BBC News - Technology

Syndicate content
The latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 15 weeks 6 days ago

VIDEO: Sony says 25m extra users hacked

3 May, 2011 - 13:49
The BBC's Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on the latest Sony security breach.
Categories: Tech

AUDIO: Are ebooks killing off paper books?

3 May, 2011 - 12:22
The Publishers Association have released new figures which explain how much damage ebooks are doing to their paper based alternatives.
Categories: Tech

Sony says 25m extra users hacked

3 May, 2011 - 11:45
Sony warns that almost 25 million extra game users may have had their personal details taken in a hacker attack.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Billion dollar bill for Limewire?

3 May, 2011 - 11:44
A court in New York considers how much file-sharing website Limewire should compensate the music industry for copyright infringement.
Categories: Tech

N Korea 'behind South bank hack'

3 May, 2011 - 10:06
Prosecutors in South Korea say North Korean hackers were behind an attack that paralysed a leading bank last month.
Categories: Tech

Digital book sales soar in the UK

3 May, 2011 - 03:13
Sales of digital books more than quadrupled in the UK in 2010, figures from the Publishers Association show.
Categories: Tech

Angels exist

3 May, 2011 - 01:04
Augmented reality becomes a serious business tool
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Obama 'watched raid in real-time'

2 May, 2011 - 22:11
US President Obama watched the raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed in real-time, according to White House Counter-Terrorism advisor John Brennan.
Categories: Tech

VIDEO: Augmented reality: a commercial tool

2 May, 2011 - 21:40
Augmented reality lets consumers interact with products in new ways, even through their smartphones.
Categories: Tech

Bin Laden raid was tweeted live

2 May, 2011 - 11:49
The raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was revealed first on Twitter by IT consultant Sohaib Athar.
Categories: Tech

Big ideas wanted

2 May, 2011 - 03:04
China looks for creativity to boost hi-tech industry
Categories: Tech

Perfect match

1 May, 2011 - 17:19
The website that helps Indians arrange marriages
Categories: Tech

Sony to resume PlayStation gaming

1 May, 2011 - 08:50
Sony says it will resume some services on its PlayStation Network, which was shut after the theft of personal details of about 77m users.
Categories: Tech

Cyber-stalking laws review urged

1 May, 2011 - 03:06
A senior police officer has called for a Home Office review of the legislation used to prosecute cyber-stalkers.
Categories: Tech

Future music

30 April, 2011 - 08:18
Laurie Anderson on her synth violin and other instruments
Categories: Tech

The royal World Wide Wedding

30 April, 2011 - 01:01
The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton was an event for the internet age.
Categories: Tech

Office boosts Microsoft profits

29 April, 2011 - 22:20
Technology giant Microsoft reports a sharp jump in quarterly profits, thanks in part to strong sales of its Office applications.
Categories: Tech

Amazon apologises for cloud fault

29 April, 2011 - 17:27
The online retailer Amazon has apologised for a fault in its web hosting service that knocked out scores of websites.
Categories: Tech

Samsung earnings plunge by 30%

29 April, 2011 - 03:51
Samsung Electronics says profits for the first three months of the year have fallen by 30%.
Categories: Tech

PlayStation credit cards were encrypted

28 April, 2011 - 20:05
Sony says that credit card details held on its hacked PlayStation Network were stored in securely encrypted files.
Categories: Tech