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» 17 May 2012
Facebook IPO: analysts warn investors away as more shares hit the market

Analysts have warned small investors to steer clear of the $100bn Facebook sale after some of the social network's biggest shareholders ramped...

» 15 May 2012
AMD unveils Trinity chipsets to challenge Ivy Bridge

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched its new Trinity processor family boasting "twice the performance per watt" of its earlier Llano chips.

» 14 May 2012
Change.org petition site targets UK campaigners

The popular US-based campaign site Change.org is opening a UK branch as part of a global roll-out.

» 11 May 2012
Microsoft Bing search engines to use Facebook tips

Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms.

» 10 May 2012
Carmageddon seeks Kickstarter cash comeback

Carmageddon, a notorious video game from the late nineties, is attempting to raise crowd-sourced funding to make a return.

» 09 May 2012
Howard Carter celebrated in Google doodle

The birthday of Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, is celebrated in the latest Google doodle...

» 08 May 2012
Android and iPhone users fuel fervour for Pebble, a wristwatch that runs apps

In the old Dick Tracy comics, the detective had a wrist TV-cum-mobile he used to talk to his associates.

» 07 May 2012
Engineers launch artificial earthquakes at hospital

Engineers in California have unleashed high-intensity artificial earthquakes on a five-storey building packed with medical equipment.

» 04 May 2012
Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone unveiled

Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone - the Galaxy S3.

» 03 May 2012
Motorola wins Xbox and Windows 7 ban in Germany

Motorola Mobility has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany.

» 02 May 2012
Wikipedia founder to help in government research scheme

The government has drafted in the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to help make all taxpayer-funded academic research in Britain available online to anyone who wants to read or use it.

» 30 Apr 2012
Campaign aims to speed up 4G mobile roll-out in UK

Mobile network Everything Everywhere has taken fresh steps to lobby for 4G data services in the UK.

» 27 Apr 2012
LulzSec associate claims VMWare source code hack on Chinese company

VMWare, the virtualisation software company, has revealed that a hacker associated with LulzSec calling himself "Hardcore Charlie"..

» 26 Apr 2012
UK public sector accounts for bulk of data breach fines

The UK's private sector accounted for more than a third of all reported data breaches over 11 months..

» 25 Apr 2012
Google pair back plan to lasso asteroids and mine them for precious metals

It sounds like the start of a science fiction or disaster movie, or both.

» 20 Apr 2012
Alan Turing papers on code breaking released by GCHQ

Two 70-year-old papers by Alan Turing on the theory of code breaking have been released by the government's communications headquarters, GCHQ.

» 19 Apr 2012
For Dummies guide publisher, Wiley, seeks piracy trial

US publisher John Wiley & Sons is demanding a trial by jury of people accused of copying its books.

» 18 Apr 2012
Google v Oracle: we wanted to take on Android, admits Ellison

Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has admitted that he wanted to enter into competition with Google's Android software...

» 17 Apr 2012
Euro MP David Martin dismisses anti-counterfeiting treaty

A controversial anti-piracy agreement should be rejected by the European Parliament, a key Euro MP has said.

» 16 Apr 2012
China censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media

In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk.

» 13 Apr 2012
Dual-focus contact lens prototypes ordered by Pentagon

The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision.

» 12 Apr 2012
Icann internet suffix application deadline looms

Organisations wishing to buy web addresses ending in their brand names have until 00:00 GMT on Thursday to submit applications.

» 11 Apr 2012
Is Instagram the next YouTube or the next Flickr?

On October 9 2006 Chad Hurley, 29, and Steven Chen, 27, sold a video-sharing website called YouTube to Google for $1.65bn.

» 10 Apr 2012
Microsoft buys and licenses AOL patents in $1bn deal

Microsoft is buying the majority of AOL's patents in a deal worth $1.06bn (£668m).

» 09 Apr 2012
Expect more online attacks, Anonymous hackers say

The hacking group Anonymous says it will launch online attacks every weekend, following claims it disrupted access to the Home Office website.

» 06 Apr 2012
Half a million Mac computers infected with malware

More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, according to a Russian anti-virus firm.

» 05 Apr 2012
Car insurance: satellite boxes make young drivers safer

Car insurance based on satellite technology has led to a 20% fall in crashes involving young drivers, according to one of the UK's biggest general insurers.

» 04 Apr 2012
TomTom sat-nav devices hit by GPS leap year bug

TomTom has blamed a "leap year bug" for a fault causing some of its satellite navigation devices to malfunction.

» 03 Apr 2012
Email surveillance plans face Lib Dem rebellion

Senior Liberal Democrat MPs are threatening to rebel over the coalition government's plans to extend the powers of the security services to monitor the public's email, telephone calls and social media communications.

» 30 Mar 2012
Mobile firms bleed billions to fraud and bill errors

Mobile phone firms are losing $58bn (£36bn) a year worldwide to billing errors and fraud, a report says.

» 29 Mar 2012
History of the web goes offline at LOL gallery

A new gallery exploring the history of the internet is to open at the National Media Museum in Bradford.

» 28 Mar 2012
iPad 3 refunds for Australian buyers after Apple admits no 4G service

Apple has offered refunds to Australians who bought a new iPad 3 after the maker admitted it does not work on the country's 4G network.

» 27 Mar 2012
Mies van der Rohe Google doodle

Google's latest doodle pays tribute to one of the pioneers of modern architecture, Mies van der Rohe, who was born 126 years ago on Tuesday.

» 26 Mar 2012
Avalanche research aids search for tastier ice cream

Avalanche experts are helping to study how ice cream's structure changes when it is stored in a household freezer.

» 22 Mar 2012
Budget 2012: Super-connected cities and video games tax credits

Chancellor George Osborne has announced which cities will benefit from a £100m pot of Treasury cash aimed at making them "super-connected".

» 21 Mar 2012
BBC iPlayer now available on Xbox

People can now view the BBC's iPlayer via Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, making the popular on-demand TV service available on all the UK's major gaming platforms.

» 20 Mar 2012
Free mobile apps drain battery faster

Free mobile apps which use third-party services to display advertising consume considerably more battery life, a new study suggests.

» 19 Mar 2012
Android app developers criticise Google for late payment

Android app developers have complained about a hold-up in payments from Google.

» 16 Mar 2012
Innorobo 2012: Is the dream of having a robot companion over?

Say hello to my little friend: Kibo is just under 4ft (1.2m) tall.

» 15 Mar 2012
Cyber-attack on BBC leads to suspicion of Iran involvement

A "sophisticated cyber-attack" on the BBC has been linked to Iran's efforts to disrupt the BBC Persian Service.

» 14 Mar 2012
Arm latest processors aim to stretch internet reach

Arm Holdings has unveiled what it describes as the "world's most energy-efficient microprocessor" design.

» 13 Mar 2012
Homeless hotspots plan causes controversy for BBH ad agency

An "experiment" which involved using homeless people as mobile wi-fi hotspots has attracted criticism, forcing the advertising agency behind it to defend itself.

» 09 Mar 2012
Hotfile digital locker service targeted by Hollywood

Hollywood is calling on the US courts to force Hotfile, the popular file-sharing site, offline following similar action against Megaupload.

» 08 Mar 2012
The new iPad: no Apple TV revolution yet but it on the way

Wednesday's iPad3 launch had a wider purpose than introducing an upgraded tablet.

» 07 Mar 2012
Know your Anonymous from your LulzSec

Anonymous is a group of online "hacktivists" – individuals from around the world who engage in hacking attacks..

» 06 Mar 2012
Megaupload founder extradition papers filed by US

A formal request for the extradition of Megaupload's founder has been filed in New Zealand by the US government.

» 05 Mar 2012
Michael Jackson back catalogue allegedly stolen by hackers

Michael Jackson's back catalogue has allegedly been stolen from Sony Music by hackers, it has emerged.

