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VIDEO: 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?' (19/5/2012)
As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth....

VIDEO: Facebook shares see modest debut (19/5/2012)
Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38....

VIDEO: Electric unicycles and other tech news (19/5/2012)
Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories....

VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs (19/5/2012)
MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet....

Prosthetic retina in development (19/5/2012)
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness....

Computer game for stroke patients (19/5/2012)
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes....

Twitter backs web privacy effort (19/5/2012)
Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored....

Silicon trick for next-gen memory (19/5/2012)
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip....

Is social media changing how we complain? (18/5/2012)
Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?...

Facebook's first female engineer (18/5/2012)
The social networking giant's first female engineer...

Can Facebook crack China? (18/5/2012)
Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?...

AUDIO: Taxman targets online traders (18/5/2012)
HMRC is targetting people who use sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell items online at a profit....

Government may miss cloud targets (18/5/2012)
The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests....

Met Police to extract phone data (18/5/2012)
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned....

VIDEO: Ivy League education free on the web (17/5/2012)
Click's Sumi Das reports on the Udacity project which is already causing ripples around the globe as it is making a top class education available to anyone, anywhere and for free....

AUDIO: Could you be a Facebook 'addict'? (17/5/2012)
The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen....

Diablo III players report game bug (17/5/2012)
Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems....

Milestone for wi-fi with 'T-rays' (17/5/2012)
Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum....

Sexting threat comes from peers (17/5/2012)
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures...

Jury out in Google Oracle dispute (17/5/2012)
A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle....

Google patents Project Glass design (17/5/2012)
Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass....

The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack (17/5/2012)
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack....

Government to miss cookie cut-off (17/5/2012)
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC....

In Pictures: UK engineering award (16/5/2012)
Three finalists fight for UK's top engineering award: a multinational car firm, a small flood consultancy and a high-tech camera manufacturer...

AMD unveils Trinity processors (16/5/2012)
AMD unveils its latest PC chip boasting more graphics power than Intel's Ivy Bridge and new 'energy recycling' tech....

Twitter vows to 'protect' users (16/5/2012)
Twitter tells the BBC it hopes to work more closely with government and other policymakers....

Apple releases patch for older OS (16/5/2012)
Apple offers Flashback patch for customers who with older operating systems....

Diablo III game finally launched (16/5/2012)
Fans knock over maker Blizzard's servers as they rush to play the much-awaited sequel to the fantasy action role-playing game....

BT and TalkTalk lag in speed test (16/5/2012)
Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services....

Sina swings to loss on expenses (16/5/2012)
Sina Corp, China's largest internet portal and media website, posts a loss in the first three months of the year....

Nokia accuses Apple of Siri bias (16/5/2012)
A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"...

Nvidia aims for fastest computer (16/5/2012)
Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer....

Mobile porn filters 'censorship' (16/5/2012)
A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children....

Facebook - buy or sell? (15/5/2012)
The nervous questions ahead of Facebook's IPO...

VIDEO: The challenge for Yahoo (15/5/2012)
Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV....

VIDEO: Philippines call centre success (15/5/2012)
The Philippines has recently overtaken India as the country with the most call centre workers - and it is due in no small part to technology....

VIDEO: Guide to developing mobile games (15/5/2012)
With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry....

Robot can scent online activity (15/5/2012)
A web-connected robot that emits a puff of perfume is helping people gauge how connected they are online....

US town police ban 'walk-texting' (15/5/2012)
Pedestrians in an American town are being fined £50 for texting while they walk....

Apple drops '4G' from iPad ads (15/5/2012)
Apple has stopped using '4G' in adverts for its latest iPad following complaints about which technologies the phrase stood for....

Microsoft backs torrent blocker (15/5/2012)
A system said to block bit torrent downloads is backed by a Microsoft fund, but experts dispute its long-term effectiveness....

In-flight internet to take off? (14/5/2012)
Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi...

Change.org targets UK petitions (14/5/2012)
The campaign site Change.org is localising its service to help publicise UK-based campaigns....

VIDEO: Buyers' guide to wireless printers (13/5/2012)
Spencer Kelly advises on the huge range of wireless printers available in the shops....

Wargaming a fight against hackers (12/5/2012)
Training the next generation of digital defenders...

VIDEO: How to 'beam' a robot avatar (12/5/2012)
The BBC has been given an exclusive demonstration of how the technology of robot avatar 'beaming' works, allowing a kind of 'physical' interaction at a distance....

