It was an omen of things to come. Easter weekend, 1995, my aunt came downstairs for breakfast. She saw me in the back room, sitting at the computer screen, wide awake, my face lit up like the resurrected himself. She was amazed — usually she was the first to rise.

One-third of the population think those who watch television on a tablet, laptop or PC should also have to pay for a licence.

It is estimated between 60% and 90% of European passengers carry personal electronic devices.

Television licence fees will not be applied to laptops or similar devices after a decision by Communications Minister Denis Naughten to reject department advice on the proposed charge.

New aviation security measures are being introduced for selected inbound flights to the UK.

A man who was caught with thousands of images of child abuse on his mobile phone and laptop has been jailed for three and a half years.

A thief who stole a grieving father’s laptop from the funeral of the victim’s six-year-old boy has been jailed for four and a half years, Scotland Yard said.