The race to make RAM that keeps its memory in a power outage

Firms face raids and fines of up to £500,000 for sending unsolicited text messages about credit or compensation.

The Russian man accused by Microsoft of being behind the Kelihos botnet attack insists he is "absolutely not guilty".

The social network and Washington State sue a marketing firm over claims that it deceived users by hiding 'Like' buttons.

Kate Russell looks at ways to keep motivated when exercising and new innovations for education websites.

A European Parliament rapporteur stands down in protest as a controversial anti-piracy agreement is signed by several countries.

While America is running down its manned space programme - further north - two Canadian students have shown that flying into space does not always have to be rocket science.

A crowdsourced version of the sci-fi classic Star Wars: A New Hope becomes an internet hit after nearly three years in production. This and more in this week's tech news.

An £80m Home Office programme to give police forces Blackberrys and other mobile devices has been criticised by the National Audit Office.

The firm's UK boss responds to claims its smartphones are falling out of favour

Military experts gathered in London this week to discuss the growing threat of cyber attacks to international security.

With half the world online by 2016, the web economy in the G20 countries is set to nearly double in size to $4.2tn (£2.7tn), research suggests.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics announces a 17% rise in profits in the last three months of 2011, as smartphone sales boosted earnings.

Mobile phone giant Nokia reports a loss for the final three months of last year, as sales of mobile devices fell sharply.

Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, as it continues to expand internationally.

A New Zealand court denies bail to the founder of file-sharing website Megaupload, sought by the US for internet piracy, saying he poses a flight risk.

Keeping systems safe from attack

Intel is paying $120m (£76m) for RealNetwork's video patents. Experts say it undermines claims that a "patent bubble" has burst.

Rights campaigners have criticised plans to ask search engines to demote illegal sites in order to fight piracy.

Cyber-attack on our digital lives is a growing problem according to the US Army's Cyber Command, which is recruiting "world class cyber warriors".

Facebook has "an 800 million-strong Neighbourhood Watch system" to protect against people carrying out malicious acts, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

Google's legal director Daphne Keller explains how the firm is able to stop people from discovering contentious material using its search engine.

A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his mind.

The FBI asks contractors to suggest a system that can "scrape" information from social networks to build alert maps.

Amy Lees told Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire about being cyberstalked by her ex-boyfriend who was posing as another man.

Symantec advises customers to stop using its pcAnywhere program after stolen source code exposes serious vulnerabilities.

Japanese gaming giant Nintendo announces heavy losses, blaming the strong yen and poor sales of its key 3DS console.

The computer coder who turns disaster into sculpture

Google's Android operating system's share of the global tablet computer market rises sharply at the expense of Apple's iOS, research suggests.

For the first time researchers achieve the "cloaking" of a three-dimensional object to make it invisible as viewed from any angle.

A crime is witnessed on Skype - how much evidence remains?

Israeli artist Eyal Gever offers a tour of his studio in Tel Aviv, where he uses computer programmes and 3D printers to turn disaster scenarios into sculptures.

Ubuntu's lead developer outlines plans to replace menu controls with a "head-up display" box into which users type commands.

Karl Lagerfeld is the latest designer to launch a collection online, taking advantage of growing internet fashion sales.

Dan Simmons discusses the impact of proposed data privacy rules set out by the European Commission on Wednesday.

The Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, sets out proposals for new data privacy laws for the European Union.

O2 is accused of revealing mobile phone numbers to visited websites, using mobile data.

Critics question whether Google's privacy changes will simplify settings or give users less control.

The European Commission proposes an overhaul of data protection laws, including large fines for firms that breach the rules.

The streaming service attempts to disrupt pay-TV

With streaming service Netflix launching in the UK into an already crowded market, Spencer Kelly looks at who might be victorious on the on-demand battleground.

Bill Gates talks to the Today programme's Evan Davis about capitalism, philanthropy and US politics.

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia says it has shipped the 1.5bn-th phone running its S40 operating system.

Yahoo's profit falls in the last quarter of 2011 as it continues to struggle to maintain its market share amid growing competition.

Firms search for the third revolution in online shopping

Apple reports record-breaking $13.06bn profits for the three months to 31 December 2011, up 118% from the same period last year.

Google changes its privacy policy, streamlining it across its multiple services including search, email, video and social networking sites.

Live footage from thousands of Russian polling stations is to be streamed online in an attempt to make the country's forthcoming presidential election transparent.