» 02 Mar 2012
Mobile carriers face a future without text messaging as data apps take over

Just past the security gate for the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers...

» 01 Mar 2012
The Raspberry Pi computer goes on general sale

A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale for the first time.

» 29 Feb 2012
Google fails to meet EU rules on new privacy policy

Google's new privacy policy may violate the European Union's data protection laws, according to the French data regulator.

» 28 Feb 2012
Apple deception alleged in Proview iPad trademark row

Asian electronics firm Proview has accused Apple of "deception" in the way it acquired rights to the iPad name.

» 27 Feb 2012
Oxfam Shelflife links goods with past using QR Codes

Oxfam is trying out a mobile phone scheme called Shelflife that lets customers find out the stories behind second-hand goods it sells.

» 24 Feb 2012
Apple iPad sale ban case suspended for now in Shanghai

Apple can for now continue to sell the iPad tablet in Shanghai after a court ruling over naming rights was suspended on Thursday.

» 23 Feb 2012
Third of UK postcodes have slow broadband speeds

A third of homes in the UK have broadband speeds well below the national average, according to research from price comparison site uSwitch.

» 22 Feb 2012
Blackberry-maker RIM releases late Playbook OS upgrade

After delays of almost a year, an upgraded operating system for the Blackberry Playbook tablet has been released.

» 17 Feb 2012
European Court of Justice blocks net-filtering bid

A social network cannot be required to install an anti-piracy filtering system, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.

» 16 Feb 2012
Cisco to challenge Microsoft Skype deal at EU court

Cisco has said it will challenge Microsoft's $8.5bn (£5.4bn) takeover of Skype at the EU's top court.

» 15 Feb 2012
Apple iPad China sales and shipments threat in name row

A Chinese company is to ask customs officials to block shipments of Apple's iPad both into and out of the country.

» 14 Feb 2012
Apple factories to face independent inspections

The working conditions in factories which produce Apple products are to be inspected, the computing giant has announced.

» 13 Feb 2012
Acta protests: Thousands take to streets across Europe

Thousands of people have taken part in co-ordinated protests across Europe in opposition to a controversial anti-piracy agreement.

» 10 Feb 2012
Ofcom targets phone and broadband switching slammers

Landline phone and internet providers which switch customers to their service without their consent - a process known as "slamming" - are being targeted by Ofcom.

» 09 Feb 2012
Cisco sees profits rise over 43%

Technology giant Cisco, saw a 43.5% rise in net profits to $2.2bn (£1.3bn) for the three months to 28 January 2012, compared with the same period in 2011.

» 08 Feb 2012
Symantec code theft: Hackers attempted extortion

Hackers tried to extort money in exchange for keeping source code private, security firm Symantec has said.

» 06 Feb 2012
Summer fashion 2012 will be in glorious techno colour

It is as reliable as the appearance of the first crocuses: every spring, fashion embraces colour.

» 03 Feb 2012
Hackers outwit online banking identity security systems

Criminal hackers have found a way round the latest generation of online banking security devices given out by banks, the BBC has learned.

» 02 Feb 2012
New York prosecutors ask Twitter to reveal Occupy Wall Street man tweets

Prosecutors have subpoenaed the Twitter records of an Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested in October during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge.

» 31 Jan 2012
Israel tops cyber-readiness poll but China lags behind

Israel, Finland and Sweden are seen as leading the way in "cyber-readiness", according to a major new security report.

» 30 Jan 2012
Facebook to go public with $10bn share offering

Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn (£48bn) and $100bn, reports suggest.

» 27 Jan 2012
Twitter able to censor tweets in individual countries

Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.

» 26 Jan 2012
O2 apology for disclosing mobile phone numbers online

O2 has apologised for a technical problem which caused users' phone numbers to be disclosed when using its mobile data.

» 25 Jan 2012
Proposed EU data rules a tax on business say critics

Businesses have expressed concern about proposed EU data protection rules which include a "right to be forgotten".

» 24 Jan 2012
Storage sites unnerved by Megaupload action

The arrest of Megaupload's founders has led to other file storage sites taking action in an apparent attempt to protect themselves from legal action.

» 20 Jan 2012
Microsoft Windows division suffers 6% drop in revenues

Microsoft has suffered a 6% decline in revenues at its Windows division, as competition from smartphones and tablet computers...

» 19 Jan 2012
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from its board

Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo!, has resigned from its board.

» 18 Jan 2012
Wikipedia joins blackout in protest at US privacy moves

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US.

» 17 Jan 2012
Rupert Murdoch Sopa attack rebuffed by Google

Google has hit back at Rupert Murdoch after he branded the search giant a "piracy leader".

» 16 Jan 2012
Rupert Murdoch squares off with Obama over online piracy legislation

The gathering storm over online piracy legislation being debated in the US Congress has sucked two more heavy hitters into the fray...

» 13 Jan 2012
Ofcom boosts 4G coverage plan in rural not-spots

Ofcom has revised proposals for its fourth-generation mobile spectrum auction, adding measures that could bring coverage to 98% of the UK.

» 12 Jan 2012
Virgin Media to double the speed of customer broadband

Virgin Media will double the speed of its broadband service for more than four million of its customers, the company has said.

» 11 Jan 2012
RadioPlayer teams up with Audioboo to offer listen-again service

The pan-industry internet radio service RadioPlayer has joined forces with Audioboo to offer an instant listen-again service for its 300-plus stations.

» 10 Jan 2012
Samsung future-proof voice-controlled television

A "smart" internet-connected television that has the ability to have its hardware upgraded every year has been unveiled by Samsung.

» 09 Jan 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg takes coding course

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has resolved to take an online computer coding course.

» 06 Jan 2012
Worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords, researchers say

A computer worm has stolen 45,000 login credentials from Facebook, security experts have warned.

» 29 Dec 2011
Train-switching technology poses hacking threat

A shift to a mobile communications technology could expose rail networks to hackers, according to a security expert.

» 28 Dec 2011
China GPS rival Beidou starts offering navigation data

China's satellite navigation system has become operational, according to an official.

» 27 Dec 2011
Hackers hit US security company

Activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails, passwords and credit card details from US-based security firm Stratfor.

» 23 Dec 2011
Gardens of Time beats Cityville in Facebook games list

Facebook has named Playdom's Gardens of Time as the most popular game on its social network in 2011.

» 22 Dec 2011
Irish privacy watchdog calls for Facebook changes

The Irish data protection commissioner has recommended widespread changes to improve privacy on Facebook.

» 21 Dec 2011
TalkTalk most complained about ISP, Ofcom finds

TalkTalk remains the most complained about UK internet service provider, according to regulator Ofcom.

» 20 Dec 2011
Old republic Star Wars video game prepares to launch

Budding Jedi masters and Sith lords will soon have somewhere else to hone their lightsaber skills.

» 19 Dec 2011
Internet Explorer: Microsoft plans silent updates

From January, Internet Explorer (IE) users will be automatically updated to the latest version of the browser.

» 16 Dec 2011
Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology

A US patent for self-driving cars has been awarded to Google.

» 15 Dec 2011
Will Android apps be worth the effort for developers in 2012?

Why are so many notable apps still only available for iPhone (and iPad) rather than Android? It's a state of affairs that has sparked controversy on our daily Apps Rush posts due to the fact that on some days, the roundup of new apps is iOS-heavy.

» 14 Dec 2011
UK is Europe most digitally aware nation, Ofcom study finds

The UK is officially Europe's most screen-addicted nation: Britons spend more time online, own more smartphones and digital video recorders and watch more television over the internet than any country on the Continent.

» 13 Dec 2011
Skyrim wins Spike VGA awards despite PlayStation glitch

The fantasy role-playing game, Skyrim, has won the top prize at the prestigious Spike Video Game Awards.

» 12 Dec 2011
Motorola wins Apple wireless patent fight in Germany

A German court has ruled in Motorola Mobility's favour in a patents dispute with Apple.

