CAIRO -- Egyptians are using the online social networking tool Facebook to defy the governments attempt to muzzle the media and hush recent incidents of police brutality during a strike by workers in a town in the Nile Delta.

Microsofts offer to buy Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars (30 billion euros), is but the latest in a series of high-stakes bids for dominance of the online world.

On Jan. 21 the Israeli government announced its support of an ambitious plan to install the worlds first electric car network in Israel by 2011. The initiative is aimed at addressing global dependence on foreign oil from undemocratic regimes and mitigating the health and environmental damages caused by emissions from gas-burning vehicles.

Young Japanese people are evolving a new lifestyle for the 21st century based on the cellphones that few are now able to live without.

Greeks fed up with their pesky neighbours, old flames, the government, or society in general can find release in a new Internet site that posts e-curses for free.

The number of Americans who follow the campaign for the White House on the Internet has more than doubled since 2000, with youngsters in particular ditching traditional media for the web, a poll showed Friday.

Gadgets have gone from geek fashion to haute couture with the debuts of crystal encrusted USB drives and Giorgio Armani-designed mobile telephones at the Consumer Electronics Show stage.

Two firms are racing to map the world as the Internet goes increasingly mobile with ever more sophisticated gadgets for people on the move.

Electronics titans at the worlds largest consumer electronics trade show united to combat "e-waste" as the deadline nears for US residents to replace analog televisions with digital models.

High definition televisions are slimming down while their pictures and capabilities are beefing up.

A failed effort to soften the noise from British military helicopters led to a breakthrough enabling surfaces from mobile telephone screens to car roof liners to be turned into stereo speakers.

The automobiles future is electronic and green, using alternate fuels and slick technology to protect both people and the environment, the head of the worlds largest car company said Tuesday.