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Britannica reaches out to the web

The Encyclopaedia Britannica has unveiled a plan to let readers help keep the reference work up to date. Under the plan, readers and contributing experts will help expand and maintain entries online.

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Online tax glitch baffles Revenue

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is still trying to fix a problem with its online tax filing system, three days after first becoming aware of it.

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New phone features 'baffle users'

The complexity of modern mobile phones is leaving users frustrated and angry, research suggests.

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iPhone gets a touch screen rival

Ever since Apple changed mobiles forever with the launch of its iPhone, the rest of the industry has been playing catch up.

Now, one of its biggest rivals in the market, Nokia, claims to have done just that.

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Japanese firms unveil 'robocop'

Two Japanese companies have unveiled a security robot that can be commanded from a mobile phone to hurl a net that traps suspected intruders.

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Pupil withdrawn over toilets CCTV

A teenage pupil has been withdrawn from her school after CCTV cameras were installed in the pupils' toilets.

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Windows worm trickery for Vista

The Conficker virus has opened a new can of worms for security experts. Drives such as USB sticks infected with the virus trick users into installing the worm, according to researchers.

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Pope launches Vatican on YouTube

Pope Benedict XVI has launched his own dedicated channel on the popular video sharing website, YouTube.

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White House plans open governement

Searching for data about the Obama administration should get easier as the Whitehouse.gov website gets overhauled.

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Calls for open source government

The secret to a more secure and cost effective government is through open source technologies and products.

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Apple's first Macintosh turns 25

The Macintosh - the first Apple computer to bear the name - turns 25 on 24 January. The machine debuted in 1984 and kicked off a product line that were Apple's flagship computers for many years.

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UK forges ahead with next gen net

Do-it-yourself broadband schemes are springing up around the UK as communities refuse to wait for big firms to roll out faster networks.

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Libya's wireless web access leap

Libya's only internet service provider is launching its first commercial wireless network which it says is one of the most advanced in the world.

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Tweet smell of success over Digg

Use of Twitter, the mobile phone-based micro-blogging service, rocketed nearly 1,000% in the UK over the past year, according to industry analysts HitWise.

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Wife murdered for Facebook status

A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming "enraged" when she changed her marital status on Facebook to "single".

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UK sat firm plans low cost mapper

A UK firm believes its latest satellite design can dramatically reduce the cost of high resolution space imagery.

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Satellite begins climate mission

A Japanese spacecraft has begun a mission to help scientists understand and monitor how the Earth's climate is changing.

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