As Apple's Steve Jobs calls for DRM free music, we look at the legal basis and social impact of copy control technology, and we look at a looming battle between the relatively new information access and privacy laws.

The disability discrimination ruling that could change cross-border e-commerce, and why the Information Commissioner is not like the traffic police.

We look at what you can do to avoid having your digital identity stolen, and discover why Britain's doctors may be about to derail the NHS's £12bn IT system.

We uncover evidence that Cisco could lose the rights to the iPhone trade mark in Europe, where Apple is next in line to register the name.

With Christmas music booming out of every shop speaker, we talk to the people attempting to stop the rot, for employees' sakes, including an Austrian union rep and a Lord.

We find about about how the Government plans to track children, possibly illegally, and talk to one of email's pioneers.

We dig deep into the Gowers report and find recommendations for pricier CDs and a return to hip hop's glory days, plus an update on Gary McKinnon's extradition case.

The man who refused to invest in YouTube talks us through the hype and hope of Web 2.0 from the point of view of the ultimate tech insider.

We gaze into a crystal ball with a technology expert to see which technologies will earn the big bucks, and talk to a man being evicted because of a website.

Technology is helping to create a surveillance society, says the Information Commissioner; we investigate how surveillance is ever present, and how it is creating a divided society.