Campaigners warn on Google Glass use

26 March 2013 Last updated at 08:06 ET Google Glass and other augmented reality gadgets risk creating a world in which privacy is impossible, warn campaigners. The warning comes from a group called "Stop the Cyborgs" that wants limits put...

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Anti-cyber threat centre launched

26 March 2013 Last updated at 22:02 ET By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News A new initiative to share information on cyber threats between businesses and government is to be launched. It will include experts from government communications...

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'Biggest ever attack' slows internet

27 March 2013 Last updated at 09:03 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones explains why the attack is like a "motorway jam", alongside...

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Arrests as Egypt internet cable cut

27 March 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET Egyptian authorities say they have arrested three divers trying to cut through an undersea internet cable. The men were caught on a fishing boat just off the port city of Alexandria, said military spokesman...

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'Them and us' online service warning

28 March 2013 Last updated at 05:49 ET The government is in danger of creating a "them and us" situation by digitising public services, a report warns. Ministers say 82% of "transactions" can be carried out online, as that is roughly the proportion...

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Bitcoin miners hit back at botnets

28 March 2013 Last updated at 07:07 ET By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News Cyber-thieves are attempting to cash in on the rising value of the bitcoin virtual currency. Bitcoins have almost tripled in value in a month. In late February...

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'Disruptive' Ouya console launches

28 March 2013 Last updated at 07:45 ET A new games console which industry experts say could disrupt the industry has begun shipping to customers. The Ouya costs $99 (£65) and runs on Google's Android operating system. Games on the system will...

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Blackberry reports 1m Z10 sales

28 March 2013 Last updated at 09:54 ET Continue reading the main story Mobile phone maker Blackberry says it has sold one million of its new Z10 smartphones. In better than expected results the company said it made profits of $98m (£65m)...

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Amazon buys book recommendation site

28 March 2013 Last updated at 23:57 ET Online retailer Amazon has said it will buy Goodreads, a book discovery and recommendation website. San Francisco-based Goodreads was founded in 2007, has 16 million members and is one of the most prominent...

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Apple denied iPad Mini US trademark

31 March 2013 Last updated at 07:34 ET Apple has been denied a trademark for the popular iPad Mini by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark application for the tablet was turned down because the name was "merely descriptive" and...

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Apple sued over security software

21 March 2013 Last updated at 07:27 ET A Silicon Valley-based software firm, Intertrust Technologies, claims Apple's entire product line infringes security-related patents. It is suing over the alleged violation of 15 patents, on products including...

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Internet scanned for security holes

21 March 2013 Last updated at 07:34 ET A surreptitious scan of the entire internet has revealed millions of printers, webcams and set-top boxes protected only by default passwords. An anonymous researcher used more than 420,000 of these insecure...

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Google joins digital memo market

21 March 2013 Last updated at 07:41 ET Anyone who has ever jotted down a note on the back of an envelope and promptly lost it might be interested in Google's latest offering, Keep. The service allows users to keep checklists and voice notes,...

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Hackers attack BBC Twitter accounts

21 March 2013 Last updated at 13:34 ET Several BBC Twitter accounts, including its weather, Arabic and Radio Ulster feeds were hijacked by a group calling itself Syrian Electronic Army earlier. A series of tweets about fake weather conditions...

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BBC commissions iPlayer dramas

22 March 2013 Last updated at 04:49 ET The BBC has commissioned its first original dramas for its catch-up service iPlayer. Six short films will be broadcast over the next two years by "up and coming talent" as part of a BBC Three strand. ...

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S Korea: China hack link 'a mistake'

22 March 2013 Last updated at 06:11 ET Officials in South Korea say they incorrectly linked a Chinese IP address to a cyber-attack earlier this week. On Thursday, the Korean Communications Commission said it had traced the attack to an internet...

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Microsoft details data snoopers

22 March 2013 Last updated at 07:03 ET More than 75,000 requests were made by police forces around the world for data on Microsoft users in 2012. The figures were revealed in Microsoft's first transparency report which detailed how often police...

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China starts work on home-grown OS

22 March 2013 Last updated at 07:28 ET China is working with software firm Canonical on an open-source operating system customised for Chinese users. The collaboration will produce a version of Canonical's Ubuntu operating system called Kylin...

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'Sexist joke' whistle-blower fired

22 March 2013 Last updated at 08:18 ET By Zoe Kleinman Technology reporter, BBC News A woman who was offended by an exchange between two men at the US PyCon developer conference and tweeted their photo has been fired. Adria Richards was near...

