The British Government has been trialing an unusual program designed to keep tabs on problem families by installing CCTV cameras in 2000 homes, and plans for 20,000 more on the way.

Apple's flagship stores continue to draw crowds, and now Microsoft is working on its own stores to "transform the PC buying experience". So what would make you visit the perfect Microsoft PC shop?

In another cunning attempt to convince the world that playing 16-colour 90s style point and click adventure gaming is still a worthwhile pursuit, Lucasarts and Steam are re-releasing eight classic games

High-profile short films from around the world are now getting made on DSLR cameras, thanks to rapidly improving sensors and prices. Judge for yourself, with these five videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Scientists working for IBM have announced they have programmed a supercomputer with a working simulation of a cat’s brain

This year's Nobel Prize for Physics has been given to three men behind fibre-optics and digital photography..

Crowd photos appearing in an offical Iranian newspaper appear to show uncanny signs of photoshopping

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

3D TVs, 3D cameras, 3D webcams, 3D movies – the world is adding a new dimension to its technology. Here’s what you need to know to pass the pub conversation test...

A Toyota executive says lithium battery costs are hurting electric car development and names fuel cells as the way of the future, dismissing electric plug-in models entirely. Are Fuel cells really the way?

Only director Michael Bay could have made a film like Transformers: Revenge of the fallen. It's a head-ringing, ear-crunching and ultimately exhausting experience, filled with more than two hours of constant robot destruction.

The company promises that Windows 7 will be the best version of its operating system yet, critical acclaim has often eluded Redmond. We've decided to count down the ten best products ever to come out of Redmond, from DOS 5 to Flight Simulator and NT 4.0

From movies and games to sporting events and even pornography, David Bayon explains why 3D displays are the next big thing.