AUDIO: Tweeting to a planet near you (12/5/2012)
Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain....

VIDEO: Facebook app offensive and other tech news (12/5/2012)
In a bid to ramp up its focus on mobile lifestyles, Facebook acquires 'social discovery' startup Glancee....

Game sales see sharp drop in US (12/5/2012)
US gamers spent 42% less on their hobby in April compared to the same period in 2011, says market research firm NPD....

Chat: Should phones be banned in school? (12/5/2012)
The man who runs Ofsted, which examines schools, says he wants children banned from taking their phones into class....

Facebook tests 'pay to post' tool (12/5/2012)
Some Facebook users are getting the chance to pay a small fee to make some posts 'more visible' on the social network....

Robot research laboratory opens (11/5/2012)
The UK's biggest robotics lab opens for business...

VIDEO: Does web privacy have a price? (11/5/2012)
Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves...

VIDEO: Why do gadgets keep on breaking? (11/5/2012)
An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them...

China Flipboard users to beat US (11/5/2012)
Flipboard - a popular news magazine for mobile devices - expects the number of downloads of its app in China to soon surpass those in the United States....

Warcraft subscriptions stabilise (11/5/2012)
Activision Blizzard says subscriptions to World of Warcraft have held steady after losing over one million users the previous year....

UK teen arrested in hack probe (11/5/2012)
A teenager is arrested in Newcastle over alleged involvement with hacking group Team Poison....

Games age rating rules changed (11/5/2012)
The rating system used to warn parents about unsuitable content in video games is to be simplified, the government says...

Dutch court bans Pirate Bay links (11/5/2012)
The Netherlands' Pirate Party is banned from telling users how to bypass blocks to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site....

Bing brings Facebook to searches (11/5/2012)
Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms....

How does the 'bionic' marathon suit work? (10/5/2012)
How a robotic suit let a paralysed woman complete a marathon...

Bioshock Infinite delayed to 2013 (10/5/2012)
The much-anticipated third game in the Bioshock series will miss its Christmas sales slot after its developer asks for more time....

Nuance confirms Samsung TV tie-up (10/5/2012)
The US-based voice recognition firm Nuance confirms its technology is being used in Samsung's high-end TVs....

Mobile firms attack 'early 4G' (10/5/2012)
Rivals have voiced their objections to Everything Everywhere rolling out 4G mobile services before them....

Microsoft shows off MirageTable (10/5/2012)
An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations....

Carmageddon comeback seeks cash (10/5/2012)
Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project....

Idle home PCs raise charity cash (10/5/2012)
Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects....

'Net abuse ended my teaching job' (9/5/2012)
A teacher explains why she quit her job after facing online abuse...

The secret of Cambridge's success (9/5/2012)
Why the city's tech cluster has been such as a success...

WH Smith's Queen's Knickers error (9/5/2012)
A fault with WH Smith's IT system cause all of its till receipts to say customers have bought "The Queen's Knickers"....

Judge delays decision on Xbox ban (9/5/2012)
Motorola Mobility must wait longer to find out if it will be allowed to enforce a ban on Microsoft's Xbox and other products in Germany....

Microsoft to go carbon neutral (9/5/2012)
The software giant is going carbon neutral from July and will charge an internal carbon fee based on emission levels....

Star Wars game's subscribers fall (9/5/2012)
Electronic Arts reports that there has been about a 25% fall in subscribers to its Star Wars online video game....

New light bulb to last 23 years (9/5/2012)
Light bulbs meant to last for more than two decades while consuming very little energy may go on sale later this year....

Virgin Media suffers hack attack (9/5/2012)
Virgin Media takes its website offline after an attack by hacktivists angered by The Pirate Bay access ban....

Telefonica unveils Skype rival (9/5/2012)
The owner of O2 and Movistar launches an app capable of making calls over the internet like rivals such as Skype....

HTML5 takes the internet by storm (8/5/2012)
HTML5 takes the internet by storm...

Top rivals of the smartphone war (8/5/2012)
Meet the top contestants fighting for the iPhone's crown...

Bacteria may help build PCs (8/5/2012)
Magnet-making bacteria may help build biological computers of the future, researchers say...

Evernote to open China data hub (8/5/2012)
Evernote, the company behind the popular digital note-taking service, plans to tap the world's largest web community - China...

