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BBC News - Technology

• May 18, 2012
• 16:50

  Facebook shares spike on debut

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook shares are trading flat at $38 on their stock market debut, having initially jumped to $42 within minutes of trade beginning.
• 13:08

  VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
• 12:20

  Twitter backs web privacy effort

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
• 11:09

  Silicon trick for next-gen memory

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
• 10:44

  Anonymous attacks Indian websites

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
• 10:35

  VIDEO: Electric unicycles and other tech news

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Honda Motors unveils a new auto-balancing unicycle that can be controlled hands free - and other technology news stories.
• 10:17

  VIDEO: 'Is Facebook worth $100 billion?'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  As Facebook floats itself on the stock exchange, technology experts attending the Future Everything conference in Manchester give their views on the company's worth.
• 7:19

  VIDEO: Facebook shares due to go on sale

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  One of the biggest floatations ever seen on world stock markets will take place today when shares in the social networking site Facebook go on sale.
• 2:07

  Japan launches S Korea satellite

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
• 1:06

  Facebook's first female engineer

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  How the social network’s first female engineer beat old-fashioned views in Silicon Valley
• May 17, 2012
• 23:35

  Float values Facebook at $104bn

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
• 23:00

  Asian trading heads for online

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions
• 18:24

  Iran 'to sue Google' over Gulf

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Google is facing legal action for not labelling the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its map service.
• 17:25

  Government may miss cloud targets

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.
• 17:20

  Met Police to extract phone data

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
• 15:53

  AUDIO: Taxman targets online traders

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  HMRC is targetting people who use sites such as eBay and Amazon to sell items online at a profit.
• 15:46

  Can Facebook crack China?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Can Facebook crack the Chinese market?
• 13:10

  Computer game for stroke patients

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
• 11:19

  Prosthetic retina in development

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Scottish scientists are working on a device to restore sight in people with a form of age related blindness.
• 11:16

  Privacy watchdog to meet Google

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The French privacy watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, is to meet Google to scrutinise its controversial privacy policy changes.
• 10:17

  China Mobile in talks with Apple

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.
• 10:14

  Is social media changing how we complain?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Has social media shifted balance when making complaints?
• 7:59

  Tidal power gets a stormy birth

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Scotland's latest bid for tidal power
• 1:36

  VIDEO: Ad boss on Facebook's power

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Sir Martin Sorrell explains to Rory Cellan-Jones the strengths and weaknesses of Facebook when it comes to advertising, as the company prepares to float on the stock exchange.
• May 16, 2012
• 23:07

  Government to miss cookie cut-off

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
• 20:05

  Google makes search 'more human'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Google revamps its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions with a new function, the Knowledge Graph.
• 17:16

  The Pirate Bay hit by hack attack

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  File-sharing website The Pirate Bay appears to have been hit by a coordinated hack attack.
• 17:05

  Robotic arm controlled by thought

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Paralysed patients control a robotic arm only with their thoughts
• 16:23

  Facebook to sell 25% more shares

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
• 15:32

  Virgin Atlantic allows air calls

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Passengers flying Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using personal devices.
• 14:33

  Jury out in Google Oracle dispute

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A jury has retired to consider claims that Google wilfully infringed patents belonging to Java developer Oracle.
• 13:25

  AUDIO: Could you be a Facebook 'addict'?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The BBC's Gareth Mitchell discusses whether it is possible to be addicted to social networks like Facebook with psychologist Dr Cecilie Andreassen.
• 12:42

  Sexting threat comes from peers

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures
• 12:19

  Google patents Project Glass design

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Search giant Google patents the design of its augmented reality glasses, known as Project Glass.
• 9:37

  Diablo III players report game bug

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Blizzard say they are working to fix a 'game breaking' bug in Diablo III as the eagerly anticipated release is hit by more problems.
• 9:06

  HTC shares dip on shipment delay

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Shares of Taiwan's HTC fall after US customs officials hold up shipments of its new smartphones over a patent dispute.
• 8:13

  Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is to write the script for Sony Pictures' upcoming biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
• 7:00

  Milestone for wi-fi with 'T-rays'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
• 2:41

