US Internet and connectivity biggie Cisco and the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) jointly announced the launch of the 2013 `Cisco Transatlantic CoderDojo Software Innovation Challenge' in Cork during the St Patrick's Day weekend festivities.

According to the findings of a survey by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, more than three-fourths of teenagers now own a cellphone and use it for accessing the Facebook social networking site as well as some supposedly `cool' apps like Snapchat and Kik Messenger.

In a Tuesday-released report titled `Enemies of the Internet,' media watchdog RSF said that blatant online spying activities were apparently been undertaken by Syria, China, Iran, Bahrain and Vietnam.

In response to US National Security adviser Tom Donilon's Monday statement that China should take "serious steps" to stop cyber attacks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reiterated, on Tuesday, China's willingness to cooperate with the US in cybersecurity.

In a Tuesday announcement, Internet search giant Google said that it has worked out an agreement with 37 US states and the District of Columbia, to pay them a $7 million penalty for settling complaints about the company's unauthorized collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi networks.

Ookla's Net Index results, reported in Beeld newspaper, have revealed that among all the broadband areas in South Africa, Randfontein is the fastest broadband area; followed by Bryanston, Midrand and Randburg.

In a recently-released statement, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has confirmed that it has been targeted by "highly sophisticated online raids" two times till now; both the times in 2011.

According to Iranian media reports, citing a statement recently made by an official, governmental censorship in the country has moved a step further, with authorities blocking the use of most "virtual private networks (VPNs)" --- a tool which is used by many Iranians to circumvent an extensive government Internet filter.