Game industry heavyweights look back at 2008 and make their predictions for 2009.

Northampton's Chris Ashton is set to shine in the new Guinness Premiership season.

The UK government launches a competition to find innovative ways of using the masses of data it collects.

Bill Thompson ponders the implications of a lax bit of programming in Adobe Flash.

Falling somewhere between film, animation and gaming, machinima is the art of producing films using graphics rendered by computer games.

Google launches a tool designed to make it easier for computer users to access online information offline.

What is Microsoft's Silverlight and why is it important?

Eleven years after Tomb Raider's curvaceous heroine Lara Croft wooed gamers, the icon is making a re-appearance in an adaptation of the original game.

A system that tracks students through their mobile phones is among the new technologies being developed to help improve security at US universities.

The web has evolved into an indispensable tool for our daily lives. But who are the people driving this growth? All this week the BBC News website is speaking to young, talented web pioneers working in Silicon Valley and beyond.

The web has evolved into an indispensable tool for our daily lives. But who are the people driving this growth? All this week the BBC News website is speaking to young, talented web pioneers working in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Meet the development team who created the Marvel comic-inspired video game Ghost Rider.

LittleBigPlanet, for the PlayStation 3, is already being described as the game of 2008 and by some as the first game to make the console a must buy.

Experts say they are surprised how quickly computer virus writers take advantage of the European storms

A man wielding a large kitchen knife steals hundreds of pounds from a shop in Ludlow.

A look around Microsoft Vista and some of the changes users will see.

Out-of-practice coder Bill Thompson looks forward to programming his own games for the Xbox 360.

Treasure hunters interested in the Holy Grail are blamed for gouging holes in the walls of a Grade I-listed church.

Fifteen years ago web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee published details of his technology online.

Internet security firms warn soccer fans to be wary of e-mails that claim to contain World Cup images