Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles
Electronics giant Sony announces a lightweight, more energy efficient version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console.
US man 'stole 130m card numbers'
US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history.
Web Monitor
Is the US following Africa's lead and ditching landlines?
Brain dump
The man who digitised his entire life...receipts and all
Students battle for gaming Bafta
A prestigious Bafta award is set to go to a team of Abertay University students following a computer game design contest.
Spend a penny to download a new video game
Fans of popular football video game Championship Manager are given the chance to download the game for one pence.
Blackberry 'fastest-growing firm'
The maker of the Blackberry, Research in Motion, is the world's fastest-growing company, says Fortune magazine.
West Africa net service restored
A fault on an undersea cable that caused a major blackout of internet services across West Africa is repaired.
US man 'stole 130m card numbers'
US prosecutors charge a man with carrying out what they say is the largest case of identity theft in American history.
Ruined Scottish castle recreated on the internet
A castle attacked on two separate occasions in history is recreated on virtual reality website Second Life.
Video gamers 'older than thought'
A US study suggests the average adult video game enthusiast is 35 years old and more overweight and less healthy than average.
Mobile data show friend networks
Data from mobile phones reveals not only friendship networks but can give indications of users' happiness, researchers say.
Stage and screen
How hi-tech shapes shows at the Edinburgh fringe
DNA 'organises itself' on silicon
Researchers have shown that engineered, self-organising DNA chunks could be used to build smaller, faster computers.
Twitter tweets are 40% 'babble'
A study of messages sent by users of micro-blogging site Twitter finds that 40% of tweets are "pointless babble".