A US law firm has become the hero of the common people for its decision to take on the spam merchants who wage guerrilla warfare on our e-mail inboxes, offering everything from sex to cars and easy money to psychic readings.

Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam reaching anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address.

Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use.

Workplace privacy will be casualty in war on spam.

A Napster-like network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding the internet.

Spam is not overwhelming the inboxes of US workers, despite the growing number of junk e-mails promoting get-rich-quick scams or pornographic websites, says a report.

People are starting to use e-mail less because of spam, a study finds, though some click on unsolicited messages.

The most annoying spam purported to pass on to people free passwords for sex sites that usually levy a charge to look beyond the front page.

The web's inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, wins a prestigious prize which comes with an award of one million euros.

Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the world wide web, has been honoured for his work.