The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has moved swiftly to play down the significance of the arrest on terrorism charges of a nuclear physicist who worked at the Hadron Collider for six years.

Pentagon research firm DARPA have discovered a new way to radio-control insects using neural transmitters that trigger muscle changes within the insect. Watch the video of zombie insects being controlled here.

An employee has accidentally leaked details of Microsoft’s next operating system via his LinkedIn profile..

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

Xerox is claiming a major breakthrough in the field of printable circuitry with a new form of 'silver ink' that could allow electronics to be produced more cheaply and flexibly..

Two-factor security firm Deepnet Security has launched a new system designed to turn an iPhone into a one-time password generator..

Google has added new tools to its 'show options' link which nestles at the top of the search results page..

The famous lab breaks speed records at 100 petabits per second per kilometre over transoceanic distance.

The traditional beige box is slowly but surely on its way out in favour of new desktop form factors Intel says.

Last week, in honour of the Windows 7 launch, we covered Microsoft's biggest successes in the computing field. This week, in the interest of balance, we're looking to the company's dark side..

We've all had great ideas in idle moments that are either forgotten or impractical, but these are people who identified technological advances and made them happen..

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has put together a supercomputer that's based around a cluster of graphics processing units (GPUs)

Intel and Numonyx have announced a research milestone in the development of stackable, cross-point phase change memory (PCM) technology, which could fundamentally alter the non-volatile memory market in years to come.

The Apple iPhone has beaten James Bond's Aston Martin to reach the chequered flag as the must-have cool brand..

The days when laptops occasionally explode due to their lithium batteries breaking down could soon be over thanks to a new invention which shuts down the explosive reaction.

Microsoft's Windows 7 could see a warm reception from businesses in the coming months, according to recent survey..

Memory chips based on multiferroics could theoretically offer static memory that doesn't require constant refreshing, holds data over loss of power and is fast to both write and read... the holy grail of computer memory

Frederic Tapissier and Serge Brunier traversed the globe to capture 1200 stunning images of the Milky Way to help create the online based European Gigagalaxy Zoom project - an 800 million pixel panorama.

Business users will communicate with a unified toolset that integrates instant messaging (IM), social networks, conferencing and email within the next four years, according to Gartner.

White coats at Cornell University have demonstrated a photon-based system that has the potential to squeeze more data into packets sent over the Internet.