  Sina swings to loss on expenses

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Sina Corp, China's largest internet portal and media website, posts a loss in the first three months of the year.
• 0:21

  Flipboard integrates audio in app

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.
• May 15, 2012
• 23:01

  Power behind the phone: Imagination Technologies

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The tech firm putting the smart into smartphone
• 21:10

  Nvidia aims for fastest computer

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Nvidia unveils a new GPU which it says should help the the US overtake Japan to claim the world's fastest supercomputer.
• 17:59

  Diablo III game finally launched

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Fans knock over maker Blizzard's servers as they rush to play the much-awaited sequel to the fantasy action role-playing game.
• 16:21

  BT and TalkTalk lag in speed test

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.
• 15:18

  Nokia accuses Apple of Siri bias

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"
• 14:28

  Baidu releases cheap smartphone

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Baidu, China's search giant, has announced the launch of its first smartphone.
• 13:45

  Mobile porn filters 'censorship'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A report finds that 60 sites have been wrongly blocked by UK mobile filters designed to protect children.
• 12:49

  Facebook raises flotation price

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook raises the price range at which it hopes to sell shares to between $34 and $38, potentially putting its total value above $100bn.
• 12:11

  VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
• 12:00

  Apple releases patch for older OS

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Apple offers Flashback patch for customers who with older operating systems.
• 8:03

  VIDEO: Ivy League education free on the web

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Click's Sumi Das reports on the Udacity project which is already causing ripples around the globe as it is making a top class education available to anyone, anywhere and for free.
• 7:45

  In Pictures: UK engineering award

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Three finalists fight for UK's top engineering award: a multinational car firm, a small flood consultancy and a high-tech camera manufacturer
• 7:13

  Twitter vows to 'protect' users

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Twitter tells the BBC it hopes to work more closely with government and other policymakers.
• 4:08

  AMD unveils Trinity processors

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  AMD unveils its latest PC chip boasting more graphics power than Intel's Ivy Bridge and new 'energy recycling' tech.
• 1:23

  Loss widens at 'China's Facebook'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Renren, known as China's Facebook, reports wider losses for the first three months of the year because of weak advertising revenues.
• 1:07

  Robot can scent online activity

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A web-connected robot that emits a puff of perfume is helping people gauge how connected they are online.
• May 14, 2012
• 23:05

  VIDEO: Philippines call centre success

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The Philippines has recently overtaken India as the country with the most call centre workers - and it is due in no small part to technology.
• 23:00

  Tech powers Philippines call centre success

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The technology powering the Philippines call centre revolution
• 16:37

  Microsoft backs torrent blocker

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A system said to block bit torrent downloads is backed by a Microsoft fund, but experts dispute its long-term effectiveness.
• 13:03

  Light-powered bionic eye invented

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
• 12:21

  VIDEO: The challenge for Yahoo

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Yahoo has announced its Chief Executive Scott Thompson is stepping down after a controversy over a fake computer science college degree on his CV.
• 11:57

  Apple drops '4G' from iPad ads

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Apple has stopped using '4G' in adverts for its latest iPad following complaints about which technologies the phrase stood for.
• 11:40

  US town police ban 'walk-texting'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Pedestrians in an American town are being fined £50 for texting while they walk.
• 11:12

  Facebook's Saverin quits the US

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship, just days ahead of the company's stock flotation.
• 7:29

  Facebook - buy or sell?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The nervous questions ahead of Facebook's IPO
• 5:29

  VIDEO: Guide to developing mobile games

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  With mobile gaming becoming an increasingly lucrative sector, young entrepreneurs are focusing their attentions on this growing industry.
• May 13, 2012
• 23:49

  In-flight internet to take off?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Using satellites to provide planes with fast reliable wi-fi
• 23:00

  Change.org targets UK petitions

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The campaign site Change.org is localising its service to help publicise UK-based campaigns.
• 20:39

  Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down amid accusations a fake computer science degree was included on his CV.
• May 12, 2012
• 1:29

  Whatever happened to carbon capture?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Carbon capture battles money, politics and technology
• May 11, 2012
• 23:00

  Wargaming a fight against hackers

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Taking steps to prepare the UK for a major cyberattack
• 15:56

