News Site

Smartphone keys get quantum trick
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.

Online safety for five-year-olds
Children as young as five are being targeted in a safety campaign launched as part of EU Internet Safety Day.

China shuts down hacking website
Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.

Take the Broadband Buddy challenge
Do you know someone who is missing out on the Internet? Then why don't you become their Broadband Buddy?

Pirate bill could 'breach rights'
An influential group of MPs and peers says the government's plans on illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of net users.

Shuttle makes final night flight
The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug
A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.

IT glitch causes more tax errors
Revenue staff tip off Radio 4's Money Box that there are more tax code problems than their bosses are admitting to.

US objects to Google books plan
The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a digital library.

Bid for a Dalek - Doctor Who props up for auction
A selection of props and costumes from BBC One's Doctor Who are to go under the hammer in London later this month.

dot.gone
What happened to the dot.com millionaires?

Unfriendly voices
The many different faces of cyber-bullying

dot.Rory
Child web safety: Which browser should you choose?

Robo-soldiers
Can 'well-behaved' robots make the battlefield safer?

Computing Ace
The computer that laid the foundations of the internet

Personal politics
How the web has become a powerful tool of protest

Facebook dominates UK mobile use
Facebook accounts for nearly half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones, according to figures.

Site 'crowdsources' climate data
The European Environment Agency launches a web tool to encourage citizens to log air and water quality in their area.

Symbian switches to open source
The group behind the popular smartphone operating system - Symbian - is giving away "billions of dollars" of code for free.

Cambridge to study video games
Academics are to study computer games and comics alongside the classics of children's literature.