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Search sites tackle privacy fears

User worries are driving search firms to let people manage how much data they reveal when they visit the sites.

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Schools get rules on biometrics

Schools are being given official guidelines to clarify how they can use and store pupils' biometric information, such as fingerprints.

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UK forecasts to zoom in on towns

Weather forecasters will soon be able to zoom in on regions that are the size of a town, UK meteorologists have said.

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BBC online video service launches

The BBC's flagship online TV service is being launched, offering viewers the chance to download their favourite programmes from the last seven days

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Copyright ruling angers artists

The Who singer Roger Daltrey is among the artists who have spoken out against the UK government's decision not to extend music copyright laws.

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Can the CD single be saved?

Retailers and record labels are campaigning for a charts overhaul to boost flagging sales of the CD single.

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3D ultrasound boon for heart ops

Surgeons in Swansea have taken delivery of an ultrasound probe that produces three-dimensional images of the heart.

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Digital divide grows with web use

The digital divide in Britain is still pronounced despite growing intensity of internet use, a survey has suggested.

The Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) found that with two-thirds of Britons online, the poor, the old and the less educated are still losing out.

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Space computer sabotage probed

Nasa is investigating the apparent sabotage of a computer due to be flown to the International Space Station.

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Malaysia cracks down on bloggers

The Malaysian government has warned it could use tough anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the country's king.

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Facebook site faces fraud claim

Networking website Facebook is to face legal action on Wednesday in a suit brought by a rival site's founders.

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Game worlds show their human side

World of Warcraft and Second Life are proving a boon to social scientists who are using them as virtual laboratories.

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Web child fight videos criticised

Police chiefs have urged websites to remove violent video footage of children fighting, following an investigation by the BBC.

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Antique engines inspire nano chip

The blueprint for a tiny, ultra-robust mechanical computer has been outlined by US researchers.

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Phone mast allergy 'in the mind'

Mobile phone masts are not responsible for the symptoms of ill health some blame them for, a major UK study says.

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Huge Chinese piracy ring tackled

Pirated software worth $500m (£250m) has been seized as the FBI shuts down a world-spanning piracy outfit.

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Home cells signal mobile change

Standing in the corner of the room; being exiled to the bottom of the garden; or teetering precariously on a chair.

People will go to extraordinary lengths to find that elusive one bar of signal that will allow them to make a mobile phone call.

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