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BBC Technology Stories

• Sharp brings giant 90in TV to Europe (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:53:44 -0700)
  Sharp puts a record-sized TV on sale in Europe, but its 1080p resolution means owners will need a relatively large room to be able to watch it.
• Apple discloses US data requests (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:17:21 -0700)
  Apple publishes details about data requests from US officials following revelations about the Prism surveillance programme.
• China retakes supercomputer crown (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:39:12 -0700)
  A China-based supercomputer has been ranked the world's fastest, offering nearly double the processing speeds of the US's most powerful system.
• Google to tackle child abuse images (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:10:20 -0700)
  Google has announced a plan to do more to tackle online images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
• Scrabble app changes anger players (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:25:55 -0700)
  Online Scrabble players are angered by changes made to a mobile version of Scrabble since its takeover by EA
• Google beams internet from balloons (Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:55:31 -0700)
  Google is launching an experiment to beam the internet to remote areas of the world from near space balloons.
• Cloud schools offer new education (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:38:44 -0700)
  Educators at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh outline their vision for future learning.
• Yahoo mulls ads based on influence (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:14:19 -0700)
  Yahoo files a patent suggesting it could charge marketers different rates according to the social influence score of the consumers they want to target.
• UK ISPs reject default porn filters (Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:59 -0700)
  The UK's net suppliers have rejected calls for default opt-out pornography filters to be applied to UK networks.
• Airbus A350 completes maiden flight (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:33:27 -0700)
  The newest aircraft from European planemaker Airbus, the A350, successfully completes its maiden flight from Toulouse.
• Flying bike for easier commutes (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:40:35 -0700)
  Researchers in the Czech Republic have unveiled a 95kg (210lb) remotely-controlled flying bicycle that can hover a few metres above ground.
• Patch offers needle-free injections (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:09:38 -0700)
  A skin patch that can deliver vaccine effectively and cheaply has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference.
• Twitter to reveal racists' info (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:58:09 -0700)
  Twitter will have to reveal the names of users posting anti-Semitic and other racist messages after a Paris court refused to consider the firm's appeal.
• US Navy ditches capital letters rule (Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:14:15 -0700)
  The US Navy is upgrading its systems so staff do not have to write messages using only capital letters.
• Visions of the future of flying (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:23:46 -0700)
  A concept aircraft of the future has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh.
• Facebook adds support for hashtags (Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:47:57 -0700)
  Facebook is adding support for clickable hashtags to help users keep track of popular topics on the network, a move experts say may boost ad sales.
• PS4 set to be cheaper than Xbox One (Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:31:17 -0700)
  Sony has revealed that it plans to sell the PlayStation 4 for
• Xbox One launch and price revealed (Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:20:06 -0700)
  Microsoft has announced the global launch date and price for its new Xbox One console at the start of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.
• Old favourites in new Nintendo games (Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:18:14 -0700)
  The return of Nintendo characters Mario, Bayonetta, Donkey Kong and Pokemon is announced in a video stream from the E3 gaming exhibition.
• Sony retains the upper hand at E3 (Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:32:18 -0700)
  Microsoft's Xbox One gets muted reception at E3 expo in Los Angeles