The latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site.

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.

Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says.

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

An EU data protection group writes to Google to ask them to suspend changes to their privacy policy.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a remote-controlled man-shaped plane. This and more in this week's tech news.

Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.

Drugs and guns for sale on the internet's black market

Out of reach of regular internet searches is the secretive online world known as the 'dark web' where you can shop for illegal goods, and where customers go by code names.

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users.

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of bn for the year to March.

Google on technology that could change the way we work

Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned.

Blogger, Google's blog platform, switches domains to make "per country" content removal possible.