Some business leaders and lawyers warn that proposed changes to EU data laws could prove expensive.

Video-sharing website Vimeo unveils its first redesign for several years as YouTube announces it attracts four billion video views per day.

A Netherlands court rejects Apple's efforts to seek a sales ban on Samsung's tablets on the basis of its design rights.

Star Wars Uncut, a crowdsourced version of the sci-fi classic, passes a million views on YouTube.

Video game FIFA 12 has sold more copies than any other sports title.

Google's social network allows accounts registered under a pseudonym, but privacy campaigners remain critical.

Microsoft said it suspects a former Russian antivirus company employee is behind an illegal botnet operation.

The rise of powerful, portable laptops and the supposed demise of the bulky computer tower

Can the power of the sun revolutionise sea travel?

Supporters of the web shutdowns versus anti-piracy law advocates

Artists in Chicago straddle the divide between analogue and digital design.

Sony promises higher quality low-light smartphone pictures by adding white pixels to its sensors.

A number of Polish government websites have been hit in protest against government plans to sign an international copyright treaty.

Some large online file storage sites have been reacting to the closure of Megaupload by disabling features and blocking access.

The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games will require up to 20,000 separate wireless frequency licenses says Ofcom.

The European Commission is to propose a new law that gives users the right to demand that social networks "forget" status updates and other uploads.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian discusses the impact of the proposed SOPA Bill with Christopher Marcich, President of the Motion Picture Association, Europe on the BBC's 5 live Investigates programme.

The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload appears in a New Zealand court to seek bail, but the prosecution argue he is a flight risk.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion says co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down in shake-up.

If you switch to a new provider for your internet access later this year, you'll be forced to make a choice: do you want access to adult content or not?

Spencer Kelly discovers some of the less high-profile launches at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow.

Rory-Cellan Jones journeys from Silicon Valley to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas - on a quest to discover whether television and the internet were born to be together.

HP Labs shows off its prototypes

Copyright holders clash with defenders of an "uncensored" internet

Hackers launch attacks on a variety of US government and copyright enforcement websites after the Megaupload site was closed.

Games company Capcom announce details of the new instalment of the zombie series and release a trailer.

How to share your desktop and taxi to the airport.

Merging data to give customers better answers

Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

American start-up company Makani Power has created a kite-like wind turbine which could generate cheaper power.

The government has been told to back a plan that supporters say could help tackle metal theft before the start of the Olympics.

How can you keep safe whilst driving in the winter weather? BBC's Richard Lister visits a research centre where cars are tested in temperatures as low as -40C.

The world's largest maker of computer chips, Intel, saw quarterly profits beat Wall Street forecasts, amid promises to ramp up spending.

Google reports a 27% increase in revenue, but even that is not good enough to meet Wall Street estimates, sending shares tumbling.

Microsoft profits in the three months to the end of December fall slightly as lower computer sales hit its core Windows business.

One of the internet's largest file-sharing sites is offline after US officials charged its founder with violating piracy laws.

Pearson on efforts to promote digital books in the classroom

Researchers demonstrate that, if quantum computers fulfil their promise of ultra-fast computing, the job could be farmed out to "the cloud" while remaining secure.

Apple has launched new interactive tools which it believes will "reinvent the textbook".

Kodak sues Samsung over claims that five of its digital imaging patents have been infringed as litigation across the tech sector increases.

The highs and lows of the cash-strapped camera maker

British director Sir Ridley Scott has joined forces with YouTube to launch an online film festival which will see 10 finalists sent to Venice.

Tavi Gevinson talks to the BBC about being a blogger, an editor-in-chief at RookieMag.com and a young girl.

Wikipedia insists its protest over US anti-piracy legislation will continue, while UK interests say they are watching the situation "closely".

Video games developers could win £25,000 of funding in a competition run by Abertay University in Dundee.

How to offset your 'conflict mineral' guilt

McAfee is releasing a patch to fix a vulnerability in its anti-malware software that allows spammers to hijack users' computers.

US photography firm Eastman Kodak, the company that invented the hand-held camera, files for bankruptcy protection.

Internet auction site eBay reports a jump in profits, helped partly by the sale of its remaining stake in Skype.

Facebook adds array of new apps in bid to get users to spend more time on the social networking site.

India is a key base and market for mobile application developers

Eight US lawmakers withdraw their backing from anti-piracy laws being considered in Congress amid "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites.

