktivists expose the intelligence gap

Loz Kaye: As long as western governments fail to live up to their ideals, there will be those who are determined to embarrass them

• Hackers expose defence officials
• US expels Venezuelan diplomat in 'cyber war' row

Britain's computer science courses are failing to give workers the digital skills they need

Poor-quality training and 'sausage factory' courses leave companies struggling to recruit computer-literate workers. By Jeevan Vasagar

• Pupils need to understand computers
• More from the digital literacy campaign

BSkyB buys stake in app firm Zeebox

Broadcaster Sky to integrate Zeebox social media platform into its mobile applications. By Mark Sweney

Microsoft sees future through cleaner Windows

Windows 8, the PC giant's new operating system, is stylish, award-winning, multi-platform – and critical to its future. By Juliette Garside

Man who runs the world's smartest website

John Naughton exchanges ideas with John Brockman, founder of the Edge website, salon for the world's finest minds