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Summit tackles electronic crime

Businesses are being urged to do more to fight computer crime as police forces announce a series of measures to tackle online fraud.

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Real racing in the virtual world

Sadly, the closest most of us have ever got is watching the Grand Prix on television. But that could soon change if a company from the Netherlands has its way.

The idea is that you could pit yourself against the top drivers in the world, as it happens, from the comfort of your living room.

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Experts question BT's fibre trial

BT's trial of super-fast broadband is unlikely to put the UK back in the fast lane analysts have said.

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Action urged on broadband future

Moving to the next generation of broadband technology could deliver huge economic rewards, says a report.

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Card details stolen in web hack

The credit card details of up to 38,000 customers of clothing firm Cotton Traders were stolen following a hack of its website, BBC News has learned.

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Conmen abuse web address checks

Loopholes in the way addresses are checked by online stores are helping fraudsters cash in, say experts. The flaw means goods bought with stolen credit cards do not trigger security systems that check addresses.

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Spain treats child phone addicts

Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, Spanish media report.

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Apple announces cheaper 3G iPhone

Apple has unveiled a second generation of its iPhone, with support for faster 3G wireless networks. The company is hoping to boost its share of the smartphone market, which is dominated by Nokia and Blackberry.

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Low prices boost mobile data use

Price cuts and the popularity of 3G are prompting Europeans to use mobile data like never before, says a survey.

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Microsoft's standards bid stalled

Four countries have appealed a decision to fast-track the international standardisation of a Microsoft document format, called OpenXML.

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Supercomputer sets petaflop pace

A supercomputer built with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 has set a new computing milestone.

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Experts unveil 'cloak of silence'

Being woken in the dead of night by noisy neighbours blasting out music could soon be a thing of the past. Scientists have shown off the blueprint for an "acoustic cloak", which could make objects impervious to sound waves

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Jail sentence for botnet creator

A hacker who hijacked hundreds of PCs to create a botnet has been sentenced to 41 months in jail by a US court.

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Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal

Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant's advertising technology. Under the agreement, Google ads will appear alongside some Yahoo search results in the US and Canada.

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Thinking up beautiful music

Musicians may soon be able to play instruments using just the power of the mind. Researchers at Goldsmiths College in London have developed technology to translate thoughts into musical notes.

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Laser maps flood prone areas

In a cloudless sky, above the market towns and green and pleasant fields of Warwickshire, it is hard to believe that it is worth the effort of the Environment Agency to map in painstaking detail every bump and dip of the terrain down below.

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Nintendo dominates May game sales

US video game sales in May were up 37% on 2007 says market research firm NPD.

Total spending on video games for May was $1.12bn (£574m). Total sales for the year so far are $6.6bn (£3.38bn).

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Bionic hand wins top tech prize

The world's most advanced, commercially available, bionic hand has clinched the UK's top engineering prize.

The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered digits, beat three other finalists to win this year's MacRobert award.

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