A robot that mimics the movements and softness of a worm is built by engineers using funds from the Pentagon's research lab.

Weymouth could lose out on economic benefits of the Olympics because of a lack of high-speed broadband, the council and businesses say.

Five people go on trial in central China for illegal organ trading and intentional injury, after a student sold his kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone.

A free festival celebrating Scotland's computer games industry gets underway in Dundee.

World of Warcraft maker Blizzard urges players to change their passwords after hackers steal a list of email addresses.

More than 5,400 developers download a new open source operating system designed to enable digital devices to communicate with each other.

Wikipedia entries for Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates in the US election are currently uneditable by non-users of the site.

A glass coating inspired by the Orb-weaver spider's web is being used to save birds' lives on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.