new zealand scientists have warned that antarctica is melting faster than expected. professor peter barrett of victoria university's Antarctic Research Center told the annual Antarctic Conference, held on July1-3 in Auckland, that the rate of ice loss was up 75 percent since1996, and was increasing quickly.

A majority of tech workers in the public sector do not know about the emission reduction targets they face, says a survey.

A woman accused of "cyber-bullying" a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide is tentatively acquitted.

NASA's LRO has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit on June 23, NASA said Thursday in a press release. LRO will help NASA identify safe landing sites for future explorers, locate potential resources, describe the moon's radiation environment and demonstrate new technologies.

china's home-grown global navigation satellite system, Compass, will provide regional service in 2011 with a constellation of 12 satellites.

the email has a subject line of "Remembering Michael Jackson" and is sent from "sarah@michaeljackson.com," sophos said in a statement.

Reports from Iran say SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections.

Carphone Warehouse is to restart selling Vodafone mobile phone contracts, three years after Vodafone pulled the products.

Can a statistics website really be exciting? Yes it can

Twitter users can now buy followers to boost the audience for the messages they send via the micro-blogging service.

The number of people visiting Twitter has soared over the past year, according to an internet monitoring company.

The Californian origins of home computing

John Pethica on what nanotech can do for you

The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite - to offer a terrestrial/satellite phone service - is put into orbit.

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveils a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world.

the national exposition on geographic information applications and maps, on the motif of intensifying the service of geographic information application and promoting its industrialization, epitomizes its application in national economy, social development and people's livings since the 60 years of the founding of the People's republic of china.

new delhi, july 1 (xinhua) -- india will launch its ...

rumors are rife that dell the number 2 computer manufacturer in the world may be set to launch itself into the mobile phone market, again.

The crackdown on illegal file-sharers is catching innocent people alongside the pirates.

Wired magazine's editor talks open software.

MoD unveils new helmet and body armour - Osprey Assault - for UK armed forces.

Video surveillance offers insight into baby babble

New technology's been released to help people who don't get good mobile phone reception at home.

The 50 year old woman involved in the country's first federal cyber bullying verdict that led to a teenager's suicide.

The government's handling of ID cards is a "national embarrassment", says ex shadow home secretary David Davis.

Technology will ensure that the office of the future is full of sensors that help workers be very productive, suggests a report.

A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.

ulysses officially ceased operations on tuesday after operating for more than 18 years and charting the region of space above the poles of the sun.

alexander borbrenyov, press secretary of the khrunichev center, said a russian proton-m carrier rocket, with a sirius fm5 atop, blasted off at around 23:10 moscow time (1910 gmt) from the baikonur space center in kazakhstan. the satellite is expected to separate from the booster 9 hours later.

moscow, june 30 (xinhua) -- the russian cargo spaceship ...

Chinese netizens denounce new filtering software

hanoi, june 30 (xinhua) -- vietnam's Ministry of Natural ...

Cyclists, buses, cars and even pedestrians become mobile pollution detectors in a UK initiative.

China delays a plan requiring new computers to be equipped with internet filtering software.

The US is moving quickly to protect against the threat of online attacks, says homeland security chief Janet Napolitano.

Chinese gamers who amass virtual currencies can no longer sell them for real money, say the Chinese authorities.

The Commons Business and Enterprise Committee is to investigate whether government broadband pledges are ambitious enough.

first reported by internet users in france, the apple iphone has run up against some bad publicity after some users say their device had overheated.

Ugandans are benefiting from a mobile service which gives information on health, sex and farming from Google.

about 30 percent of seagrass meadows in the world's oceans have been lost over the past three decades because of population growth, climate change and ecological degradation, according to a report Tuesday.

steve jobs, apple inc's chief executive officer (CEO), is back to work after taking a medical leave for nearly six months, U.S. media reported on Monday. According to an Apple spokesman, Jobs is at Apple a few days a week and working at home the remaining days.

microsoft has limited the number of newly purchased pc machines that can be upgraded to windows 7 for free to 25 by the new operating system (os)'s release date. Gartner analyst Michael Silver said the limitation might aim to goose sales of its Software Assurance licenses to businesses.

