SuperMe is a web game which helps you to be better at life. Watch videos, play flash games and level up with your mates on Facebook.

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

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DRONES not dogs Recent headlines, edited to be from a near-future, with drones instead of dogs… inspired by karl james’s #catsnotcuts.

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Silvio Berlusconi has declared he is “stepping aside” from frontline Italian politics, revealing he has no intention of running again as prime minister. In his first interview since resigning amid turmoil on financial markets in November, Mr

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Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission to test a mysterious Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled “entertainment device,” in employees homes in four U.S. cities. So inquiring minds want to know, what exactly is it? And why is Google filing for the experimental license? Does that mean the search giant is getting into manufacturing its own devices? On the what is it category, it appears to be homebound, so it could perhaps be a set-top-box style device, or a new addendum to G...  show all text

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NEW YORK—Shocked and saddened witnesses at the Huffington Post's news-aggregation facility have confirmed that employee Henry Evers, 25, died Wednesday ...

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George Osborne spent more than £30,000 of taxpayers' money overhauling Number 11 Downing Street in the year following the election, official documents revealed on Friday night.

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Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.

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A new mobile gaming startup that's yet to release a single game isn't the sort of thing we'd normally cover 'round here, but the story behind Los Angeles-based Innovative Leisure is anything but ordinary. The man behind the company is the co-creator of the Xbox, Seamus Blackley, and he's brought with him eleven industry veterans that he calls "the dream team from Atari," including the likes of Van Burnham, Ed Logg, Rich Adam, Tim Skelly, Owen Rubin, and Ed Rotberg. While those names may not be ...  show all text

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The National Archives is holding its first ever hack day. (We think it might be the first one to be actually held inside a UK government department. But we could be wrong.)We want to work with developers who share our interests in history, government and culture to devise and build systems using our records as well as datasets from across the web. Or to use a more technical term, build cool stuff.We hold millions of documents covering almost a millennium of world history: everything from the Do...

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A conversation between FBI special agents and authorities at the UK’s Scotland Yard was leaked online Friday morning, the latest in a series of data dumps conducted by Anonymous hackers to protest against law enforcement. But the conference calls may have inadvertently released more information than the hacking collective would be comfortable with. In the 17-minute call leaked on Friday, FBI agents could be heard commiserating back and forth before discussing the identities of some well-known h...  show all text

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synthbritannia, a playlist by Jem Stone on Spotify. Don't have Spotify? Get it at Spotify.com – it's free!

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Antonio Bolfo was bored, so he became a police officer. To relieve the stress of patrolling South Bronx housing projects, he took a camera on the job. It led to a new career.

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1927 was the year that Ford stopped production of the Model T, the year that for all practical purposes Television was invented, the year that the Spirit of St. Louis crossed the Atlantic to become the first nonstop transatlantic flight and the year that the League of Nations signed a treaty abolishing slavery. 1927 was also the year my Daddy was born. Born into a world that was a radically different to the one we live in today. He was born in Belfast into a devote Presbyterian family and grew  show all text

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People are more likely to give in to urge to tweet or check email than other cravings, say US researchers Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires. They even claim that while sleep and sex may be stronger urges, people are more likely to give in to longings or cravings to use social and other media. A team headed by Wilhelm Hofmann of Chicago University's Booth Busine...  show all text

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Following its successful first series, BBC Four confirms that Danish drama Borgen will be returning to the channel for a second series next Winter.

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The BBC have been at the forefront of the real application of Linked Data techniques and technologies for some time.  It has been great to see them evolve from early experiments by BBC Backstage working with Talis to publish music and programmes data as RDF –  to see what would happen. Their Wildlife Finder that drives the stunning BBC Nature site has been at the centre of many of my presentations promoting Linked Data over the last couple of years.  It not only looks great, but it also demonst...  show all text

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For those working for the BBC Persian service, interference and harassment from the Iranian authorities has become a challenging fact of life. I am hugely proud of how they deal with that relentless pressure, and their unswerving commitment to delivering high quality, impartial journalism. They arguably have the most difficult jobs in the BBC. They carry them out with unstinting dedication and in the knowledge that their work makes a critical difference to the lives of millions who crave access...  show all text

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  Private Peaceful   Following our binaural experiment using "Nine Lessons and Carols" at Christmas we are now inviting you to participate in a second experiment, this time using the radio drama "Private Peaceful". To find out more and to take part please follow this link. The video below provides a brief introduction to what binaural is and how it works, there are also some FAQs about binaural and surround sound here.   In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and  show all text

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A recording of a confidential conference call between the FBI and UK law enforcement officers at the Metropolitan Police has been released by Anonymous on the internet.

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Here's my prediction. Policy isn't my thing. I think it's roughly correct. Check back with me in 15 years.   In case u don't understand NHS bill: GPs know they're being set up to fail by being given commissioning powers. Those are specialist skills. After GPs fail, private commissioning expertise will be needed: large private corps, which will come to operate like health insurers. These large bodies, like public/private insurance co's, will be able to pick & choose patients. Note no geographi...  show all text

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