Stories by: Carrie-Ann Skinner

Facebook beats traffic record over Christmas
Facebook saw its highest-ever traffic levels over the festive period, according to Hitwise.
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Stephen Fry hit by Twitter ID hack
Hackers are targeting Twitter users in a bid to steal personal information, says Sophos.
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Apple's iPhone gets Linux
Hackers have managed to load Linux on to Apple's iPhone.
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BT to kill 100Mbps fibre broadband?
BT is considering shelving its £1.5bn (US$2.2 billion) high-speed fibre optic broadband network.
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'Wacky' woman sells her own name on eBay
A UK woman is offering eBay users the chance to choose her name.
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US military: Twitter poses terrorist threat
Social networking service Twitter could be used by terrorists as a tool in planning attacks, the US military claims.
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Online banking fraud losses in the UK hit £21.4 million
Losses from online banking fraud in the UK hit a record £21.4 million in the first half of 2008 - an increase of 185 percent on the previous year, says the UK payments association, APACS.
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Study: Common letters get more spam
Those whose names begin with common letter such as A, S, and M are more likely to receive spam that those who start with uncommon ones such as Z and Q, according to research.
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Scrabulous removed from Facebook again
Scrabulous, the controversial third-party Facebook app, has once again been removed from the social networking site.
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Hackers resort to 'sick' kidnap spam
Hackers are claiming they have kidnapped children in a bid to infect PCs with a Trojan Horse virus, says Sophos.
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Royal Bank of Scotland loses 1 million bank details
A laptop sold on eBay contained personal details of one million Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) customers, the bank has confirmed.
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