Stackable cars and robot pets

A Swedish court has rejected an appeal for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay.

David Miliband is forced to deny being the author of a widely-reported Twitter message paying tribute to Michael Jackson.

The music industry should have recognised the potential of Napster and online music rather than fought it, says BPI boss.

BPI boss on what Napster did for music

The net was sorely tested as news of Michael Jackson's death spread with both Twitter and Google reporting outages.

How the web handles Holocaust denial

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Picard is set to unveil a prototype of the solar-powered plane he hopes to fly around the world one day.

analysts and legal experts are questioning whether apple has run afoul of federal securities rules by keeping silent on its ceo steve jobs' health, a newspaper report said on Thursday. Apple had disclosed in early January that Jobs had a "hormone imbalance" and would take a leave of absence, but never said he was so sick that he needed a liver transplant.

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday launched a test version of its new online application which the software giant said can help consumers save energy and money.

after a four-and-a-half-day journey from earth, a lunar reconnaissance orbiter has successfully entered orbit around the moon, nasa said tuesday.

Chicago-based Boeing Company announced on Tuesday that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, which is scheduled by the end of this month and has already been two years delayed, will be postponed for the fifth time due to a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft.

The two respective giants of computer chips and mobile phones have partnered together to create new mobile products

A trial of Google executives over a video showing a teenager being bullied is to be delayed until September.

The Commission for Rural Communities has called on the government to close the digital gap between rural and urban areas.

Ministers launch electric and low carbon car trials across the UK, which will take place across the UK over the next two years.

Apple chief Steve Jobs is back running the company he co-founded following six months' medical leave, reports say.

researchers have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight.

vietnam will host the fourth world information technology forum (witfor) in hanoi from aug. 26 to 28, vietnam news agency reported monday.

Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration. The molecule, superoxide, is proposed as a key player in the mysterious process that allows birds to "see" Earth's magnetic field.

Some 63% of adult Americans now have broadband access at home and view it as a very important part of their lives.

What will 50p a month from every household with a phone actually buy on the broadband market?

Details are emerging of the technology Iran is using to keep an eye on mobile phone and net use within the country.

Construction begins at the site of the world's first commercial spaceport, a project aimed at revolutionising space exploration.

Google pledges to remove porn results findable via its Chinese language search site, Google.cn

How the internet became a battleground over the history of the Holocaust.

A look at the health of Apple boss Steve Jobs

Regular columnist Bill Thompson takes a look at the Digital Britain report

A return to Venice for the Biennale art festival gives Bill Thompson a chance to reflect on digital art.

The singles chart faces the biggest revamp in its history as bosses consider counting songs played on music streaming sites.

Experts give their views on Digital Britain

dinosaurs may not have been as monstrously heavy as previously thought, because of flaws in the statistical model to calculate their weight, researchers reported on sunday.

russia sent a malaysian commercial telecom satellite into orbit from the baikonur space center in kazakhstan early monday, local media reported.

steve jobs, chief executive officer (ceo) and co-founder of apple inc. who has been on medical leave since january to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in u.s. sate of tennessee about two months ago, the wall street journal reported on saturday.

Organisers of a major mountain bike competition are investigating problems with its website after Google warning.

The logos picked to describe video game content have 'room for improvement' says game trade association, Tiga.

Experts want to know why Google's boss, Eric Schmidt, is not doing more to protect users of Gmail.

A look at the technology behind Wimbledon

Google unveils a Farsi translation tool at the same time as Facebook launches a Persian version of the site

Meet the gadget hackers who make weird new things

Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed on the Parcelforce website, the BBC learns.

A woman has been ordered to pay $1.9 million (£1.2m) in the only file-sharing case to go to trial in the US.

nasa's two new lunar probes, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), lifted off Thursday on a landmark mission to scout water sources and landing sites in anticipation of leading astronauts back to the moon in 2020.

australian scientists revealed on thursday they would take part in a sea voyage next year to demonstrate whale research does not have to be lethal.

