Windows Touch coming to a PC soon The multi-touch controls familiar to Apple iPhone users will be built-in to Microsoft’s Windows 7. Windows Touch will be a “first class way to interact with your PC alongside mouse and keyboard,” said the firm. Microsoft believes multi-touch PCs will become popular in retail, public spaces, on laptops [...]

Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users’ contacts. The Home Office said it was needed to tackle crime gangs and terrorists who might use the sites, but said it would not keep the content of conversations. It is part of a [...]

Psychic powers and extra-sensory perception (ESP) are among the most important unexplained phenomena today because belief in them is so prevalent. Scientists have examined people who claim to have psychic powers, but results under controlled laboratory conditions have until now remained unclear.

Cybercops: Keeping ahead of online criminals In an anonymous-looking business park just outside Reading town centre is a room where row upon row of specially trained computer analysts sit staring at a bank of screens. Several monitors display urgent-looking warnings. One shows a picture of a globe, spinning angrily. Another has close- ups of regions [...]

The Ten Best Laptops For work or play, these laptops will get the job done. Are we due for an upgrade or have we simply crashed? Scroll down to leave your comments and suggestions.