Tony Sale computer award launched (8/5/2012)
The life of a pioneering computer conservationist is being commemorated with an award for the best computer restoration project....

VIDEO: Cybercrime warnings for India (7/5/2012)
Cybercrime is a problem in developed countries and as the internet expands in emerging countries it's opening up a new range of potential targets to cybercriminals....

VIDEO: James May meets his virtual self (6/5/2012)
Richard Taylor reports on how virtual reality has made James May fear for the future of his presenting career....

VIDEO: PM to discuss porn blocks with ISPs (5/5/2012)
David Cameron is to meet ISPs to discuss new measures aimed at protecting children from pornography online...

VIDEO: Smart 'eyes and ears' for Galaxy S3 (5/5/2012)
In Click's weekly tech news Samsung has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, that tracks its users eyes and listens to voice commands. Also supports wireless charging....

'Give patients smartphones' call (5/5/2012)
Giving cheap smartphones to patients living in remote and rural areas has been suggested as a way of providing faster care....

Consultation on web porn measures (5/5/2012)
The government will consult on new measures to protect children from internet pornography, including a parental opt-in policy for receiving adult content....

Net ID scheme for children mooted (5/5/2012)
Brussels proposes creating an age-based authentication system for children to ensure they stay safe when going online....

UK faces £1bn broadband shortfall (5/5/2012)
The government's targets for access to broadband services are unlikely to be met because of a £1.1bn funding shortfall, says a report....

Putting paedophiles in the picture (4/5/2012)
Image tools used by Interpol to arrest child abusers...

AUDIO: MP: Abuse 'not Twitter's fault' (4/5/2012)
Conservative MP Louise Mensch and Chief Constable Stuart Hyde debate abuse on Twitter...

VIDEO: Taking a look at the new Galaxy S3 (4/5/2012)
South Korean firm Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the successor to the Galaxy S2....

Bouncers 'checking Facebook ID' (4/5/2012)
Some bouncers are checking Facebook accounts to verify customers' ID on their smartphones, it has been revealed....

Microsubmarines 'could clean oil' (4/5/2012)
Tiny submarines that are 10 times smaller than the width of a human hair could be used to clean up oil spills, US researchers say....

London to test 'smart city' OS (4/5/2012)
An operating system developed to connect services in the cities of the future will be put through its paces in London....

Norway heads net address shift (4/5/2012)
Norway is leading the way in preparing for the move to the net's new addressing scheme, suggests a survey....

Ubuntu challenges OS status quo (3/5/2012)
Ubuntu's plans to revolutionise computing...

VIDEO: Social network your way to freebies (3/5/2012)
How your status updates can affect how you are treated in shops, restaurants, and hotels...

Draw Something 'suffers user dip' (3/5/2012)
Popular mobile game Draw Something has lost millions of users in the past month, analysis suggests....

Call of Duty game to battle Halo (3/5/2012)
The latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops 2, will go on sale a week after Microsoft relaunches its Halo franchise....

Harry Potter-inspired blood tests (3/5/2012)
A diary that writes on its own pages in one of the Harry Potter books inspires a paper that spells out blood types....

UK to open up access to research (3/5/2012)
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales is to help the UK government make the academic research it funds freely available to all....

Blackberry's $10,000 app promise (3/5/2012)
Research In Motion promises a cash guarantee to developers who create quality apps for its forthcoming system refresh....

Piracy moves to private networks (3/5/2012)
Content providers may turn their attention to virtual private networks (VPNs) after The Pirate Bay urged visitors to use them....

Smart materials to aid camouflage (3/5/2012)
Smart clothes that change colour could help people to camouflage - just like squids do, say scientists....

Rugby club tackles injury prevention (2/5/2012)
Leicester Tigers teams up with IBM analytics...

The rise of bokeh photography (2/5/2012)
Bokeh has suddenly splattered onto our TV screens, writes Paul Mason....

Flashback 'hijacked' web searches (2/5/2012)
The Flashback Trojan could have netted its creators more than $10,000 a day, suggests analysis of the malware....

Microsoft's 'racy' app crackdown (2/5/2012)
Apps containing racy or sexual content are to be purged from the Windows Phone app store if developers do not make changes....

BBC News website wins Webby award (2/5/2012)
The BBC News website picks up another award at the 16th Webbys while new entrants Pinterest, Google+ and Spotify get their first....