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

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

A look at blogging in China, Vietnam and Cuba

Online shop Amazon cuts album prices in a mistake that could affect this week's chart positions

The good and bad ways to turn people off piracy

Why blogs are blooming in the Middle East

johannesburg, june 5 (xinhua) -- climate change is ...

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

Widespread criticism has forced China to roll back plans to put net filtering software on PCs sold in the country.

Rail travellers are whisked out of London at 140mph for the first time on a test run of the new Japanese-built "Javelin" trains.

An partnership between mobile phone firms and humanitarian organisations pledges to improve understanding of Africa's climate.

Victorian news now just a click away thanks to archive

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

The expenses claims of every MP over the past four years have been published online - but with certain key details kept secret.

satellite radio company, sirius xm, is launching an application for the apple iphone thursday that will bring the service to iphone and ipod touch users.

Police in the Indian state of Punjab receive a 21st Century computerised makeover.

IBM announces it is investing $100m (£62m) in mobile communications research over the next five years.

amid criticism that technology company hewlett packard (hp) is not doing enough to eliminate toxic substances from its products, the head of the united nations industrial development program kandeh yumkella vowed on wednesday to take the issue up with the un's long-time partner.

space shuttle endeavour sits on the launch ...

Some 63% of adult Americans now have broadband access at home and view it as a very important part of their lives.

What will 50p a month from every household with a phone actually buy on the broadband market?

Reaction from bloggers on ruling to unmask blogger

What happens when a bank's computer system fails

The risk of hacking is growing as more people blog and create websites, a US security firm has warned.

Twitter says its decision to delay maintenance to keep network up for Iranians was independent of government requests.

ibm yesterday opened a telecom solutions center in beijing and also released solutions for china's telecom industry and carriers.

a chinese firm said on wednesday it has started a running test on the first china-developed maglev train, and it now has the ability for mass production.

Social networking Web site MySpace will cut its staff by about 30 percent so as "to return to an environment of innovation," company executives confirmed on Tuesday. The job cuts will affect about 425 employees across all its U.S. divisions, the company said and the job cuts will leave MySpace with about 1...

Bill Thompson takes a look at the Digital Britain report

Industry experts, politicians, and analysts give their reaction to the Digital Britain report.

ITV could gain up to £130m of the BBC licence fee each year to finance its public service programmes, it is announced.

A serving detective whose anonymous blog carried criticisms of government ministers is disciplined by his force.

The manufacturer of a hydrogen car unveiled in London on Tuesday will make its designs available online.

The government has published its Digital Britain report and promised a levy on fixed telephone lines to pay for fast broadband.

The High Court refuses to preserve the identity of an anonymous policeman who has blogged about the force and government ministers.

How the digital economy is being handled in Japan

microsoft saw gains in its share of u.s. internet search market during the first week since the software giant introduced search engine bing.

The Digital Britain report, which will lay out the UK government's broadband and digital content strategy, is due imminently.

u.s. software company adobe systems inc said monday it moved its acrobat.com web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and turned it into a business with paid user accounts.

The BBC could be made to share its income with commercial rivals under government plans to be announced later.

nasa managers on monday scheduled the next launch attempt of space shuttle endeavour's STS-127 mission for 5:40 a.m. EDT (0940 GMT) on Wednesday. The launch will take place at NASA's kennedy space center in florida.

A US company is taking legal action to stop computer makers shipping machines to China with what it says is stolen internet blocking software.

How Hylas will take broadband to Europe's notspots

Virgin has pledged to tackle pirates as part of a deal to offer music to its broadband customers.

Mobile banking is set to grow fast in developing nations and hit $5bn by 2012, say analysts.

A Cuban exile says he duped one of Fidel Castro's sons into revealing his lifestyle by flirting online with a fictional character.

The social-networking website Facebook launches in Swahili, targeting more than 110m speakers of the language.