Andrew Crossley, the solicitor behind controversial law firm ACS: Law, is suspended from the profession.

Huntsville, Alabama, is where Nasa hopes to build a "mega rocket", the next giant leap in the US space programme.

Wikipedia, WordPress and other websites block access to content to protest against US anti-piracy bills. The movie industry calls the move "irresponsible".

Virgin Media says its broadband service is fully restored following a nationwide failure on Tuesday evening.

Figures suggest Facebook passed Google's Orkut social network as the most visited social network in Brazil last month.

Without Wikipedia, where can you get your facts?

The latest release in the Max Payne video game series has been delayed by two months.

Supporters of the site shutdowns and advocates for the anti-piracy laws make their case

Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, says he agrees with protecting copyrighted content but not with the way it is being done.

Jerry Yang, co-founder and former chief executive of Yahoo!, resigns from the company's board.

The Virgin Group is attempting to claim control of the domain name richardbranson.xxx which has been registered by a third party.

Leading internet firms set a deadline by which they must ensure that a set number of users can access the new net address system.

The release of a lifelike figurine of Steve Jobs has been scrapped after objections from the Jobs family and lawyers from Apple.

The founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales told Radio 5 live why the English version of the online encyclopedia would go offline on Wednesday.

Alleged members of a gang behind the Koobface worm which spread via social networking sites including Facebook are named

Demand for wireless services means that the airwaves are running out of room

Can e-commerce conquer the Middle East?

The online encyclopedia joins other websites planning to go offline for 24 hours in protest against plans for new US anti-piracy laws.

South Korea's Samsung Group says it will invest 47.8tn won ($41.7bn; £27bn) this year to expand its various businesses.

Visitors to London's Science Museum are being invited to have their faces scanned in 3D. The 'Me in 3D' booth at the museum uses nine cameras to build a virtual image visitors can then view and manipulate.

What it takes to be a successful young blogger

Controversial tests to treat brain damage

Malware on child-focused gaming websites is on the rise according to a report by an anti-virus software provider.

Robotic technology has been used by surgeons at St Mary's Hospital in London to look at a patient's blood vessels, in what's claimed to be a 'world first'.

How to watch two programmes simultaneously on the same television plus a new application for Microsoft's Kinect which turns the idea of the device on its head.

Labour MP Tom Harris steps down as his party's internet adviser after posting a joke video portraying First Minister Alex Salmond as Hitler.

Zappos, the Amazon-owned fashion retailer, warns its 24 million customers their information may have been exposed by a cyber-attack

Stephen Whitehouse from Pricewaterhouse Coopers explained why online banking was rising in popularity.

Google hits back at comments made by Rupert Murdoch suggesting that the search giants was a "piracy leader".

A Saudi computer hacker is blamed for attacks on the websites of Israel's stock exchange and national airline, El Al.

TV manufacturers transformed this year's Consumer Electronic Show, in Las Vegas, in a battleground for new technologies.

New digital wristbands being used in Europe are coming to the UK with Glastonbury among the events looking at using them.

A growing number of military personnel are starting up their own businesses when they leave the forces.

Indian mobile phone applications are booming, with some predictions suggesting the India-specific market could be worth close to $4bn in the next few years.

Are apps the answer to how children with autism learn?

The latest technology for schools has been on display at the annual BETT show in London.

A physicist dressed in a metal suit shows off a one million volt homemade Tesla coil at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

Spencer Kelly looks at what caused a big splash at CES in Las Vegas, including connected TVs, new tablets and a look towards the launch of Windows 8.

Kate Russell looks at how to use social networks at work without upsetting the boss.

Apple publishes a list of its suppliers for the first time as it looks to head off criticism over how workers are treated.

Reliable access to the internet is a "basic essential" for Highlands

Are connected TVs ready for prime time?

Twitter experiment reshapes perceptions about Sweden

IBM researchers test the limits of magnetic memory storage by creating a bit made of only 12 atoms.

Richard O'Dwyer told Radio 5 live how he found out that the US wanted to extradite him over copyright infringement.

A report suggests computer lessons in schools should be divided along similar lines to English literature and language.

Wider wifi highways may end data gridlock

High concept car technology is shown off for the first time at Europe's biggest motor show.

Eggs were thrown and scuffles broke out among a disappointed crowd when Apple reportedly delayed the opening of one of its Beijing stores, as the iPhone 4S goes on sale.

