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UK surveillance plan to go ahead

The Home Office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use.

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Nokia recalls 14m phone chargers

Nokia is recalling 14 million phone chargers because of fears that they could cause electric shocks.

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The slow death of landline phones

British government workers are getting a two-day taste of life without fixed line phones. But how easily would the rest of us surrender our landline?

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'Six-year limit' on innocent DNA

The DNA of innocent people arrested in England and Wales should be held for no longer than six years, ministers are expected to say.

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Road trains get ready to roll

Road trains that link vehicles together using wireless sensors could soon be on European roads.

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Bing teams up with Wolfram Alpha

Microsoft has teamed up with a web tool once hailed as a rival to Google to provide results for its search engine Bing.

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Cyber vandal hits police website

A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan has attacked the website of Durham Police, forcing it to temporarily close.

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New PC to encourage older users

A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled.

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Galileo 'pathfinders' take shape

The Galileo satellite-navigation system is coming.After all the wrangling, the delays and the furore over cost, Europe's version of GPS is finally starting to take shape.

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BBC iPlayer launches Wii channel

The BBC iPlayer is relaunching on the Nintendo Wii in the form of a dedicated Wii channel on 18 November.

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Ofcom knocks back BBC DRM plans

BBC plans to copy protect Freeview high definition (HD) data have been dealt a blow by regulator Ofcom.

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MPs clash over 'reply all' email

A row has broken out over MPs and peers hitting "reply to all" to a round robin e-mail about cyber security.

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Europe split on Google book plans

Google plans to put millions of the world's books online and create the world's largest virtual library by 2010.

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Staff given cyber bullying guide

Education and leisure staff in the Highlands are to get guidance on how to deal with cyber bullying.

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Live UK football for iPhone users

Pay-TV provider BSkyB is to show live Premier League matches on Apple's iPhone.

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Thousands shun colour television

Almost 30,000 people across the UK still tune into their favourite programmes on black and white TV sets.

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Computer device 'helps' diabetics

A handheld computer console game has been developed to help diabetic children monitor their condition.

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Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers

Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.

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Xbox console ban is 'permanent'

Thousands of Xbox 360 owners who have been cut off from Microsoft's Xbox Live service will have to buy a new console if they want to play online again.

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Is the internet stifling new music?

The internet may have been a miracle for music fans, Duran Duran star John Taylor says, but instant access to decades of recordings and artists' inner thoughts is not all good.

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Great writers 'fail' online test

Winston Churchill's iconic "fight them on the beaches" speech did not make the grade when it was marked by a computer system, exam experts have said.

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Digital cloud plan for city skies

A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers

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Comedy twitter feed lands TV deal

A Twitter feed featuring pearls of wisdom from a 73-year-old father could become a family comedy on US TV.

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Switzerland takes Google to court

Web search giant Google faces a court case in Switzerland because of privacy concerns over its Street View service.

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Google snaps up mobile ad company

Google, the world's most popular search engine, has agreed a deal to buy the mobile advertising firm AdMob.

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European PC shipments see decline

Personal computer (PC) shipments in Western Europe between July and September fell slightly compared with a year earlier, a report has said.

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Games maker EA to cut 1,500 jobs

US video game maker Electronic Arts (EA) has said it is cutting 1,500 jobs.The cuts, in addition to the 1,100 jobs already shed this year, came even as EA bought social gaming company Playfish for $275m (£170m).

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Modern Warefare 'set for record'

The widely-anticipated video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been tipped to be the biggest selling video game in history.

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MPs row over Modern Warfare game

Video gamers are being asked to join a Facebook group set up to help defend games from critics. Set up by MP Tom Watson, the group aims to coordinate responses to articles in the media which, gamers claim, do not give a fair view of their hobby.

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Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac

A Microsoft executive was quoted in an interview as saying "what we've tried to do with Windows 7...is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics".

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Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone

The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading "in the wild" in Australia.

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