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Anonymous's call hack puts it centre stage

Activist collective's leak of 18-minute discussion embarrasses authorities and raises questions over how security was breached

The hacking collective Anonymous has struck deep into the heart of one of its sworn enemies – the police – with the release of the recording of a conference call between the Metropolitan police and the FBI. In it, they discuss ongoing investigations and court cases against alleged British hackers; and now, courtesy of Anonymous, the world can listen in too.

For Anonymous, the posting on YouTube of the 18-m

Netbook plummets as tablet soars

Smartphones outsold PCs and tablets combined, says research company – but netbooks have had their day as sales fall by 25% year-on-year

Stick a fork in it: the netbook is done, with sales falling by 25% in the past year while smartphones and tablets are invading the computing space, according to new figures from the research company Canalys.

In 2011, tablets overtook netbooks in total sales while smartphone shipments exceeded those of tablets and PCs combined, at 487.7m against 414.6m.

Netbook shipments in particular fell from 39.4m in 2010 to 29.4m in 2011, a 25% fall, as the total number of tablets shipped rose almost thre

Apple pulls iPhones from German store

iCloud service could also be forced to turn off 'push' email as battle escalates with phone firm, which Google is acquiring

Apple briefly pulled several models of the iPhone and iPad from its online store in Germany after Android handset maker Motorola Mobility (MMI) won a court injunction over the phones in Germany. A separate ruling over its "iCloud" service means it might be forced to turn off "push" email for users in the country.

Apple has appealed the rulings. But the phones and tablets were removed from Apple's German online store after Motorola, which is due to be acquired by search giant and Android

BT profits rise on broadband growth

BT Group reports 18% rise in profits and announces plan to roll out 330Mbps broadband on demand to business

BT Group took just over half of the UK's new broadband subscribers in the last three months of 2011 and cheered the City by indicating it would review its fibre broadband investment, with a focus on getting businesses to pay for installation.

The company won a 56% share of new retail broadband subscribers, adding 146,000 customers in the company's third quarter and taking its UK total to 6.1 million. The announcement came as BT chief executive Ian Livingston announced upbeat forecasts for the full year and a rise in t

Act on Acta if you care about free speech

The anti-counterfeiting trade agreement could criminalise internet users globally. But it hasn't been ratified yet …

Acta is the latest copyright enforcement scheme to cause alarm among digital activists. Given its reach, this is understandable.

The anti-counterfeiting trade agreement is, despite its name, effectively

Is Facebook worth $100bn?

After reading Facebook's S-1 document, it's probably not worth $100bn, but at least one analyst has compared it to Google and Apple around the time of their listings, and has backed a $75bn valuation

So is Facebook worth it? After a fevered day and evening reading the S-1 document filed with the US securities and exchange commission (SEC) – an event that proved so popular online that the SEC had to devote an extra server to handling demand – the answer seems to be that it's not worth $100bn (£63bn), but it might be worth $75bn.

The other message from the filing was that