The ex-Apple chief executive discusses the portrayal of his clash with Steve Jobs.

Gesture, voice and eye-controlled systems take on touch-based systems in Las Vegas

The Blippar team hit the CES conference floor

An IT consultant attempts to track down his missing iPad by using photos taken on it.

Scantily clad "booth babes" have been hired to promote some products at CES - but not everyone visiting the show is happy

High-speed fourth-generation mobile coverage will be made available to 98% of the UK under new proposals from regulator Ofcom.

Global intelligence firm Stratfor relaunches its website after a hack attack forced the site offline on Christmas Day.

An Israeli hacker has released Saudi credit card details online and threatens more leaks to avenge Arab hacking attacks.

A $10m (£6.5m) prize will be awarded to whoever can create a Star Trek-like hand-held medical diagnosis device.

How this 1975 digital camera changed things

The Gorilla Glass team upgrade their smartphone screens

Spencer Kelly experiments with a device that can make bespoke headphones in minutes.

As the world's largest technology event, Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show, opens for its second offical day, Rory Cellan-Jones takes its pulse.

Battling machines are still a long way off, say experts

Twitter's child protection policies lag behind other social-networking websites, an organisation set up to tackle sexual exploitation of children says.

Richard Taylor looks at a piece of software that controls everything from the TV and the heating system right through to boiling a kettle.

Marc Cieslak looks at an initiative to get touch screen computers to children in developing countries.

Will.i.am believes his ultrabook is the "new ghetto blaster".

A footballer who posted a homophobic remark on a social media website is sacked by his club.

Moves to integrate Google+ into search are described as a "bad day for the internet" by Twitter's lawyer.

One couple explain how a travel website has had a detrimental effect on their business.

Has environmentally-friendly tech had its lightbulb moment?

3D printing offers consumers the chance to print toys at a fraction of the cost of buying them

Electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and GM's Chevy Volt were hailed as the new dawn of driving, but last year they sold under 18,000 models in the US.

The prime minister backs plans from Virgin Media to double the broadband speed for over four million of its customers.

Spanish bank BBVA tells the BBC it is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google's cloud-computing software in the largest deal of its kind.

Education Secretary Michael Gove to announce a replacement for "harmful and dull" ITC classes in schools, which he says will better equip pupils for the 21st Century.

Chip maker Intel is to make a fresh attempt at breaking into the smartphone market with partnerships with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo.

Applications are due to open for custom top-level domain names in what is the biggest change to the web address system in over two decades.

Follow UK start-up Blippar as it fights for attention at CES

Click's Spencer Kelly looks at the Qooq tablet, a product especially designed for cooks to use in the kitchen.

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones reports from California on the latest attempts to connect televisions to the power of the internet.

Troubled photography firm Eastman Kodak unveils a new plan to transform the company into a digital player, sending its shares soaring.

Rory Cellan-Jones visits Googleplex, Google's headquarters in California, where he is given a tour of Google TV.

Gadgets and kangaroos delight tech fans at CES

Apple chief executive Tim Cook is awarded a pay package worth $378m (£244m) in 2011, most of it to be paid in shares over the coming years.

Rory Cellan-Jones reports from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where TV and internet interactivity is the star of the show.

A pair of motorised shoes with wheels have been developed by Action Inc to help pedestrians get to their destinations faster, while having more fun along the way.

Interactive episodes of Sesame Street are being developed by its creators in conjunction with Microsoft.

Read one woman's story of sex addiction as new research claims social networking has changed young people's attitudes towards it.

A "smart" internet-connected television that has the ability to have its hardware upgraded every year has been unveiled by Samsung.

Some start-up companies have chosen simply to attend CES 2012 technology expo in Las Vegas this year as guests, while throwing their own private parties at venue spaces around the city.

The self-publishers forcing traditionalists to take note

Can this £16 computer revolutionise education?

A StickK user explains how the website helps him lose weight

Apps that pay users who meet life-goals, and punish slackers

Google is profiting from illegal ads - including London 2012 Olympics ticket resellers - generated by its flagship advertising system, the BBC finds.

Intel shows off its vision for the future at the Consumer Electronics Show with its range of ultra-thin, gesture-controlled laptops.

Driving from San Francisco to Las Vegas seemed a good idea when we planned it a couple of months ago...