» 08 Dec 2011
Facebook bug sees Zuckerberg pictures posted online

A series of private pictures of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have been posted online by "hackers" to highlight a bug in the social network.

» 07 Dec 2011
Twitter top 2011 hashtags: #egypt and #tigerblood

The most popular hashtags of 2011 have been revealed, illustrating how Twitter spans diverse topics from politics to celebrity gossip.

» 06 Dec 2011
Silicon rival MoS2 promises small, low-energy chips

The first computer chip made out of a substance described as a "promising" alternative to silicon has been tested by researchers.

» 02 Dec 2011
GCHQ challenges codebreakers via social networks

UK intelligence agency GCHQ has launched a code-cracking competition to help attract new talent.

» 30 Nov 2011
United Nations agency hacking attack investigated

A group of hackers has posted more than 100 email addresses and login details which it claimed to have extracted from the United Nations.

» 25 Nov 2011
Black Friday iTunes infected credit malware alert

Criminals are targeting internet users with a new gift certificate scam, according to security experts.

» 24 Nov 2011
HTC shares plunge after revenue forecast cut

Shares of smartphone maker HTC have fallen by 7%, the maximum allowed in one day, after the company cut its growth forecast.

» 23 Nov 2011
Secret net Tor asks users to sign up to cloud services

People involved in a project to maintain a secret layer of the internet have turned to Amazon to add bandwidth to the service.

» 22 Nov 2011
Hackers hit US water treatment systems

Hackers are alleged to have destroyed a pump used to pipe water to thousands of homes in a US city in Illinois.

» 21 Nov 2011
World lightest material unveiled by US engineers

A team of engineers claims to have created the world's lightest material.

» 18 Nov 2011
Associated Press reporters told off for tweeting

Associated Press has reprimanded some of its journalists for breaking news on Twitter before posting it on the wires.

» 17 Nov 2011
Google unveils Android-based online music store

Google has launched an online music store in the US, which will allow devices running its Android software to buy, store and stream MP3 files.

» 16 Nov 2011
Computer maker Dell warns Thai floods will hurt revenues

Dell has warned its revenues could be hit by a worldwide shortage of hard drives caused by the flooding in Thailand.

» 15 Nov 2011
Warren Buffett buys IBM stake with $10.7bn investment

Warren Buffett - one of the world's most closely watched investors - has disclosed building a 5.4% stake in IBM.

» 14 Nov 2011
Facebook to seek consent for privacy changes

Privacy campaigners have welcomed a report that Facebook is to ask users to opt into any changes in the way it uses their personal information.

» 11 Nov 2011
World of Warcraft suffers subscriber slump

Almost a million people have stopped paying for World of Warcraft in the last three months.

» 10 Nov 2011
ARM new GPU chip design aims to boost mobile graphics

British computer chip designer ARM has unveiled its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) for mobile devices.

» 08 Nov 2011
Giant asteroid to pass near Earth

An asteroid that is 400m (1,300ft) wide will pass by the Earth on Tuesday, closer to it even than the Moon.

» 07 Nov 2011
Smartphone scams: Owners warned over malware apps

Rik Ferguson, an "ethical hacker" and expert on smartphone security, demonstrates how easy it is for criminals to create trojan apps

» 04 Nov 2011
US: Russia, China top cyberspies

China and Russia are the most active perpetrators of economic cyber-espionage against US companies, a US intelligence report says.

» 03 Nov 2011
Asus Eee Pad Transformer is Stuffs gadget of the year

A hybrid laptop-tablet computer is the unexpected winner of Stuff magazine's gadget of the year award.

» 31 Oct 2011
GCHQ chief reports disturbing cyber attacks on UK

The UK has been subject to a "disturbing" number of cyber attacks, the director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ has said.

» 28 Oct 2011
Sony buys the rest of mobile phone firm Sony Ericsson

Japanese technology giant Sony has bought full control of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson from Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson.

» 27 Oct 2011
Nokia bets on Windows Phone future

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has launched two new smartphones based on Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7.5 operating system.

» 25 Oct 2011
Video rental firm Netflix loses customers over prices

The US video rental firm Netflix has lost subscribers in the third quarter of 2011, as it reels from a customer backlash over price increases.

» 24 Oct 2011
German Rosat spacecraft makes uncontrolled re-entry

A big German spacecraft has made an uncontrolled fall from the sky.

» 20 Oct 2011
Websites should carry libel risk for anonymous posts

Websites should have protection from defamation cases if they act quickly to remove anonymous postings which prompt a complaint, a report says.

» 19 Oct 2011
Apple full-year profits rise 85%

The world's biggest technology company Apple has reported full year results, showing net profit for the year to 25 September at $25.9bn

» 18 Oct 2011
Taiwan HTC loses Apple patent infringement case in US

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has been dealt a big blow in its legal battle with Apple involving patent infringement claims.

» 17 Oct 2011
Samsung seeks iPhone4S sales ban in Australia and Japan

Samsung electronics has raised the stakes in its current legal battle with Apple by seeking a ban on sales of iPhone4S in Australia and Japan.

» 14 Oct 2011
Analogue TV signals to end in October 2012

UK analogue TV signals will end on 24 October 2012, Digital UK has said.

» 13 Oct 2011
Blackberry problems spread to US

Problems with the Blackberry smartphone system appear have to spread to the United States.

» 12 Oct 2011
Users find bugs in Facebook app for iPad

Just hours after Facebook's release of its long-awaited iPad app, users have started reporting minor bugs.

» 11 Oct 2011
RIM claims all services restored for Blackberry users

After a 20 hour blackout, Blackberry services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been restored.

» 10 Oct 2011
Samsung delay is Jobs tribute

Samsung has postponed the launch of its Nexus Prime smartphone as a mark of respect to Steve Jobs.

» 07 Oct 2011
Tributes flood in for Steve Jobs

World and business leaders have paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

» 06 Oct 2011
BT turns up broadband speed dial

BT is to launch a fibre optic service that will deliver speeds of up to 300Mbps (megabits per second)

» 04 Oct 2011
Hewlett-Packard completes Autonomy buyout

Hewlett-Packard has completed the $12bn (£7.8bn) buyout of UK software firm Autonomy

» 03 Oct 2011
Smart cities get their own operating system

Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves thanks to an operating system designed for the metropolis.

» 30 Sep 2011
Amazon $199 Fire sparks supply, margin questions

The rock-bottom price of the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is raising questions about Amazon.com Inc's ability to keep up with demand

» 29 Sep 2011
Amazon Kindle Fire to enter tablet computer market

Amazon has unveiled a colour tablet computer called the Kindle Fire.

» 28 Sep 2011
Scottish government calls for .scot internet domain

The Scottish government has sought fresh backing for the creation of an internet domain for Scotland.

» 27 Sep 2011
Google helps put Dead Sea Scrolls online

Ultra-high resolution images of several Dead Sea Scrolls are now available on the web

» 26 Sep 2011
Apple sued by Via over chips in gadgets

Taiwanese chip designer Via is suing Apple claiming the US firm has infringed patents it owns.

» 23 Sep 2011
Facebook focuses on media sharing and adds timeline

Facebook has outlined plans to encourage users to share more of the media they consume - including music and movies

» 22 Sep 2011
Urbee 3D printed car goes on display in Canada

An environmentally friendly car, partly made using 3D printing technology, has gone on show in Canada.

» 21 Sep 2011
Google+ opens social network to everyone

Google+ is being opened up for anyone to join after two-and-a-half months in closed testing.

» 20 Sep 2011
Laser beam kicks molecules to detect roadside bombs

A laser beam that makes molecules vibrate could help detect improvised explosive devises, say scientists.

» 19 Sep 2011
Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer

Artificial blood vessels made on a 3D printer may soon be used for transplants of lab-created organs.