RIM offers Blackberry prototypes (2/5/2012)
Developers get their hands on early version of RIM's new handset as the firm gears up to take on rivals....

What a future cyberwar will look like (1/5/2012)
What the next cyberwar might be like...

Angola beats most of Europe to 4G (1/5/2012)
Post-war African state beats most of Europe to 4G...

VIDEO: 'UK loves data': CEO's case for 4G (1/5/2012)
Olaf Swantee, CEO of Everything Everywhere, explains why he thinks the UK needs to speed up the rollout of 4G....

VIDEO: 'Money-saving' tablet plan for MPs (1/5/2012)
Three MPs were challenged to the Temple Run game on an iPad as a Commons committee suggested giving every MP a tablet computer to save money and printing paper....

VIDEO: Pirate Bay: Fighting a losing battle? (1/5/2012)
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled....

Campaign to speed up 4G roll-out (1/5/2012)
Mobile firm Everything Everywhere has launched a campaign to pressure politicians to deliver the rollout of 4G services....

iPad '4G' claims face UK scrutiny (1/5/2012)
Apple is facing a wider inquiry over "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands....

High pay 'revolt' web tool debuts (30/4/2012)
A new online tool is launched that lets individuals complain if they feel executive pay at companies is too high....

VIDEO: Webscape: Digital flashcards aid memory (28/4/2012)
Web reviewer Kate Russell finds out how the web can improve her memory....

VIDEO: Raspberry Pi put to test by student (28/4/2012)
A-Level computing student Isabell Long and technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones put the Raspberry Pi computer through its paces....

VIDEO: Facebook's billions and other tech news (28/4/2012)
In Click's weekly tech news wrap up Facebook announces it already boasts over 900 million active users and is on course for its first billion....

VIDEO: A new way of storytelling on the web (28/4/2012)
Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright discusses online project the Random Adventures of Brandon Generator...

Ikea produces cardboard camera (28/4/2012)
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has revealed an eco-friendly digital camera made almost entirely from cardboard....

Apple's bid to keep secrets safe (28/4/2012)
Apple plans to open an off-site restaurant reserved for employees so they can chat over lunch with spilling secrets....

Parents 'ignore Facebook age bar' (28/4/2012)
Children's minister Tim Loughton warns that parents are helping their children dodge Facebook age limits to set up accounts....

Samsung unveils smartphone chip (28/4/2012)
Samsung, which makes the Galaxy smartphone, says its next flagship handset will use a new quad-core processor....

Digital downloads to debut on 3DS (28/4/2012)
Nintendo players may soon be able to buy games for their 3DS handheld device digitally on the same day as they are released in stores....

Fast fix for Hotmail password bug (28/4/2012)
Microsoft has rushed out a fix for a serious bug that affected its Hotmail webmail service....

Raspberry Pi: 'a great experiment' (27/4/2012)
Putting the Raspberry Pi through its paces...

VIDEO: Bionic suit helps people walk again (27/4/2012)
People who have been paralysed are trying out battery-powered "bionic" suits to help them to walk again....

VIDEO: 50 years since UK went into space (27/4/2012)
Britain sent its first satellite into space 50 years ago when Ariel 1 launched on 26 April, 1962....

VIDEO: Criminal websites taken down (27/4/2012)
Dozens of criminal websites offering credit card details and other private information have been taken down in a global police operation, as Ben Ando explains....

VIDEO: Are humans ready to become digital? (27/4/2012)
An exhibition shows how people may use virtual forms of themselves to work and play in the future....

Stain-shedding coating gets tough (27/4/2012)
Chemists devise a means to coat cotton fabrics with durable "super-hydrophobic" layers that repel water and stains alike....

Facebook offers anti-virus code (27/4/2012)
Facebook has launched Anti-virus Marketplace - a new portal to protect the social network's users from malware....

UK company to build Sun satellite (27/4/2012)
British industry will lead the production of Solar Orbiter, a spacecraft that will travel closer to the Sun than any satellite to date....

Digital Economy Act hit by delay (27/4/2012)
Plans to send warning letters to suspected illegal file-sharers have been put off until at least 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport confirms....

Could teenagers be stopped from looking at porn? (26/4/2012)
Should the internet be regulated to safeguard children?...

World's five top cyber threats (26/4/2012)
The top five cyber threats for our world...

