Hi-Tech

BBC NEWS
11.10.2007

Google powered more than half of all search requests carried out around the world in August, according to a report.

BBC NEWS
08.10.2007

Schoolchildren in Russia are to be taught using the free, open-source Linux software in an effort to cut the cost of teaching information technology.

BBC NEWS
08.10.2007

The .asia regional internet domain has officially opened for business, with big firms expected to grab addresses. Governments and companies can now register interest in specific domain names, such as www.namehere.asia.

BBC NEWS
05.10.2007

A court in the US has ordered a woman to pay $222,000 (£109,000) in damages for illegally file-sharing music. The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 32, from Minnesota, to pay for offering to share 24 specific songs online - a cost of $9,250 per song.

news.yahoo.com
04.10.2007

Berkeley university, one of the most prestigious universities in the US, is embracing the Internet revolution by putting free videos of courses on YouTube.

Paul Rubens
BBC NEWS
02.10.2007

A weapon used to fight spammers is now helping university researchers preserve old books and manuscripts.

Many websites use an automated test to tell computers and humans apart when signing up to an account or logging in.

BBC NEWS
02.10.2007

Adobe has joined a growing list of firms offering web-based alternatives to conventional office programs.

news.yahoo.com
02.10.2007

Yahoo Inc. has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven't dented Google Inc.'s dominance.

BBC NEWS
02.10.2007

The European Commission is to investigate US firm Qualcomm over claims it abused its dominant position in the mobile phone technology market.

BBC NEWS
28.09.2007

Customer demand has forced Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows XP by five months.

Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the six-year-old operating system on 30 January 2008 to leave the field clear for Vista.