» 16 Sep 2011
Blackberry maker RIM profits fall sharply

Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has seen its second-quarter profits more than halve

» 15 Sep 2011
Jeremy Hunt urges web firms to join anti-piracy drive

UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has delivered a hard-hitting speech, calling on net firms, advertisers and credit card companies to cut ties with websites that link to unlawful content

» 14 Sep 2011
Microsoft unveils its new Windows 8 operating system

Microsoft has taken the wraps off the next generation of its Windows operating system.

» 13 Sep 2011
Twitter boss unveils records user numbers for the site

Twitter has announced it now has more than 100 million active users.

» 12 Sep 2011
The Schleswig-Holstein Question

Facebook has agreed to work with the German government to develop a code of conduct governing privacy on social networking sites

» 09 Sep 2011
Microsoft online services hit by major failure

Millions of Microsoft users were left unable to access some online services

» 08 Sep 2011
Taiwan HTC sues Apple after Google sells tech patents

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has fired a fresh salvo in its ongoing war with Apple

» 07 Sep 2011
Online firm Yahoo fires CEO Bartz

Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company

» 06 Sep 2011
Turkish net hijack hits big name websites

Visitors to the websites of Vodafone, the Daily Telegraph, UPS and four others were re-directed to a site set up by Turkish hackers

» 05 Sep 2011
Samsung pulls tablet PC from trade show amid row

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Monday it has withdrawn its new tablet computer from a major electronics fair in Berlin

» 01 Sep 2011
Mobile internet use nearing 50%

Almost half of UK internet users are going online via mobile phone data connections

» 30 Aug 2011
Google boss knew about unlicensed pharmacy adverts

Google's chief executive Larry Page knew that adverts for unlicensed Canadian pharmacies were running on its US site

» 29 Aug 2011
Google Eric Schmidt criticises education in the UK

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said education in Britain is holding back the country's chances of success

» 25 Aug 2011
Apple boss Steve Jobs to be replaced by Tim Cook

Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant

» 24 Aug 2011
3G mobile data network crowd-sourcing survey by BBC News

Despite operator claims of 90% or more 3G coverage, there are still many notspots, including in major towns and cities

» 23 Aug 2011
Libya starts to reconnect to internet

Libya's internet connections appear to be slowly coming back online after a six-month blackout.

» 22 Aug 2011
Supercar maker Ferrari says no to making electric cars

The chairman of Ferrari says he does not believe in electric cars

» 19 Aug 2011
IBM produces first brain chips

IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain.

» 18 Aug 2011
Virtual touch helps keyhole surgeons to feel tumours

Tactile feedback technology could give keyhole surgeons a virtual sense of "feeling" tumours while operating.

» 17 Aug 2011
Rural broadband funding ready for England and Scotland

Rural areas in England and Scotland have been allocated nearly £363m to improve their broadband connections

» 16 Aug 2011
Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn

Internet giant Google has announced a deal to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn (£7.7bn).

» 15 Aug 2011
Chinese authorities find 22 fake Apple stores

A total of 22 fake Apple stores have been uncovered in one Chinese city.

» 12 Aug 2011
England riots: Government mulls social media controls

The government is exploring whether to turn off social networks or stop people texting during times of social unrest.

» 11 Aug 2011
England riots: Hackers hit Blackberry over police help

A hacker group has attacked Blackberry's website after the company said it would assist police investigating riots in the UK.

» 09 Aug 2011
Child finds flaws in mobile games

A novel class of security problems have been found lurking in many mobile games by a ten-year old hacker.

» 08 Aug 2011
US man charged over Facebook spam turns himself in

A US man charged with sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users has turned himself in.

» 05 Aug 2011
Fingerprint breakthrough offers new forensic evidence

A technology to extract fingerprints from a crime scene could show if a criminal suspect has taken drugs or been in contact with explosives

» 04 Aug 2011
Third of adults use smartphone says Ofcom report

One in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.

» 03 Aug 2011
Colombia markets its .co domain as internet opens up

Colombia's newest major export does not require intensive labour.

» 02 Aug 2011
Foxconn to boost use of robot machines in manufacturing

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, which assembles products for firms including Apple

» 01 Aug 2011
LulzSec: Shetland teen charged over computer hacking claims

A man from the Shetland Islands has been charged with computer offences by police investigating hacking attacks

» 29 Jul 2011
Virtual people to get ID checks

The faces and behaviour of online avatars could help identify the people controlling them, scientists believe.

» 27 Jul 2011
ISPs still mislead on broadband

Broadband speeds in the UK now average 6.8Mbps

» 26 Jul 2011
Hackers hit Italian cyber-police

Hackers have started to release gigabytes of secret documents stolen from an Italian cybercrime unit.

» 25 Jul 2011
Sony insurer seeks PlayStation Network hack opt-out

Sony faces a court battle over how it will pay for legal claims made in the wake of a massive data breach.

» 22 Jul 2011
Microsoft revenues hit a record as Xbox sales soar

The US technology giant Microsoft said its annual revenues hit a record of $69.94bn (£43.4bn)

» 21 Jul 2011
Apple goes download only for Lion

Apple has launched the latest version of its Mac operating system - OS X Lion - through its online app store.

» 20 Jul 2011
Apple makes record profit as iPhone and iPad sales leap

Apple's latest profits soared past expectations as sales of its best-known iPhone and iPad products more than doubled.

» 19 Jul 2011
Lulz Security hackers target Sun website

A group of computer hackers has tampered with the website of News International-owned The Sun's website.

» 18 Jul 2011
Internet memory effects quantified in computer study

Computers and the internet are changing the nature of our memory, research in the journal Science suggests.

» 15 Jul 2011
Mobile pinging claim raises legal questions

A former News of the World journalist's allegation the newspaper paid police to track mobile phones raises serious questions

» 14 Jul 2011
Forward poetry prize shortlist announced

Britain's Sean O'Brien is among those shortlisted for this year's Forward Prize for Poetry,

» 14 Jul 2011
Spelling mistakes cost millions in lost online sales

An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds..

» 13 Jul 2011
Anonymous hackers attack US defence group

Hacker group Anonymous has released a cache of data it claims to have stolen from US defence consultant Booz Allen Hamilton.

» 12 Jul 2011
Secret Service raids Apple store webcam artist

The US Secret Service has raided the home of an artist who collected images from webcams in a New York Apple store.

» 11 Jul 2011
Wales first solar park powers up in Pembrokeshire

The first solar park in Wales is expected to start converting sunlight into electricity later at the Rhosygilwen estate in Pembrokeshire.

» 08 Jul 2011
Facebook adds Skype video chat feature

Facebook has announced a partnership with Skype to add video chat to the social networking site.

» 07 Jul 2011
Weather looks worse for shuttle Atlantis

Weather remains the primary concern ahead of Friday's planned launch of the last shuttle mission.

» 06 Jul 2011
Huffington Post launches UK edition

The US blog-led news site The Huffington Post is launching its UK edition on Wednesday.

» 05 Jul 2011
Fox News hacker tweets Obama dead

Hackers have taken over a Twitter account belonging to US broadcaster Fox News and declared President Obama dead.

» 04 Jul 2011
Rare earth find helps Japan tech

Japanese researchers say they have discovered vast deposits of rare earth minerals

» 01 Jul 2011
Cost of Euro mobile roaming falls

The cost of making and receiving mobile phone calls while travelling in Europe has come down again.

» 30 Jun 2011
MySpace sold to Specific Media by Murdoch's News Corp

News Corporation has sold its ailing social networking site MySpace to online advertising firm Specific Media.

» 29 Jun 2011
Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle

Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook

» 28 Jun 2011
Film-makers seek injunction to block pirate site

Film-makers are going to court in a bid to block access to a site that hosts pirated versions of popular movies.

» 27 Jun 2011
LulzSec hacking group announces end to cyber attacks

A hacker group that has attacked several high-profile websites over the last two months has announced that it is disbanding.

