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US 'to loosen' grip on internet

The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann.

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US urges 'cyber hygiene' effort

The US government has urged all internet users to play their part in protecting the network from attack.

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Big Brother is watching you shop

A surveillance state, with cameras on every street is commonplace but now Big Business is also turning to Big Brother.

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Surveillance state 'a good thing'

"The surveillance state is in many circumstances a jolly good thing," an adviser to the NHS has told a fringe meeting at the Labour Conference.

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Online thieves step up bank raids

Cyber-criminals are increasingly avoiding bank anti-fraud software and recruiting money mules to avoid being caught.

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Music player noise limit planned

Train and bus passengers keen not to share the beat of fellow travellers' portable music devices might be happier to hear about a new plan from the EU.

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Mathematics to build cancer model

Mathematicians are to develop a virtual model of cancer growth in an effort to predict how it spreads.

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UK broadband 'not fit' for future

A study of the global state of broadband has put the UK 25th out of 66 countries in terms of the quality and reach of its networks.

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Customers 'blamed for card fraud'

Consumer groups are calling for banks to change their approach to card fraud when a customer's Pin has been used after the theft of a purse or wallet.

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Firms issued TV licence warning

Businesses are being warned they could be breaking the law if staff watch live TV on their computers when the firm does not have a TV licence.

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Robot fish could prevent crashes

Robots that mimic the behaviour of fish have been developed by Japanese car firm Nissan, who believe the technique can be used in crash avoidance systems.

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Air traffic control problem fixed

Air traffic control systems are back up and running after an earlier computer breakdown at Prestwick grounded transatlantic flights from UK airports.

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Son's injury led to intelligent crutch

Prof White, and colleague Dr Geoff Merrett, in conjunction with Georgina Hallett, a physiotherapist at Southampton General Hospital, designed an "intelligent" crutch with sensor technology to monitor whether it is being used correctly.

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Court order served over Twitter

The High Court has given permission for an injunction to be served via social-networking site Twitter.

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Spotify offers PC music downloads

The music streaming service Spotify has announced that it will allow users to download music to their computers.

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Google invites users to join Wave

Google Wave, which combines e-mail, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today.

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Overclocking: How low can you go?

Paul Watkinson and Barrie Wynd have been looking for ways to supercharge a computer it.

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Microsoft launches free security

Microsoft has released its free computer security package to the public.

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Online advertising overtakes TV

Online advertising spending in the UK has overtaken television expenditure for the first time, a report has said.

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Sony shows off 3D TV technology

Sony has shown off a new single-lens camera able to capture 3D images.

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Grant for WWII code-breaking site

Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, the top secret code-breaking hub of World War II, has been awarded nearly £500,000 of lottery funds.

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18m Freeview homes in TV retune

More than 18 million households with Freeview will need to retune their set-top boxes and TVs later.

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End in site for Yugoslav domains

Websites using the .yu domain extension will cease to be available online from 30 September.

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Vodafone enters UK iPhone market

Vodafone has reached an agreement to sell Apple's popular iPhone in the UK.

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£600m data farm moves forward

A multi-million pound data centre plan in the south of Scotland has moved a step closer.

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'Time telescope' could boost web

Researchers have demonstrated a "time telescope" that could squeeze much more information into the data packets sent around the internet.

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