| Police placing ads on piracy sites |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:04:02 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The City of London police has started placing banner advertisements on websites believed to be offering pirated content illegally. |
| China regulators in Microsoft visit |
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 02:28:45 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Microsoft confirms that officials from the Chinese regulatory body responsible for enforcing business laws have visited some of its offices. |
| Hacker McKinnon turns search expert |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:52:33 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker who was the subject of a 10-year legal battle over US extradition, reinvents himself as a search expert. |
| Russia offers $110,000 Tor bounty |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:15:09 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Russia offers 3.9m roubles ($110,000; £65,000) in a contest for ways to crack the identities of users of the Tor network. |
| Beats sued for noise-cancelling tech |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:10:24 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Headphones-maker Bose claims that Beats has infringed its noise-cancelling tech and is seeking damages ahead of a takeover by Apple. |
| Wikipedia blocks US Congress edits |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:12:08 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Administrators have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives, following "persistent disruptive editing". |
| Absent fans get robot to do cheering |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:31:27 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
A struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans. |
| Google Glass rival has neck battery |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:05:21 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Chinese computing giant Lenovo has shown off what it hopes will be a rival to Google Glass - but with a better battery life. |
| Mobile test illuminates risk taking |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:09:54 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Specially designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about cognition, a team finds. |
| Gecko sex satellite 'not responding' |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:48:42 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
A Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not regained, according to reports. |
| Google quizzed over deleted links |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:56:29 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Watchdogs are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links to be erased from its European search results. |
| Amazon reports $126m quarterly loss |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:49:59 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Amazon reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales. |
| Drone operator finds missing man |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:36:17 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
A drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who had been missing for three days. |
| Nasa seeks aid with Earth-Mars links |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:33:24 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Nasa is asking for help to get data back from future science missions orbiting Mars or roaming its surface. |
| Qualcomm disputes China phone sales |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:07:59 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
US chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales to minimise their payments. |
| Twitter's staff male-dominated |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:41:20 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The firm is the latest in the tech industry to admit it has problems with gender representation among its workforce. |
| Kanye West wins 'Coinye' lawsuit |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:41:40 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
US rapper Kanye West wins a lawsuit against the creators of the Coinye Bitcoin, a crypto currency which parodied the star. |
| Church app for praying on-the-go |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:59:48 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Kiev cathedral launches prayer and guidance app. |
| VIDEO: Tech review: This week's headlines |
Fri, 18 Jul 2014 08:26:15 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
A smart contact lens that could help diabetics monitor their glucose levels is being developed |
| VIDEO: The tech listening for gunfire |
Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:20:26 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
How gunshot detection technology is helping police to hear gunfire in the most concealed of places. |
| VIDEO: What price for free wi-fi? |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:25:24 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
How businesses hope to learn more about us by offering free wi-fi. |
| VIDEO: 'Passion' is the key to good blogging |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:40:11 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The BBC's Sameer Hashmi talks to the woman behind the successful Bollywood blog MissMalini.com. |
| AUDIO: How to protect your online reputation |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:39:41 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Recent high profile cases have illustrated the danger of people having their public reputation damaged by negative online rumours and social media sites. |
| VIDEO: How to build and fly your own drone |
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:00:13 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Personal aerial drones that take pictures could soon become a lot more common, thanks to a new invention. |
| VIDEO: A TV world without personality? |
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:01:15 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Kevin Spacey's series House of Cards is a prime example of how the broadcasting world is changing. But will a world of on demand TV be devoid of passion and personality. BBC Newsnight's David Grossman reports. |
| VIDEO: Could you beat Usain Bolt in a race? |
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 08:06:48 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Engineers are making it possible for spectators to race against the world's fastest man. |
| VIDEO: BBC iPlayer 'works 99.9% of the time' |
Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:29:14 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The BBC has defended its iPlayer service service after it was hit by technical problems which started over the weekend. |
| VIDEO: 'I couldn't get a taxi... so I created an app' |
Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:30:38 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Brazilian Tallis Gomes explains how a failed attempt to hail a cab drove him to create smartphone app Easy Taxi. |
| Hype and hi-tech |
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:05:20 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The difficulties of predicting the future shape of technology |
| Nollywood finds its global audience online |
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:01:53 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
African nation's film industry finds new audiences online |
| Thwarting Senegal’s cattle rustlers |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:11:56 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Squaring up to Senegal's cattle rustlers |
| The ship that totally failed to change the world |
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:26:13 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The ship that totally failed to change the world |
| Wildlife film-makers' tricks of the trade |
Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:00:40 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Wildlife film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade |
| Fly on the Facebook wall documentary |
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:01:14 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
The TV team 'spying' on students' social media lives |
| A brave new on-demand TV world |
Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:33:06 GMT
Source: BBC News - Technology |
Netflix and Amazon disrupt how shows are made |