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Apps 'to be as big as internet'

The market for mobile applications, or apps, will become "as big as the internet", peaking at 10 million apps in 2020, a leading online store says.

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'Virtual schools' swine flu plan

Emergency plans for virtual schools and "homework by post" have been drafted in case a decision is taken to close all schools over swine flu.

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Artifical brain '10 years away'

A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be built within the next 10 years, a leading scientist has claimed.

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Medieval battle records go online

The detailed service records of 250,000 medieval soldiers - including archers who served with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - have gone online.

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Digital archive for murals

Liam Moore, a design studnet, has been documenting the murals in the Falls Road, West Belfast, for a number of years, using digital technologies to capture and conserve them.

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Unsung heroes save net from chaos

Crack teams of volunteers keep the net online and functioning, according to leading internet lawyer Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard University.

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Most O2 web services restored

The "vast majority" of O2 customers who lost internet connections on their mobile phones have had their service restored, a company spokesman said.

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Free wi-fi for airport travellers

Passengers from the north west travelling to either of the airports in Belfast can now stay connected.

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School's CCTV 'Big Brother-ish'

A school has installed CCTV cameras in classrooms in a bid to avoid disputes between teachers and pupils and to tackle theft, the deputy head has said.

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Councils still abusing spy laws

Researchers have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis.

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Microsoft in new EU browser offer

Microsoft has made a new proposal to European competition regulators that it hopes will end their row over the firm's Internet Explorer web browser.

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Push for instant-on web search

A company that provides "instant-on" computing will bring "instant search" to the PC for the first time.

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Voice technology firm under fire

A UK firm that turns mobile messages into text faces questions over its privacy standards, technology and finances following a BBC investigation.

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Phone gadget to diagnose disease

Researchers have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis.

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UAE Blackberry update was spyware

An update for Blackberry users in the United Arab Emirates could allow unauthorised access to private information and e-mails.

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Wireless power system shown off

A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference. The technique exploits simple physics and can be used to charge a range of electronic devices over many metres.

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Amazon deal to reprint rare books

Online retailer Amazon is teaming up with the University of Michigan to provide reprints of 400,000 rare, out-of-print and out-of-copyright books.

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Tweeting prayers to Western Wall

Jewish people outside Jerusalem wishing to post a prayer on the Western Wall now have a new way of doing so - using the social networking service Twitter.

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Plug-pulling ISP changes policy

Internet service provider (ISP) Karoo, based in Hull, has changed its policy of suspending the service of users suspected of copyright violations.

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How Poles cracked nazi Enigma secret

A silk scarf bearing the image of a horse race was a suitably cryptic gift for a Polish mathematician to receive from a British code-breaker.

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Yahoo's front page makeover

Yahoo has unveiled sweeping changes to its front page aimed at shoring up its position as the main portal to the web.

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Tech has changed foreign policy

Technology means that foreign policy will never be the same again, the prime minister said at a meeting of leading thinkers in Oxford.

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Pirate sites return in legal form

Peer-to-peer download sites Kazaa and The Pirate Bay are set to return with a new, legal subscription model.

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Kenya cable ushers in broadband era

The first of four undersea cables bringing high-speed internet to eastern Africa has gone live.

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Pedal power for Kenya's mobiles

Two Kenyan students are hoping to market a device that allows bicycle riders to charge their mobile phones.

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Four bailed over Facebook party

Four teenagers have been released on bail after 100 people were involved in a street fracas near a house party advertised on the Facebook website.

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French mobile mast debate raging

The mobile phone has become indispensable to modern life. But some communities in France believe they are paying too high a price for this convenience.

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Oldest UK television discovered

Britain's oldest working television has been tracked down in a house in London. The 1936 Marconiphone is thought to have been made in the months that Britain's first "high-definition" television service began.

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