UN warning on EU waste mountain

The UN meets to discuss how to tackle the growing problem of dumping of electronic waste in Africa.

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Snow leopard fitted with GPS tag

For the first time, a team has fitted a snow leopard with a Global Positioning System (GPS) collar to track the secretive creature's movements.

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The future of TV: new technologies

Television is changing, with a raft of new services, delivered over new platforms, set to transform the way we watch.

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Online video eroding TV viewing

Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at least once a week said they watched less normal TV as a result.

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Web censorship bypass unveiled

A free program has been developed to let citizens of countries with restricted web access retrieve and display web pages from anywhere.

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Musical copyright terms to stay

Sir Cliff Richard appears set to lose a battle to extend the number of years that musicians can receive royalties for their records, the BBC has learned.

He wants copyright to last 95 years, rather than the present 50 years.

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Virtual pals soar in importance

A survey found 43% of online networkers from the US felt "as strongly" about their web community as they did about their real-world friends.

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Women plan online festive splurge

Average spending by women on festive gifts will rise to £240, eclipsing average male expenditure of £233.

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First call on new phone network

The first stage of a project to build one of the world's most advanced telephone networks has been completed.

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A quick tour around Windows Vista

The new version of the venerable Windows operating system has been more than five years in development and much hangs on its success.

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