Apple has posted a new security warning for users of its iCloud online storage service amid reports of a determined effort to steal passwords and other data from people who use the service in China.

Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz – who stars in a new film about a home sex video which goes public – has called the leak of nude and explicit images of dozens of female celebrities “a major violation”.

Celebrities including Emma Watson have hit out at hackers suspected of leaking hundreds of naked pictures and explicit videos of some of Hollywood’s most famous female stars.

The online hack that led to the posting of hundreds of explicit photos of some of Hollywood’s most famous female stars could have been down to an attack on their passwords.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed it will begin examining allegations that data from Irish Facebook users has been passed on to the US National Security Agency (NSA).

Irish people are apparently looking to the internet to answer to that age-old question "What is love?".

A teenager studying at Trinity College Dublin boasted he could electronically track the movements of the head of the Garda cybercrime unit “24/7”.

COMPUTER giant Apple is to provide up to 350 jobs in Cork after signing a property deal to establish an office in the city centre.

APPLE boss Steve Jobs strode back into the spotlight yesterday to unveil the iCloud, a music-streaming service that the company hopes will power its next stage of growth and popularise web-based consumer services.