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MoD marches tech plans forward
News The Ministry of Defence has unveiled its Defence Technology Plan, providing a roadmap of objectives for the R&D community [16 Nov 2007]
Satellite 'sentinels' to help fight climate change
News The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security project will monitor different climate elements in Europe from space [13 Nov 2007]
Cash faces extinction as e-payments emerge
News Analysts predict virtual currencies could herald the first payment revolution since the move to paper money [12 Nov 2007]
Google scientist to demo quantum computer
News Dr Hartmut Neven is to participate in a demo by start-up D-Wave Systems of a device claimed to be the first practical quantum computer [09 Nov 2007]
Robot meets robot in 'Darpa city' race 
Photos The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency raised the green flag on Saturday on 11 driverless cars to manoeuvre through a 60-mile course in Oro Grande, California [06 Nov 2007]
Make Cisco $1bn and win a job
News The I-Prize competition aims to find a new IP-based technology, with the winners likely to be offered a position in the company [31 Oct 2007]
Accenture's king of blue-sky thinking
Q&A Research director Martin Illsley discusses how utility companies could use Flickr to cut costs and how Evel Knievel relates to strategic technology planning [30 Oct 2007]
Gates reflects on the future of tech 
Video Voice and touch recognition will become pervasive, transforming the office environment, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates [19 Oct 2007]
Gates still has unfinished business
News Boosting adoption of voice-control and multitouch tech are among the items on the agenda of Microsoft's chairman, even as he moves closer to a part-time role [18 Oct 2007]
Mobile check-in set to go global by 2010
News The International Air Transport Association has announced a new standard for check-in with mobile phones using 2D barcodes [15 Oct 2007]
Google sponsors robotic race to the moon
News The search giant has backed a private competition to land a robot on the moon, with a first prize of $20m [14 Sep 2007]
HP's inkjet tech may replace hypodermic needles
News Technology adapted from inkjet printers could deliver medicine or vaccines much like a nicotine patch [11 Sep 2007]
Innovative tech at Cambridge open day
Photos From flying saucers to sniffer bees; an open day at Cambridge University gave entrepreneurs and start-ups the chance to demonstrate their ideas [07 Sep 2007]
Council fights benefit fraud through voice analysis
News Harrow Council has saved £110,000 six months into its pilot project to detect benefit fraudsters by using voice risk analysis technology [06 Sep 2007]
'Tap and go' payment launched in London
News Mastercard has rolled out its contactless payment technology in several locations across the capital [05 Sep 2007]
Singapore to start wireless-payment trials
News Two mobile service providers will launch the trials, which will be based on near-field communication embedded in mobile phones [04 Sep 2007]
IBM makes molecular switch
News The company has made two separate nanotech breakthroughs that could lead to switches made up of single molecules, and storage on single atoms [31 Aug 2007]
Scientists develop flexible paper battery
News An US-developed energy source created from paper with integrated carbon nanotubes could be used for flexible electronic devices [17 Aug 2007]
Cash prize offered for DIY Wi-Fi kit
News Lantronix will award £3,000 and a trip to Silicon Valley for the winning entry in a competition to design and build a machine-to-machine wireless product [07 Aug 2007]
Study: Tech for tracking offenders is flawed
News The government may have to postpone the rollout of satellite tracking of offenders after a study uncovered serious technology failings [03 Aug 2007]
Round-up: The past month's best tech photos
Roundup We look back at the visual highlights of the last four weeks, from the launch of Apple's iPhone to a peek behind the scenes at Wimbledon's tennis-specific tech [03 Aug 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photos System will allow military personnel's records to be transferred and accessed electronically, providing timely, accurate and relevant medical information [02 Aug 2007]
Nasa signs up supercomputing support
News Deal with Computer Sciences Corporation worth up to $597m will provide support services to Nasa's Advanced Supercomputing [25 Jul 2007]
Becta gives guidance to schools on biometrics
News Government schools computer agency has published guidance on how to implement biometrics in line with data-protection laws [24 Jul 2007]
China and India set to lead global innovation
News Global companies cannot afford to ignore China and India, which are poised to become key drivers of tech innovation, Gartner says [11 Jul 2007]
