UK shoppers are embracing technology at a faster pace than those in many other countries, according to a survey of global shopping habits by audit firm KPMG.

Can government action shore-up the life science business model?

Ian Hardy reports on the digital preservation of his family archives after the death of his father.

The social network is opening its first software engineering facility away from the US West Coast, and is also reported to have taken over Gowalla.

The BBC iPlayer will be on the Xbox in early 2012 as Microsoft turns its console into a more general entertainment device.

Neuroscientist Barness Greenfield claimed people who play a lot of video games can have an increase in "aggression and recklessness".

Russian political sites say they suffered hacking attacks during the country's parliamentary elections.

Engineers have tested the use of an alternative to silicon that promises thinner, more flexible computer chips that need less power.