Oxfam is trying out a scheme called Shelflife that lets customers find out the stories behind its second-hand goods.

Rory Cellan-Jones previews the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona and asks if there is any difference between the raft of new phones being announced.

Whistleblowing website Wikileaks begins publishing the first of millions of confidential emails from US-based security think-tank Stratfor.

Using technology to self-diagnose and manage a whole encyclopaedia of medical conditions is becoming more common, but is wise to rely on them?

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has launched a cameraphone with a 41-megapixel camera.

Court papers in a legal dispute over the iPad trademark follow an "extensive investigation", Proview tells the BBC.

East Africa's high-speed internet access is severely disrupted after a ship dropped its anchor onto fibre-optic cables off Kenya's coast.