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UK government responds on Phorm

The government has outlined how a controversial online ad system can be rolled out in the UK. In response to EU questions about its legality, it said that it was happy Phorm conformed to EU data laws.

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Computer games drive social ties

Far from turning teenagers into anti-social loners, video games help them engage with friends and community, says a report. The Pew Internet study of US teenagers found that few play alone and most join up with friends when gaming.

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A look at the future of graphics

The cutting edge of visual computing was on show at the Nvision conference in California's Silicon Valley where gamers faced off against one another, sporting tricked out high-spec PCs running the latest graphics cards.

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Mobiles combat Kenyan polio outbreak

A mobile phone based health application has helped to investigate and contain a polio outbreak that threatened thousands in East Africa.

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Stroke patients to test sensors

Motion sensors similar to those developed for video games like Nintendo Wii may help stroke patients relearn simple tasks, researchers say.

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Merged banks' names cybersquatted

Internet addresses corresponding to recent bank mergers are already being hoarded and sold online. In "cybersquatting", likely addresses are bought cheaply in the hope of selling to the businesses involved, or as a medium for advertising.

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60,000 devices are left in cabs

London taxi passengers have left more than 60,000 hand-held devices in the back of black cabs during the past six months, a survey has found.

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Text driving 'worst than drink'

Texting while driving impairs motorists more than being under the influence of drink or drugs, research suggests.

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Palin e-mail hack details emerge

Details of how an e-mail account of US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin was hacked have emerged.

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Google and GE in energy deal

The internet giant Google has teamed up with technology multinational General Electric to develop a "smart" electric power grid and promote clean energy.

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Online gamers 'are not unhealthy'

The "couch potato" image of computer gamers is unfounded, with many in better than average shape, claim US researchers.

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YouTube bans some weapons footage

YouTube is to ban footage showing weapons being used to intimidate people on its website in the UK.

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Computer terror teenager jailed

The youngest person in Britain arrested and convicted under the Terrorism Act has been sentenced to two years in a young offenders' institution.

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US voices added to poetry archive

Recordings of 14 major 20th-Century American poets have been added to the free online audio Poetry Archive.

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Warning sounded on web's future

The internet needs a way to help people separate rumour from real science, says the creator of the World Wide Web.

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Yahoo starts front page overhaul

Randomly chosen visitors to Yahoo's website will soon be helping the web giant re-design its main page.

Those picked will give feedback to Yahoo about the different ways that information and applications can be presented to regular users.

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Putting an ear to the past

When a Scottish academic discovered a piece of 17th Century harpsichord music in a little known archive, he was keen to hear it played on the instrument for which it was written.

Antique musical instruments are incredibly fragile - some do not hold their tuning for long enough to play a piece, others are too delicate to play at all.

So Dr McAlpine decided to go for a 21st century solution - and make a digital reconstruction of an antique harpsichord.

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