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Page last updated at 08:57 GMT, Friday, 21 November 2008

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Online time 'is good for teens'
Teenagers' use of digital media shows that time online teaches children important skills, a new study shows.
Hi-tech brings families together
How dangerous are networking sites?

Google sign. File pic Google unveils customised search
A new tool unveiled by search giant Google will let users tailor search results to their needs.

Laptop Government 'loses one PC a week'
The Tories demand a Whitehall security review as it is revealed 53 computers disappeared in a year.


VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones and Dan Simmons Mobiles compared: Storm v INQ1

Dungeons and Dragons online
RNID Innovations to help people who are deaf

Tool trouble for astronaut
FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Chromosome, SPL Valley Girls
How knowing your genes could change your life
An ear Hearing aids
How the RNID tests new devices for the hearing impaired
Tomb Raider: Underworld screen shot Danger girls
A look back at the real-life Tomb Raider heroines

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Microsoft ends Yahoo deal talk
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MP loses cash over 'rude' blog
Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss
MORE FEATURES
How do avatars have sex?
Winter warmers for gamers
Wahlberg gives life to dark hero
Pledge Watch: Laptops for all
Biometrics to change security?
No downturn for Silicon Valley
Game on for British developers

THE COLUMNISTS
Who is responsible in the cloud?
Don't have security nightmares
How politics will change the web
Between a rock and an interface
The medium and the message
Keep up with online networks
Are paper's days numbered?
How not to monitor mobiles

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
Note detail, BBC Alarm raised on teenage hackers

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

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Screengrab of D&D Insider, Wizards of the Coast Of digital dice
How Dungeons and Dragons is breaking out online
Road sign (BBC) Goodbye tailback
How navigation systems track and treat traffic jams
Obama twitter page Tech To Do list
What will be tech-savvy Obama's priorities?
OTHER TOP STORIES
Dell sees quarterly profits slip
UK 'ahead in digital TV uptake'
Privacy forum sets online agenda
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Cyber-bullying trial opens in US
Microsoft to offer free security
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