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The US solar power industry has received a significant endorsement from a top US financier who stated that the sector is moving rapidly to the point it will no longer need government support.

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 The Russian Business Network – which some blame for 60% of all internet crime – appears to have gone to ground. But, asks Peter Warren, has it really disappeared?

A curious game of cat and mouse is being played out on the internet, as high-tech hunters close in on a group of cybercriminals known as the Russian Business Network, or in the acronyms so beloved of thriller writers, the RBN.

Indeed, in  scenes reminiscent of Cold War hunts for Russian submarines, the chase started a week ago when the RBN – a Russian ISP alleged to be behind much of today’s web crime – slipped its internet moorings in the Baltic coastal city of St Petersburg and made for servers in China.

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High tech thieves are using the latest in memory stick technology to literally suck the brains and commercial secrets out of companies, Peter Warren reports.

Computer security experts are warning about the dangers of a tiny James Bond style spying device used by high-tech thieves that can steal a company’s secrets in the blink of an eye.

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MICROSOFT is set to launch a new breed of PCs that will turn desktop computers into televisions. Hailed as the next stage in the evolution of the PC, the computers will take data simultaneously from the internet and from satellite and terrestrial TV broadcasts.

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THE TALL Nigerian with the charming manners and well-cut suits was a familiar figure in the bars and restaurants of Knightsbridge and Mayfair. As far as the staff of his favourite haunts including the Dorchester and Intercontinental were concerned, Chubuwunga Ndukuba was a businessman of international repute with a legion of powerful contacts and pretty women in tow. The powder blue, soft-top  Rolls Royce that he required the hotel staff to park only added to his appeal.

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