Five major U. S. internet service providers (ISPs) are reportedly all set to launch a new anti-piracy system, called the Copyright Alert System, this week.

Fast food firm Burger King became the latest victim of hacking attack, when hackers, affiliated with the notorious Anonymous collective, hacked its Twitter account and posted obscene messages.

After hacking the fast food giant's account on the popular micro-blogging site, the hackers tweeted messages containing obscenities, racial epithets, and even drug references.

Internet search giant Google Inc faces legal action by European data protection agencies as the company did not obey EU regulations.

Last October, Google was warned by the EU regulators to obey EU's privacy laws within four months or face legal action. But, the Internet search giant failed to comply with the data protection authorities' order.

Google has posted an interactive doodle on its homepage toady, February 14, to mark two events - Valentine's Day and the 154th birthday of Ferris wheel's inventor George Ferris.

There is a need to put the right checks and balances in place to ensure that children are safe online, Keith Towler, children's commissioner for Wales, said.

Towler said young people are sometimes much more savvy in the use of Internet than their parents but they needed to know their limits on the Internet.

In a recent radio interview, the commissioner stressed that children and young people were unable to make a distinction between their online and offline lives.

On Tuesday, Google Maps uploaded a detailed map of the world's most secretive countries, North Korea; giving a captivating peek into the country's train networks, gulag labour camps, hotels, and hospitals.

A London court on Thursday sent two Anonymous hackers behind the bars for carrying out cyber attacks on the websites of several companies, including MasterCard, Visa and PayPal.

Ashley Rhodes, 28, received a seven-month sentence; while 22-year-old Christopher Weatherhead will spend eighteen months behind the bars.