July 13, 2010
- Microsoft has shown off a 'virtual human' that reacts to a person's emotions, voice and movement at the TED conference in Oxford.
- The controversial government-backed Green Dam software project to filter internet content could be on the brink of collapse, reports say.
- Microsoft chief executive says Windows slate PCs - a rival to Apple's iPad - is 'terribly important' to the firm.
- A row has erupted in the United States centring on the ownership of a gay teen database after its publishers went bankrupt.
- Outlook users will be able to see their Facebook friends via the e-mail client as Microsoft moves towards social web.
- A 21st century-style airship could soon be patrolling the skies above Afghanistan, helping protect British troops serving there.
- The author Michael Morpurgo says he welcomes the idea of children accessing stories through mobile devices instead of books.