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.

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The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge.

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Rescue teams in north-east China are working to retrieve 3,000 barrels of chemicals washed into a major river, state media say.

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No “significant” personal data was grabbed by Google when it snooped on wi-fi networks, says the UK data protection office.

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Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.

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The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction.

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Online retailer Amazon launches its popular Kindle e-reader into the UK market for the first time, with a new look and more books.

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The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.

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The majority of people using broadband are not getting the speed they are paying for, research by the regulator Ofcom suggests.

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Asian countries top the charts when it comes to internet speeds, according to a global survey by network giant Akamai.

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Having good friends and neighbours appears to boost survival chances by 50%, say researchers.

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Police in the Philippines use Facebook to find and arrest a suspect in the murder of nine people, including three foreigners.

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The characteristic koalas, kangaroos and wombats of Australia share a common American ancestor, according to genetic research.

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The number of UK scientific experiments involving genetically modified animals overtakes those involving “normal animals” for the first time.

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BP says it is setting aside $32.2bn (£20.8bn) to cover the oil spill clean-up costs, as it posts record losses of $17bn.

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Freshwater coastal wetlands are more vulnerable to erosion during hurricanes than habitats with higher levels of salinity, a study suggests.

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The long awaited real-time-strategy game StarCraft II has gone on sale, 12 years after the popular first edition was released.

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Ships involved in the effort to secure the Gulf of Mexico blown-out oil well are preparing to resume work after a tropical storm weakens.

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The majority of people using broadband are not getting the speed they are paying for, research by the regulator Ofcom suggests.

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Washington condemns as “irresponsible” the release by Wikileaks website of 90,000 secret US military records about the conflict in Afghanistan.

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Chinese engineers are considering a new super-powerful engine for the next generation of space rockets, say officials.

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The United Arab Emirates says that it is considering restrictions on BlackBerry phones, as they pose a “national security risk”.

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An acrid fog from forest and peat fires blankets Moscow, as the Russian capital swelters in a record heat wave.

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A national competition is kicked off to find people who will help defend the UK against the rising tide of cyber crime.

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An underground experiment designed to search for dark matter could go even deeper in search of the elusive cosmic “stuff”.

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