Unofficial sites covering the elections in Iran.

china's first bioenergy research center was inaugurated Sunday in Nanning amid government's plans of new energy development.

amazon.com's popular e-book Kindle has had a great reception around the world. Now Chinese companies are striving to replicate that success.

NASA is planning to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday on a construction mission to the International Space Station, officials said on Sunday. The U.S. space agency postponed Endeavour's launch on Saturday due to a potentially dangerous hydrogen leak.

Richard Thomas, the UK's Information Commissioner, has been appointed a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.

Communications minister Lord Carter is to leave the government.

beijing, june 5 (xinhuanet) -- there is a meteoric 83 ...

san francisco, june 4 (xinhua) -- alaska had the ...

The future of the network in their home

Hackers are targeting Mac users, hiding a Trojan virus inside a popular pornographic website.

A look at how Apple does business

US TV goes digital, but is everyone prepared?

A closer look at the best games from the E3 show

Tax cuts and incentives give a boost to Kenyan broadband and mobile phone users ahead of the launch of a fibre optic cable.

The next version of the Windows operating system will be sold without a browser in Europe, says Microsoft.

Analogue TV signals will be switched off in one go across the US, with more than 2m households still unprepared.

Asus on what's next for the cut down laptop

czech scientists have taken the pictures of the solar corona which were carried on the cover of the latest issue of the prestigious international journal of nature this week.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells the BBC the job he has been given by Gordon Brown goes beyond party politics.

A group, including a number of DJs, are accused of making hundreds of thousands of pounds by buying their own music online with stolen credit cards.

US release region free Xbox 360 version of Ghostbusters, meaning European gamers could acquire it before the official release.

Threats of redundancy are making many workers snoop on salaries of co-workers, suggests a survey.

A US internet monitoring firm declares the millionth English word to be Web 2.0, beating out Jai ho, N00b and slumdog.

a force known as orbital chaos may cause our solar system to go haywire, leading to possible collision between earth and venus or mars, according to a study.

Bill Thompson on mixing art and hi-tech

The first independent tests of screening software that will be installed on all Chinese computers finds it opens users to serious security risks.

A French court blocks a new provision that would have allowed authorities to disconnect those who download illegally.

The social networking site is giving users the chance to create their own Facebook web address using their own name but it'll be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Persistent pirates who illegally download movies and music will be tackled with "technical solutions", says the government.

The Beijing aquatic centre, designed by UK firm Arup has has won a top engineering prize.

Anti-piracy measures must involve more than just a letter to be effective, suggests research.

Tech firm Hewlett Packard is testing an intelligent social network for mobile phones.

Even the offer of a free PC and broadband access is not enough to persuade some people online

microsoft saw gains in its share of u.s. internet search market during the first week since the software giant introduced new search engine bing, internet marketing research firm comscore said in a study released on tuesday.

Twitterers defy China's attempts to censor the web

Plans to set up a mobile phone directory have raised worries about personal privacy

A British hacker who targeted Nasa should be tried in the UK, not the US, because of his mental state, the High Court hears.

picture taken at around 3:00 a.m. local time ...

China backs new filter software in all computers, to weed out violent and - critics say - politically sensitive material.

A hacker who gained access to US military computers is renewing his fight against extradition to the US.

Industry watchers and analysts respond to Apple's announcement of a faster iPhone with mixed feelings.

Micro-blogging service Twitter remains the preserve of a few, despite the hype surrounding it, says research.

Home computer-related injuries have increased more than sevenfold, with children hurt most often, US research reveals.

Microsoft says its next operating system Windows 7 will go on official release on 22 October.

microsoft senior vice president bill veghte doubts the release of windows 7 will lead to a significant spike in pc sales.

Sony unveils its new, widely-leaked, handheld gaming device, the PSP Go, at the E3 video games conference in Los Angeles.

Penguin poo (guano) stains, visible from space, have helped British scientists locate emperor penguin breeding colonies in Antarctica. Knowing their location provides a baseline for monitoring their response to environmental change, according to a new study published this week in the U.S. journal Global E...

