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Amazon blocks Phorm adverts scan

Amazon has said it will not allow online advertising system Phorm to scan its web pages to produce targeted ads.

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EC starts legal action over Phorm

The European Commission has started legal action against Britain over the online advertising technology Phorm

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Touch the virtual

Laptops and smartphones allow easy access computing power, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology want to go one step further by turning the entire world into a computer.

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DNA founder criticises database

The inventor of the genetic technology behind the national DNA database says it risks losing support because it holds the records of innocent people.

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UK 'has the worst copyright laws'

UK copyright laws "needlessly criminalise" music fans and need to be updated, a consumer watchdog says.

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TV 'reduces children's attention'

Teachers are "struggling to compete" with the sound-bite culture of television, says a teachers' union leader.

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Twitter all clear after worm wave

Twitter has been given the all clear after a worm infected "tens of thousands of users". But experts say the attack could have been much worse.

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Domino's fires staff over videos

Domino's Pizza says it has fired two US employees who posted videos online of themselves behaving "inappropriately".

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Council 'snooping power' reviewed

Councils in England and Wales should not use surveillance powers for minor offences such as allowing dogs to foul pavements, the home secretary has said.

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GPs warn on internet drug sales

Doctors have warned of the perils of buying medicines over the internet. One in four GPs polled said they had treated patients for adverse reactions to medicines bought online.

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YouTube orchestra makes its debut

At least 90 musicians from more than 30 different countries have given their first performance in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in New York.

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Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.

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Are e-books the new newspapers?

Electronic book readers are still a minority pursuit for book lovers, but the devices have the potential to become the norm one day.

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NHS to publish death rates on web

The NHS is to make it easier to compare success and failure of English hospitals by publishing death rates and other tables on its own website.

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Body cameras to help fight crime

Police officers and council safety wardens in Renfrewshire will have CCTV cameras mounted on their uniforms in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour.

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Sat-nav kits help car crime fall

Police have said car crime in Aberdeen has fallen by 22% in the last year, helped by free sat-nav protection kits distributed in the city.

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BBC iPlayer goes high definition

The BBC's iPlayer catch-up online TV service is to start offering high definition streams of content.

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Tate art made available on iTunes

The Tate galleries have made hundreds of video and audio downloads available for free on iTunes.

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Privacy firm drops advisory work

A UK privacy consultancy has said it will cease advisory work for private companies following criticism from Google about a lack of impartiality.

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Creating a panoramic experience

Imagine being able to zoom into any part of a panoramic photograph that catches your eye. Plus, even seeing people miles away when the picture was taken.

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eBay plans Skype public listing

Online auction site eBay is planning to spin off internet call service provider Skype and list shares in the firm in the first half of 2010.

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Pirate Bay confident of trial win

One of the founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has said he anticipates victory in the court battle over alleged copyright theft.

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Pirate Bay founders found guilty

A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website.

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Welcome to the red light district

As complex as the traffic network might seem, the technology on which it depends is surprisingly old fashioned.

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Drivers catch green lights 'wave'

Motorists should face fewer red lights following the relaxation of government guidance on the flow of traffic.

Local councils can adopt "green wave" systems of sensors, where vehicles at or just below the speed limit trigger a succession of green lights.

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Robots of the future unveiled

Experts predict that an ageing world population and continuing global military conflicts will be the two main drivers of robot design and function in the coming years.

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