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Solving at a stroke the most pressing problem of the age: what should we do with WoW gold farmers?

It's tempting to feel that you're anonymous online, protected from potential cyberstalkers by cryptic user names and website privacy settings. But is that really true?

How posting online can get you fired, burgled or worse

We can't think of many better ways to spend £3.60 a month than a new car-security system from Japan that uses a mobile-phone network to covertly track your vehicle should it be stolen.

Japanese site gathers information to warn of crime threats

Isn't the internet great? How else could dunderheads like those just arrested in Japan threaten to go postal in copycat street slayings similar to the recent Akihabara killings.

Almost a week after the gruesome murder spree Tomohiro Kato, 25, inflicted on Tokyo in broad daylight, the inevitable calls for tighter internet regulation are echoing loud and clear across Japan.

A Saudi Arabian woman was killed by her father after he found her chatting with a man on Facebook, reporters claim

$500m economy under threat from virtual crime lords