VIDEO: Is porn 'genie out of bottle'? (26/4/2012)
Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas and Jim Killock of Open Rights Group discuss the best strategies to prevent children from accessing pornography online....

GPS network is quick quake sensor (26/4/2012)
The US space agency Nasa is testing a network of GPS sensors as a rapid-response measure of earthquake location and magnitude....

Olympics powerless over web video (26/4/2012)
Olympic bosses admit their ban on spectators posting videos and images on social networking sites will be unenforceable....

Insecure websites set to be named (26/4/2012)
Companies that do not do enough to keep their websites secure are to be named and shamed to help improve security....

Apple rejects laptop-tablet mix (26/4/2012)
Apple chief executive Tim Cook dismisses the idea of combining laptops and tablets, a vision being pursued by Intel and others....

Disputed Nokia-HTC patent revoked (26/4/2012)
The European Patent Office revokes a patent used to halt mobile phone sales in Germany....

O2 launches mobile wallet service (26/4/2012)
O2 unveils an app that allows users to transfer up to £500 via text message and speed up purchases from online retailers....

UK's data breach fines dissected (26/4/2012)
A freedom of information request suggests public sector bodies are more likely to attract data breach fines than private firms....

'No evidence' of harm by mobiles (26/4/2012)
There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency....

Sir Stuart Rose bets on phone app (25/4/2012)
Sir Stuart Rose swaps M&S for a mobile app start-up...

AUDIO: The legal perils of Twitter (25/4/2012)
Solicitor Jonathan Armstrong outlines the offences that can be committed on Twitter after a footballer revealed the identity of a rape victim on the social networking site....

VIDEO: Put a robot in charge of yourself (25/4/2012)
Click's Spencer Kelly surrenders to the will of a machine which has its own ideas about where he should walk....

VIDEO: Test flying a human-powered plane (25/4/2012)
Bang Goes The Theory's Jem Stansfield attempts to build a plane which is kept in the air by the energy of his own pedalling....

Web snooping powers 'out of date' (25/4/2012)
Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook and new laws are needed, a former GCHQ chief says....

Club suspends rape case tweeter (25/4/2012)
A Sheffield United team-mate of Ched Evans is suspended over alleged Twitter comments after the jailed Wales international's rape conviction....

3D images may help treat cancer (25/4/2012)
Three-dimensional images of tissue samples could help spot cancer early, say researchers....

Plans for asteroid mining emerge (25/4/2012)
Details emerge of a plan to mine asteroids for their resources backed by film director James Cameron and Google billionaires Larry Page and Eric Schmidt....

Summer sneak preview of Windows 8 (25/4/2012)
A June preview of Windows 8 will be the closest yet to the final version....

Hard drives offer rich pickings (25/4/2012)
Many people are a "soft touch" for fraudsters because they fail to wipe data from old disks, says the UK's privacy watchdog....

Mobile firms plan privacy tools (25/4/2012)
Tools to stop too much personal data being shared are being developed by a mobile industry body....

Google offers 16TB cloud storage (25/4/2012)
Google offers remote storage with 5GB of space for free, or up to 16TB for a charge, challenging Dropbox, Microsoft and others....

Bloodhound diary: Stopping from 1,000mph (24/4/2012)
How do you brake the world's fastest car?...

VIDEO: New technology to help older drivers (24/4/2012)
As we get older, our senses such as sight and hearing diminish and that leads to many people giving up driving. Now, new technology is being developed to help older drivers stay on the road longer....

ZX Spectrum: Evolution of design (24/4/2012)
Photos by ZX Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson reveal how the computer's design evolved....

Pinterest clones flooding China (24/4/2012)
Pinterest clones have flooded China's web world - only months after the social image-sharing website reached massive popularity....

Poor mobile sites 'drain battery' (24/4/2012)
Badly coded mobile websites are unnecessarily draining smartphone batteries, researchers say....

Access to Megaupload data debated (24/4/2012)
Negotiations start on April 26 over what happens to data taken offline by the shut down of file-sharing site Megaupload....

Talks proposed in China iPad row (24/4/2012)
A legal row over the use of the iPad name in China could be settled by out-of-court talks....

Are you a Luddite? (23/4/2012)
A term used to refer to gadget haters, but what is its origin?...

Sinclair's ZX Spectrum turns 30 (23/4/2012)
Reunion for designers of Sinclair's computer...

