Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

The Home Office has signed up to an EU suggestion allowing police to remotely access computers without a search warrant.

The proposed space elevator project could be powered by a simple new approach, demonstrated using a broomstick.

The social networking website was the second most viewed on Christmas Day behind Google, and ahead of YouTube and Hotmail.

Steve Jobs, head of Apple, has disclosed in a statement that he is being treated for a hormone imbalance.

China launches a new campaign to get rid of unhealthy, vulgar and pornographic content on the internet.

Mobile phone chips prepare for a generational shift

More than 50,000 people are expected at the Macworld show this week for the final year that Apple will take part.

The accompanying satellite of Shenzhou-7 orbital module has accomplished its preset mission after 100 days in space, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said on Sunday.

The US space agency's Mars rovers celebrate a longer-than-expected five years investigating the Red Planet.

a uk researcher has a new explanation for how the human race manages to keep a fairly even balance of males and females, despite massive deaths of young males in war and selective abortion of female fetuses in certain parts of the world.

Research into creating tiny structures on light sensors could mean digital cameras take better pictures.

Guyana's president asks police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website, reports say.

All the older Zune portable music players hit by a software bug should now be working, says Microsoft.

The exercise bikes that recycle your own energy

A look around a US gym powered by exercise

Click picks its top tech toys

danish prime minister anders fogh rasmussen thursday called on all countries to make prompt commitments to jointly tackle the urgent issue of ever-worsening climate change.

People in remote locations, across the world, can use technology to get their Christmas messages back home to Britain.

Time Warner will be allowed to carry Viacom Inc's (VIAb.N) MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central channels, the companies said after they reached an in-principle distribution agreement.

Part two of our look at 2009's top technology

the year of 2008 has seen the united states taking critical steps in developing renewable energy to meet the national goal of achieving 25 percent renewable energy by 2025.

A mystery software problem has affected 30GB first generation versions of the Microsoft Zune digital media player.

A professor who invented a forerunner of the world wide web is made a dame in the New Year Honours.

Regular contributor Bill Thompson looks at what separates TV and the internet.

UK housewives are spending the most leisure time online, according to a survey that reveals the world's web habits.

the state council, china's Cabinet agreed Wednesday to start issuing licenses to mobile operators for developing the third-generation (3G) high-speed networks.

a passive house can be warmed not only by the sun, but also by the heat from appliances and even from occupants’bodies.

A private company could be asked to log details of all telephone calls, emails and internet use, it is reported.

a molecule implicated in leukemia and lung cancer is also important in muscle repair and in a muscle cancer that strikes mainly children.

A more detailed picture of the final moments of the crew is painted by the NASA's 400-page report,to figure out how to make NASA's next spaceship more survivable, targeting problems with the spacesuits, restraints and helmets of the Columbia crew.

2008 may have belonged to the smartphone but problems are looming in 2009, say industry experts.

Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.

Websites could be given film-style age ratings under government plans to protect children from harmful content.

The tech team picks 2008's hottest developments

High-tech invades supermarket aisles

A look back at the year in console gaming

If you got a shiny new mobile for Christmas you might be able to make some money on your old one.

this development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions, the research team reported in the current issue of journal biomaterials.

More than five million people are expected to use the internet to carry on shopping on Christmas Day, the online retail group IMRG says.

researchers at usc have derived authentic embryonic stem cells from rats. this breakthrough finding will enable scientists to create far more effective animal models for the study of a range of human diseases, the university said in a press release wednesday.

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, dies of leukaemia aged 76.

ID fraud is a growing problem in the UK - here are some tips and tricks to help web users stay safe online.

Best known for its code-cracking work, Bletchley Park also played a role in the origins of the computer age.

Cyber thieves are hatching a plan to steal US funds through British supermarkets, the BBC learns.

Combating the whitewashing of web searches

Sky says it has successfully tested the delivery of 3D programming to a domestic television, via an HD box.

A technology that helps the modern world keep running celebrates its 40th anniversary on 5 August.

The UK's role in the early days of the computer revolution have been overlooked, say conservationists.

The sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer - known as Baby - is celebrated.

