News

The European Commission tells Google it has a "matter of weeks" to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world's dominant search engine.

Parents will now be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer.

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

Shares in Facebook slump as much as 12%, falling below the initial price they were launched at on Friday in one of the world's biggest stockmarket flotations.

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

Apple and Samsung are holding two days of talks that will try to find a way to end the many legal rows between the rivals.

Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".

UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and other Kindle digital services.

Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.

Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.

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%.

Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.

Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.

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

Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.

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.

The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.

Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

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

Two people in Scotland have stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight.

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

Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves

Covering a continuously moving object is no easy task and involves some new broadcasting ideas, as technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has been finding out.

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

The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.

Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.

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

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

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

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

Will Facebook keep innovating after flotation?

How Mark Zuckerberg's wedding symbolises investor nerves

The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions

Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?

Scotland's latest bid for tidal power

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

Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?

BBC News - Technology
Last updated: Mon, 21 May 2012 14:33:40 GMT
Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse.