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

The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet with Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.

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.

Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.

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

Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.

Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.

Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.

A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.

A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures

Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.

Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.

Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.

Shares of Taiwan's HTC fall after US customs officials hold up shipments of its new smartphones over a patent dispute.

A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"

A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.

Sina Corp, China's largest internet portal and media website, posts a loss in the first three months of the year.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems.

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

Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.

Click's Sumi Das reports on the Udacity project which is already causing ripples around the globe as it is making a top class education available to anyone, anywhere and for free.

With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.

The Philippines has recently overtaken India as the country with the most call centre workers - and it is due in no small part to technology.

Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV.

Spencer Kelly advises on the huge range of wireless printers available in the shops.

Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain.

Scotland's latest bid for tidal power

Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?

Paralysed patients control a robotic arm only with their thoughts

The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone

The creative brains imagining a smarter future

The technology powering the Philippines call centre revolution

Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi

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