The US military's tradition of tracking Santa's Christmas Eve progress continues, with new web-based tools.

Misha Glenny meets one of Brazil's many cyber criminals, to find out what makes them go online to steal.

Cyber criminals are setting up web shops that sell stolen data for a knock-down price, say security experts.

A pan-European online library which crashed just hours after its launch last month is now back online.

Vietnam tightens restrictions on internet blogs, banning bloggers from raising subjects the government deems inappropriate.

Brazil thwarts car thieves with technology

People in remote locations, across the world, can use technology to get their Christmas messages back home to Britain.

NASA on Tuesday awarded two up-and-coming private space launch companies contracts worth 3.5 billion U.S. dollars to ship cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) after the space shuttle's planned retirement in 2010.

the year 2008 will be one second longer as the global time service system will be adding a leap second at the end of the year to keep it synchronized with the rotation of the earth.

Bill Thompson on what mobiles are doing in school

Microsoft has relaxed licensing terms for Windows XP to allow PC makers to continue selling machines with the software installed.

New innovations make the clean-up easier

Is the widespread reports of insecure networks worrying people too much asks Bill Thompson

Grid computers are helping a UK video on demand service send high-quality images over low speed networks.

Websites look set to get more accessible as standards are drawn up to help sites cater for the needs of disabled people.

A European Ariane rocket carries into orbit two satellites for the same major operator, the first time this has happened.

The Ethiopian government is handing out free energy-saving light bulbs to householders to prevent power cuts.

brazil has begun additional tests on two satellites that are expected to be launched in five years as part of a joint program with china.

more than 20 million chinese, or 68.6 percent of the country's Internet users, are using the web to get their main source of news, the CASS reported.

scientists from the california institute of technology have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium.

A French technical crew begins work repairing a major undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea.

Hi-tech criminals have helped Brazilian logging firms evade official limits on how much timber they can harvest, says a report.

Can Microsoft achieve its mobile ambitions?

Click picks its top tech toys

an ariane rocket was successfully launched saturday from the kourou space center in french guiana, sending two communication satellites into orbit. europe's Arianespace broadcast live the launch. The Ariane 5-ECA rocket was blast off from Kourou center at 22:35 GMT.

china monday launched a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan V," from the taiyuan satellite launch center.

Undersea internet and phone cables from Europe to the Middle East are severed, raising fears of major economic repercussions.

The switch to digital radio could happen in 2017 a Government-commissioned report says.

Mobiles help the web reach out

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, dies of leukaemia aged 76.

a nasa’s orbiting spacecraft has discovered the mineral evidence for a water environment capable of supporting life on mars.

the prestige scientific journal science has given top honors to research that produced "made-to-order" cell lines by reprogramming cells from ill patients.

the space agency plans to donate space shuttle discovery to the smithsonian museum, and give the others to "educational institutions, science museums, and other appropriate organizations." • space shuttle endeavour finally home• discovery safely lands after 14-day space trip

Why love has got a lot to do with web start-ups

Zimbabwe's public interest information goes out by phone

Search giant Yahoo is to drastically reduce the time it stores users' data for but privacy campaigners want more.

A patch to fix the latest hole in Internet Explorer is rushed out amid fears the flaw could aid fraudsters.

Making computer games usable for disabled children

scientists in macao and hong kong can participate in the nation's aerospace project in the future, Zhang Jianqi, deputy commander-in-chief of China's manned space engineering program, said on wednesday.• chinese astronauts share "high" experiences with over 2,000 macao students

Democracy takes a leap into an online universe

Getting the web to understand how people talk

beijing, dec. 12 (xinhua) -- china on friday announced that ...

An online watchdog has backtracked and removed a Wikipedia page showing a naked girl from its banned list.

Bill Thompson on the heady mix of politics and activism

Is the widespread reports of insecure networks worrying people too much asks Bill Thompson

China appears to have barred access to a number of websites unblocked during the Olympics, including the BBC Chinese site.

Microsoft has created a free viewer that lets owners of the Apple iPhone see large images.

An Australian lawyer has served a debtor couple with legal papers via Facebook, in what is thought to be a first.

