Algorithm promises faster data transfer speeds and reduced Web page load times by compressing content up to 8 percent smaller than zlib.

Apps that contain the likeness of movie characters such as Spiderman, Green Lantern, or Bilbo Baggins have come under scrutiny from Hollywood.

Marrying the broad reach of the Web with two narrow domains, members of the World Wide Web Consortium now have groups adapting Web technology for the automotive and publishing industries.

Flight controllers have powered up a back-up computer aboard the Curiosity Mars rover after software glitches interrupted the flow of science data. Space radiation may be responsible.

Founder of the struggling electronics retail giant had hoped to regain control and take the company private.

The Internet visionary foresees the Web as becoming a way for humans to communicate with animals and connect with the cosmos.

The file-sharing site's user forum is filling up with complaints of e-mail spam, which the company believes could be related to last year's data leak.

A new bill aims to ensure Web browsers and Internet companies give users an opt out option of being tracked online by advertisers and data brokers.