Computer maker Hewlett Packard bids $1.6bn (£1bn) for data storage firm 3PAR, trumping a $1.2bn offer made by rival Dell.
Soldiers on call for game ban
British troops give their views on the defence secretary's call for Medal of Honor to be banned.
Bum notes
What is autotuning and how widespread is it?
Fox defends video game ban call
Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox defends his comments calling on retailers to refuse to sell the forthcoming Medal of Honor game.
Performance art
Is technology stealing the actor's limelight?
The rise of the 'mummy bloggers'
Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.
Aliens 'may be thinking machines'
The hunt for aliens should allow for the fact that ETs may be thinking machines rather than like us, a leading researcher says.
Iran unveils first bomber drone
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils his country's first domestically built, unmanned bomber plane.
Data blow to gravity satellite
The European Space Agency battles to recover its Goce gravity satellite which has been struck by a second computer glitch.
Wikileaks rape warrant cancelled
An arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on rape accusations is abruptly cancelled by Swedish authorities just hours after it was issued.
