Dutch police have arrested a teenager who stole £2,500 worth of virtual furniture from an online hotel.

Authorities said in what was the first case of its kind the 17-year-old was arrested after playing Habbo Hotel - an international game and online community with an estimated seven million members.

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A proof-of-concept shows how easy it is to eavesdrop on the VoIP calls

By John E. Dunn London | Friday, 23 November, 2007

An expert has released a proof-of-concept program to show how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the VoIP-based phone calls of any company using the technology.

Called SIPtap, the software is able to monitor multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, listening in and recording them for remote inspection as .wav files. All that the criminal would need would be to infect a single PC inside the network with a Trojan incorporating these functions, although the hack would work at ISP level as well.

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Frank Hayes’ wishlist

By Frank Hayes US | Monday, 29 October, 2007

Here’s what we in IT know: Consumer-level gadgets and add-ons will continue to play an ever bigger role in how our users do their jobs. We know this, too: With only a few exceptions, gadget makers couldn’t innovate to save their skins. They happily clone whatever happens to be selling.So if we want those gizmos to meet real needs for either IT or our users, we’ll have to start coming up with ideas ourselves. read more »