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Cities land super-fast broadband

Super-fast broadband will be on offer to thousands of internet users in Glasgow and Edinburgh by next year

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Second generation Surface coming

A second generation of Microsoft's Surface computing device is two to three years away, the South by SouthWest Festival has heard.

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The future beneath your fingertips

The success of the iPhone has given rise to a new grammar of touch control while the advent of multi-touch in Windows 7 will further accelerate the evolution of human computer interfaces, the South by SouthWest festival has been told.

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Online shopping ahead 13% on 2008

Online shopping is bucking the downward trend on the UK High Street, as latest figures show the "e-tail" sector made a 13% annual sales increase in February.

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Web browsers battle at festival

Microsoft is ignoring web standards and should use its position to promote competition among browsers, the chief technology officer at Opera has said.

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Microsoft launches latest browser

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its web browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)

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Children work round web controls

British parents grossly underestimate how much time their children spend on the net, suggests a report.

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Surge in demand for online video

British demand for online video sites has shot up over the past year, according to a new report.

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Google's pictures of UK go live

Google has launched the UK version of its Street View service, which allows users to browse a selection of pictures taken along city streets.

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Google pulls some street images

Google has removed dozens of images from its new Street View service after complaints from users about privacy.

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Finn creates USB 'finger drive'

A Finnish computer programmer who lost one of his fingers in a motorcycle accident has made himself a prosthetic replacement with a USB drive attached.

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Ministers drop data sharing plan

Controversial plans to allow people's details to be shared between organisations have been dropped, said Justice Minister Michael Wills.

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Big jump in online banking fraud

A survey of London commuters suggests that 4.2m Britons store data on their mobiles that could be used in identity theft in the event they are stolen.

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Overseas card fraud scam exposed

A criminal gang selling UK credit card details stolen from Indian call centres has been exposed by an undercover BBC News investigation.

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Mobile users at risk of ID theft

A survey of London commuters suggests that 4.2m Britons store data on their mobiles that could be used in identity theft in the event they are stolen.

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Apple unveils new iPhone features

Apple has unveiled what it calls a "major update" to the operating system that drives the iPhone and iPod Touch. Some of the 100 new features included in the update replicate those already offered by other smart phones.

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Jail for phone death crash driver

A driver who caused the deaths of two men after he bent down to pick up a mobile phone has been jailed for six years at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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Dell's ultra-thin laptop on sale

Computer manufacturer Dell has launched what it is calling the world's thinnest laptop. The Adamo weighs 1.8kg and is 1.64cm thick, making it thinner, but heavier, than Apple's MacBook Air.

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Google in court over Vuitton row

Lawyers for Google are to appear in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a row over its use of trademarks.

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'Twittering' threat to US trials

The verdicts in two US trials are being appealed against because jurors made comments about them on social networking sites.

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Teacher in eBay football top scam

A Flintshire teacher who duped 200 people into buying fake football shirts on the auction website eBay has received a suspended prison sentence.

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Simulators key to doctor training

Doctors should spend more time training on simulators, England's chief medical officer says.

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Users criticise Facebook update

Just under a million people have now voted against changes to the social networking site Facebook. The new look site puts more focus on status updates and has been likened to one of its rivals Twitter.

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The rising power of 'geek mums'

A growing number of mothers are forming social communities online. What is behind their drive to the internet?

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Egypt women blog for their rights

Young Egyptian women are using blogs and online radio stations to beat the censors and to fight for equality. Despite making up only 24% of the workforce in Egypt, 30% of women use the internet.

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'Super-fast' game download launch

A British company has launched a new way of downloading games. Unlike other systems, Awomo allows people to start playing a game before all the software has been downloaded.

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Deals drive mobile money services

A series of deals looks set to turn handsets into mobile wallets in many developing nations.

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File sharing agency up for debate

The government has outlined the details of its proposed digital rights agency.

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Computer games 'need tax breaks'

The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) wants government assistance to help research and development of games.

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Whitehall defends 'fantasy world'

The government has hit back at claims it is wasting taxpayers' money on a virtual reality website.

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Win for UK story-telling website

A small British company is named Best in Show at the South by Southwest Web Awards, in Austin, Texas.

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Risk free virtual anaesthetics

Medical staff can learn the delicate procedure of spinal anaesthesia without practising on live patients, thanks to a new training device. It uses computer graphics and a virtual needle to realistically recreate contact with the spine.

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Tracking dementia patients with GPS

An NHS trust has become the first in the country to try fitting dementia patients with tracking devices.

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Quantum leap for faster computers

Super-fast quantum computers are now a step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a breakthrough by scientists.

Edinburgh and Manchester University researchers have created a molecular device which could act as a building block for super-fast computers.

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Online game gets banking licence

Online game Entropia Universe has been granted a licence to be a bank.

Issued by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, the licence means the game can be more closely tied to the real world finances of player

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Makers meet up in Newcastle

A remotely-controlled horse that breathes fire, programmable home robots, one of the UK's first ever case mods and some DIY multi-touch interfaces.

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