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VIDEO: Eye-tracking helps advertisers

7 hours 27 min ago
Developments in eye-tracking technology are helping advertisers predict what products will appeal to customers.

Web firms remove India material

7 hours 59 min ago
Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship.

VIDEO: Cher Lloyd: 'I'm scared of cyberbullies'

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 08:44
Pop singer Cher Lloyd tells Panorama's Declan Lawn about being cyberbullied and her fears for her family's safety.

Olympus calls shareholder meeting

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 04:40
Olympus shareholders will get the chance to question management about the accounting scandal as the firm calls an emergency meeting.

MPs fear far-right terror threat

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 03:48
MPs call on internet service providers to make greater efforts to remove violent extremist material.

FBI probes Anonymous phone hack

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 00:45
The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

Micron's Appleton dies in crash

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 22:30
Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.

Hackers breach FBI-UK police call

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 21:54
Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking.

BT fibre optic 'game changer' vow

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 20:20
Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says.

Apple overturns Motorola's ban

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 17:10
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

Google asked to pause rule change

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:40
An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy policy.

Motorola makes Apple pull devices

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:52
Motorola forces some 3G iPhones and iPads to be pulled from Apple's German online store after enforcing a patent injunction.

VIDEO: 'Flying people' and other tech news

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:55
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a remote-controlled man-shaped plane. This and more in this week's tech news.

Megaupload bail appeal rejected

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:48
Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.

The internet's secret black market

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:23
Drugs and guns for sale on the internet's black market

VIDEO: The untraceable 'dark web'

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:21
Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names.

Largest optical telescope created

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:15
Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

BT cuts costs to increase profits

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 08:29
Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users.

Panasonic predicts a record loss

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 08:11
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.

Viewpoint: The connected workforce

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 01:05
Google on technology that could change the way we work