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• Facebook data hoarder speaks out
  Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.
• Amazon offers new look UK Kindle
  Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.
• Nintendo game copiers 'illegal'
  A High Court has ruled that devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on the Nintendo DS console are illegal in the UK.
• Legal action on 'zombie cookies'
  Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.
• State of global internet revealed
  Asian countries top the charts when it comes to internet speeds, according to a global survey by network giant Akamai.
• Green light for mobile auctions
  The government has finally set a date for the auction of airwaves crucial to next-generation mobile services.
• Botnet hacker caught in Slovenia
  One of the hackers behind a computer virus that infected nearly 13m computers has been tracked down by international authorities.
• Long wait for StarCraft II ends
  The long awaited real-time-strategy game StarCraft II has gone on sale, 12 years after the popular first edition was released.
• Call for clarity in broadband ads
  The majority of people using broadband are not getting the speed they are paying for, research by the regulator Ofcom suggests.
• MOD splashes out on night vision
  The Ministry of Defence has put through an 'urgent request' to finish a £35m order for 'Generation Three' night vision goggles.
• Facebook makes move into search
  Facebook has made its first steps into the search market with the launch a servcie that allows users to quiz the site's 500m members.
• Britain's oldest Tweeter dies at the age of 104
  104-year-old Ivy Bean, who is said to be the oldest user of social media site Twitter, has passed away in her sleep.
• Online etiquette
  Nothing said online is really private, says Bill Thompson
• Step away from the iPod
  Banning technology from classrooms is unlikely to solve any problems, thinks Bill Thompson.
• Building the Networked World
  Open software, fast broadband and a narrower digital divide. Europe lays out its digital agenda.
• Facebook battles privacy and profit
  Is the social network's pursuit of short-term profits risking its long-term survival?
• Websites take on bogus reviewers
  Search engines and websites are seeking ways to beat spammers who post fake reviews
• Gadgets embraced by Wimbledon
  How the oldest tennis tournament and its fans are embracing modern technology.
• Hi-tech help for disaster zones
  How technology has ushered in a new era for aid work in disaster zones
• New era for African independence
  Programmers, developers and software makers herald a new era of African independence.
• Can someone download a doctor?
  Afridoctor offers personal medical advice and emergency distress service via mobile phone.
• View from the end of the world
  Photographers and film-makers capture their 3-D views of the corners of virtual worlds
• Girl Geeks: Women in tech on top
  Are women happy being known as geeks?
• Ash cloud passengers publish zine
  The volcanic ash cloud that shut down British airspace, leaving thousands of travellers stranded also brought many strangers together digitally to create a silver lining.
• On a mission with the rocket men
  In our series about makers and hackers, we look at the world of amateur rocket-makers.
• Resurrecting Victorian technology
  The release of an album on wax cylinder inspired us to try to make a phonograph to play it.
• Robots and gaming at hi-tech school
  Robot and video game design classes are par for the course at San Diego's High Tech High.
• Who will win the 3D TV war?
  Some of the biggest names in Japan's technology industry report earnings later today and the likes of Panasonic and Sony are betting on 3D to drive sales of new TVs, DVD players and camcorders.
• The man with the keys to the web
  A British computer expert has been entrusted with part of a digital key, to help restart the internet in the event of a major catastrophe. Paul Kane talked to Eddie Mair on Radio 4's PM programme about what he might be called upon to do in an international online emergency.
• Gamers try out Nintendo 3DS
  Two Newsbeat listeners, Neil and Melanie, have been given a sneak preview of Nintendo's new hand-held console the 3DS.
• HTC makes first foray into China
  One of the world's top designers of smartphones, Taiwan's HTC, has announced it is moving into the Chinese market for the first time.
• Can you crack the cyber-crime code?
  A Britain's Got Talent style competition is being held to find UK's finest IT workers.
• Space age sub explores slick
  David Shukman takes a dive in a research sub as it investigates the effects of the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico's coral reefs.
• Why women gamers are big business
  Almost half the people who play computers games in Britain are women, but they often prefer a different type of game to men.
• Royal family opens Flickr account
  Rare pictures of the Royal family have been posted on the internet after Buckingham Palace opened an account on photo sharing website Flickr.
• Speed limit
  What makes your broadband connection slow?
• Sneak preview
  The world's first 3D handheld console on test
• What is Wikileaks?
  A look at the secretive whistle-blowing website