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Measuring sea level rise from space

Meteorologists and climate modellers are eagerly awaiting the launch of a satellite that will be able to measure sea level rise to an unprecedented degree of precision.

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EU moves to cut roaming charges

Mobile phone companies have until Tuesday to cut by up to 70% the amount they charge customers for making and receiving calls between EU countries.

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Teachers in websites closure

Teachers have called for websites such as YouTube to be shut down as part of efforts to prevent pupils and staff being bullied.

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Office printers are a health risk

The humble office laser printer can damage lungs in much the same way as smoke particles from cigarettes, a team of Australian scientists has found.

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Robots battle for military prize

For two weeks during the summer of 2008, an army of autonomous robots will march across the Wiltshire countryside.

The machines will compete in the UK Ministry of Defence Grand Challenge, a competition to find new technology to support ground troops in urban areas.

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Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack

Using public wi-fi hotspots has got much riskier as security experts unveil tools that nab login data over the air.

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Nostalgia for a techno cul-de-sac

Today Amstrad is best-known for its charismatic boss, Sir Alan Sugar, and has been sold to broadcaster BSkyB for £125m. But in the 1980s, it was responsible for home computing milestones.

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Pupils are wi-fi guinea pigs

Pupils are being used as guinea pigs until research establishes whether there are any risks from the use of wi-fi in schools, teachers warn.

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Microsoft tries free office suite

Free copies of some of Microsoft's office software will soon be available.

The software giant said it would make ad-supported copies of the Works package available within "months".

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Hi-tech fines to save police time

A police force is believed to be the first in Scotland to issue on-the-spot fines for anti-social behaviour using hand-held electronic notebooks.

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Britain failing net speed tests

There is a huge gap between advertised broadband speeds and the actual speeds users can achieve, research has shown.

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Google sidesteps mobile reports

Google has refused to deny mounting speculation that it is working to produce its own brand mobile phone.

Reports suggest that the web giant is developing a series of"GPhones", centred on its mobile services, such as search, e-mail and maps

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Halt e-voting, says election body

Web and phone voting pilots should be stopped until security and testing have been improved, the Electoral Commission has said.

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Nissan studies drink-proof cars

Japanese carmaker Nissan has unveiled new technology designed to detect whether a driver has been drinking.

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Payments service goes offline

Thousands of online and mail order retailers have been unable to receive payments after an upgrade at online payments service Protx went wrong.

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Social networks lure music fans

Social networks are changing the way people consume music at a time when piracy is on the rise and the rate of growth of legal downloads has slowed.

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A library bigger than any building

An ambitious project to create an online catalogue of every book in every language ever published is under way. Public goodwill is not in doubt, but some libraries remain to be convinced.

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