A fresh study conducted by Consumer Focus has said that the Government must boost its actions to make poorer UK citizens to know how the internet can generate money for them.

The consumer watchdog prepared a report entitled Broadband Minded, in which it recommended the promotion of money-making sites such as eBay.

The report found that online savings were of limited relevance to lower income group as many of them lacked debit cards or bank accounts to enjoy the benefits.

Stuart Black, the creator of 2006 shooter Black, has revealed that Black Sequel was in production at EA.

The man behind the Black also announced Codemasters' brand new game called Bodycount that will hit the Xbox 360 and the PS3 in early next year.

It was informed that Bodycount was under production at Codemasters' new Guildford studio, which would make use of EGO Game Technology platform to create the new game.

Bodycount has been described as "The Ultimate Shooter" in the Xbox magazine.

Search giant Google's Streetview technology will cover almost all the streets and roads in the UK, providing their 360-degree images via Google in both rural and urban areas.

Last year, Google had launched Streetview in 25 cities in the UK, covering around 12 per cent of country's streets and roads. Since then the company has been surveying the rest of the UK to cover all the country.

The service has already covered the whole of France, Spain, Italy and the US.

Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed.

UK retail sales recovered month-on-month by 2.2 per cent in February after January's tough weather conditions that kept people away from the High Street, the British Retail Consortium said.

In January, like-for-like sales dropped more-than-expected 0.7 per cent due to cold weather and return of VAT to its pre-recession level of 17.5 per cent.

Former Labour and Conservative science ministers have warned that the UK will lose its current position in science and engineering if the next government cuts science spending to tame soaring budget deficit.

Lords Sainsbury and Waldegrave have emphasized that investment in research was indispensable to country’s prosperity in future.

An Asian bug called psyllid is to be released to control the growth of one of the UK's most virulent weeds.

Japanese Knotweed, which was originally brought to the UK as an ornamental plant, has now become a big problem for gardeners and builders as it wreaks destruction to gardens, foundations, roads, walls and drains.

The bug psyllid is capable of preventing Japanese Knotweed from growing fast as it feeds on the invasive weed.

The Environment Agency has identified as many as 26,000 locations where small-scale hydroelectric turbines could be installed to generate sufficient electricity for around 850,000 UK homes without destroying wildlife in rivers.

The study found that the turbines could generate 1.5 per cent of the UK's electricity requirements, but all of the identified locations are not feasible for development as they do not provide easy access to the local electricity grid.