Cutting edge telecoms sat launches

25 July 2013 Last updated at 15:56 ET By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News London-based Inmarsat, which provides mobile satellite telecommunications, has launched its latest spacecraft. Alphasat I-XL rode an Ariane 5 to orbit,...

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Chinese firm controls UK porn filter

25 July 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News The pornography filtering system praised by David Cameron is controlled by the controversial Chinese company Huawei, the BBC has learned. UK-based employees at...

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Sony confirms Gran Turismo movie

By Jonathan BlakeNewsbeat technology reporter Sony has confirmed that a film based on the Gran Turismo PlayStation game is in development. The company said it could not provide any further details about the movie or when it would be made. The Social...

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Bots help geeks nab best tables

26 July 2013 Last updated at 07:07 ET By Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News If you want a good table at a top restaurant in Silicon Valley you had better be a good programmer. Coders in San Francisco are using custom written programmes,...

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Vivendi in $8.2bn Activision sale

26 July 2013 Last updated at 08:38 ET French media group Vivendi has agreed to sell control of US games firm Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. Vivendi is selling 85% of its 61.1% stake in Activision...

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Cybersquatters descend on royal baby

26 July 2013 Last updated at 08:57 ET Cybersquatters have leapt at the chance to register domain names referring to the new royal baby, Prince George. Within moments of the baby's name being announced, domains such as GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com...

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Elite hacker dies ahead of event

26 July 2013 Last updated at 11:44 ET An elite hacker who was due to demonstrate how heart implants could be hacked has died unexpectedly in San Francisco. Barnaby Jack died on Thursday, the city's medical examiner's office told Reuters, but...

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Bing introduces abuse search pop-ups

27 July 2013 Last updated at 10:34 ET Microsoft's Bing search engine has become the first to introduce pop-up warnings for people in the UK who seek out online images of child abuse. The notification will tell them the content is illegal and...

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Twitter action urged after threats

27 July 2013 Last updated at 16:49 ET By Keith Moore BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Caroline Criado-Perez: Twitter complaints procedure "completely inadequate" A petition calling on...

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Co-founder of 'Russian Google' dies

28 July 2013 Last updated at 11:18 ET The man who co-founded Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, has died aged 48 after suffering from cancer. Ilya Segalovich set up the web company with business partner and school friend Arkady Volozh...

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Kit turns sweat into drinking water

18 July 2013 Last updated at 11:53 ET A machine that takes sweat-laden clothes and turns the moisture into drinking water is in use in Sweden. The device spins and heats the material to remove the sweat, and then passes the vapour through a...

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Freeview failure hits Sony owners

21 July 2013 Last updated at 09:58 ET Sony says it is experiencing "a major technical issue" after many owners of its DVD recorders lost access to their Freeview TV channels. Dozens of owners have written to the BBC to complain that a malfunctioning...

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UK officers make more data requests

18 July 2013 Last updated at 15:31 ET UK authorities increased the number of requests they made about the public's use of texts, emails and other communications data last year, an official report has revealed. It said there were more than 570,000...

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Google and Microsoft miss forecasts

18 July 2013 Last updated at 16:57 ET Two of the world's biggest technology companies, Google and Microsoft, have badly missed earnings expectations for the second quarter. Google reported profits of $9.7bn (£6.4bn), up 16% from a year ago...

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Huawei denies spying allegations

19 July 2013 Last updated at 04:58 ET Huawei has denied claims made by a former US Central ­Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief, Michael Hayden, that it has spied for the Chinese government. Mr Hayden was quoted by the Australian Financial Review...

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Tech giants demand spying openness

19 July 2013 Last updated at 07:13 ET Apple, Google and dozens of other technology companies have urged US authorities to let them divulge more details about security requests. The companies want to be able to report regular statistics about...

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Music piracy 'rises' after festivals

Festivals cause a rise in online music piracy, research from Spotify suggests. The findings appear to show that festivals increase demand for artists' music, but that festival-goers mainly sample through unauthorized channels. "Our analysis uncovered...

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Phone anti-theft put through paces

19 July 2013 Last updated at 09:40 ET New measures to curb soaring levels of mobile phone theft worldwide are to be tested in New York and San Francisco. Prosecutors will test measures on Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4 to measure...

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Disney defends cost of new game

19 July 2013 Last updated at 19:09 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. John Day from Disney tells the BBC's Dave Lee about the entertainment company's major...

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PM urges firms to block abuse images

21 July 2013 Last updated at 10:42 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: "This is the start of a journey, but there is also the option of introducing stronger laws here in the UK and I don't...

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'Master key' to Android phones found

4 July 2013 Last updated at 06:12 ET A "master key" that could give cyber-thieves unfettered access to almost any Android phone has been discovered by security research firm BlueBox. The bug could be exploited to let an attacker do what they...

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France 'has vast data surveillance'

4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:11 ET France's foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the controversial US Prism programme, according to the French daily Le Monde. The data is stored on a supercomputer...

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Twitter translates Egypt tweets

4 July 2013 Last updated at 10:50 ET Tweets from leading Egyptians are being automatically translated as part of a new Twitter service for non-Arabic speakers. As Egypt's military ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday, non-Egyptians...

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Google privacy policy criticised

4 July 2013 Last updated at 13:26 ET Google could face "enforcement action" if it does not improve its privacy policies, the UK's data watchdog says. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) believes there are "serious questions" concerning...

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MoD tackles cyber-attacks on firms

4 July 2013 Last updated at 22:03 ET The UK's defences against cyber attacks are to be strengthened under new plans that will see the Ministry of Defence working with its biggest contractors. The MoD said the partnership could mean more intelligence...

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Samsung profit outlook misses estimates

5 July 2013 Last updated at 00:05 ET Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest mobile phone and TV maker, has forecast weaker-than-expected profits for the April to June quarter. It has estimated an operating profit of 9.5 trillion won ($8.3bn;...

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Rural broadband rollout criticised

5 July 2013 Last updated at 05:00 ET By Leo Kelion Technology reporter Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones visits the Cotswolds, which is still waiting The government's...

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Jay-Z Android app cloned by hackers

5 July 2013 Last updated at 05:36 ET Hackers have cloned the Android app of rapper Jay-Z and inserted messages criticising the US government. The official app is being used by the rapper as a way to promote his latest album - Magna Carta Holy...

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Human gestures perplex robot guide

5 July 2013 Last updated at 08:24 ET Honda's popular robot Asimo faced problems with gesture recognition on its first day as a museum guide at the Miraikan science museum in Tokyo. The machine struggled to differentiate between museum-goers...

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BBC to suspend 3D programming

5 July 2013 Last updated at 11:15 ET The BBC is to suspend 3D programming for an indefinite period due to a "lack of public appetite" for the technology. Kim Shillinglaw, the BBC's head of 3D, said it has "not taken off" with audiences who...

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