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Blizzard reveals trading card game

22 March 2013 Last updated at 12:04 ET Blizzard has taken the wraps off the new video game it has been developing - a collectable card game. Called Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, the duelling game is based around cards players gather. The...

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Google to retire Reader service

14 March 2013 Last updated at 08:19 ET Google is to shut down its Reader service in July, as usage has declined. A petition to save the service, which aggregates news content from web feeds, had 25,000 signatures in a few hours. Experts say...

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UK broadband hits double figures

14 March 2013 Last updated at 09:23 ET The average speed of home broadband is now 12Mbps (megabits per second), according to research from regulator Ofcom. That has risen by a third since its last report in May 2012 and trebled in the past...

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Expert plays down 'cyberwar' threat

14 March 2013 Last updated at 12:42 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Experts told the Public Accounts Committee cybersecurity was a rapidly changing field Al-Qaeda lacks the technical expertise...

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Eye-tracking Samsung Galaxy unveiled

14 March 2013 Last updated at 20:52 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Michelle Fleury takes a look at the Galaxy S4, and asks whether it has more...

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4G interference helpline launches

14 March 2013 Last updated at 21:57 ET The organisation set up to help households experiencing interference from 4G signals has launched. Called at800, it has been given £180m by the UK's mobile operators to ensure that next-generation services...

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N Korea says US 'behind hack attack'

15 March 2013 Last updated at 05:10 ET North Korea has accused the US and its allies of attacks on its internet servers, amid tension on the peninsula. KCNA news agency said the "intensive and persistent" attacks coincided with US-South Korea...

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Net's 'bad neighbourhoods' mapped

15 March 2013 Last updated at 07:14 ET About 50% of all junk mail on the net emerges from just 20 internet service providers (ISPs), a study has found. The survey of more than 42,000 ISPs tried to map the net's "bad neighbourhoods" to help...

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Justgiving donations site crashes

15 March 2013 Last updated at 08:05 ET Fund-raising website JustGiving has crashed just as Red Nose Day gets under way. Some people raising cash for Comic Relief were planning on using the site to gather funds as they did stunts on the appeal's...

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Gamer hacks SimCity to run offline

15 March 2013 Last updated at 08:52 ET SimCity has almost been turned into a single-player game by an enterprising hacker. By modifying the game's code, the hacker has made it possible to play the game offline almost indefinitely. The feat...

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Reuters man on Anonymous hack charge

15 March 2013 Last updated at 09:11 ET A Reuters social media editor has been charged in the US with conspiring with hacker group Anonymous to break into a website of a former employer, the Tribune Company. The indictment says Matthew Keys...

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Web 'brain' for robots goes live

8 March 2013 Last updated at 06:55 ET Robots confused about what they encounter in the world of humans can now get help online. European scientists have turned on the first part of a web-based database of information to help them cope. Called...

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Volvo unveils cyclist alert system

6 March 2013 Last updated at 11:20 ET Volvo has announced it is releasing a cyclist detection facility which should prevent fatal accidents. The auto firm says vehicles fitted with the system will be able to detect threats including a cyclist...

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Frozen phones give up data secrets

7 March 2013 Last updated at 05:59 ET Freezing an Android phone can help reveal its confidential contents, German security researchers have found. The team froze phones for an hour as a way to get around the encryption system that protects...

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Quick success for Planescape reboot

7 March 2013 Last updated at 08:14 ET A project to make a "spiritual sequel" to classic video game Planescape: Torment has taken six hours to hit its funding goal on Kickstarter. Torment: Tides of Numenera launched on 6 March seeking $900,000...

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Samsung loses Apple case in UK

7 March 2013 Last updated at 10:20 ET South Korean phone-maker Samsung has lost another patent fight against rival Apple, in the UK High Court. Samsung had said technology used in Apple products to allow phones to send and receive data over...

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Facebook gives itself a facelift

7 March 2013 Last updated at 13:56 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Facebook has revamped its design, making its website look more like its Android and iOS mobile apps. The refresh also introduces topic-specific alternatives to its news...

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Mobile gaming rise set to continue

By Jim TaylorNewsbeat reporter Angry Birds Space and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 have both been huge hits The rise in smartphone and tablet gaming will continue in 2013, according to figures seen by Newsbeat. Industry analysts IHS Screen Digest think...

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