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Anti-piracy music deal for Virgin

Virgin and Universal have signed a deal that will give the ISP's customers access to "unlimited" music.

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50p tax to roll out broadband

Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access. The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies.

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Personal data exposed on website

Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed to those tracking deliveries on the Parcelforce website, the BBC has discovered.

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Google tackled on e-mail security

Google has been asked to explain why it is not making its Gmail e-mail service more secure.

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When the bank's computer says no

Many people have suffered the embarrassment of having their payment card rejected in the shops - but imagine if that happened when you were buying a Ferrari.

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Amazon blunder cuts albums to 29p

Music fans were able to download albums by top artists for just 29p on Wednesday after a mistake by Amazon.The online retail giant unwittingly cut the prices of releases such as Kings Of Leon's Because Of The Times and Lily Allen's It's Not Me, It's You.

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Barclays fixes hardware problem

Barclays says it has fixed a technical fault that left some UK customers unable to withdraw cash from ATMs.

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Arabic blogosphere begins to bloom

Bloggers are having a real impact on opinions inside many Arabic nations, finds a broad look at the blogosphere in the Middle East.

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BBC licence fee 'could be shared'

The BBC could be made to share part of the television licence fee with commercial rivals under government plans to be announced later.

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Experts question UK broadband tax

One of the biggest surprises in the Digital Britain report was the news that everyone with a fixed line telephone would pay a broadband tax.

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US broadband usage rises sharply

Some 63% of adult Americans now have broadband internet connections at home, according to the Pew Internet Project.

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Japan's ambitious digital future

Facing a multiplicity of financial, structural and demographic woes and battered by the decline in Japan's electronics industry the world's second largest economy is praying the dawning of the digital era will help it out of a prodigious hole.

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Facebook Swahili version launched

The social-networking website Facebook has launched in Swahili, targeting more than 110m speakers of the language.

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PEFI ratings 'need improvement'

The logos picked to describe video game content have 'room for improvement' says game trade association, Tiga.

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Africa pioneers mobile bank push

Mobile financial services in the developing world could be worth $5bn by 2012, say analysts.

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US PC makers in 'stolen code' row

A California company is considering legal action to prevent computers being shipped to China with what it says is stolen internet blocking software.

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Legit websites face malware hits

Legitimate websites are a growing frontier for malware attacks with over ten million pages affected every year.

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MPs' expenses made public online

The expenses claims of every MP for the past four years have been published, but with some key details blacked out. Commons authorities have published the details after a long-running Freedom of Information battle.

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Hydrogen car to be 'open source'

The manufacturer of a hydrogen car unveiled in London on Tuesday will make its designs available online so the cars can be built and improved locally.

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Anyone for mobile tennis?

"We collect a massive set of stats," says Alan Flack, from Wimbledon's technology partner IBM. "We have tennis professionals sitting on every court, logging every stroke."

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Satellite to fill broadband gaps

There is an ambitious plan to launch a fleet of broadband specific satellites which could fill some of the UK's so-called notspots and offer those in rural areas the chance of speeds that have, to date, been out of reach.

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Computer training for Pubjab cops

Police in the Indian state of Punjab are to receive a 21st Century computerised makeover.

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Tech giants rush Farsi versions

Search giant Google has stepped up work to release a tool that will translate Farsi into English and vice-versa.

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China clarifies web filter plans

Protests have forced China to clarify whether net-filtering software has to be used on every new PC.

From July, every PC sold in China was supposed to be supplied with the Green Dam Youth Escort software.

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Mountain bike site 'compromised'

A website for a major mountain bike championships has been "compromised" by being linked to harmful software.

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Force disciplines police blogger

A serving detective whose anonymous blog carried criticisms of government ministers and police bureaucracy has been disciplined by his force.

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US mum is guilty of file-sharing

A woman has been ordered to pay $1.9 million (£1.2m) in the only file-sharing case to go to trial in the US.

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