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.

UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

Facebook acts on follower trade
Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site that sells friends and followers.

Dell sees quarterly profits fall
US computer giant Dell reports another decline in its quarterly profits, sending its shares 7% lower.

Design finalised for 1,000mph rocket car
The UK team aiming to smash its own land speed record by driving a car beyond 1,000mph settles on a final design for the vehicle.

Set to stun: scientists test 'phaser' on worms
Scientists show off an effect not unlike that of "phasers" in Star Trek - but it only works on tiny worms called nematodes.

Crime time
Why the police are turning to Twitter and Facebook

Panel power
Solar power technology comes of age.

After the hype
Once it was huge, but what happened to Second Life?

Computer curse
The man who wrote the first ever computer virus

Public humiliation
Sex, drugs and breakdowns for net pioneer

CD player production ends at Linn
A manufacturer of hi-fi systems sounds what it says could be the death knell of the compact disc player.

Twitter urges Murdoch to be open
Newspapers should become "radically open" if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of Twitter says.

First test for record solar plane
The prototype of a solar-powered plane destined for a record round-the-world journey makes its first trip across a runway.

China military site draws hackers
A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts 2.3million hack attempts in its first four weeks online.

Tiny chip could diagnose disease
A simple and cheap approach to diagnosing a wide array of medical conditions has been demonstrated by researchers.

Government lays out digital plans
The government outlines a bill in the Queen's Speech for the country's digital future including plans to tackle illegal file-sharers.

Sony aims to return TVs to profit
Sony says it aims to make its LCD TV operations profitable in the financial year starting next April as it continues to cut costs.

Night vision scopes see daylight
How British troops are able to see in the dark

OS maps to go online
The government announces plans to make Ordnance Survey mapping data available free of charge online.

Worlds apart
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

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

Strength in science collaboration
Scientists use social networking to collaborate

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

A 360 degree net experience
How to make a virtual video tour