Game firm pursues virtual thieves
Fraudsters who targeted the Runescape virtual game with a phishing attack are being sought by police in the UK and US.

Stephen Gately tops Google search
The death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately was fastest rising search topic on Google's UK site in 2009, the firm says.

BT boss has only broadband home
BT admits its chairman is the only person in a village on the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire border with broadband.

Solar panel costs 'set to fall'
The cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected according to new research.

Atom-smasher sets energy record
The Large Hadron Collider sets a new world record for the energy of its particle beams, officials say.

eBay fined in perfume sales row
A Parisian court fines eBay 1.7m euros after ruling it had not kept to an injunction banning users from selling on LVMH perfumes.

Websites start charging for news
Newspaper publisher Johnston Press starts charging readers to access the content on some of its websites.

Lawyers target 'pirates' for cash
Around 15,000 suspected pirates may soon get letters accusing them of illegally sharing movies and games and asking for cash.

Wikipedia denies editors' exodus
The online encyclopaedia disputes claims that the numbers of people editing Wikipedia are in sharp decline.

60 of the most "thrilling moments" in science history go online
The Royal Society marks the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online.

Translator technology converts live theatre into eight languages
A new handset offering subtitles of live performances in eight different languages has launched in London's West End.

Open book
How the web allows anyone to publish a tome

Common lands
Why cyberspace should be a public space

Cash in colour
Can pretty pictures help us understand complex issues?

1,000mph man
The man who aims to smash his own land speed record

E-waste hazard
The dangers facing India's electronic recyclers

Web 'threatens' public services
The NHS and other public services must re-organise themselves around the needs of users, say social media activists.

Mininova ends illegal torrents
A Dutch court ruling forces the file-sharing website Mininova to remove all torrents linked to copyright material.

iPhone hacker lands software job
The 21-year-old Australian hacker who wrote the first iPhone worm lands a job developing software for the phones.

Hacker to appeal over extradition
Lawyers for computer hacker Gary McKinnon are to challenge the home secretary's decision not to block his extradition to the US.

E-petitions promote people power
Online petitions will allow citizens to raise issues and concerns with government but still face stumbling blocks.

Boost for spin-based electronics
The field of "spintronics" - a future means of computing - is shown to work at room temperature for the first time.

Technical glitch hits LSE trading
Trading on the London Stock Exchange was halted for three and a half hours on Thursday following technical difficulties.

Site publishes '9/11 messages'
The Wikileaks site publishes what it says are 570,000 intercepted pager messages sent during the 9/11 attacks in the US.

Device spells doom for superbugs
Researchers have demonstrated a device that can kill off superbugs such as MRSA in just seconds - and could help with body odour.

Wikipedia 'loses' 49,000 editors
A university researcher claims that far fewer people are editing the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in 2009.

Digital world has feet on ground
We need atoms as well as bits, says Bill Thompson

Social media challenges society
How social media challenges age-old social rules

An internet that speaks to you
Bill Thompson welcomes moves to make the net multi-lingual.

Is e-democracy a good thing?
Digital Britain requires a pause for thought, writes Bill Thompson

When Big Brother turns bad
Sex, drugs and breakdowns for net pioneer

Wikipedia's future in Africa
Net encyclopaedia Wikipedia to expand in Africa

Solar power lights up the world
Solar power technology comes of age.

Europe fights Google's book plans
Europe fights Google's book plans