New innovations make the clean-up easier

University students are being given iPods loaded with useful tutorials.

Security experts urge users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to switch to another browser until a security flaw is fixed.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Monday launched a third-generation mobile phone service, providing subscribers with services of voice calling, SMS, call conference, voice mail and interactive voice response.

using the sensors, researchers can monitor living cells over an extended period of time. the sensor can pinpoint the exact location of molecules inside cells, and for one agent, hydrogen peroxide, it can detect a single molecule.

The cable firm is widely expected to unveil details of its much anticipated 50Mbps broadband service.

the first china-made 2,210 kilowatt coal mining machine passed check and appraisal on saturday in the northwestern shaanxi province, reducing the reliance on exports. trial operation showed the remote control machine, produced by xi'an Coal Mining Machine Co. Ltd, can mine eight million tons of coal annually, according to the Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department.

china is scheduled to launch a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan V" on monday at the taiyuan satellite launch center in north china's Shanxi Province.

u.s. researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed.

Two experts pick the best games and toys

A Russian businessman trademarks the emoticon - punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages.

Our greater reliance on computers and digital data could leave the future in bits, warn experts.

Australian ISPs are refusing to back official plans to set up filters that restrict where people can go online.

Visualising computer viruses by their behaviour

More than one million Americans have been caught out by a ruse peddling fake security software, say US authorities.

A chat with a Russian hacker

there will be 30,000 clean-energy vehicles in china by 2012, an official with the ministry of science and technology said on friday.

Star Wars fans are to feel the force of the seminal sci-fi films and their iconic soundtracks on stage in a major new show.

female elephants living in protected populations in africa and asia live longer than those in captivity in european zoos, an international team of researchers reported thursday in the journal science.

The BBC could share its iPlayer technology with the likes of ITV and Channel 4, director general Mark Thompson has said.

Sony has taken the covers of Home - the long-awaited social networking site for PlayStation owners.

Why love has got a lot to do with web start-ups

ten winners of the 2008 nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics received their prizes on wednesday at a ceremony in stockholm, the capital of sweden. • nobel prize laureate: hiv vaccine likely due in five years

the guidelines say that a straightforward and transparent procedure for awarding licenses is the key to a successful approach avoiding delays.

The search engine's annual Zeitgeist shows what search terms are the most popular in countries around the globe.

scientists in macao and hong kong sars can participate in china's aerospace project in the future, Zhang Jianqi, deputy commander-in-chief of China's manned space engineering program, said wednesday.

Portsmouth has set up an 'intelligent' CCTV system that is able to spot unusual and potentially anti-social behaviour in the city.

One study lists the technology-driven slang entering into use, while another shows that makes for slower reading.

Inventors ask could more have been achieved?

Web tool offers voice to Africans caught up in conflict

Video game giant Electronic Arts issues another profit warning after holiday sales fall short of expectations.

Will Wright's Spore tops the list of the 10 most pirated PC games of 2008 with 1.7m illegal downloads

a google tmobile g1 ...

hubble space telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, the u.s. space agency nasa reported on tuesday. this breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life.

The body which regulates the internet has removed a Wikipedia page showing a naked girl from its banned list.

moscow, nov. 25 (xinhua) -- russia launched a space ...

A virus that tries to steal users' credit card details by tricking them into downloading software is being investigated by Facebook.

From virtual reality in the bedroom to a real life boardroom

Vacuum-powered chutes will collect rubbish on an estate in north London to try to cut mess and increase recycling.

The economic downturn is "proving a hotbed" for global cyber-crime, a study by security firm McAfee warns.

Web-based versions of popular Microsoft programs, such as Word and Excel, look set to debut in 2009.

Sony announces plans to close 10% of its manufacturing plants and cut 8,000 jobs, or 5% of its electronics workforce.

video will be the overwhelming majority of internet traffic in the next few years, u.s. network giant cisco predicted monday. "In the near future, 90 percent of consumer network traffic will be video and rich media."

A virtual world created for Muslims to help them socialise has been created.

The first public demonstration of the computer mouse took place 40 years ago on 9 December, 1968.

