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The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.

Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says.

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy policy.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a remote-controlled man-shaped plane. This and more in this week's tech news.

Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.

Drugs and guns for sale on the internet's black market

Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names.

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users.

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.

Google on technology that could change the way we work

Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.

Blogger, Google's blog platform, switches domains to make "per country" content removal possible.

Decoding Mark Zuckerberg's letter to investors

BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones discusses what the public has learned about Facebook as a result of the company's decision to sell shares.

The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, confirms plans to raise $5bn (£3.16bn) in a share sale and reveals it made $1bn profits.

Amnesty International demands the release of a man held by South Korean authorities after re-tweeting a North Korean "propaganda" message.

Tim Bajarin market analyst at Creative Strategies Inc in California gives the reaction from Silicon Valley as Facebook launches its plan to sell shares in the company for the first time.

Comparing different approaches to anti-piracy legislation

The BBC's LJ Rich meets Tim Arnold, who has refurbished more than 250 pinball machines at the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame.

Ofcom reports a lopsided rise in the UK's broadband download speeds, noting that many subscribers could do better without paying much more.

How the social network strategised its way to Wall Street

A more costly version of Microsoft's record-breaking Kinect motion and voice sensor is now available for use on Windows.

An online petition calls on Apple to address growing concerns about the conditions of its Chinese factory workers.

TripAdvisor's Emma Shaw defends the website against criticisms from the Advertising Standards Authority.

TripAdvisor has been ordered to rewrite some of its marketing claims by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority.

The travel review website is told to make changes to its adverts and stop implying that all its reviews are honest and trusted.

Studying the secrets hidden in the hum of the hive

A directors-cut of a fan-made version of Star Wars has recently been released, rapidly becoming an online hit.

US researchers are developing a bullet that guides itself to a laser-illuminated target. But an expert is concerned it may be sold to the public.

Ice sculptors in Sweden are making use of computers to complete their cold creations

The race to make RAM that keeps its memory in a power outage

Is it time we started speaking of YouTube or Netflix in the same breath as the BBC or Sky?