» 24 Jun 2011
Google facing US antitrust probe - reports

US federal regulators are preparing to issue court orders to Google and other companies

» 23 Jun 2011
Teenager charged over alleged website attacks

A 19-year-old Essex man has been charged with five computer offences

» 22 Jun 2011
Bitcoin will recover from crash

The virtual currency Bitcoin will "bounce back" after a hack attack caused its value to collapse, according to one of its senior developers.

» 20 Jun 2011
The iPad is the tablet market, for now

Confusion continues to be the rule rather than the exception for the Android tablet buying experience at stores in the U.S

» 16 Jun 2011
Hewlett Packard sues Oracle over Itanium chip dispute

Hewlett Packard (HP) is suing Oracle over a chip dispute in the latest clash between the two former allies.

» 15 Jun 2011
Facebook denies losing users

Facebook has denied that it is losing customers, saying it is "pleased" with growth.

» 14 Jun 2011
Facebook juror faces possible jail

A juror who allegedly contacted a defendant via Facebook faces contempt of court action in a UK legal first.

» 13 Jun 2011
Spain arrests Anonymous suspects

Three suspected members of the Anonymous hacking group have been arrested in Spain.

» 10 Jun 2011
Sony offers successor to PSP and hacking apology

Sony has taken the wraps off its long awaited update to the PlayStation Portable.

» 09 Jun 2011
Facebook sorry over face tagging launch

Facebook has apologised for the way it rolled-out a new system that recognises users' faces.

» 08 Jun 2011
Wimbledon finals to be first 3D

The BBC will broadcast the men's and women's singles finals at this year's Wimbledon Championships live in 3D.

» 07 Jun 2011
Apple boss Steve Jobs shows off iCloud service

Apple has unveiled its much-anticipated iCloud service at its annual developers' conference.

» 06 Jun 2011
China: Teenager Sells Kidneys For Ipad 2

A teenager in China has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report.

» 03 Jun 2011
Mobile signals to interfere with digital TV

Interference from future mobile signals might make digital TV unwatchable for some Britons, Ofcom has said.

» 02 Jun 2011
Cisco predicts internet device boom

The number of internet connected devices is set to explode in the next four years to over 15 billion - twice the world's population by 2015.

» 01 Jun 2011
UK beefs up cyber warfare plans

Cyber' soldiers will be put alongside conventional troops as the government puts cyber attacks on an equal footing with other conflicts.

» 30 May 2011
US defence firm Lockheed Martin hit by cyber-attack

US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week.

» 26 May 2011
O2 comes top in broadband study

Mobile broadband provided by O2 loads webpages quicker than any other UK network, research by Ofcom has found.

» 25 May 2011
Robots develop language to 'talk' to each other

Robots are developing their own language to help them navigate and improve their intellectual ability.

» 24 May 2011
Courts could target Twitter UK

Twitter's decision to open a UK office could leave it more vulnerable to prosecution over what its users write.

» 23 May 2011
Zuckerberg: Kids under 13 should be allowed on Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be a college drop-out, but the billionaire 27-year-old is passionate about education reform.

» 20 May 2011
Fake security software catches out Apple owners

A fake security program for Apple computers called MACDefender has racked up a significant number of victims.

» 19 May 2011
Google chairman Schmidt promises privacy controls

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has promised that the firm will simplify the process by which Android phone users agree to share their data.

» 18 May 2011
Hargreaves review gives copyright law digital makeover

A review of the UK's copyright laws offers reforms but not the radical overhaul demanded by some.

» 17 May 2011
Nokia kills off Ovi mobile brand

Nokia is to stop using the Ovi brand to sell music, games and mobile apps.

» 16 May 2011
Limewire pays $105m settlement to music firms

File-sharing software company Limewire has reached an out of court settlement with record labels that sued it for helping people pirate music.

» 13 May 2011
Facebook exposed in Google smear campaign

It has been revealed that Facebook embarked on a smear campaign against rival Google.

» 12 May 2011
Facebook profile access leaked claims Symantec

Access to hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts may have accidentally been leaked because of a flaw in some applications.

» 11 May 2011
Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype

Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype..

» 09 May 2011
TalkTalk offers centralised website blocking

Internet provider TalkTalk is to give customers the option of filtering malicious or offensive material out of their broadband service.

» 06 May 2011
Apple acts on iPhone tracking bug

Apple has released a software update after complaints that iPhones and iPads were secretly recording locations.

» 05 May 2011
PlayStation hack: Sony faces more political pressure

In his second letter to Sony concerning the incident, Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, criticised delays in how it informed customers.

» 02 May 2011
Bin Laden raid was revealed on Twitter

The raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was revealed first on Twitter..

» 29 Apr 2011
Will the royal wedding break the Internet?

When Kate Middleton and Prince William kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Friday afternoon, all bloody hell could break loose online.

» 28 Apr 2011
Apple not tracking iPhone users

Apple has denied that its iPhones and 3G iPads have been secretly recording their owners' movements.

» 27 Apr 2011
Nokia to shed 7,000 staff as part of reorganisation

Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has announced it will shed 7,000 jobs as part of a plan to refocus the company..

» 26 Apr 2011
Tech upstarts reveal the flaws in healthcare IT

A premature baby receives treatment in the high-tech neonatology ward of the Centre Hospitalier de Villefrance Sur Saone ..

» 25 Apr 2011
Playstation Network suspended over external intrusion

Millions of gamers are unable to play online as the Playstation Network remains unavailable.

» 22 Apr 2011
Amazon failure knocks websites offline

Major websites including Foursquare have been knocked offline by a fault at Amazon's cloud computing service.

» 21 Apr 2011
Apple profits nearly double as iPhone sales soar

Intel's figures, released on Wednesday, were also well above hopes and helped share prices to a three-year high.

» 20 Apr 2011
Nasa awards £170m for construction of privately chartered space 'taxis'

Commercial space travel came a step closer today after Nasa handed out nearly £170million ($270million) to companies hoping to build spaceships that are up to the job.

» 19 Apr 2011
Apple sues Samsung for copying iPhones and iPad

Apple is suing its rival Samsung Electronics for allegedly copying the design of its iPad and iPhone.

» 18 Apr 2011
Stephen Fry prison pledge over Twitter joke trial

Comedian Stephen Fry has said he is "prepared to go to prison" over the "Twitter joke" trial.

» 15 Apr 2011
Google sees a sharp rise in first-quarter earnings

Internet giant Google has reported a sharp rise in first-quarter earnings, the first figures with co-founder Larry Page back at the helm as boss.

» 14 Apr 2011
Fujitsu offers UK fast rural broadband network

Tottenham's hopes of performing a Champions League miracle came to an inevitable conclusion as Real Madrid rounded off an emphatic quarter-final triumph..

» 13 Apr 2011
Cisco shuts down Flip video camera business

Cisco Systems has said it is shutting down its Flip video camera business..

» 12 Apr 2011
Public sector will save money' by using iPhone

Many more council workers, NHS staff and teachers could soon wield expensive iPhones after GCHQ released guidance on how to use the Apple device securely.

» 11 Apr 2011
Intel, on the Outside, Takes Aim at Smartphones

With an “Intel Inside” sticker affixed to their PCs, computer buyers in the 1990s could hardly avoid knowing whose microchip was making their machines work.

» 08 Apr 2011
Government Twitter Tsar to be on £142,000 salary

The Government is to hire a Twitter Tsar on an annual salary of £142,000..

» 07 Apr 2011
Net giants challenge French data law

Google and Facebook are among a group of net heavyweights taking the French government to court this week.

» 06 Apr 2011
Twitter predicts future of stocks

Twitter may not yet have found a way to make money for itself but it is doing a good job of generating cash for its users

» 05 Apr 2011
Criminals target mobile devices and social networks

Smartphones and social networking sites are likely to become the next big target for cyber criminals..

