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Virtual worlds with real purpose

The creation of a virtual Berlin lets people be in two places at the same time - as 20km of the city has been faithfully replicated into an online world. By the end of 2008, 50,000 buildings in the German capital are expected to have been copied into the virtual world.

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Virtual hospitals - the NHS's future

The future of NHS care does not lie in bricks-and-mortar hospitals, according to policy expert Nick Bosanquet.

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Online shopping spend in decline

Online shops are suffering the same fate as the High Street with fewer customers spending money.

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Overseas student ID cards begin

The fingerprinting of overseas students for biometric identity cards has begun for those extending their visas.

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Online fraudsters 'steal £3.3bn'

Hi-tech thieves who specialise in card fraud have a credit line in excess of $5bn (£3.35bn), research suggests.

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Compulsive gamers 'not addicts'

Ninety per cent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted.

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Sharp rise in silent call gripes

Complaints from UK householders about silent calls from call centres have more than tripled, says Ofcom.

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Online movie sales jump in the UK

The number of people buying feature films via online download in the UK has jumped hugely in the past year, according to data from Screen Digest.

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Europe backs mobile roaming cap

European telecoms chiefs have backed plans to make it cheaper to access data while on a mobile phone abroad.

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Mobile internet usage on the rise

Mobile internet use is growing while the number of people going online via a PC is slowing, analyst firm Nielsen Online has found.

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Spam on rise after brief reprieve

In the world of spam, what goes down must come up. Two weeks after the shutdown of web hosting firm McColo, which saw a two-thirds drop in spam worldwide, spam numbers are creeping up again.

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Actor robots take Japanese stage

First there were dancing robots, then house-sitting robots and now a new breed of acting robots is making its big debut on the Japanese stage.

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YouTube defends video widening

It's a weird contradiction with the internet. The online world is supposed to be dynamic, constantly changing, open to new ideas. Yet every time something moves forward, there seems to be an outcry. That's what's happened with YouTube. The site has introduced widescreen, high-definition (HD) video playback.

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Apple made to drop iPhone advert

An Apple iPhone advert has been banned by the advertising standards watchdog for exaggerating the phone's speed.

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Woman cleared of MySpace bullying

An American woman, accused of driving a teenage girl to suicide by bullying her on MySpace, has been cleared of one of the most serious charges against her.

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Web misuse teacher can work again

A teacher accused of spending hours on the internet in class has been found guilty of professional misconduct.

But Sian Mediana, 40, of Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, was told by the General Teaching Council for Wales she could return to teaching.

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