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Tech giants form tiny chip group

Seven of the world's leading chip makers are collaborating on chips which contain transistors with features just 32 billionths of a metre wide.

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Millions of L-driver details lost

The details of three million candidates for the driving theory test have gone missing, Ruth Kelly has told MPs.

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Nine NHS trusts lose patient data

Nine NHS trusts in England have admitted losing patient records in a fresh case of wholesale data loss by government services, it has emerged.

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Mobile phone cashback 'rip-off'

Mobile phone cashback schemes are still letting down too many consumers, says the telecoms regulator.

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Pupils design doodle for Google

Two school pupils from Wales were runners-up in a UK-wide competition run by search engine Google to find new ideas for its famous logo.

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Over-50s 'fear fraud' on internet

A fear of fraud is the biggest factor stopping people aged over 50 from going online, a Post Office survey suggests.

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Hands-free ban for company staff

One of the UK's biggest transport firms will ban employees from using mobile phones even with legal hands-free kits.

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UK gamers spend £1.5 bn on titles

UK gamers have spent a record-breaking £1.52bn on video games in 2007, up 25% on last year and with two weeks of sales yet to be counted.

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Apple shuts down rumours website

Apple has settled a legal row with tip site Think Secret that will see the website shut down.

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An industry built on sand

Sixty years ago three scientists in the US invented the transistor - the tiny switches at the heart of all silicon chips. Now they are found in everything from cars and aircraft to MP3 players and mobile phones.

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Internet necessary to Africa's growth

A professor whose work in spreading information technology in Africa has been awarded by the Internet Society has hit out at critics who say the continent should focus first on basics like water and sanitation.

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Web sales start on Christmas Day

Millions of UK consumers are expected to spend Christmas Day shopping online as major retailers begin selling discounted goods via the internet.

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CAll to limit whole body scan use

Private firms should stop offering body scans to people without any symptoms, a key government advisory panel has said.

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Wii players need to exercise too

Playing "active" computer games on consoles such as the Nintendo Wii is no substitute for playing real sports, warn UK experts.

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Virgin users hit by online outage

Thousands of Virgin Media customers have had their broadband disconnected following problems with a routine maintenance procedure.

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Government cracks broadband whip

Broadband firms could face formal action if they fail to give consumers accurate information about the speed they will get when they sign up.

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Queen launches YouTube channel

The Queen has launched her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. The Royal Channel will feature her Christmas Day message, and has recent and historical footage of the monarch and other members of the Royal Family.

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Ofcom expresses pay TV concerns

UK media regulator Ofcom has raised possible concerns over competition within the pay TV sector. The regulator has questioned whether firms have the incentive to make premium content available to other retailers and platforms.

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Censors battle for Manhunt 2 ban

British censors are seeking a judicial review to block the sale of controversial video game Manhunt 2.

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BitTorrent search site loses case

A website which facilitated the online exchange of films, music and TV programmes without permission has lost a US copyright case.

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Power of Facebook affects law

If 2006 was the year of YouTube, 2007 has been Facebook's year. The growth of social media, led by Facebook, has taken the world by storm.

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An industry built on sand

The word "weblog" celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997.

The word was created by Jorn Barger to describe what he was doing with his pioneering Robot Wisdom web page.

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Are driverless pods the future?

There are no drivers, no rails, no timetables and no emissions. But, most importantly for passengers, there are no queues. Welcome to the world's first personal rapid transport system (PRT).

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Robotic arms take home top award

A robotic firefighter and a walking android have been trumped by an industrial mechanical arm to win a Japanese government-run competition.

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