» 01 Apr 2011
Sites hit in massive web attack

Hundreds of thousands of websites appear to have been compromised by a massive cyber attack.

» 31 Mar 2011
Google to build profiles of Gmail users for advertisers

Google is to begin building up profiles of Gmail users based on the contents of their emails..

» 30 Mar 2011
Co-founder back at Twitter's helm

Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, is returning to the company in a full-time position, which sees him take over product development from fellow co-founder Evan Williams.

» 29 Mar 2011
Nintendo 3DS Launches in the U.S.

With a new handheld gaming system, Nintendo aims to once again revolutionize the high-tech world of entertainment. But does it succeed?

» 28 Mar 2011
Technology census shows most Britons use web to find deals

The most popular web activity in the UK is searching for discounts and deals on products, according to a ‘technology census’.

» 25 Mar 2011
Yahoo search revamped, gets Search Direc

Yahoo Inc unveiled a revamped Internet search service that showcases information from movie listings to weather forecasts as users type in a query.

» 24 Mar 2011
Millions download latest Firefox browser

More than five million people have downloaded the latest version of Firefox since its release a day ago.

» 23 Mar 2011
Apple iPad 2 will cost less than iPad 1 in the UK

The iPad 2 will go on sale in the UK on Friday for less than the launch price of its predecessor, Apple has confirmed.

» 22 Mar 2011
Ofcom launches next-generation 4G consultation

The telecoms regulator has launched a consultation on how best to sell off the rights to the next generation of mobile wireless networks.

» 21 Mar 2011
Filter alone can't ensure internet safety

CYBER safety will not be delivered by an internet filter alone..

» 18 Mar 2011
Twitter boss on application snub

Twitter founder Biz Stone has rejected suggestions that the site is shunning developers in order to make money.

» 17 Mar 2011
Social networks beat entertainment sites as most popular UK online activity

During January 2011 social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, collectively registered 2.4 billion UK internet visits

» 16 Mar 2011
Google buys Parrot Pictures to improve YouTube quality

Google has bought Irish company Green Parrot Pictures in a bid to improve the quality of video uploaded to YouTube.

» 15 Mar 2011
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft has launched its new web browser, Internet Explorer 9.

» 14 Mar 2011
Flood warning app for iPhone users

The Environment Agency has released an iPhone app that will issue emergency flood warnings to users on the move.

» 11 Mar 2011
Apple iOS4.3 mobile operating system released early

pple has released its new operating system, iOS 4.3

» 10 Mar 2011
Android more profitable than iOS for app developer

Top games developer reports that Android is more lucrative platform than Apple’s iOS..

» 09 Mar 2011
Microsoft in $1bn Nokia deal

Details begin to emerge of Nokia’s tie-up with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7

» 08 Mar 2011
Google Acquires BeatThatQuote for $61.5 Million

Google has broken new ground in the personal finance realm with the purchase of UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote for $61.5 million

» 07 Mar 2011
iPad 2 forces Samsung into Galaxy Tab rethink

Samsung will have to rethink the price of its new Galaxy Tab to compete with Apple’s iPad .

» 04 Mar 2011
New technology for cardiac procedures

Oak Hill Hospital announced new technology for cardiac procedures with the use of the Impella 2.5 Heart Pump by Abiomed, making the hospital the first to offer it in Hernando County.

» 03 Mar 2011
Apple iPad 2: Steve Jobs makes surprise launch appearance

The second generation of the iPad which goes on sale in the UK in March 25 and in the US on March 11, has two cameras

» 01 Mar 2011
E-readers growing in popularity as publishers predict the year of the e-book

The growth of electronic books is closing the technology age gap as more over-55s turn to Apple iPads and Amazon Kindles instead of the familiar paperback.

» 28 Feb 2011
Vodafone network hit by break-in

Vodafone's mobile network has been disrupted following a break-in at one of its exchange centres.

» 25 Feb 2011
With seconds to spare, Discovery rockets into spa

After a last-minute Air Force computer glitch threatened to derail launch, the shuttle Discovery, carrying an all-veteran crew of six, critical supplies, and a final U.S. module for the International Space Station

» 24 Feb 2011
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 update crashes smartphones

Microsoft has been forced to withdraw an update to its Windows Phone 7 operating system after it crashed users' phones.

» 23 Feb 2011
Reality TV and Facebook – the worst innovations of last decade

Reality television, Facebook, Twitter and congestion charging are some of the worst innovations of the last decade

» 22 Feb 2011
Microsoft welcomes Xbox Kinect hackers

Microsoft is to open up its Xbox Kinect technology to allow amateur software developers to experiment with it.

» 21 Feb 2011
Toyota to sell home electric-car chargers in 2012

Toyota Motor will launch home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid cars next year..

» 18 Feb 2011
Thought-controlled wheelchairs and bionics that feel

Thought-controlled wheelchairs and nerve-controlled prosthetic arms are some of the latest innovations in bionics being discussed at a science conference in Washington.

» 17 Feb 2011
Google unveils One Pass system for online content

Google has launched a new payment system that allows users to subscribe to online content for a 10% commission fee.

» 16 Feb 2011
NASA probe streaks past comet in picture-perfect flyby

Twelve years after launch and seven years after it collected dust from comet Wild 2, NASA's Stardust probe streaked past comet Tempel 1 late Monday .

» 15 Feb 2011
First PlayStation phone unveiled by Sony Ericsson

The first mobile phone to incorporate the PlayStation Portable (PSP) gaming system has been launched by Sony Ericsson.

» 14 Feb 2011
Nokia to get billions from Microsoft: CEO

NOKIA Corp will get billions of dollars from Microsoft Corp to ditch its current smart-phone software in favour of Windows Phone 7, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said on Sunday, in a defence of the deal..

» 11 Feb 2011
Science's burden: storing terabytes of research data for decades

High-energy physicists tries to preserve and reuse data

» 10 Feb 2011
Hewlett-Packard unveils Palm-powered tablets

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's biggest technology company, is making a major play for the multi-billion dollar mobile market...

» 09 Feb 2011
Google Ocean: Atlantis found off Africa turns out to be boat mapping lines

A "grid of streets" on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean.

» 08 Feb 2011
Anonymous hackers attack US security firm HBGary

Online activist group Anonymous has targeted an American security firm that claimed to know the identities of its leaders.

» 07 Feb 2011
Scottish tax break hopes over video games report

Scotland's video games companies are hoping an influential report will back their calls for the industry to receive tax breaks.

» 04 Feb 2011
Google eyes Apple in tablet war

Google has unveiled an operating system for tablet computers aimed at ramping up the competition with Apple's iPad.

» 02 Feb 2011
Egypt protesters use voice tweet

Google and Twitter have launched a service which circumvents the ban on net services in Egypt.

» 31 Jan 2011
Net approaches address exhaustion

The last big blocks of the net's dwindling stock of addresses are about to be handed out.

» 28 Jan 2011
Sony unveils NGP - successor to PSP handheld console

Sony has unveiled its new handheld games console the PSP 2.

» 27 Jan 2011
Everything Everywhere offers mobile payments

Paying for a sandwich will soon be possible via mobile phones as network operator Everything Everywhere rolls out what it claims is the UK's first mobile payments service.

» 26 Jan 2011
Mobile phone to blast into orbit

The team at SSTL and the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known.

» 25 Jan 2011
Apple app store reaches 10 billion downloads

The 10 billionth download has been made from Apple's app store, the company has announced.

» 24 Jan 2011
Lush hackers cash in on stolen cards

Cyber thieves are cashing in after stealing credit cards in a hack attack on the website of cosmetics firm Lush.

» 21 Jan 2011
Larry Page to become Google chief executive

Google co-founder Larry Page is to become chief executive of the US internet search giant in April.

» 19 Jan 2011
Road train technology trials get rolling

Technology that links vehicles into "road trains" that can travel as a semi-autonomous convoy has undergone its first real world tests.

