Full coverage: Northern Europe

29.09.2005 Making calls over net technology is changing the face of phones. New technology to make voice calls over broadband has hit UK High Streets with the launch of Freetalk in Dixons, Currys, The Link and PC World.

27.09.2005 Design students who create products for disabled people are hoping to attract the attention of manufacturers at an exhibition in London this week.

26.09.2005 Young people and childen in the U.K. are being encouraged to take on the role of internet trainer to help their grandparents get online.

21.09.2005 Computer Aid International is working with Computers for Schools Kenya to install PCs in schools and provide the technical support and software needed need to use computers as an educational tool.

21.09.2005 Wales' first eco-friendly radio station is to start broadcasting via a hilltop transmitter powered by wind and solar energy.

19.09.2005 e-democracy is promising to put citizens at centre stage of the political process.

16.09.2005 Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has announced the formal go-ahead and timetable for the switch-over from analogue to digital television at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge.

09.09.2005 UK universities have joined calls for publicly-funded research to be freely available on the internet. In a position statement, Universities UK supports moves to broaden access away from subscription-based journals and - more recently - websites.

08.09.2005 A group in Sweden have developed a new, low cost computer,specially designed for use in developing countries. Features include sturdy case, low energy consumption as it runs on 12 V, free and Open Source software, and all plug-ins necessary.

05.09.2005 The number of UK households with digital radio will rise 15 times over the next five years, a forecast by a broadcasters group claims.The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) says more than 40% of homes will have digital radios by 2009.

01.09.2005 Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of cancer, at least in the first 10 years of use, the largest investigation to date shows.

01.09.2005 A 10-year-old girl was saved from drowning by a computer system designed to raise the alarm when swimmers get into difficulties in U.K.