Netflix, a US-based online film and TV streaming service, launches in the UK and Ireland.

As CD and DVD sales decline, the US streaming business Netflix is due to launch in the UK.

Waterproof smartphones are among the new tech on display as the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas.

Radio 5 live has found that some schools are being overcharged by up to 10 times the actual amount for laptops and IT equipment.

Schools across the UK are being overcharged for IT equipment through mis-sold lease agreements, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation finds.

From rural outposts to high-speed cities, Dan Simmons reports on 4G's promise of super-fast broadband everywhere.

Olympus is considering suing its executives after an accounting cover-up at the firm calls into questions corporate governance in Japan.

Israel says it will respond to cyber-attacks in the same way it responds to "terrorist" acts after the credit card details are published online.

LJ Rich explains the invention the Oramics machine, one of the most significant devices in the history of electronic music.

The UK firms heading to CES in Las Vegas

Larry Tesler on the past, present and future of Silicon Valley

Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Silicon Valley veteran Larry Tesler about his time in the early days at Apple, the impact of Steve Jobs, and why the Californian technology sector seems to be surviving the global economic turmoil.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will join thousands in taking an online computer coding course.

Facebook is offering an exclusive debit card to hackers who help it find bugs.

Mobile operator O2 announces plans to install 'Europe's biggest' free wi-fi zone in London in time for the Olympics.

Kate Russell looks at a hassle-free web page builder that can be used totally anonymously, and learns to code

The Republic of Ireland is trying to get a bigger slice of a $70bn global industry.

Quarterly profits at Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC fall 25% as its models struggle to compete with its rivals.

Samsung Electronics says it expects a big jump in profits for the final quarter of 2011, thanks to record smartphone sales.

The problems caused when lorry and car drivers are misdirected by out-of-date directions from their sat-navs are to be tackled at a government summit.

Why the weekly shop could soon be your virtual assistant's burden

The Pentagon's premiere research agency has chosen a former astronaut to lead a foundation that is designed to take humanity to the stars.

US bookseller Barnes & Nobel says it is considering options for its Nook e-book division and predicts it will make a bigger than expected loss.

A well-known piece of malware has extended its reach to Facebook, stealing thousands of logins, experts say.

Hackers claiming to be part of Anonymous launch a Wikileaks-style site targeting the German far-right.

An organisation dedicated to file-sharing is officially recognised as a religion in Sweden.

US music sales increased last year for the first time since 2004, according to figures released by Nielsen Soundscan.

Can Silicon Valley transform how we watch TV?

Car bosses predict that the next generation of vehicles with standard in-built internet access is close to becoming reality.

Canine wireless cameras aid search-and-rescue advances

Underwater telescopes search for cosmic secrets

Websites offering to buy old laptops do not offer the "best deals", according to a Which? investigation.

UK firm Wood & Douglas has developed a product that allows rescue dogs to relay real time video and audio information back to their handlers.

A document allegedly detailing non-lethal weaponry in development by the US military is published online.

US President Barack Obama joins the popular photo-sharing network Instagram ahead of November's election.

US web portal Yahoo names Scott Thompson, president of online payments firm Paypal, as its new chief executive.

Google buys an additional 217 patents from IBM as it continues to spend billions on bolstering its defences against lawsuits from its rivals.

Microsoft cheers the demise of its browser while Google appears to have broken its own rules to promote its browser.

A new type of privately-funded science and technology university is to be announced by the universities minister.

Samsung Electronics gets approval from the Korean government for its plans to set up a memory-chip factory in China.

A new law in Belarus restricts access to foreign websites and forces internet clubs and cafes to report users visiting sites registered abroad.

Ellen Booth from road safety charity Brake told Radio 5 live about the risks of driving after taking drugs.

Crysis 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 are the most pirated games of 2011.

Richard Taylor looks at some of the latest e-readers which are trying their best to compete with tablets.

A Canandian man who forgot his passport says that he used a scanned copy on his iPad to cross the US border to deliver Christmas presents, reports say.

The new Spanish government passes tough anti-piracy law in attempt to clean up image as a haven for illegal content.

A Twitter account written under the name of Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng is revealed to be a fake.

Indian authorities arrest six suspected email scammers just days after the country was named spam capital of the world.

More than a billion apps were downloaded during Christmas, with UK consumers proving to be big enthusiasts.

