The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, who also developed early versions of email, word processing and the internet, dies aged 88.

Sumi Das discovers that monitoring brainwaves may provide an alternative to typing passwords.

Scientists have described a new system for visualising "hidden" crime scene fingerprints.

Technical courses for 16 to 19-year-olds will gain the same status as A-levels from 2014 but only if they attract business or university support, the government announces.

A 'master key' that could give cyber-thieves open access to almost any Android phone has been discovered by security researchers.

As political turmoil continues in Egypt, micro-blogging site Twitter introduces an auto-translate tool for some leading posters in the country.

France secretly stores computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the US with its Prism programme, Le Monde reports.

Tougher penalties for those found guilty of carrying out cybercrimes have been agreed by European member states