Alert system dubbed a 'shambles'

MI5 has overhauled an e-mail terror alert system for the public following detective work by privacy activists.

Digital detective work by campaigners revealed that the alerting system did little to protect the identities of anyone signing up.

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In-car technology drives forward

In-car technology, or telematics, is a thriving business in the Unites States. At the recent CES technology show in Vegas they showed-off dashboard TV screens to watch whilst you waited for a parking space.

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PCs forecast climate future

A computer model of climate run on home PCs in conjunction with the BBC has yielded its first results.

About 250,000 people downloaded software from climateprediction.net onto their home computers, each running a single simulation of the future.

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Connecting the digital home

It has long been promised that the PC will become the entertainment hub of the home. However, the problem with this vision is that our computers tend to sit in the bedroom and means getting those movies, music and pictures the last few metres to the living room is a real pain.

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Globalisation shakes the world

Few places in the world have seen the dramatic effects of globalisation more than Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, which is experiencing an unprecedented IT boom that is transforming the prospects of the Indian economy.

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Single pixel camera takes on digital

Researchers in the US are developing a single-pixel camera to capture high-quality images without the expense of traditional digital photography.

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Bank loses $1.1 million to online fraud

Internet fraudsters have stolen around 8m kronor ($1.1m; £576,000) from account holders at Swedish bank Nordea.

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Skype founders move into net TV

The founders of the Skype internet telephony service are launching what they describe as the world's first broadcast quality internet TV service.

Following speculation about a service dubbed The Venice Project, the online television software is now being unveiled under the name Joost.

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MySpace is sued over child safety

MySpace is being sued by the families of five teenage girls who it is claimed were assaulted by men they met through the social networking website.

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Digital music sees sales double

Global digital music sales have almost doubled to around $2bn (£1bn) in 2006, according to an industry report.

But the rise, which represents 10% of all sales, has not reached the music companies' "holy grail" of offsetting the fall in CD sales.

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The cost of calling abroad

The price of making a mobile call from abroad has just got cheaper as 3 announces that is scrapping roaming fees.

There is increasing pressure from consumers and agencies such as the European Commission for other operators to reduce the costs involved in making cross-border mobile calls.

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American embrace politics online

Americans are increasingly using the internet as their primary source of political news, a study has found.

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Open source gets European boost

The European Commission has added its voice to the debate about the use of open source software.

A report funded by the Commission concludes that the software could offer considerable savings to organisations with little effect on their business.

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