Latest Technology News
Virgin and BT in broadband row | Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:35 GMT |
Virgin is due to tell a Lord's select committee that rival BT is being subsidised by government cash. More ... |
Microsoft opens up So.cl network | Tue, 22 May 2012 12:54:34 GMT |
The search result sharing service allows members of the public to sign up and view each other's "collages of content". More ... |
TV remote control inventor dies | Tue, 22 May 2012 20:23:35 GMT |
The inventor of the television remote control, Eugene Polley, dies of natural causes, aged 96, in a Chicago hospital. More ... |
Olympics launch Foursquare tie-up | Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:10 GMT |
A tie-up between the Olympic Games and Foursquare means users can now "check-in" at past and present Games landmarks. More ... |
Web address applications reopen | Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:38 GMT |
Icann restarts its application process for new top level domain names after being forced to suspend it in April. More ... |
Web creator aids UK data institute | Tue, 22 May 2012 12:17:51 GMT |
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, will co-direct a UK institute that will exploit data released by the government. More ... |
Kodak faces patent ruling setback | Tue, 22 May 2012 11:07:33 GMT |
A ruling that one of Kodak's digital imaging patents is too "obvious" to be enforced calls into doubt the value of its other innovations. More ... |
Google seals deal with Motorola | Tue, 22 May 2012 14:27:56 GMT |
Google's $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility has been completed days after it received approval from the Chinese government. More ... |
Facebook shares decline further | Tue, 22 May 2012 19:47:46 GMT |
Shares in Facebook drop another 5% as investors continue to turn their back on what was one of the most-anticipated flotations of recent times. More ... |
Chinese fakes 'used in US planes' | Tue, 22 May 2012 02:35:07 GMT |
Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds. More ... |
Google must answer trust concerns | Mon, 21 May 2012 13:12:25 GMT |
The European Commission tells Google it has a "matter of weeks" to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world's dominant search engine. More ... |
SIM card to fight phone bullying | Mon, 21 May 2012 12:18:24 GMT |
Parents will now be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer. More ... |
Apple and Samsung kick off talks | Mon, 21 May 2012 11:25:32 GMT |
Apple and Samsung are holding two days of talks that will try to find a way to end the many legal rows between the rivals. More ... |
Pakistan restores Twitter access | Sun, 20 May 2012 19:27:23 GMT |
Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content". More ... |
Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle | Mon, 21 May 2012 10:23:32 GMT |
UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and other Kindle digital services. More ... |
Met Police to extract phone data | Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:49 GMT |
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned. More ... |
Silicon trick for next-gen memory | Fri, 18 May 2012 11:09:37 GMT |
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. More ... |
US firm creates 'robotic barista' | Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:50 GMT |
A coffee machine that can be powered by text message and print messages onto froth has been developed by a company in Seattle. More ... |
Spellcheck reliance 'revealed' | Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:39 GMT |
A survey suggests adults are struggling to spell properly because they rely on technology to check their work. More ... |
VIDEO: How to water a farm with a phone | Tue, 22 May 2012 07:34:14 GMT |
VIDEO: Does web privacy have a price? | Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT |
Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves More ... |
VIDEO: How to move a 6,200 tonne building | Tue, 22 May 2012 18:23:17 GMT |
A 6,200 tonne building is being moved 60 metres to make way for the expansion of a railway in Zurich. More ... |
VIDEO: Ultra-orthodox Jews rally over web fears | Tue, 22 May 2012 01:13:23 GMT |
In New York, 60,000 ultra-orthodox Jews rallied to discuss the dangers of the web - as protesters urged them to look closer to home for causes of bad behaviour. More ... |
AUDIO: Racers rev-up for slot car fest | Tue, 22 May 2012 10:32:51 GMT |
VIDEO: Serving China's app-hungry billion | Mon, 21 May 2012 23:12:40 GMT |
The BBC's John Sudworth meets the Chinese entrepreneurs targeting the world's biggest mobile phone market. More ... |
VIDEO: How to broadcast a torch relay | Mon, 21 May 2012 09:52:38 GMT |
Covering a continuously moving object is no easy task and involves some new broadcasting ideas, as technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has been finding out. More ... |
VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status | Sun, 20 May 2012 13:25:39 GMT |
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. More ... |
VIDEO: Facebook shares see modest debut | Fri, 18 May 2012 21:11:10 GMT |
Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38. More ... |
VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple | Sat, 19 May 2012 09:03:45 GMT |
Stepping down from ARM Holdings | Tue, 22 May 2012 06:39:55 GMT |
China's billion phone app market | Mon, 21 May 2012 23:12:28 GMT |
Robo-fish to 'police' the oceans | Tue, 22 May 2012 05:08:34 GMT |
Facebook: Living 'the hacker way' | Sun, 20 May 2012 14:45:15 GMT |
Is air leaking from the Facebook bubble? | Mon, 21 May 2012 07:57:02 GMT |
Asian trading heads for online | Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:59 GMT |
Can Facebook crack China? | Thu, 17 May 2012 15:46:50 GMT |