Anonymity risk from phone place data

25 March 2013 Last updated at 07:09 ET By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a mobile phone user from just a few pieces of location information. Whenever a phone is switched...

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Saudi Arabia 'threatens Skype ban'

25 March 2013 Last updated at 14:51 ET Encrypted messaging services such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp could be blocked in Saudi Arabia, the telecommunications regulator there is reported to have warned. It is demanding a means to monitor such...

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Bacteria to become 'bio-batteries'

25 March 2013 Last updated at 16:41 ET Bacteria could soon be acting as microscopic "bio-batteries" thanks to a joint UK-US research effort. The team of scientists has laid bare the power-generating mechanism used by well-known marine bacteria....

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Prison for shining laser at aircraft

26 March 2013 Last updated at 07:58 ET A 19-year-old California man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for shining a laser pointer at two aircraft. In March 2012 Adam Gardenhire aimed a green laser pen at a business jet and...

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Campaigners warn on Google Glass use

26 March 2013 Last updated at 08:06 ET Google Glass and other augmented reality gadgets risk creating a world in which privacy is impossible, warn campaigners. The warning comes from a group called "Stop the Cyborgs" that wants limits put...

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Spreadsheets turned into video game

26 March 2013 Last updated at 08:52 ET A Canadian accountant has managed to create a basic video game using only Excel spreadsheets. The game, called Arena.Xlsm, is a turn-based fantasy game in which players fight monsters and gather loot to...

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Icann launches new brand database

26 March 2013 Last updated at 10:09 ET Net address regulator Icann has launched a database to allow businesses to register their brands, ahead of the release of a raft of new domain names. It is hoped the Trade Mark Clearing House (TMCH) will...

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Microsoft faces open software probe

26 March 2013 Last updated at 14:00 ET A Spanish group of open-source users has accused Microsoft of making it difficult for users of Windows 8 to install alternatives. The group of 8,000 Linux developers has filed a complaint to the European...

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Anti-cyber threat centre launched

26 March 2013 Last updated at 22:02 ET By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News A new initiative to share information on cyber threats between businesses and government is to be launched. It will include experts from government communications...

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'Biggest ever attack' slows internet

27 March 2013 Last updated at 09:03 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history. A row between...

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