http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Wed, 23 May 2012 03:02:57 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Virgin is due to tell a Lord's select committee that rival BT is being subsidised by government cash. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18158808#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18158808 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:35 GMT The search result sharing service allows members of the public to sign up and view each other's "collages of content". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161597 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:54:34 GMT The inventor of the television remote control, Eugene Polley, dies of natural causes, aged 96, in a Chicago hospital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18164200#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18164200 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:23:35 GMT A tie-up between the Olympic Games and Foursquare means users can now "check-in" at past and present Games landmarks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161194 Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:10 GMT Icann restarts its application process for new top level domain names after being forced to suspend it in April. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18163420#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18163420 Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:38 GMT Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, will co-direct a UK institute that will exploit data released by the government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161759#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18161759 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:17:51 GMT A ruling that one of Kodak's digital imaging patents is too "obvious" to be enforced calls into doubt the value of its other innovations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18159189#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18159189 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:07:33 GMT Google's $12.5bn purchase of US phone maker Motorola Mobility has been completed days after it received approval from the Chinese government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18164190#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18164190 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:27:56 GMT Shares in Facebook drop another 9% amid reports financial regulators may review whether there was a selective disclosure of information to investors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18163687#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18163687 Tue, 22 May 2012 22:33:06 GMT Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155293#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155293 Tue, 22 May 2012 02:35:07 GMT The European Commission tells Google it has a "matter of weeks" to allay fears it is abusing its position as the world's dominant search engine. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18143812#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18143812 Mon, 21 May 2012 13:12:25 GMT Parents will now be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18144038#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18144038 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:18:24 GMT Apple and Samsung are holding two days of talks that will try to find a way to end the many legal rows between the rivals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18145487#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18145487 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:25:32 GMT Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18138278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18138278 Sun, 20 May 2012 19:27:23 GMT UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle e-book reader and other Kindle digital services. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18141399#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18141399 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:23:32 GMT Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18102793#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18102793 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:20:49 GMT Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18103772#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18103772 Fri, 18 May 2012 11:09:37 GMT A coffee machine that can be powered by text message and print messages onto froth has been developed by a company in Seattle. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18166907#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18166907 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:08:50 GMT A survey suggests adults are struggling to spell properly because they rely on technology to check their work. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18158665#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18158665 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:39 GMT Farmers in India use mobile phone technology to help ease their workload http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722077.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722077.stm Tue, 22 May 2012 07:34:14 GMT Stopping websites from using tracking software could have serious consequences on the users themselves http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9718866.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9718866.stm Wed, 09 May 2012 07:43:45 GMT A 6,200 tonne building is being moved 60 metres to make way for the expansion of a railway in Zurich. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18168278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18168278 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:23:17 GMT In New York, 60,000 ultra-orthodox Jews rallied to discuss the dangers of the web - as protesters urged them to look closer to home for causes of bad behaviour. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155404#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155404 Tue, 22 May 2012 01:13:23 GMT PM's Chris Vallance visits the UK Slot Car Festival 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18149559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18149559 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:32:51 GMT The BBC's John Sudworth meets the Chinese entrepreneurs targeting the world's biggest mobile phone market. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18124991#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18124991 Mon, 21 May 2012 23:12:40 GMT Covering a continuously moving object is no easy task and involves some new broadcasting ideas, as technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has been finding out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18143886#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18143886 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:52:38 GMT The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18137142#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18137142 Sun, 20 May 2012 13:25:39 GMT Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18125532#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18125532 Fri, 18 May 2012 21:11:10 GMT LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722033.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722033.stm Sat, 19 May 2012 09:03:45 GMT The chip designer's co-founder Tudor Brown on its past successes and future plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18054164#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18054164 Tue, 22 May 2012 06:39:55 GMT India's ultra-modern plan to ID a billion people http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722871.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9722871.stm Wed, 23 May 2012 02:58:07 GMT China embraces the smartphone app economy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18119515#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18119515 Mon, 21 May 2012 23:12:28 GMT Spain puts pollution-checking robotic fish to the test http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18062235#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18062235 Tue, 22 May 2012 05:08:34 GMT Will Facebook keep innovating after flotation? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18116233#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18116233 Sun, 20 May 2012 14:45:15 GMT How Mark Zuckerberg's wedding symbolises investor nerves http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18142566#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18142566 Mon, 21 May 2012 07:57:02 GMT The social networks breaking Asia's stock market traditions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18014216#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18014216 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:59 GMT