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'Rosetta stone' offers digital lifeline

You might be familiar with the heartbreak and frustration of a failed hard disk - fretting over the loss of precious pictures, irreplaceable files squirreled away over years, often lost forever.

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Where do lost megabits go?

Broadband users aren't getting the speeds they are paying for, says Ofcom. One reason is because the signal degrades over distance when sent through copper wires, so where do the missing megabits go?

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Dongle users face stiff penalties

Mobile broadband users face stiff penalties for exceeding their download limits even though most aren't aware of what those limits are.

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Government advice urges tweeting

New government guidance has been published urging civil servants to use the micro-blogging site Twitter

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Defamation lawsuit for US tweeter

A tenant who used the micro-blogging service Twitter to complain about mould in her Chicago apartment is being sued.

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Firefox passes billion milestone

The open-source browser Firefox passed its billionth download on Friday, ahead of the release of its fourth iteration. The milestone includes downloads of all versions of the web software since its first release in 2004.

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3D cinema makes a fresh comeback

This year is seeing a comeback for 3D cinema, with every major film studio releasing a title in the format.Even the Cannes Film Festival showed its support to the industry by allowing a 3D feature to open the event for the first time.

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Barcode replacement shown off

A replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode has been outlined by US researchers.

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UK's national ID card unveiled

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has unveiled the final design of the controversial national identity card.

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Pump helps to repair girl's heart

A team at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital treated a girl, whose heart had stopped, by connecting her to an electronic pump to relieve the heart.

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Robotic firefighting team debuts

A team of fire-fighting robots has been unveiled by defence contractor QinetiQ at a demonstration in London.

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Mobile music for teens who top up

Orange is teaming up with Universal and Channel 4 to offer a music streaming service which it hopes will help combat piracy.

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MSN launches free streaming video

Microsoft has announced a UK service that will stream full-length videos of television shows for free. The advertising-funded MSN Video Player will be available from next week and will include over 300 hours of shows.

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Swedes miss Capri after GPS gaffe

A Swedish couple in search of the isle of Capri drove to Carpi, an industrial town in northern Italy, because they misspelt the name in their car's GPS.

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Fake UK sites trick customers

Trading standards officers say that consumers are being tricked into buying fake goods on the internet by companies pretending to be based in the UK.

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Pirate Bay unfazed by new threats

Peter Sunde, a co-founder of high-profile file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, says new legal action against the site is nothing more than "harassment".

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US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine

A US student has been ordered to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to four record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.

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The rise of Iran's citizen journalists

It has been 40 days since Neda Agha-Soltan, a young Iranian woman, was killed during an anti-government protest in Tehran. Within hours, graphic scenes showing her final seconds of life dominated newspapers and bulletins over the world.

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Microsoft and yahoo seal web deal

Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.

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Profiles: Yahoo, Google and Microsoft

Yahoo and Microsoft have unveiled a tie-up that they hope will enable the two firms to better compete with Google in the internet search marketplace.

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Spotify sets its sights on iPhone

The Swedish music streaming service Spotify is planning to launch its first mobile application within weeks.

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Broadband rates 'not up to speed'

Broadband users are not getting the speeds they are paying for, according to the largest survey of its kind ever undertaken by telecoms regulator Ofcom.

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New 'crisis satellites' launched

A rocket has been launched from Kazakhstan carrying two British-built satellites which will help monitor natural disasters.

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Cable fault cuts off West Africa

Large parts of West Africa are struggling to get back online following damage to an undersea cable.

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Humans central in Spinvox patents

The voicemail-to-text service Spinvox has applied for two patents which describe the service as being operated by humans.

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