» 18 Jan 2011
Apple boss Steve Jobs takes medical leave

Apple boss Steve Jobs has announced that he is to take "medical leave" from the company.

» 17 Jan 2011
Google, Facebook and Yahoo to test new net addresses

A global trial of the net's new addressing system is being planned for 8 June.

» 14 Jan 2011
Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia too complicated for many

Wikipedia is too complicated for many people to modify despite billing itself as "the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit", its founder has said.

» 13 Jan 2011
Sony launches legal action against PlayStation hackers

Sony has launched legal action against hackers who uncovered and published security codes for the PlayStation 3.

» 12 Jan 2011
Piracy websites attract billions of visits

A study by anti-fraud firm MarkMonitor has offered a snapshot into the changing nature of online piracy.

» 11 Jan 2011
Winklevoss twins gamble $65m for Facebook fortune

Three Harvard graduates are to gamble a $65m settlement they made with Facebook over who came up with the idea for the site, in an effort to get more money.

» 10 Jan 2011
US wants Twitter details of Wikileaks activists

The US government has subpoenaed the social networking site Twitter for personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, court documents show.

» 29 Dec 2010
Earth project aims to simulate everything

It could be one of the most ambitious computer projects ever conceived.

» 28 Dec 2010
Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft lifts off

The second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully.

» 27 Dec 2010
Skype recovers from global blackout

Free internet phone service Skype says it has 'stabilised' its service following a two day outage.

» 26 Dec 2010
New solar fuel machine mimics plant life

A prototype solar device has been unveiled which mimics plant life, turning the Sun's energy into fuel.

» 22 Dec 2010
Facebook for farmers: Technology empowers China's rural workers

Straining to control a deafening, bucking, fuel-powered plough, Qing Zhongxing prepares a strip of land ahead of sowing next season's harvest of rapeseed.

» 21 Dec 2010
Hackers steal English Defence League membership list

A controversial anti-Islamist group has told its members to be "vigilant" after their details leaked online.

» 20 Dec 2010
Older teenagers unsafe online

The mother of a murdered teenager who was groomed online by a stranger, says not enough is being done to protect older teens on the web.

» 17 Dec 2010
Facebook suffers brief shut down

Facebook was forced to take itself offline after a staff member accidentally leaked internal product prototypes.

» 16 Dec 2010
Gawker hack triggers password resets at major sites

Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords as concerns spread over a major hacking attack.

» 15 Dec 2010
Man v machine showdown set for TV quiz show Jeopardy

Valentine's Day is a day for lovers, but for IBM it is the date of a showdown where its supercomputer Watson will take on two mere mortals.

» 14 Dec 2010
Hack attack on Gawker spawns Twitter spam

An attack on online gossip site Gawker Media has enabled spammers to take over thousands of Twitter accounts.

» 13 Dec 2010
Amazon hit by web service failure

The European sites of web retailer Amazon have suffered a temporary failure, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists.

» 10 Dec 2010
Phones calls used to redefine UK regions

Social networks could provide the key to redrawing the regional map of Britain, producing areas with strong social cohesion.

» 09 Dec 2010
Hackers hit Mastercard and Visa over Wikileaks row

Hackers have attacked the websites of credit card giants Mastercard and Visa.

» 08 Dec 2010
Google unveils Chrome OS notebook for test scheme

Google has delayed a much anticipated branded laptop powered by its Chrome operating system until next year.

» 07 Dec 2010
World of Warcraft fans set for Cataclysm launch

World of Warcraft (WoW) is about to undergo one of the biggest changes in its six-year history.

» 06 Dec 2010
Government reveals superfast broadband plans

Every community in the UK will gain access to superfast broadband by 2015 under plans due to be outlined.

» 03 Dec 2010
Google tweaks to tackle online piracy

Google has said it will tweak its search service in an attempt to tackle online piracy, following lobbying by the music industry.

» 02 Dec 2010
Net neutrality rules set for showdown in the US

US regulators are set for a showdown over rules to ensure an open internet.

» 01 Dec 2010
EU launches antitrust probe into alleged Google abuses

The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position.

» 30 Nov 2010
Iran says nuclear programme was hit by sabotage

Iran's president has said some of the centrifuges used in its uranium enrichment programme were sabotaged, raising suspicions that they were targeted by the Stuxnet computer worm.

» 29 Nov 2010
Hylas-1 net-dedicated satellite launches

The first satellite dedicated to delivering broadband services to Europe has launched on an Ariane 5 rocket.

» 26 Nov 2010
Talk Talk to introduce controversial virus alert system

Talk Talk is launching trials of a controversial anti-malware system following intervention by the Information Commissioner (ICO).

» 25 Nov 2010
Facebook news feeds beset with malware

One fifth of Facebook users are exposed to malware contained in their news feeds, claim security researchers.

» 24 Nov 2010
First Apple computer fetches £130,000 at auction

One of the first batch of Apple personal computers has sold at auction in London for £133,250 ($210,000).

» 23 Nov 2010
1,000mph car project on track

The British project to develop a 1,000mph car is on target to meet its goals, says director Richard Noble.

» 22 Nov 2010
Google wi-fi data to be deleted

The UK's information commissioner has said that wi-fi data accidentally collected by Google's Street View cars will be deleted "as soon as possible".

» 19 Nov 2010
Laser camera takes photos around corners

A camera that can shoot around corners has been developed by US scientists.

» 18 Nov 2010
US Air Force warns Facebook 'may reveal location

The US Air Force has warned its troops that using Facebook and other social networking sites could inadvertently reveal their location to the enemy.

» 17 Nov 2010
China Tianhe-1A crowned supercomputer king

China's Tianhe-1A supercomputer has been confirmed as the most powerful in the world.

» 16 Nov 2010
Facebook ramps up competition with a new message system

Facebook has ramped up competition with AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google with a product to rival their email services.

» 15 Nov 2010
Warning over anti-virus cold calls to UK internet users

Internet users are being warned about cold callers who offer to fix viruses but then install software to steal personal information.

» 12 Nov 2010
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf warns over address changes

The world's two leading movie industries have signed a pact to strengthen production, distribution and commercial ties.

» 11 Nov 2010
Musical sound

I just love how Apple is able to enhance its products every time, even if it is with just a basic thing. The iPod touch 4th generation is the perfect example in this regard.

» 10 Nov 2010
Facebook and Google in data sharing spat

Facebook has responded to Google's decision to block the export of contact information from Gmail by offering users a work-around solution.

» 09 Nov 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops launched

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the biggest selling video game in history has gone on sale.

» 08 Nov 2010
Burma hit by massive net attack ahead of election

An ongoing computer attack has knocked Burma off the internet, just days ahead of its first election in 20 years.

» 04 Nov 2010
Facebook eyes mobile domination

Facebook has set out a strategy to make it as dominant a force in the world of mobile as it is in social networking.

» 03 Nov 2010
Amazon Kindle offers access to banned sites in China

Amazon's Kindle devices are selling in China because the e-reader allows users to log on to banned sites such as Twitter and Facebook, reports say.

» 01 Nov 2010
Mass Effect 2 wins game of year at Golden Joysticks

Mass Effect 2 has won the ultimate game of the year at this year's Golden Joystick awards.

» 29 Oct 2010
China claims supercomputer crown

China has claimed the top spot on the list of the world's supercomputers.

» 28 Oct 2010
LimeWire file-sharing service shut down in US

An injunction issued by the US district court in New York has effectively shut down LimeWire, one of the internet's biggest file-sharing sites.

» 27 Oct 2010
Virgin Media races to offer fastest UK network

Virgin Media is set to turn up the dial on its cable network, offering users speeds of up to 100Mbps (megabits per second).

» 26 Oct 2010
UK robots prepare for world cup

UK researchers are preparing one of the nation's first teams to compete in the 2011 robot football world cup.

