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Call for limits on web snooping

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:21:05 GMT

Governments and companies should limit the amount of surveillance they carry out on web users, says Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

Smart clothes could take photos

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:48:59 GMT

Smart fabrics that may one day be able to take images of their surroundings are under development by US researchers.

Royal household turns to Twitter

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:12:17 GMT

The micro-blogging revolution has reached Buckingham Palace as a Twitter account for the British Monarchy goes live.

Pair jailed for web race crimes

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:30:05 GMT

Two men are jailed after becoming the first British people to be convicted of inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.

Hardware makers support Google OS

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:28:14 GMT

Google announces which hardware firms back its browser-based Chrome operating system.

Mobile broadband notspots mapped

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:12:29 GMT

Regulator Ofcom pledges to investigate why some areas of the country don't have mobile broadband.

New 'cyber attacks' hit S Korea

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:14:48 GMT

A bank, a national newspaper and the national spy agency are among the targets of a new cyber attack in South Korea.

Police to probe phone hack claims

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:12:58 GMT

The police are to examine claims that thousands of politicians' and celebrities' mobile phones were hacked into by a newspaper.

TalkTalk drops ad tracking firm

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:41:08 GMT

Carphone Warehouses' ISP ends its agreement with Phorm, following BT's decision to step back.

Man cleared of using Twitter to cause a financial panic

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:45:42 GMT

An appeals court in Guatemala City says there is not enough evidence to try a man accused of using micro-blog Twitter to cause a financial panic.

Thousands send text messages to Obama before Africa visit

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:38:57 GMT

Barack Obama is receiving thousands of text messages after asking Africans to send questions before his trip there.

Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:53:11 GMT

Web revolution

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:03:01 GMT

TV series aims to become part of the web's history

Building Harry

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:30:08 GMT

A profile of UK game maker Bright Light Studio

Mobile markets

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:23:07 GMT

A guide to the top app stores for handsets

Code crunch

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:52:38 GMT

Beetle farming features in student competition

Play mates

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:05:53 GMT

Online games are helping families stay in touch

Geek heaven

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:38:20 GMT

A stroll around Tokyo's Akihabara district

Sheffield in broadband fast lane

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:20:46 GMT

The company that brings super-fast broadband to homes via the sewers is building a network in the UK city of Sheffield.

O2 signs Palm Pre exclusive deal

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:17:42 GMT

O2 has confirmed that it has an exclusive deal to sell the Palm Pre in the UK.

Jackson memorial sale crackdown

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:02:44 GMT

Those picked to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service are being prevented from selling their tickets online.

Security risks of social networks

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:59:51 GMT

Are spies being caught out by Facebook?

Phorm shares fall as BT opts out

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:44:55 GMT

Shares in online ad firm Phorm fall as BT says it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour.

Digital champion targets the poor

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:43:46 GMT

Martha Lane Fox, the UK's digital champion, plans to focus efforts on the six million Britons "at the bottom of the pile".

MySpace 'suicide bully cleared'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:32:24 GMT

A woman accused of "cyber-bullying" a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide sees her conviction provisionally thrown out.

Vodafone restarts Carphone deal

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:56 GMT

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

Traffic rockets to Twitter site

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:44:57 GMT

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

Kill or cure for pirate radio?

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:29:30 GMT

Where will pirate radio go after digital switch-over?

Being open about secrecy

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:44:33 GMT

Bill Thompson takes a look at data security

Engaging with the internet

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:51:58 GMT

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

Mixed results for green IT goals

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:54:03 GMT

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

Of pixels and paintbrushes

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:17:22 GMT

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

Can't connect, won't connect.

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:18:22 GMT

Bill Thompson looks at the perils of wi-fi and babies

How bad is Facebook for you?

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:50:29 GMT

Bill Thompson on social networking 'scares'

A nation of programmers?

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:47:36 GMT

Regular columnist Bill Thompson argues that people need to know more about programming and what programmes do

BBC Internet: More BBC HD

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:53:41 GMT

Press Red: Building plans

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:40:07 GMT

JournalismLabs: New BBC Weather site

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:45:26 GMT

Code-cracking and computers

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:05:34 GMT

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

Accelerating the modern age

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:09:40 GMT

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

One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:09:59 GMT

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

The history of UK computing

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:11 GMT

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