  Game sales see sharp drop in US

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  US gamers spent 42% less on their hobby in April compared to the same period in 2011, says market research firm NPD.
• 12:53

  VIDEO: Buyers' guide to wireless printers

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Spencer Kelly advises on the huge range of wireless printers available in the shops.
• 12:11

  Facebook tests 'pay to post' tool

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Some Facebook users are getting the chance to pay a small fee to make some posts 'more visible' on the social network.
• 9:20

  AUDIO: Tweeting to a planet near you

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Why is an artist about to sent tweets into space? Nathaniel Stern, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Anu Ojha, Director of the National Space Academy in Leicester, explain.
• 8:18

  VIDEO: Facebook app store and other tech news

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  In a bid to ramp up its focus on mobile lifestyles, Facebook acquires 'social discovery' startup Glancee.
• 5:33

  Sony shares tumble to 31-year low

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Sony shares tumble to a 31-year low, a day after the company reported a record annual loss of 456.7bn yen ($5.7bn; £3.5bn).
• 0:56

  Norway aims for carbon leadership

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The world's largest test facility for carbon capture and storage opens in Norway
• 0:18

  Real-world beaming: The risk of avatar and robot crime

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  As tech allows people to "beam" into remote robots and avatars, what if they commit crimes?
• May 10, 2012
• 23:00

  Welcome to the social revolution

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Salesforce's Marc Benioff says social media changes everything
• 22:41

  Bing brings Facebook to searches

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Microsoft is revamping its Bing search engine to include advice from Facebook and other social media platforms.
• 22:23

  VIDEO: How to 'beam' a robot avatar

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The BBC has been given an exclusive demonstration of how the technology of robot avatar 'beaming' works, allowing a kind of 'physical' interaction at a distance.
• 18:22

  Dutch court bans Pirate Bay links

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The Netherlands' Pirate Party is banned from telling users how to bypass blocks to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
• 17:49

  Chat: Should phones be banned in school?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The man who runs Ofsted, which examines schools, says he wants children banned from taking their phones into class.
• 16:59

  UK teen arrested in hack probe

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  A teenager is arrested in Newcastle over alleged involvement with hacking group Team Poison.
• 16:02

  Games age rating rules changed

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The rating system used to warn parents about unsuitable content in video games is to be simplified, the government says
• 13:17

  Warcraft subscriptions stabilise

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Activision Blizzard says subscriptions to World of Warcraft have held steady after losing over one million users the previous year.
• 13:02

  EU cuts the cost of Europe calls

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Regulations to significantly reduce the cost of using a mobile phone abroad have been passed by the European Parliament.
• 12:16

  China Flipboard users to beat US

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Flipboard - a popular news magazine for mobile devices - expects the number of downloads of its app in China to soon surpass those in the United States.
• 10:29

  Facebook launches its app store

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Facebook announces App Center, a specialised store offering mobile apps, as it admits growing mobile use could hurt its revenues.
• 8:31

  VIDEO: Why do gadgets keep on breaking?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  An investigation into why devices stop working without anything seeming to be wrong with them
• 5:22

  Robot research laboratory opens

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The UK's biggest robotics lab opens for business
• May 09, 2012
• 23:22

  VIDEO: X-rays probe world's oldest 'computer'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism.
• 23:05

  Idle home PCs raise charity cash

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Efforts to turn PCs' downtime into cash for charities
• 23:05

  Carmageddon comeback seeks cash

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.
• 17:29

  Nuance confirms Samsung TV tie-up

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The US-based voice recognition firm Nuance confirms its technology is being used in Samsung's high-end TVs.
• 16:45

  How does the 'bionic' marathon suit work?

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  How a robotic suit let a paralysed woman complete a marathon
• 16:03

  Data surveillance plan outlined

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Plans to make it easier for the police and security services to monitor e-mails and telephone are unveiled but with promises of "strict safeguards".
• 15:58

  Mobile firms attack 'early 4G'

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  Rivals have voiced their objections to Everything Everywhere rolling out 4G mobile services before them.
• 15:49

  Bioshock Infinite delayed to 2013

   » ‎ BBC News - Technology
  The much-anticipated third game in the Bioshock series will miss its Christmas sales slot after its developer asks for more time.