Activists claimed to have seized control of nearly 300 Facebook community groups in a self-proclaimed effort to expose how vulnerable online reputations are to tampering.

Twitter has passed another milestone on its way to cultural domination by spawning its first television show.

On this Friday’s FT techtalk, the team will be joined by Robert Scoble, one of the best known tech bloggers and social media evangelists.

Many consumers are turning toward social networks like Facebook and Twitter, coupon aggregators like RetailMeNot and CouponCabin, and deal blogs like FatWallet or Dealfinder to find the best discounts and bargains – and they’re sharing these deals with friends, family, and the wider web. This social shopping behavior, in its nascent stages last year, is out in full force this holiday – which is why some 47% of online retailers plan to increase their use of social media this holiday season, according to the National Retail Foundation.

A handheld computer console game has been developed to help diabetic children monitor their condition.

TV is becoming increasingly social. Twitter went into complete overdrive over the X-Factor last Sunday following Lucie Jones’ shock eviction, with 8 out of the top 10 Twitter trending topics being X-Factor related

No industry, except arguably the newspaper one, has been rocked (pardon the pun) more by the Internet than the music industry.

The appetite of older people to get online and the attractiveness of open source software as a means of dealing with digital exclusion.

A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled.