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Computers to merge with humans

By 2020 the terms 'interface' and 'user' will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans. It is one of the predictions in a Microsoft-backed report drawn from the discussions of 45 academics from the fields of computing, science, sociology and psychology.

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BT advert trials were 'illegal'

Trials of an online ad system carried out by BT involving more than 30,000 of its customers were potentially illegal, says a leading digital rights lawyer.

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IOC warns China over web access

China must ensure open access to the internet during the Beijing Games, Olympic officials have warned. Inspectors from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said China was obliged under its Games contract to provide journalists with web access.

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Virtual tube ride 'paranoia hope'

A virtual reality ride on the London Underground may help treat paranoia, experts believe. King's College London has developed a programme simulating a journey where a person interacts with other travellers.

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Tories issue cyber-crime warning

The government has seriously underestimated the threat to the UK posed by cyber-crime, the Tories say.

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NZ teen convicted of cyber crime

A New Zealand teenager accused of being the ringleader of an international cyber-crime network has been convicted.

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Children flock to social networks

More than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds in the UK have a profile on a social network, research shows.

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Q&A: Children and safer net use

Many teenagers and younger children are signing up for social networking sites says telecoms regulator Ofcom in a report.

BBC News looks at the issue and what parents can do to keep up with their children and ensure they stay safe online.

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Sex offenders face website bans

Sex offenders' e-mail addresses are to be passed to social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo to prevent them contacting children.

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Learning from technology

The head of the government agency which promotes technology in schools says good things will come out of growing use of computers and the internet by children.

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PC downtime advancing science

Volunteer or distributed computing allows researchers to harness idle computers to make mammoth calculations for the good of mankind.

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Networks promise 'accident-free' cars

The risk of having an accident in a car could soon be drastically cut thanks to a new approach to wireless networks. Embedded sensor networks are designed to replace existing networks that can only share information that has already been captured and stored.

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itunes 'biggest US music seller'

Apple's iTunes has overtaken supermarket group Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the US, an independent study has said.

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Policing internet 'not ISP's job'

The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticised the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates.

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ID theft - I was falsely branded a paedophile

With ID fraud on the rise, the assumption is you'll lose money which can be claimed back. But Simon Bunce lost his job, and his father cut off contact, when he was arrested after an ID fraudster used his credit card details on a child porn website.

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US man gets $2.6m for domain name

A US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) - after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994.

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Officer puts speeding clip on web

Police have been accused of glamorising fast driving on public roads after footage of a patrol car responding to a call was posted on the internet.

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Freeview to get HD TV from 2009

Viewers will be able to watch high definition TV on Freeview from 2009, broadcast watchdog Ofcom has confirmed.

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Spam blights e-mail 15 years on

Spam continues to blight e-mail exactly 15 years after the term was first coined and almost 30 years since the first spam message was sent.

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Bank upgrade is excluding blind

Visually impaired customers of American Express say they can no longer read their credit card statements online.

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Deaf call for better phone access

Deaf people are lobbying politicians in the UK for greater access to technology that helps them use the phone.

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Nokia debuts mobile gaming system

Nokia has lifted the veil on its revamped mobile gaming service known as N-Gage.

Visitors to the N-Gage website can download software that connects their phone to the handset maker's growing library of games.

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'Haute Tech' designer eyes future

A designer of shape-shifting dresses and clothing which could carry sensors to monitor the wearer's health is to reveal the technology behind her work.

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US kept in slow broadband lane

We all know that America is the technology hub of the universe. It is home to Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Google, YouTube, Yahoo, MIT - the list is endless. So why, when it comes to the basics, like delivering the internet to its citizens, has it fallen way behind many other nations?

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