Facebook app Mafia Wars is set to be turned into a film. There are currently few details surrounding the plot, but a movie adaptation is being developed by Radar Pictures, the company behind The Invention Of Lying and All About Steve.

Official approval has been given for the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography. The board of net overseer Icann gave initial approval for the creation of the .xxx domain at its conference in Brussels.

That's nearly double the number of people who tune into the US's three prime time TV stations combined, its owners Google have said. The news comes as the site celebrates the day five years ago when the first beta version of YouTube was launched.

Apple are allegedly set to announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. The computing company are set to make an announcement at the San Francisco Apple World Wide Developers Conference on June 7, where it is thought they will reveal their plans for a rival service, reports technology site Electricpig.co.uk.

Israel has ended its ban on Apple's iPad tablet computer after a technical review. The country had banned imports of the iPad, which was released in the US earlier this month, because of fears its wireless signal could disrupt other devices. At least 10 iPads were seized at the country's international airport.