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NSPCC books in to virtual hotel

Children's charity The NSPCC is to set up home in a virtual hotel.

It hopes that its three-month stay in Habbo Hotel - a virtual community for children - will allow it to reach out to a new audience.

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The rise of technology addiction

The seemingly exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted or swamped by gadgets and their uses.

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Fragrant future beckons for web

Within a decade the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts a report.

It also predicted that by 2012 batteries in mobile phones will last perhaps two months between recharges.

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Burgers paid for by mobile phone

Visitors to fast food outlets in Japan will soon be able to pay for their burgers with their mobile phones.

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Push for open access to research

An open access principle would leverage widespread internet connectivity with low-cost electronic publication to create a freely available virtual scientific library available to the entire globe.

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Which? highlights phishing losses

Consumer group Which? has called on the banking industry to give automatic compensation to customers who lose money to online phishing frauds.

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Fast net switchers report success

Evidence suggests new rules have speeded up the process of moving net supplier.

The regulations make net service firms move quickly when customers declare they want to switch to a new firm.

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Falling into the Vista trap

Microsoft promises to wow people who are upgrading from Windows XP to its new operating system, but with the joys of Windows Vista comes plenty of pain.

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Wireless users 'do more online'

People who use wireless internet "show deeper engagement with cyberspace," according to an American study.

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BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal

The BBC has struck a content deal with YouTube, the web's most popular video sharing website, owned by Google.

Three YouTube channels - one for news and two for entertainment - will showcase short clips of BBC content.

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Texting to beat Zimbabwe censors

A private radio station broadcasting to Zimbabwe from the UK says it using text messages to beat the country's censors.

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'Broadband blues' hit net users

Broadband roll-out is being driven by ever more providers but people are much less happy with customer service and more ready to switch, says a survey.

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Internet slimming pills warning

The illicit availability of appetite suppressant pills online is fuelling a slimming obsession and putting lives at risk, experts warn.

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Games 'make drivers go faster'

More than a third of young drivers are more likely to go faster on the roads after playing on-screen driving games, a survey suggests.

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Walking robot steps up the pace

A humanoid robot is teaching itself to walk and eventually run around a California research lab.

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