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Facebook in challenge to Google

Facebook has turned up the heat on Google and by purchasing content-sharing service FriendFeed, say industry watchers.

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eBay to start selling new GM cars

General Motors (GM) and eBay are launching a trial scheme in the US that will allow customers to buy new GM cars via the auction website.

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Judge bans Microsoft Word sales

A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.

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Mobile phones get cyborg vision

It's a gift that was once the preserve of fictional cyborgs. Call it Terminator Vision - a view of the world tagged with rich, location-relevant information whilst your gaze flickers here and there.

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Downloading dips among young fans

There has been a slight drop - from 63% last year to 61% this year - in the number of young people illegally downloading music, a survey suggests.

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Toshiba joins Blu-ray disc camp

Toshiba is to start making products that can play Blu-ray discs. The decision marks a big change for the electronics firm which was the prime mover of the rival HD-DVD format.

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This website will self destruct ..

Emails, Facebook messages, and Google Docs can all be set to disappear into thin air by using new software developed by the University of Washington and called, appropriately enough, Vanish.

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Green domain sparks war of words

The battle to take control of a new internet domain aimed at environmental groups has escalated.

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Tories face NHS database tangle

The Conservatives want to let you view your health records online. All they have to do first is dismantle one of the biggest civil IT projects in the world.

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Pregnant woman twitters birth

The wife of one of the co-founders of Twitter is keeping family and friends up to date with the birth of her child using the micro-blogging service.

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Switch to digital starts in Wales

The switch to digital television starts in Wales at midnight, with more than 130,000 homes affected in the first phase.

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Crisis satellite returns images

Britain's latest imaging satellite has returned its first pictures.

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Hacked blogger seeks Russia probe

A pro-Georgian blogger at the centre of a co-ordinated attack that hit Facebook and Twitter has asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to hold an inquiry.

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Facebook Lite gets public debut

Facebook has begun tests on a new service tailored for mobiles and narrowband internet connections.

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Stargazers in 'Twitter marathon'

Budding astronomers are being urged to take part in the first "Twitter Meteorwatch" by sending in their pictures of the Perseid meteor shower.

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Opera being composed on Twitter

The Royal Opera House is to stage an opera created through social networking site Twitter. Members of the public have been invited to submit their "tweets" online - messages of up to 140 characters - which will form the new libretto.

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Ideas sought for open government

A DIY guide to becoming an MP and a database of the connections between the powerful could soon be created online.

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