» 25 Oct 2010
Privacy body to re-examine Google

Britain's privacy watchdog is to look again at what personal information internet giant Google gathered from private wi-fi networks.

» 22 Oct 2010
Facebook, Amazon and Zynga bet on social web

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga will invest in a fund to help entrepreneurs develop applications and services for a new era of the social web.

» 21 Oct 2010
Apple launches MacBook Air laptop

Apple is cashing in on the popularity of its iPhone and iPad to boost demand for its oldest product, the Macintosh.

» 20 Oct 2010
Mount Etna mapped by radar satellites

Two German radar satellites flying in tight formation above the Earth have returned their first combined images.

» 19 Oct 2010
The place where crazy inventors create your future

More and more of our waking hours are spent in spaces sprinkled with electronic devices - a digital camera here, an electronic book reader there and smart phones as far as the eye can see.

» 18 Oct 2010
Fibre optic cables data capacity may soon be reached

Technology may stretch the capacity of the fibre optic cables used to carry data sooner than has long been thought, according to a report in Science.

» 15 Oct 2010
Medal of Honor game goes on sale amid controversy

The video game Medal of Honor (MoH) has gone on sale despite calls by the UK defence secretary to ban it.

» 14 Oct 2010
Two million US PCs recruited to botnets

The US leads the world in numbers of Windows PCs that are part of botnets, reveals a report.

» 13 Oct 2010
Facebook app downloads show unique bandwagon effect

A study of the download rates of a set of apps for Facebook has shown how they follow an unusual "bandwagon effect".

» 12 Oct 2010
Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 smartphones

Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 7, its latest attempt to break into the lucrative smartphone market.

» 11 Oct 2010
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes solo flight

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceship, Enterprise, has made its first solo test flight, in California.

» 08 Oct 2010
Initiative aims to supply millions of mobiles to women

A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa is 23% less likely than a man to own a mobile phone, according to research.

» 07 Oct 2010
Facebook unveils groups feature

Facebook has introduced new features aimed at giving users more control over their information and who can see it.

» 05 Oct 2010
Warcraft expansion gets debut day

The co-founder of social networking site Twitter is standing down as its chief executive.

» 04 Oct 2010
Change to Bios will make for PCs that boot in seconds

New PCs could start in just seconds, thanks to an update to one of the oldest parts of desktop computers.

» 01 Oct 2010
Google Android apps found to be sharing data

Some of the most popular apps written for Google's Android phones do not tell users what is done with data they gather, says a study by US researchers.

» 30 Sep 2010
Historic broadcast of super HD from UK to Japan

A gig by The Charlatans has been sent to Japan in a first-of-its-kind broadcast of Super Hi-Vision TV.

» 29 Sep 2010
Web searches predict success for films, games and songs

Web search terms are a good predictor of the success of films, songs and video games even weeks ahead of release, researchers say.

» 28 Sep 2010
Blackberry launches Playbook rival to iPad

The company unveiled its tablet computer to much anticipation at its developer conference, DEVCON, in San Francisco.

» 27 Sep 2010
Legal row over who can use pod

Apple has embarked on a legal battle over the right to use the word "pod".

» 24 Sep 2010
Researchers seek to find true level of cyberstalking

A new survey has been launched in an effort to find out the true level of cyberstalking in the UK.

» 23 Sep 2010
One app for all effort launches

A European project to develop an application environment for every internet-connected device has received 10m euros in funding.

» 22 Sep 2010
Google releases censorship tools

The US government asked Google for user information 4,287 times during the first six months of 2010.

» 21 Sep 2010
Facebook phone plans are denied after internet report

Facebook has announced it is going to try to push deeper into the mobile phone market.

» 20 Sep 2010
Clever cars to mean safer driving

Cars could soon be ringing the emergency services themselves if they are involved in a crash.

» 17 Sep 2010
Pi record smashed as team finds two-quadrillionth digit

A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi - and a few digits either side of it.

» 16 Sep 2010
Microsoft launch Internet Explorer 9 web browser

Microsoft has launched its latest bid to be computer users' default window on to the web.

» 15 Sep 2010
Pricetag set for tiger conservation

The cost of keeping tigers alive in the wild is about $80m (£50m) per year, say conservationists - but only about $50m (£30m) per year is being pledged.

» 14 Sep 2010
Alien killer shrimp found in UK

Lady Gaga dominated the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles taking home eight prizes including video of the year.

» 13 Sep 2010
Diamond star thrills astronomers

Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.

» 09 Sep 2010
Astronomers find evidence for unusual class of black holes

Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole.

» 08 Sep 2010
Dwarf galaxies gobbled by their giant neighbours

Astronomers have spotted the tell-tale signs of so-called dwarf galaxies being digested by bigger spiral galaxies.

» 07 Sep 2010
Inbred bumblebees face extinction threat

Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public has hit a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England broke down.

» 06 Sep 2010
Hubble telescope re-shoots 1987 supernova

The Hubble space telescope has returned to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion that was first seen on Earth in 1987.

» 03 Sep 2010
Technique to trace persistent CFCs

Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help track down persistent sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.

» 02 Sep 2010
An ancient reef found in the Pacific

An ancient reef found in the Pacific may provide clues to what will happen to coral when sea temperatures rise.

» 01 Sep 2010
Mammoth-killing space blast 'off the hook

The theory that the great beasts living in North America 13,000 years ago were killed off by a space impact can now be discounted, a new study claims.

» 30 Aug 2010
Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction

The dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago by at least two meteorite impacts, rather than a single strike, a new study suggests.

» 27 Aug 2010
Wheat genome may help tackle food shortages

UK scientists have released draft sequences of the wheat genome, which they think could make a vital contribution to securing global food supplies.

» 26 Aug 2010
Oetzi the Iceman may have been buried, says team

Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman" found in the Italian Alps, may have ceremonially buried, archaeologists claim.

» 25 Aug 2010
Rich exoplanet system discovered

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun.

» 24 Aug 2010
Space is the final frontier for evolution, study claims

Charles Darwin may have been wrong when he argued that competition was the major driving force of evolution.

» 23 Aug 2010
Computer blow to Europe's Goce gravity satellite

A flagship European Earth observation satellite has been struck by a second computer glitch and cannot send its scientific data down to the ground.

» 20 Aug 2010
Fate of Universe revealed by galactic lens

A "galactic lens" has revealed that the Universe will probably expand forever.

» 19 Aug 2010
Fossils may be earliest animals

Tiny, irregularly shaped fossils from South Australia could be the oldest remains of simple animal life found to date.

» 17 Aug 2010
Microsoft links new smart phones to Xbox Live

Microsoft Corp. is bringing its video-game expertise to the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 line, an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Xbox 360 as the software maker tries to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

» 16 Aug 2010
Sun

Solar physicists may have discovered why the Sun recently experienced a prolonged period of weak activity.

» 13 Aug 2010
Home computers discover rare star

By putting their home computers to work when they would otherwise be idle, three "citizen scientists" have discovered a rare astronomical object.

» 12 Aug 2010
Lucy species used stone tools, fossil study says

Two ancient animal bones from Ethiopia show signs of butchering by human ancestors, moving back the earliest evidence for the use of stone tools by about 800,000 years, researchers say.

» 11 Aug 2010
Galactic jewel shines in its setting

A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, which lies 320 million light-years away in the northern constellation Coma Berenices.

» 09 Aug 2010
Net neutrality talks stall in US

US regulators have halted closed-door meetings intended to find a way to make sure all web data is treated equally.

» 07 Aug 2010
Google Waves Goodbye To Messaging App

Google has abandoned work on Wave, its ambitious real-time messaging and collaboration application, after admitting it had not become a hit with the public.

» 04 Aug 2010
Google China answer page inaccessible

A Google question-and-answer page for Chinese users was inaccessible from mainland China on Tuesday less than a month after the search giant's Internet license was renewed amid a dispute over online censorship.