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John Naughton works from Cambridge, UK. Professor/writer/dad/grandad/photographer/'Observer' columnist/optimist John Naughton has over 7007 followers on Twitter.

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25 things about the web on its 25th birthday

It sprang from the brain of one man, Tim Berners-Lee, and is the fastest-growing communication medium of all time.

According to Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Facebook and Google spread ‘their’ net

New mobile users from poor countries will end up thinking ‘web’ and ‘internet’ are just other words for Facebook and Google.

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the crisis-torn EU has sparked a stunned Twitter backlash

Why the disenchantment with Twitter?

The social networking service has been accused of flouting its own code of conduct, but most of the criticism seems unfair, writes John Naughton.

Solange Knowles at The Great Gatsby premiere in Cannes.

How Microsoft is looking beyond an app-centric world

Microsoft may have stolen a march on its smartphone rivals by putting social connectivity at the heart of the user experience.

Five Iranian scientists and academics have been killed or attacked since 2010 in incidents believed to have targeted Iran’s disputed nuclear programme

How the Flame virus changed everything for security firms

The Flame virus went undetected for two years by every online security firm. Now they need to find a new way to protect the world’s PCs from malware.

A file photograph of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Stuxnet: The worm that turned Obama into a hypocrite?

The president who made a stirring declaration about internet freedom authorised a wave of cyber-attacks on Iran.

Cloud computing: The lowdown

Much of our computing (including the storage of our personal data) is now being done remotely via something called the "cloud".