Consumers consider broadband internet as important a utility as water or electricity, a government advisory panel finds.

u.s. carrier american airlines announced monday it will test a series of measures on its paris-to-miami flight this week.

scientists said that canada geese involved in the jan. 15 u.s. airways flight 1549 bird strike were from a migratory population.

apple inc. on monday unveiled an updated iphone with faster speed as well as other new features including autofocus camera, video recording, voice control and built-in digital compass.

UK scientists develop a portable microwave scanner to help police identify individuals carrying concealed guns and knives.

the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, has been developed by physicists at the university of texas at austin.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils a plan to reduce school textbooks in favour of internet aids to save money.

vienna, june 4 (xinhua) -- china's rapid development in ...

Apple has updated its successful iPhone and introduced price cuts for older models at its developers conference.

People are making extra money in the recession by selling homemade items on the internet, a website claims.

Bill Thompson sees the future of the web in the stars

Pictures of the top tech at the Mobility Roadshow

A decade after it launched, a look at Napster's legacy

The furore in Sweden over the trial of The Pirate has helped the Pirate Party win a seat in the European Parliament.

More than six years of growth in net ad spending has ended thanks to the global economic slump, reveals figures.

Boys who carry a particular variation of the gene Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), sometimes called the "warrior gene," are more likely not only to join gangs but also to be among the most violent members and to use weapons, a new study has found.

Taking games into the cloud

weather patterns over the eastern pacific may be setting up for an el nino pattern this fall, possibly portending an end to california's recent drought.

carcasses of birds infected with the bird flu virus continue to be infectious for up to two years, a new study has found. the bird flu virus can survive in landfill leachate -- liquid that drains from a landfill -- for at least 30 days and up to two years.

Chip advances mean netbooks can run for days

An ISP based in California has been thrown offline by the US government which alleges it is distributing spam and viruses.

China deploys video cameras to counter hi-tech cheats in nationwide college entrance examinations.

Bill Thompson on whether Bing has a chance

What is in store for Spotify?

The Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles closes its doors, after major launches from the big three console makers.

Scientists develop technology they say allows children with communication problems to converse better.

increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalyzed the emergence of modern human behavior.

intel corp. on thursday said it will buy wind river systems inc. for about 884 million u.s. dollars.

china built the finest optical telescope to scan 10 million celestial spectra in the coming five-to-six years, one of the world's most ambitious astronomical endeavors to record key data betraying how the universe was formed.

Persistent pirates who illegally download movies and music will be tackled with "technical solutions", says the government.

The anger over an 'anti-counterfeiting' treaty

What makes a really good search engine name?

A first look at the Avatar game and movie

The British economy is losing tens of billions of pounds to illegal file-sharing, government advisers say.

Palm's make or break new smartphone, called the Pre, has good reviews ahead of its launch in the US on 6 June.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto tells the BBC the firm is "not worried at all" by Microsoft and Sony's new controllers.

nasa managers completed a review wednesday of space shuttle endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station, NASA said Wednesday in a press release.

microsoft corp. on tuesday confirmed that windows 7, the next version of its operating system, will hit stores on oct. 22, in time for the holiday shopping season.

Consumers consider broadband internet as essential a utility as water or electricity, a government advisory panel finds.

sky flyers will be later this summer required to enter their date of birth and gender when buying tickets.

a new study says constant television in a household reduces attentional and cognitive development in kids.

Google plans to launch a program of selling e-books later this year, a move to compete with e-commerce leader Amazon. Google stated that it aims to build a "digital book ecosystem" to allow publishing partners to sell access to their titles, even if buyers don't have dedicated book readers.

wellington, june 2 (xinhua) -- the new zealand ...

microsoft on monday said it has agreed to buy certain assets of rosetta biosoftware, a provider of informatics solutions for life science research.

thanks to moderate improvements in a number of end-demand drivers and inventory replenishment, worldwide semiconductor sales saw month-on-month increase in april.

Too much TV dents young minds, says research

Peruvian navy use mobiles to stay healthy

How Microsoft won the right to Sony's star games

Earth's biodiversity could soon be mapped in a vast database that would help track the effects of climate change.