Why the computer mouse can damage your health

A World Community Grid project to discover new solar and energy storage materials goes live, and you can help.

holding up welcoming banners and cheering fervidly, some 2,000 hong kong students in tidy school uniform was waiting to meet their space heroes monday morning. • chinese taikonauts unveil show in hong kong on spacewalk mission

Wikipedia users express their anger after a page showing a naked girl's image is blocked by some UK internet providers.

Monday is predicted to be the busiest internet shopping day of the year with £320m forecast to be spent online.

the eco-tech products include chip-size sensors that monitor air quality while riding piggyback on street-sweepers, and cell phones that recharge themselves with energy "scavenged" from the environment, the san francisco chronicle reported.

the 33 crew members and 89 passengers abroad the cruise liner ushuaia stranded in antarctica were rescued friday by the chilean and argentine navies.

the rocket, "Beihang-2", was launched at 3:05 p.m. from the jiuquan satellite launch center in northwestern gansu province.

Microsoft is launching legal action in 12 countries against people selling fake Windows software via auction sites.

Handsets are helping rock bands reach new fans

Parents are being warned about fake imported Nintendo consoles which could be a fire hazard and pose a danger to children.

UK's digital Imax screens switch on

Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer takes his solar-powered car to the UN climate change talks after a round-the-world trip.

Prescription-only painkillers available over the internet could be 'deadly' say experts.

The US space agency (Nasa) has delayed the launch of its Mars Science Laboratory rover mission from 2009 to 2011.

los angeles, dec. 4 (xinhua) -- mars used to have cyclical ...

50 years ago the motorway was an empty haven

Building digital copies of big cities

Red faces over download claims

a fossil of a toothless flying pterosaur, with a body bigger than some family cars, represents the largest of these extinct reptiles ever to be found and has forced the creation of a new genus.

nasa said that deputy administrator shana dale will resign from the agency in advance of the new administration coming into office.

billionaire investor carl icahn has voiced opposition to attempts by aol veteran jonathan miller or anyone else acquiring yahoo inc. piecemeal. icahn said he would oppose selling just more than half of yahoo's Web portal because he insisted that its shares are undervalued.

The online seller best known for books has branched out into offering DRM-free music tracks.

Croatia's PM orders an inquiry following arrests of opposition activists who used the social networking website Facebook.

Australia's plan to filter the internet gets under way

Nokia demonstrates a mobile system that could eventually turn on the oven, video recorder and the kettle.

The process of opening up the new .tel net domain - a repository for contact details - begins on 3 December.

Is it possible to archive ever-changing websites?

Amid claims the computer mouse will soon be history, the world's biggest manufacturer of the device rolls the billionth one off the production line.

A note on the Apple website regarding security turns out to be "old and inaccurate".

an iaea official on tuesday called for actions to apply the nuclear technology to increase agricultural output so as to ease the food crisis.

Bill Thompson on what free means for social sites

los angeles, nov. 25 (xinhua) -- social network facebook ...

nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, unveiled the N97 on Tuesday, a new flagship model with a large touch screen which it hopes will bolster its smartphone offering.• iPhone 3G voted "gadget of year"• First Google phone unveiled in U.S., cheaper than iPhone

a press report stating that microsoft has restarted talks to buy yahoo's search business for 20 billion U.S. dollars "has no basis in fact," the San Francisco Chronicle The Chronicle quoted an executive at one of the firms who requested anonymity as saying on Monday.

Yahoo agrees a deal that will make it the exclusive search engine for Virgin Mobile's four million subscribers.

Police forces will be remotely searching hard drives as Europe steps up the fight against hi-tech thieves.

the progress m-01m will deliver 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, clothes and equipment, as well as new year gifts from relatives to the iss crew members.

china will launch a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan " on monday at the northwestern jiuquan satellite launch center.

u.s. space shuttle endeavour landed in california sunday afternoon after a 16-day trip, as unfavorable weather conditions in florida prevented the shuttle from landing in its home base in cape canaveral.• nasa diverts endeavour to land in california

Stopping the UK's digital divide becoming a chas