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

Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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Google on technology that could change the way we work

Decoding Mark Zuckerberg's letter to investors

Studying the secrets hidden in the hum of the hive

How the social network strategised its way to Wall Street

Comparing different approaches to anti-piracy legislation

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