US introduces $60 LED light bulb (22/4/2012)
A prize-winning light bulb that lasts for 20 years will go on sale in the US on 22 April also known as Earth Day....

'Most hated man on the internet' (21/4/2012)
The BBC talks to the man behind the notorious revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp...

VIDEO: Webscape: Social networking robots (21/4/2012)
Web reviewer Kate Russell lets robots run her social networking....

VIDEO: Smartwatch funding record and other tech news (21/4/2012)
The Pebble Smartwatch, an electronic paper watch designed to work alongside smartphones, raises record amount on crowdsourcing funding site Kickstarter....

VIDEO: A real way into a virtual world (21/4/2012)
Businesses explore how they can use avatars and virtual reality...

Anonymous creates Pastebin rival (21/4/2012)
An Anonymous-branded site is created promising not to censor or moderate details posted by hackers....

Mozilla phone on sale 'late 2012' (21/4/2012)
Mobile phones running an operating system developed by makers of the Firefox web browser will go on sale in late 2012....

Nasa challenges citizen scientists (21/4/2012)
Better ways to spot landing sites on the Moon are part of a Nasa competition to harness "citizen scientists"....

In pictures: Crazy inventions (20/4/2012)
Hands-free umbrellas and other innovations on show in Geneva...

VIDEO: Beatboxer 'collides' with computers (20/4/2012)
Coders who use the SuperCollider music programming language have descended on London for a festival that celebrates the tool's creative powers....

AUDIO: MP's campaign to cut online porn (20/4/2012)
Radio 5 live spoke to two teenagers who regularly watch online porn and to the MP calling on tighter access controls....

VIDEO: Making a real sonic screwdriver (20/4/2012)
A team of physicists at Dundee University design and build a sonic screwdriver which could help in ultrasound surgery....

Scientists create 'Dr Who device' (20/4/2012)
Scientists claim to have invented their own version of Doctor Who's famous sonic screwdriver....

Hackers target abortion provider (20/4/2012)
Thousands of attempts have been made to hack into the computers of Britain's largest provider of abortion services, the BBC learns....

Romance is 'driven by women' (20/4/2012)
A study of mobile phone calls suggests that women call their spouse most frequently earlier and over a longer period of time than men....

Tumblr to begin offering paid ads (20/4/2012)
Blogging platform Tumblr is to introduce paid advertising despite its founder having previously attacked the idea....

Plans create 'nation of suspects' (20/4/2012)
Government web surveillance plans will create a "nation of suspects", says former shadow home secretary David Davis....

Call for vehicle safety sensors (20/4/2012)
All buses and lorries in the UK should be fitted with added blind-spot technology by 2015, a report suggests....

Microsoft profits beat forecasts (20/4/2012)
Microsoft quarterly profits drop slightly but the results beat analysts' expectations after a surprise rise in sales of its Windows operating system....

GCHQ releases WWII Turing papers (20/4/2012)
After 70 years, two papers on the theory of code breaking by mathematician Alan Turing are released to the National Archives....

VIDEO: The 'eye-tech' future of vision (19/4/2012)
How technology will give us second sight - including the power to move objects by blinking....

VIDEO: London analogue TV to be switched off (19/4/2012)
People will need to convert televisions to receive the digital signal and Freeview viewers also need to retune....

AUDIO: Cake and Ceefax songs remembered (19/4/2012)
As Londoners bid farewell to the Ceefax text service, former Ceefax journalist Rob Liddle recalls what made the service great....

AUDIO: Berners-Lee: 'Protest necessary' (19/4/2012)
World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said people should protest against current plans to increase internet monitoring....

Halo 4 release date confirmed (19/4/2012)
Microsoft confirms the latest instalment in the popular first-person shooter will be out on 6 November....

'Take to streets' over web plans (19/4/2012)
World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee says people should protest "in the streets" against plans to increase internet monitoring....

Twitter proposes patent agreement (19/4/2012)
Twitter plans to put its engineers and designers in charge of how their patents are used....

MPs call for better porn blocks (19/4/2012)
MPs find children are viewing pornography and other unsuitable content online and they want more done to block it....

3D printers set to produce drugs (19/4/2012)
Efforts to create customised medicines using 3D printer-based technology are being developed in Glasgow....

Google tackles Gmail access fault (18/4/2012)
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