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UK 'slow' on ultra-fast internet

Broadband industry leaders are to meet ministers to discuss how to stop the UK dropping into the internet "slow lane".

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Minister pushes broadband agenda

The government is to draw up a battle plan on the best way to roll out next-generation broadband networks.

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Satellite tie-up for fast Galileo

The UK company that built the test satellite for Europe's Galileo network is joining forces with a German firm to bid together to build more satellites.

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EU ministers approve sat-nav deal

A majority of EU transport ministers have approved the multi-billion euro Galileo satellite navigation project.

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Politics stifling $100 laptop

A lack of "big thinking" by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said.

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'Super' scanner shows key detail

A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by some 80%.

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Child database system postponed

Ministers are postponing a new database on every child in England, pending a security review and changes to the system including its access controls.

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Hackers hijack web search results

A huge campaign to poison web searches and trick people into visiting malicious websites has been thwarted. The booby-trapped websites came up in search results for search terms such as "Christmas gifts" and "hospice".

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TV rivals form on-demand service

The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to launch a joint on-demand service, which will bring together hundreds of hours of television programmes in one place.

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Hi-tech help pays penalty charge

Help is at hand for drivers who only know when they have entered London's congestion charging zone after a penalty notice lands on their doormat.

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UK net numbering project starts

Staying in touch via phone or web could soon get easier as work starts on a way to unite the internet and the telephone network.

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Amputees 'regain sense of touch'

Scientists have managed to restore a sense of touch to two patients with prosthetic arms, in what is seen as a step towards creating sensitive limbs.

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Millions of phone numbers online

British phone books dating as far back as 1880 are to be published online for the first time.

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Playstation speeds password probe

The powerful chip at the heart of Sony's PlayStation gaming console has been used to crack passwords faster than ever before.

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Carphone misleading over iPhone

Staff at the UK's biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, have been caught misleading customers about Apple's popular iPhone handset.

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Europeans hang up on fixed lines

Almost a fifth of European households use a mobile as their only phone, reveals research.

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M15 warns over China spy threat

Leading British firms and government agencies have been warned Chinese state organisations may be spying on them.

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S Korea probes cell phone death

Authorities in South Korea are investigating the death of a man amid reports he may have been killed by an exploding mobile phone battery.

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Dumb terminals provide smart solution

Computing power may be getting cheaper in the West but for developing countries and many educational authorities worldwide they remain prohibitively expensive when buying in large numbers.

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Robot teddy to help sick children

A robot teddy that can interact with its owner and could alert medical staff to changes in a sick child's condition will be tested in the Highlands.

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Protests force Facebook to change

Facebook members have forced the social networking site to change the way a controversial ad system worked. More than 50,000 Facebook users signed a petition calling on the company to alter or abandon its Beacon advertising technology.

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Arrests made in botnet crackdown

Police in New Zealand have questioned a teenager believed to be the ringleader of an international cyber-crime group.

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Taiwan's Aboriginals go broadband

Given the vast quantities of electronic equipment manufactured in Taiwan it could be assumed that it was one of the most wired countries in the world - but there still remain communities in the country who are isolated from the web.

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Yahoo to put adverts in PDF files

Yahoo has reached a deal to start running advertisements in Adobe's popular PDF document-reading format.

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London starts digital cash trial

London commuters are getting the chance to swap the cash in their pocket for a digital wallet.

500 travellers have been issued with Nokia phones which swap digital cash via the technology used for the capital's Oyster travel card.

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