BBC News - Technology

1 December 2011 Last updated at 15:08 ET

Spy centre seeking codebreakers

GCHQ is trying to recruit new spies by asking social network users and bloggers to crack an online code.

Carrier IQ threatens and then drops legal action against a developer who claimed that the company's code could be used to monitor smartphones.

Apple responds to claims that its voice-activated assistant is filtering sensitive questions.

UK faces connected-home challenge

Tech industry association Intellect says new home internet services could boost the economy if action is taken to make them less confusing.
Spotify opens up to add-on apps

The online music service is allowing third parties to write add-on apps adding functionality to its music player.
3D printer helps grow new bones

Engineers say they have developed a bone-like substance that can be created by 3D printers to create a scaffold for new bone tissue to grow over.
Firms told to delist fake sites
Most searched-for celebs revealed Newsbeat
Fahrenheit 451 e-book published
Challenges ahead over free data
Australia ends Samsung Galaxy ban
United Nations agency 'hacked'
Facebook settles privacy inquiry
HTC told to halt sales in Germany
Osborne announces broadband money
200-year-old newspapers go online

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Smart water

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Big data

Getronics' CTO says information will become more accessible in 2012
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Coding championships

Solving software problems with cash-prizes
Late adopter

A science writer explains why she steers clear of new gadgets
Talking apps down on the iFarm

Has agriculture been neglected by the tech community?

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