Steve Jobs, head of Apple, has disclosed in a statement that he is being treated for a hormone imbalance.

The Home Office has signed up to an EU suggestion allowing police to remotely access computers without a search warrant.

More than 50,000 people are expected at the Macworld show this week for the final year that Apple will take part.

The proposed space elevator project could be powered by a simple new approach, demonstrated using a broomstick.

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

China launches a new campaign to get rid of unhealthy, vulgar and pornographic content.

The social networking website was the second most viewed on Christmas Day behind Google, and ahead of YouTube and Hotmail.

All the older Zune portable music players hit by a software bug should now be working, says Microsoft.

Research into creating tiny structures on light sensors could mean digital cameras take better pictures.

Guyana's president asks police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website, reports ...

Mobile phone chips prepare for a generational shift

The exercise bikes that recycle your own energy

Part two of our look at 2009's top technology

Video game giants make their predictions for 2009

Broadband speeds look set to pick up in 2009

The tech team picks 2008's hottest developments

UK housewives are spending the most leisure time online, according to a survey that reveals the world's web habits.

A private company could be asked to log details of all telephone calls, emails and internet use, it is reported.

2008 may have belonged to the smartphone but problems are looming in 2009, say experts.

The Czech education ministry draws up guidelines for teachers to halt cyber bullying in schools.

Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.

Websites could be given film-style age ratings under government plans to protect children from harmful content.

If you got a shiny new mobile for Christmas you might be able to make some money on your old one.

Click picks its top tech toys

Combating the whitewashing of web searches

High-tech invades supermarket aisles

Democracy takes a leap into an online universe

Getting the web to understand how people talk

New innovations make the clean-up easier

Can Microsoft achieve its mobile ambitions?

Regular commentator Bill Thompson on what the free market might mean for all the data we surrender.

Regular commentator Bill Thompson on how the classroom can make its way in the virtual world.

Is the widespread reports of insecure networks worrying people too much asks Bill Thompson

Regular commentator Bill Thompson on living in an increasingly networked world.

Is the widespread reports of insecure networks worrying people too much asks Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson on the heady mix of politics and activism

Regular contributor Bill Thompson looks at what makes a good user interface

Regular contributor Bill Thompson looks at what separates TV and the internet.

Best known for its code-cracking work, Bletchley Park also played a role in the origins of the computer age.

A technology that helps the modern world keep running celebrates its 40th anniversary on 5 August.

The sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the first modern computer - known as Baby - is celebrated.

The UK's role in the early days of the computer revolution have been overlooked, say conservationists.

Computer security experts warn that many teenagers are falling into a life of petty cyber crime.

Cyber thieves are hatching a plan to steal US funds through British supermarkets, the BBC learns.

Misha Glenny meets one of Brazil's many cyber criminals, to find out what makes them go online to steal.

Cyber criminals are setting up web shops that sell stolen data for a knock-down price, say security experts.

ID fraud is a growing problem in the UK - here are some tips and tricks to help web users stay safe online.