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Page last updated at 00:09 GMT, Sunday, 28 December 2008

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'Boom year' for hi-tech criminals
Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.
Hackers in supermarket sweep
Q&A: Stay safe online

Boy at a computer Website age ratings 'an option'
Websites could be given film-style age ratings under government plans to protect children from harmful content.

Rows of old mobile phones How an old phone can make money
If you got a shiny new mobile for Christmas you might be able to make some money on your old one.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
UK forces in Afghanistan Troops send messages from Afghanistan

Villagers text to light the way
Priest with i-phone Portable prayers on your mobile

How limb pain limits web surfing
FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Twitter logo, Twitter Top gear
The tech team picks 2008's hottest developments
Screenshot from LittleBigPlanet, Sony Console king
A look back at the year in console gaming
Sat-nav device being used by a motorist Stop thief!
Brazil thwarts car thieves with technology

MORE FROM TECHNOLOGY - NEWS, FEATURES AND SPECIALS

Windows XP allowed to live again
Hi-tech helps track Santa Claus
Computer grid aids film service
BBC iPlayer now available on Mac
Penny web auctions under scrutiny
Ariane makes final launch of 2008
MORE FEATURES
Helping the web reach out
Store tech checks customers out
Taking democracy to the stars
Helping the web to understand
Inventions aid nuclear clean-up
The future of Microsoft mobile
Love, loss and the web
Virtual world for Muslims debuts

THE COLUMNISTS
The net and the real cost of free
Moving to the Second Classroom
Who is responsible in the cloud?
The net and the ties that bind
Don't have security nightmares
How politics will change the web
Between a rock and an interface
The medium and the message

COMPUTER PIONEERS
Valves on Colossus, BBC Code-cracking and computers

Accelerating the modern age
One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth
The history of UK computing

CYBER CRIME
Teenage boy using computer, SPL Alarm raised on teenage hackers

Hackers ready superstore sweep
What makes a cyber criminal?
Thieves set up data supermarkets
Q&A: Stay safe online

THE TECH LAB

 

VALLEY GIRLS

 

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Packshot from EverQuest II, Sony Online Entertainment Player profiles
Online gaming - not just for unhealthy lone males
Letters on fridge, BBC Class war
Bill Thompson on what mobiles are doing in school
Cable and MP3 player FROM CLICK >>
Gadgets galore
Click picks its top tech toys
OTHER TOP STORIES
Festive messages from far away
More shoppers online at Christmas
US questions net overhaul plans
Vietnam tightens rules on blogs
EU's new online library reopens
Third subsea cable repairs begin
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