A provincial court judge has ordered a Winnipeg man to return sexually explicit pictures of a prominent Manitoba judge to her husband.

A fuel tanker carrying more than nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Personal information about more than 600 patients of the Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia is contained in a laptop stolen from Burnaby General Hospital.

Two people who were jailed during June's G20 summit in Toronto have launched a $115-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto Police Services Board, federal Attorney General Rob Nicholson and the Peel Police Services Board.

A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.

Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.

US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.

Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn.

Sony has unveiled its own music and video download service in an announcement timed to coincide with an Apple media event.

Mobile operator O2 and Apple are still resolving a months-old data roaming issue, with customers complaining of charges they didn't incur.

Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls.

The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook.

Sweden's director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype.

The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology.

A revamp of the social-news site Digg has unexpectedly backfired on its owners after members redirected traffic to a rival site.

The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it?

Nothing said online is really private, says Bill Thompson

Banning technology from classrooms is unlikely to solve any problems, thinks Bill Thompson.

How technology allows digital nomads to leave the office behind to work around the world

Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour.

Faster broadband networks could spell the end of the games console, experts say.

Parents blogging about their children have become a global force in marketing.

The portrayal of women in the game's industry is still lacklustre according to experts and insiders

How technology has ushered in a new era for aid work in disaster zones

Community labs are springing up for people who want to hack and test new ideas.

Photographers and film-makers capture their 3-D views of the corners of virtual worlds

Are women happy being known as geeks?

How the classic PC is helping train a new generation of students in the art of programming.

In our series about makers and hackers, we look at the world of amateur rocket-makers.

The release of an album on wax cylinder inspired us to try to make a phonograph to play it.

Tablet computers to rival Apple's iPad are creating a stir as one of Europe's largest technology shows, the IFA, gets under way in Berlin.

More than three million doctors have downloaded a phone application to monitor heartbeats through a phone.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm.

The system of digitising actors to create characters in films like Avatar is being used to measure human behaviour in real life.

Musicians Finn Peters and Matthew Yee-King attempt to convert John Humphrys and Justin Webb's thoughts into music

The Canadian owners of Blackberry, Research in Motion, have offered an olive branch to the Indian government in the bitter battle over e-mail secrecy.

Groups who work with the victims of cyber-stalking say efforts to tackle the problem are being delayed because Internet Service Providers will not take action.

The Creators Project is a new network celebrating technology and creativity in the clubbing scene, across media and around the world. Click paid it a visit.

Bill Thompson on Microsoft's game-changing browser

The PlayStation Move controller put on test

The internet pranksters who helped expose cat bin lady

Can technology and music happily coexist?

Swarms of marine turbines could 'tap the Gulf Stream'