Facing the challenge of getting 1.2 billion people online

The BBC's Matt Danzico investigates how augmented reality mobile apps may help to change people's perceptions of the world around them.

The giants of the internet world, Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft all come from the US, so where are the European equivalents?

Google is trialing a major change to its home page, offering its other services in pull-down menus.

Rupert Murdoch joins the microblogging service Twitter and attracts over 45,000 followers in his first few days.

Album sales continue to fall despite a 24% rise in digital album downloads in 2011, against "a backdrop of chronic piracy", says the BPI.

Scottish teachers are being warned that their use of social networking sites could put their careers at risk.

China has launched its first 3D television channel on a trial basis and aims for a full launch in the Chinese New Year.

Advances in artificial intelligence could cause a big change in the way we interact with our devices over the coming year says one of Intel's experts.

Why the Korean tech giant could risk decline

A venomous cone snail engulfs its prey before spearing it with a harpoon-like barb and paralysing it, footage shows.

The man behind the Moshi Monsters empire

Jonathan Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.

Hacktivists ponder their changing public image

A police chief says she regrets how the father of an Indian student shot in the head found out about the murder on Facebook.

Hackers unveil plans to build space satellites and a ground network of tracking stations to combat censorship of the internet.

How Tetris became one of the world's most played video games

As smartphones and tablets become more popular, the number of apps available for them continues to grow - Kate Russell picks some of her stand-out ones from 2011.

A South African newspaper apologises after tweeting an inaccurate report about Nelson Mandela being hospitalised.

A series of hack attacks on Chinese net users have prompted action by the government to help keep web users safe.

One police officer was sacked and more than 150 faced disciplinary action over their behaviour on Facebook in a three-year period, figures show.

A Royal Mail website that allows people to calculate their postal costs has now been broken for more than a month.

Robert Scoble and others forecast 2012's big stories

Wikipedia is launching a new project aimed at covering all aspects of life in Monmouth.

New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras, capable of following 65 separate targets, are being developed by the US Army.

A teenager who was locked up for using a social networking site to try to incite a riot in Dundee is denied bail.

Google and Facebook are 2011's most popular sites with US users according to Nielsen. Yahoo came in third, but its position may be precarious.

Professor Stephen Hawking is advertising for a graduate assistant on a salary of around £25,000.

Private companies are developing smaller, more sophisticated unmanned military drones to be used for air strikes or reconnaissance missions.

Conservationists at a Milwaukee zoo have introduced orangutans to iPads, and hope one day the apes may make video calls.

Stratfor says it could take more than a week to restore its website, adding that it is paying for credit card protection for affected members.

Action movie Fast Five movie is the most pirated film of 2011, according to file-sharing blog, Torrent Freak.

Wikipedia and the firm behind Lolcats are ending links with GoDaddy following the US hosting firm's support for a controversial anti-piracy law.

The dangers of over-hyping security threats

China's Alibaba Group hires US lobbying firm fuelling further speculation it is preparing a bid for internet giant Yahoo.

New technology is to be employed to cut down the time that motorways are closed after crashes, the government says.

Why email is 'not acceptable' in its current form

Lawyer Leigh Ellis and author Kate Bussmann discuss who actually owns your list of Twitter followers

Challenging Britain to aim for energy independence.

Could technology make train tracks a thing of the past?

"Would Mahatma Gandhi have made a good software engineer?" and other questions posed at tech job interviews in 2011.

A security expert warns that the move to GSM-R communication technology could allow hackers to disrupt rail travel.

Estimates and official figures suggest a surge in activations of Google Android and Apple iOS devices on Christmas Day - more than double when compared to 2010.

Google's video site is pitching video clips against each other in contests. Analysts say it should help the site deal with rival services.

The 16 year old coder with a $250,000 investment

Chinese workers at a LG group factory in the eastern part of the country have gone on strike on a dispute over year end bonuses.

A new information service using Twitter is launched aimed at keeping walkers safe in Snowdonia.

Victims of a hack on US security think-tank Stratfor are warned not to offer public support to the company due to threats of further attacks.

Rural villages and valleys towns across Wales are among the latest places to be given access to faster broadband.

Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple 900,000 euros for failing to publicise shoppers' right to two-year guarantees.

A man is being sued by his former employer after he left the company and took a 17,000-strong Twitter following with him.

Beijing's Beidou service begins offering location, navigation and timing data offering an alternative to the US's GPS network.

How music is giving young Indians a new voice