VIDEO: A new Star Wars and other tech news
A crowdsourced version of the sci-fi classic Star Wars: A New Hope becomes an internet hit after nearly three years in production. This and more in this week's tech news.

VIDEO: Social exercise and school-wide web
Kate Russell looks at ways to keep motivated when exercising and new innovations for education websites.

VIDEO: Facing up to threat of cyberwar
Military experts gathered in London this week to discuss the growing threat of cyber-attacks to international security.

VIDEO: Child's toy launched into space
While America is running down its manned space programme - further north - two Canadian students have shown that flying into space does not always have to be rocket science.

VIDEO: £80m police smart phone plan criticised
An £80m Home Office programme to give police forces Blackberrys and other mobile devices has been criticised by the National Audit Office.

AUDIO: Woman stalked online by ex-boyfriend
Amy Lees told Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire about being cyberstalked by her ex-boyfriend who was posing as another man.

VIDEO: Soldier's mind-control bionic op
A Tyneside soldier travels to Austria for the first stage of a process to fit him with a bionic arm he will be able to control with his mind.

VIDEO: How Google 'removes' content
Google's legal director Daphne Keller explains how the firm is able to stop people from discovering contentious material using its search engine.

VIDEO: Rules to protect online data sharing
Dan Simmons discusses the impact of proposed data privacy rules set out by the European Commission on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Webcams to monitor Russian vote
Live footage from thousands of Russian polling stations is to be streamed online in an attempt to make the country's forthcoming presidential election transparent.

VIDEO: Who will win video streaming 'war'?
With streaming service Netflix launching in the UK into an already crowded market, Spencer Kelly looks at who might be victorious on the on-demand battleground.

VIDEO: EU proposes data storage changes
The Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, sets out proposals for new data privacy laws for the European Union.

VIDEO: Facebook's 'Neighbourhood Watch'
Facebook has "an 800 million-strong Neighbourhood Watch system" to protect against people carrying out malicious acts, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

VIDEO: EU proposes data storage changes
Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones discusses plans to change European privacy laws, which the European Commission is set to announce.

AUDIO: Gates: Capitalism a 'phenomenal system'
Bill Gates talks to the Today programme's Evan Davis about capitalism, philanthropy and US politics.

VIDEO: Do ultrabooks spell end for desktop PC?
Marc Cieslak reports on the rise of powerful, portable laptops and the supposed demise of the bulky computer tower.

VIDEO: Digital designers return to analogue art
Artists in Chicago straddle the divide between analogue and digital design.

AUDIO: Reddit co-founder talks SOPA
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian discusses the impact of the proposed SOPA Bill with Christopher Marcich, President of the Motion Picture Association, Europe on the BBC's 5 live Investigates programme.

VIDEO: 3D coding turns disaster to art
Israeli artist Eyal Gever offers a tour of his studio in Tel Aviv, where he uses computer programmes and 3D printers to turn disaster scenarios into sculptures.

VIDEO: A smart view on 2012's tech
Spencer Kelly discovers some of the less high-profile launches at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow.

AUDIO: Should online porn be blocked?
If you switch to a new provider for your internet access later this year, you'll be forced to make a choice: do you want access to adult content or not?

VIDEO: Online teen editor's secrets to success
Tavi Gevinson talks to the BBC about being a blogger, an editor-in-chief at RookieMag.com and a young girl.

VIDEO: Hackers retaliate over Megaupload
Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website.

VIDEO: TV & web: A match made in heaven?
Rory-Cellan Jones journeys from Silicon Valley to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas - on a quest to discover whether television and the internet were born to be together.

VIDEO: Kite power and other tech news
American start-up company Makani Power has created a kite-like wind turbine which could generate cheaper power.

VIDEO: Webscape: How to share your desktop
How to share your desktop and taxi to the airport.

VIDEO: Winter driving: How to keep safe
How can you keep safe whilst driving in the winter weather? BBC's Richard Lister visits a research centre where cars are tested in temperatures as low as -40C.

VIDEO: Metal theft 'threatens' Olympic travel
The government has been told to back a plan that supporters say could help tackle metal theft before the start of the Olympics.

VIDEO: Wikipedia co-founder defends shut down
Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, says he agrees with protecting copyrighted content but not with the way it is being done.