Solar power lights up the world
The technology advances in solar power for consumers on the go, self-generation at home, and on a mass scale.

Webscape
Web reviewer Kate Russell explores some galaxies, uses rights-free music and finds the joy of baking.

Games 'permit' virtual war crimes
Many war games allow players to commit what would be war crimes in the real world, finds a study.

New iPhone worm is 'more serious'
A second worm which infects modified iPhones has been discovered by security company F-Secure.

Call to jam prison mobile signals
An independent inspector calls for mobile phone signals in prisons to be jammed to help prevent crime and drug dealing by inmates.

Beams collide in Big Bang machine
Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the first time.

YouTube gets automatic subtitles
Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.

Google books
Publishers oppose Google plans for a large virtual library

Handheld devices
Why Apple is creeping into the games market