BBC Technology
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.
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:50:55 GMT
Facebook shares are trading flat at $38 on their stock market debut, having initially jumped to $42 within minutes of trade beginning.
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.
Fri, 18 May 2012 12:20:49 GMT
Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:44:47 GMT
Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
Thu, 17 May 2012 13:10:02 GMT
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:07:04 GMT
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:17:50 GMT
China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:25:50 GMT
The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.
Fri, 18 May 2012 02:07:48 GMT
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:16:25 GMT
The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:52 GMT
Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:48 GMT
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:32:23 GMT
Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:19:53 GMT
Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:33:38 GMT
A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:19:22 GMT
Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
Thu, 17 May 2012 18:24:09 GMT
Google is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service.
Thu, 10 May 2012 08:31:46 GMT
An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them
Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT
Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves