Twitter is working on a way to allow Chinese users to sign up to the social networking site in their own language, a co-founder of the site said Monday night, but access to the popular site remains blocked in the country.

South Korea will offer gamers and other Internet addicts free software from next year to limit the time they spend on the web, the prime minister's office said on Tuesday.

China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as rumours swirled about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.

Facebook said Monday it would open its first office in India to help it tap the increasing popularity of social networking via the Internet in the country.