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Internet democracy
How democratic is the internet?
Bridging the digital divide
A digital development that could help the world's quest for sustainable development
The internet - who is watching us?
The worldwide epidemic of electronic snooping is examined
China's website ban
A report on China's banned websites, which include many of the world's news sites
The virtual keyboard
A breakthrough in mobile technology with the release of a virtual keyboard
Digital destinations - part one
The first in a series of programmes about technology in the developing world
Digital destinations - part two
The second in a series of programmes about technology in the developing world
Digital destinations - part three
The potentially life saving uses of technology
Digital destinations - part four
How can technology be used to help educate people in developing countries?
Digital citizenship
Winners of a technology award include a website listing government services
The dirty business of making microchips
A look at the environmental impact involved in making microchips
The school student e-mail that made it into space
Highbrow mathematics and an internet project involving 10-year-old US school students
Greek government accused of online censorship
Accusations of online censorship in Greece
The dangers of going online in China
A report from Amnesty International on the risks of going digital in China
Chinese web censorship
An update on internet censorship following research by Harvard scholars
The talking computer
The speech-accessible technology that could revolutionise computer gadgets
Digital copyright ruling
Report on a US court-ruling on the copying of digital media
Review of the year - 2002
A look at developments in the world of technology in 2002
New version of an old computer virus
The latest computer virus, a new variant of an old virus
Using biometrics
The consumer electronics show and innovations including the use of biometrics
Computers and child pornography
Celebrities in trouble over having illegal material on their computers
Computer virus writer is jailed
A man who wrote a computer virus which infected thousands of computers has been jailed
The politics of code
The politics of code are discussed at a Oxford University Union conference
How private are your files?
Confidential information can still be retrievable from discarded computers
Digital warfare
As the US threatens war with Iraq the role digital technology may play in any conflict
Mobile phones that save lives
Mobile phones that could help save lives, by monitoring those with asthma
Africa's open-source movement
How the open-source software movement is helping those in the developing world
Afghanistan gets online
Afghanistan gets the rights to its 'af' internet address
War reporting gets tecchy
How technology is helping reporters file stories from Iraq
Hacking attacks after Iraq invasion
The hacking attacks provoked by current conflict in Iraq
The TV of the future
What does interactive television have to offer us?