Yahoo agrees $7.1bn Alibaba deal

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:48:58 GMT

US internet company Yahoo says it has reached a deal to sell part of its stake in China's biggest internet company Alibaba Group.

China clears Google Motorola bid

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:07:28 GMT

Chinese regulators approve Google's $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility, the final hurdle for the deal to go through.

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".

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.

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.

Facebook shares see modest debut

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:49:36 GMT

Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.

Twitter backs web privacy effort

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.

Anonymous attacks Indian websites

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.

Computer game for stroke patients

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:10:02 GMT

Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.

Government to miss cookie cut-off

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.

China Mobile in talks with Apple

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.

Government may miss cloud targets

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.

Japan launches S Korea satellite

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.

Privacy watchdog to meet Google

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.

Google makes search 'more human'

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.

The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:16:48 GMT

File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.

Virgin Atlantic allows air calls

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.

Facebook: How the others fared

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:20:27 GMT

A look at a selection of internet companies that previously floated on the US stock exchange

Prosthetic retina in development

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.

VIDEO: Why do gadgets keep on breaking?

Thu, 10 May 2012 08:31:46 GMT

An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them

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

VIDEO: Twitter banned in Pakistan

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:39:16 GMT

Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.

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.

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.

VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:03:45 GMT

LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.

AUDIO: Taxman targets online traders

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:53:26 GMT

HMRC is targetting people who use sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell items online at a profit.

VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:08:43 GMT

MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.

VIDEO: Electric unicycles and other tech news

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:35:18 GMT

Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.

VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:11:09 GMT

The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.

Facebook: Living 'the hacker way'

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:45:15 GMT

Will Facebook keep innovating post-IPO?

Asian trading heads for online

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:59 GMT

The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions

Can Facebook crack China?

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:46:50 GMT

Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?

Tidal power gets a stormy birth

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:59:54 GMT

Scotland's latest bid for tidal power

Facebook's first female engineer

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:06:55 GMT

How the social network’s first female engineer beat old-fashioned views in Silicon Valley

Is social media changing how we complain?

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:14:08 GMT

Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?

Robotic arm controlled by thought

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:51 GMT

Paralysed patients control a robotic arm only with their thoughts