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Windows 7 flies off virtual shelf

The latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system, Windows 7, is available for pre-order in the UK.

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UK network 'ready' for swine flu

BT is confident it can cope with the extra demands the swine flu pandemic may put on the UK's broadband network.

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Tagging technology to track trash

The ebb and flow of thousands of pieces of household rubbish are to be tracked using sophisticated mobile tags.

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School computers 'fail to filter'

School computer systems in the UK are failing to identify 10% of incoming harmful content, research suggests.

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Staff 'spied on' by scanner claim

Staff at a business park in Oxfordshire claim they have been "spied on" by x-ray style scanning equipment which is designed for airport security checks

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Snooping through the power socket

Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed.

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The good and the bad of netbooks

Over the last three years, the laptop has been undergoing a revolution - and a new lighter, cheaper, stripped-down version has taken hold.

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Microsoft Office takes to the web

Microsoft has fired its latest salvo at Google, announcing a free web-based version of its Office software.

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Microsoft 'is king of UK brands'

US computer giant Microsoft has won back its crown as the number one consumer brand in the UK.

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Twitter calls lawyer over hacking

The microblogging service Twitter is taking legal advice after hundreds of documents were hacked into and published by a number of blogs.

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Rail staff face 'smile police'

A Japanese rail firm has introduced a system to check that staff are smiling enough at all times.

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E-prescription system goes live

Almost all of Scotland's GP practices now have electronic links to community pharmacies in the first system of its kind in the UK.

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Kenyan mosque jams mobile calls

A device which blocks mobile phone signals has answered the prayers of some Kenyan Muslims.

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Patient helps pioneer CyberKnife

A man from Jersey has become one of the first people in the UK to undergo an advanced form of radiotherapy to treat an inoperable cancer.

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Facebook 'breaches Canadian law'

Popular social networking site Facebook is breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal information indefinitely, a report has concluded.

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Wikipedia painting row escalates

The battle over Wikipedia's use of images from a British art gallery's website has intensified.

The online encyclopaedia has accused the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) of betraying its public service mission.

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Dip in global computer shipments

Worldwide personal computer shipments between April and June were down 5% from a year earlier, a report has said.

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Sat Nav got cyclist into trouble

A cyclist on a charity ride from Land's End to John O'Groats was given three points on his driving licence within minutes of crossing into Scotland.

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US smoker chokes on cost of habit

A man in the United States popped out to his local petrol station to buy a pack of cigarettes - only to find his card charged $23,148,855,308,184,500.

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Australia seeks new army robots

Australia has launched a multi-million dollar competition to build a new generation of military robots.

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Mobile phone directory site down

The mobile phone number directory 118800 has suspended its services in order to carry out technical repairs.

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Melody machine makes music simple

A music-making game and technology installation that allows anyone to create a music track and video in just six minutes has been unveiled.

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Your country needs you connected

If you weren't online what would send you dashing for the nearest mouse and keyboard?

That is the dilemma facing Martha Lane Fox, erstwhile co-founder of Lastminute.com and freshly appointed Digital Champion.

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Facebook driving mobile net use

A third of young people regularly access Facebook and Twitter via their mobile, a new report has found.

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Symbian to develop mobile apps

Symbian, the operating system on nearly half the world's smartphones, is to become involved in the development of mobile applications, or apps.

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iPhone rolls out purity ring app

A UK software developer has released a "purity ring" application for Apple's iPhone.

Users can take a purity pledge - a promise to refrain from sex until marriage - and then display a spinning purity ring graphic on the phone.

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