The managing body for the internet's domain name system will massively increase the 'real estate' of the internet, letting brands and generic words become top-level domains.

A Code of Practice to ensure that internet service providers (ISPs) offer greater clarity over customers’ broadband line speeds was published by Ofcom today

Controversial online television re-broadcaster Zattoo.com says that it will have five million users across Europe by the end of the year, more than doubling its size in the next six months

Two recent judgments could erode vital protections there for web publishers in the US

The body behind the internet's addressing system, ICANN, could stop any domain name registrar from processing refunds on more than 10% of its domains in any given month in a new bid to stop domain name tasting.

The European Parliament has asked EU member states to press ahead with a plan to criminalise copyright infringement.

A committee of the body responsible for the internet's addressing system has found no evidence of front running, a form of deceptive domain name acquisition.

Financial magazine The Economist has failed in its attempt to gain control of the internet address theeconomist.com.

The Government is said to be close to publishing plans for a new law that would force internet service providers (ISPs) to trawl their networks for file sharers and ban them from using their service.

The European Commission's reform of VAT on internet-delivered services such as software, ringtones and music has been adopted and will take effect from 2015.