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A digital game of cat and mouse

Digital Rights Management, or DRM, is a technology that divides opinion.

For some campaigners, it is "defective" software that cripples products and should be abolished immediately.

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Junk sleep damaging teen health

The Sleep Council, which conducted the poll of 1,000 teenagers, says gadgets in bedrooms such as computers and TVs are fuelling poor quality "junk sleep".

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Call to regulate the net rejected

The internet should not be used as a scapegoat for society's ills, said Vint Cerf, Google's net evangelist and a founding father of the network.

Speaking on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme he rejected calls for strict control of what is put online.

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Dogs bite at Big Apple DVD piracy

Two sniffer dogs trained in Northern Ireland are the toast of New York law enforcement after uncovering a cache of counterfeit DVDs.

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File sharers forced to play fair

Researchers have found a way to enforce good manners on file-sharing networks by treating bandwidth as a currency.

The team has created a peer-to-peer system called Tribler in which selfless sharers earn faster upload and download speeds but leechers are penalised.

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Under the knife .... the online way

Imagine lying in an operating theatre whilst your surgeon removes your appendix - only he is in Belfast and you are in New York.

This type of 'remote' surgery could become a reality as a result of new technology being developed at Queen's University.

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Safety fears over child database

Senior social workers have warned that a database designed to protect children in England could be exploited by paedophiles, a newspaper has reported.

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Yahoo plea over China rights case

Internet giant Yahoo has asked a US court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of complicity in rights abuses and acts of torture in China.

The firm filed a motion for dismissal saying its Chinese subsidiary had no choice but to comply with local laws.

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Let staff use network sites - TUC

Employees should have access to social networking websites such as Facebook during office hours, the TUC has said.

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Let staff use network sites - TUC

Workers at Kent County Council (KCC) have been banned from using the social networking website Facebook.

The authority said it had restricted access to the site under its electronic-use policy, and was one of several organisations to take the step.

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Missing person map launched

An online "missing map" showing where people have disappeared in the UK has been launched by a charity.

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Sony faces renewed security woes

Electronics giant Sony has again been accused of selling products that leave PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.

Security firm F-secure have discovered a flaw in software packaged with memory sticks made by the Japanese firm.

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Million more UK homes go online

The number of UK homes with internet access has gone up by nearly a million over the last year, figures suggest.

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Apple launches TV service in UK

Fans of US TV will be able to download episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty as Apple launches its video downloads service in the UK.

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Sensor rise powers life recorders

A person's entire life from birth to death could one day be recorded by a network of intelligent sensors, according to a senior scientist

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Bloggers battered by viral storm

Google's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs.

The fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC.

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Virtual police patrol China web

Chinese authorities are to send two virtual police officers to patrol the internet, in a bid to combat "illicit activities", state media has reported.

The animated figures, a man and a woman, will appear on users' screens every 30 minutes "to remind them of internet security", China Daily said.

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Legal threats halt iPhone crack

A British firm's plan to sell software that could open the iPhone to non-US networks has been put on hold following legal threats.

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Amazon tops online retailers list

Amazon remains the UK's most popular online retailer, a study has found.

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The falling price of electronics

Consumer electronics have been inexorably falling in price as gadgets are added to the shopping trolley alongside the bread and milk. It is great news for customers but it begs the question - how did they get to be so cheap?

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Mail order looks beyond the printed page

While some mail order firms may have been slow to grasp the commercial potential of the internet, many are now evangelical about its impact.

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When the net is watching you

Search engines have given many people a very good way to satisfy their curiosity about any and every subject. But, as many people are realising while they discover the world, search engines are finding out all about them.

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Speed bumps on the road to hi-tech heaven

When it comes to working on the hoof, technology promises a lot but does not always deliver, says BBC Radio 1 technology reporter Iain Mackenzie.

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German spyware plans trigger row

German government plans to spy on terror suspects by deploying malicious e-mails have drawn sharp criticism.

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