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Thousands hit by breaches of data

Personal data breaches affecting thousands of people have been uncovered by BBC Scotland's Investigations Unit. The information was revealed through freedom of information requests to NHS boards, councils and police forces.

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Lax standards on data security

The government has persistently failed to take data protection "sufficiently seriously," the Joint Committee on Human Rights has warned.

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Camera 'looks' through clothing

A camera that can "see" explosives, drugs and weapons hidden under clothing from 25 metres has been invented.

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Virtual world for virtually Irish

The world likes to drown the shamrock at this time of year, and for the first time plastic paddies can really get in on the act. Tourism Ireland is hosting a virtual St Patrick's Day parade on Sunday in the internet world of Second Life (SL).

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The 'big daddy' of space robots

"I see this as the great-grandparent of futuristic robots like R2-D2 and C-3PO," enthuses Dan Rey, from the Canadian Space Agency. "This is a very major step forward where now we have a robot that can do human-scale tasks in the harsh conditions of space."

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Broadcasting first with 3D rugby

BBC engineers have broadcast an entire international sporting event live in 3D for the first time in the UK.

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Plastic card fraud goes back up

There was a 25% rise in the fraudulent use of UK credit and debit cards last year, with losses amounting to £535m, according to the banking industry.

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Beyond the keyboard and mouse

Sile games like Guitar Hero and the Nintendo Wii are exploring new kinds of kinetic interface, in our work lives most of us are stuck with the Qwerty keyboard and the computer mouse: inventions that date back 134 years and 24 years respectively.

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Yahoo makes semantic search shift

Yahoo has announced its adoption of some of the key standards of the "semantic web". The technology is widely seen as the next step for the world wide web and it involves a much richer understanding of the masses of data placed online.

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Open Rights Group questions Phorm

Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) has called for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. BT, Virgin and Talk Talk have signed up to trial the system, which intercepts users' web surfing to analyse habits.

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Users offered ad tracking choice

Broadband provider TalkTalk has confirmed that it will allow customers to 'opt in' to Phorm's controversial new advertisement system. TalkTalk is one of three UK ISPs to sign up to the Webwise service which sees user's surfing habits tracked.

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Pupils reveal mobile snapshot

How big is your mobile phone bill? Have you ever felt uncomfortable about some of the text messages you receive? And what's the attitude of those in authority to the use of mobile phones when we should be working?

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BBC releases fix for iPlayer hack

The BBC has issued a fix to stop people downloading programmes from the iPlayer website that were intended for streaming on an iPhone or iPod only.

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CD pirates told to repay £400,000

Two men caught with thousands of illegal CDs in south west Scotland have been ordered to pay £400,000 under the proceeds of crime act.

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Computer games are put to the test

When the bell rang for the start of school at St Columba's primary in Dundee pupils didn't put their computer games away - they switched them on. For 10 weeks, one lucky class spent the first 20 minutes of the day playing with hand-held games consoles running so-called "brain training" software.

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Virtual demos over net censorship

Thousands of people are taking part in "virtual protests" against countries accused of censoring the internet. For its first Online Free Expression Day, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has created virtual versions of nine public spaces.

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Voiping the outback

Communications in the remote Australian outback are getting a boost following the development of a system that links the internet to amateur radio technology.

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BT calls for action on net speeds

The UK's largest broadband supplier has called for the industry to be clearer about how it advertises net speeds.

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NHS IT delays hit cash savings

The potential savings from the £12.4bn NHS IT project in England have been hit by delays dogging key parts of the programme, the government admits.

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Chemical brain controls nanobots

A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented.

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New diabetes monitor via internet

A Dorset hospital is to become the first in the UK to allow people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels remotely.

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Technology and the death of handwriting

The art of handwriting is being threatened by the rise of the machine, research suggests. One in three children struggle with their handwriting and almost one in five slip into text message language when they do put pen to paper, according to a recent survey.

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ITV2 signs online deal with Bebo

ITV2 has agreed a deal with social networking site Bebo which will allow some of the channel's shows to be broadcast online for free.

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AOL aquires Bebo social network

Time Warner's AOL internet division is buying the social networking site Bebo for $850m (£417m) in cash. Bebo is the third-biggest social networking site in the US, behind MySpace and Facebook.

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Hundreds of schools make the news

Schools across the UK are creating their own news reports and broadcasting them with the help of the BBC.

The School Report initiative, which has this year involved more than 10,000 students, culminates in a News Day on 13 March, when schools from Cornwall to Orkney work to a 1400 GMT news deadline.

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Speech recognition moves to text

Voice Recognition software has improved over the years and speech-to-text software on computers, music and sat nav systems activated by voice in cars are now readily available.

A company based in Buckinghamshire is hoping to take things a step farther with its system that converts voice messages to text.

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