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Spain arrests 'prolific' hackers

Spanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet.

'$100 laptop' platform moves on

An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched.

Yahoo rebuffs plan to oust board

The net portal fires back at a billionaire investor who wants to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.

OECD warns on net address change

Delays in implementing the net's new addressing scheme could slow growth of the net economy, warns the OECD.

US game sales lifted by GTA

US sales of video game consoles and software were up 47% in April from a year ago, a research firm says.

US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted

A US woman who allegedly bullied a girl on MySpace who later committed suicide is indicted by a Grand Jury.

NHS IT 'at least four years late'

It will be at least 2014 before the NHS in England has a single electronic records system, say auditors.

Two internets

Bill Thompson on how to be safe and keep risk alive online

Identity fraud hits net telephony

Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP accounts are being traded online, a telecoms firm finds.

Estonia sets up cyber defence hub

Nato backs a new cyber defence centre in Estonia, following attacks on its internet structure.

CBS buys tech news site CNET

Television company CBS agrees to buy online technology news and entertainment website CNET.

MySpace wins huge spam payout

MySpace has won $234m in damages from spammers - but has little chance of getting the cash say experts.

Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row

A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after publishing knitting patterns for the show's monsters online.

UK software piracy rate declines

A survey of software piracy in UK firms has shown that it has fallen for the first time in three years.

Mars probe set for risky descent

Scientists prepare for "seven minutes of terror" as the Phoenix spacecraft attempts to land on the surface.

Luminaries look to the future web

Luminaries predict the shape of tomorrow's world wide web

Xerox plans the future of today

The famed Xerox Parc labs invites the BBC to view the best of its latest crop of research projects

Games straddle worlds

Two of the biggest games of the year - GTA IV and Wii Fit - have finally arrived and they could not be more different.

The power of play on the internet

Game design and social networking are merging into one of the most persuasive forces on the net.

Free game hopes to save gorillas

Campaigners hoping to save mountain gorillas are making a game simulating the lives of the animals free to mobile phone users.

Stark warning for internet's future

A leading internet academic warns the future of the internet is at risk from closed and proprietorial systems.

The healing power of computers

Bill Thompson wonders if hi-tech can help keep the Earth habitable for humans.

Making something from nothing

Bill Thompson on the implications of lax programming of Flash

Falling out of love with robots

Humans may never be intimate with machines thinks Bill Thompson

Who will write tomorrow's code?

We need to recruit more programmers, says Bill Thompson

The offline cost of an online life

Bill Thompson wonders if his virtual presences are having a significant real world impact.

How Twitter makes it real

Bill Thompson on how Twitter is beginning to be taken seriously.

Why the future is in your hands

The humble mobile phone looks set to become a multimedia, multi-function monster as more features are crammed inside it.

Walking with the web

How mobile phones are set to become the gateway to the web

Google bets on Android future

Google's director of mobile platforms explains his vision for Android, a new operating system for mobiles.

Pupils reveal mobile snapshot

Students at a school in Tynemouth carry out a survey of mobile phone use as apart of the BBC's School Report project.

Nokia morphs itself from within

Future computing technologies

The computing technologies to go beyond Moore's Law

Getting more from Moore's Law

A look at some of the technologies that could allow the silicon industry to deliver faster, cheaper chips.

A journey into 'fab world'

The silicon factories where a speck of dust is a big problem

Meeting computing's prophet

BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution.