Wi-fi joins presidential campaign

26 October 2012 Last updated at 08:34 ET A US start-up company has found a way to use free wi-fi to bolster the US presidential candidates' campaigns. Hot Spot The Vote has written software that alters what people see when they browse the web...

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UK store leaks Google Nexus phone

25 October 2012 Last updated at 11:17 ET Carphone Warehouse has leaked the details of the next Google-branded smartphone days before it was supposed to have been announced. The UK retailer posted pictures and full specifications of the Nexus...

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Use fake birthdate, official says

25 October 2012 Last updated at 12:59 ET By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News A senior government official has sparked anger by advising internet users to give fake details to websites to protect their security. Andy Smith, an internet...

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Unencrypted flight code warning

25 October 2012 Last updated at 14:23 ET A vulnerability in US domestic airline boarding pass barcodes could allow travellers to bring unauthorised items on board, says a security expert. The codes reveal what kind of airport checks a passenger...

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Microsoft to make more hardware

25 October 2012 Last updated at 14:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Steve Ballmer: 'This is one of two or three big moments in Microsoft's history' Microsoft's chief boss has confirmed he plans...

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China condemns NY Times 'smear'

26 October 2012 Last updated at 05:59 ET China has condemned as a "smear" a New York Times report saying Premier Wen Jiabao's relatives have accumulated billions of dollars. The article said Mr Wen's family members "have controlled assets worth...

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Windows 8 video games ban u-turn

26 October 2012 Last updated at 06:21 ET Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Skyrim and other mature games will no longer be banned from the European Windows 8 Store. The store is the official outlet for programs Microsoft has tested to ensure they...

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Apple puts Samsung notice on site

26 October 2012 Last updated at 07:11 ET Apple has published a statement which admits that Samsung has not infringed its designs. The electronics firm was forced to publish the statement by a UK High Court which ruled on a dispute between the...

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Nintendo Wii U to be sold at loss

26 October 2012 Last updated at 07:34 ET Nintendo has confirmed that it will lose money on every sale of its Wii U console at launch. The Japanese firm's president revealed the news after the firm cut its profit forecast. "We had to book a...

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Facebook claimant in fraud charge

26 October 2012 Last updated at 12:32 ET A New York businessman has been charged with trying to defraud Facebook by claiming he was owed a 50% share of the social media company, prosecutors say. Paul Ceglia is accused of fabricating and destroying...

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Apple loses appeal versus Samsung

18 October 2012 Last updated at 07:15 ET Apple has lost its appeal against a UK ruling that Samsung had not infringed its design rights. A judge at the High Court in London had originally ruled in July that the look of Samsung's Galaxy Tab...

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HTC and Sharp's next-gen screens

18 October 2012 Last updated at 12:23 ET HTC and Sharp have unveiled devices featuring next-generation screens. HTC's J Butterfly phone has a 5in (12.7cm) display offering an industry-leading 440 pixels per inch. This offers 25-40% higher...

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Google threatens French media ban

18 October 2012 Last updated at 12:44 ET Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from search results if France goes ahead with plans to make search engines pay for content. In a letter sent to several ministerial offices, Google...

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Error sees Google stock suspended

18 October 2012 Last updated at 16:47 ET Continue reading the main story Trading in Google shares was suspended for two-and-a-half hours after the internet giant released its third-quarter results early by mistake. Its quarterly profits fell...

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Windows 8 skews Microsoft results

18 October 2012 Last updated at 18:22 ET Microsoft has reported a 22% fall in quarterly profits, after deferring some revenue ahead of the upcoming releases of its Windows 8 operating system and its latest version of Office. Net profit for...

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Developers quit Kickstarted game

19 October 2012 Last updated at 06:58 ET Development on a video game funded by the crowdsourced funding site Kickstarter has stopped as all its programmers have quit. More than 1,200 people backed Haunts: The Manse Macabre when it ran a funding...

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Battery inventor Ovshinsky dies

19 October 2012 Last updated at 07:06 ET Stanford Ovshinsky, a self-taught American physicist who designed the battery now used in hybrid cars, has died aged 89 from prostate cancer. The electronics field of ovonics was named after Mr Ovshinsky,...

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Twitter cuts anti-Semitic tweets

19 October 2012 Last updated at 09:26 ET Twitter has agreed to remove a flood of anti-Semitic tweets circulating on its service in France. The offensive messages are circulating labelled with the #unbonjuif (#agoodjew) hashtag. The tweets...

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Cash offered to teach computing

19 October 2012 Last updated at 11:32 ET By Judith Burns Education reporter, BBC News High-flying graduates are to be given a £20,000 golden handshake to train as computer science teachers. Ministers have asked Facebook, Microsoft and IBM...

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Brazil papers pull out of Google

20 October 2012 Last updated at 15:16 ET Newspapers accounting for 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News. Brazil's National Association of Newspapers says all 154 members had followed its recommendation to ban the search...

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