The latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site.
Apple lays App Store rules bare
Apple says that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it sells in its App Store to appease critical developers.
Smartphone chip battle heats up
Intel is to launch its first chip with built-in graphics, while established phone chipmaker ARM releases a fast new chip.
European police in pirate raids
Premises across Europe, including a Swedish university, have been raided by police in a piracy crackdown
Broadband speed gets laser boost
A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables.