BBC News - Technology

The latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site.

09/02/2010 02:45 PM
Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

09/02/2010 12:15 PM
Samsung releases iPad competitor
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.

09/02/2010 11:34 AM
US seeks input on net data rules
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.

09/01/2010 09:48 PM
Apple creates a social network
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.

09/01/2010 06:33 PM
Sony rolls out rival to iTunes
Sony has unveiled its own music and video download service in an announcement timed to coincide with an Apple media event.

09/01/2010 06:04 PM
Roaming iPhone glitch continues
Mobile operator O2 and Apple are still resolving a months-old data roaming issue, with customers complaining of charges they didn't incur.

09/01/2010 03:56 PM
Rival benefits from Digg revamp
A revamp of the social-news site Digg has unexpectedly backfired on its owners after members redirected traffic to a rival site.

09/01/2010 01:13 PM
Advertising watchdog moves online
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm.

09/01/2010 12:50 PM
Wikileaks rape inquiry reopened
Sweden's director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

09/01/2010 11:21 AM
Clicking the blue 'e'
Bill Thompson on Microsoft's game-changing browser

09/01/2010 08:17 AM
Motion control
The PlayStation Move controller put on test

09/01/2010 04:25 AM
Orange rolls out mobile HD voice
Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls.

09/01/2010 01:01 AM
Advert watchdog gets online power
The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.

08/31/2010 07:05 PM
Phone app to monitor heartbeat
More than three million doctors have downloaded a phone application to monitor heartbeats through a phone.

08/31/2010 01:27 PM
Google and Skype face India ban
Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.

08/31/2010 12:46 PM
Who are 4chan?
The internet pranksters who helped expose cat bin lady

08/31/2010 10:49 AM
Google to relieve e-mail overload
Google launches priority inbox to help conquer e-mail overload and rank messages in the order that they matter most.

08/31/2010 10:16 AM
Perfect pitch
Can technology and music happily coexist?

08/30/2010 10:28 AM
Blackberry looks to strike India deal
The Canadian owners of Blackberry, Research in Motion, have offered an olive branch to the Indian government in the bitter battle over e-mail secrecy.

08/30/2010 09:42 AM
Turning brainwaves into music
Musicians Finn Peters and Matthew Yee-King attempt to convert John Humphrys and Justin Webb's thoughts into music

08/30/2010 09:21 AM
Go with the flow
Swarms of marine turbines could 'tap the Gulf Stream'

08/30/2010 07:23 AM
Motion capture clue to human behaviour
The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.

08/28/2010 11:10 AM
'A relentless barrage of abuse'
Groups who work with the victims of cyber-stalking say efforts to tackle the problem are being delayed because Internet Service Providers will not take action.

08/28/2010 01:12 AM
Billionaire sues hi-tech giants
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing several high-tech giants for infringing patents held by a Silicon Valley lab he founded in the 1990s.

08/27/2010 05:01 PM
How to work anywhere in the world
How technology allows digital nomads to leave the office behind to work around the world

08/27/2010 04:26 PM
Art and technology push boundaries
The Creators Project is a new network celebrating technology and creativity in the clubbing scene, across media and around the world. Click paid it a visit.

08/27/2010 12:53 PM
'Missing' Metropolis film restored
Stephen Smith considers what made Fritz Lang's film, Metropolis, so hugely influential, as a newly restored version of the sci-fi epic is premiered in London.

08/27/2010 12:38 PM
'Anti-Facebook' Diaspora eyes launch date
An open alternative to Facebook will be launched on the 15 September, the developers of the Diaspora project say.

08/25/2010 10:02 AM
BBC Micro gets a new lease of life
How the classic PC is helping train a new generation of students in the art of programming.

08/23/2010 09:20 AM
The rise of the 'mummy bloggers'
Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.

08/20/2010 11:06 AM
Virtual reality asks tough questions
Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour.

08/19/2010 12:27 PM
Hacker spaces gather pace globally
Community labs are springing up for people who want to hack and test new ideas.

08/18/2010 09:28 AM
Paint prose
The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it?

08/13/2010 04:25 PM
Online gaming takes it to the next level
Faster broadband networks could spell the end of the games console, experts say.

08/06/2010 03:57 PM
Girl gamers still being left out
The portrayal of women in the game's industry is still lacklustre according to experts and insiders

07/23/2010 06:30 PM
Nothing said online is really private
Nothing said online is really private, says Bill Thompson

07/16/2010 03:18 PM
Step away from the iPod
Banning technology from classrooms is unlikely to solve any problems, thinks Bill Thompson.

07/16/2010 01:10 PM
Hi-tech help for disaster zones
How technology has ushered in a new era for aid work in disaster zones

07/15/2010 02:15 PM
View from the end of the world
Photographers and film-makers capture their 3-D views of the corners of virtual worlds

07/14/2010 09:04 AM
On a mission with the rocket men
In our series about makers and hackers, we look at the world of amateur rocket-makers.

05/27/2010 12:14 PM
Resurrecting Victorian technology
The release of an album on wax cylinder inspired us to try to make a phonograph to play it.

05/07/2010 10:31 AM
Girl Geeks: Women in tech on top
Are women happy being known as geeks?