AN 11-YEAR-OLD computer masterminded a pounds 10,000 scam from his bedroom, piracy investigators said. The European Leisure Software Publishers Association said he was the youngest pirate they had encountered.

TONY BLAIR will today issue the Government's most positive statement yet on the single currency by calling on the private and public sectors to start preparing now for British entry.

VOSS NET, the AIM-listed electronic commerce group, has become the latest stock to catch Internet fever after the company announced an agreement to supply free Internet access to schools in Britain.

Insurance is vital if you join the growing band of people working from home, says Tim Collison

EVERYBODY SEEMS to be at it, but men do it more than women and "fat-cat" directors are the worst of all. The British workplace is plagued by a "culture of dishonesty" with senior executives more than twice as likely to steal from their companies as shopfloor workers.

It's not what you learn, it's how you learn it that matters, writes Tamsin Smith

COMPEL, the computer distribution group, has made a major breakthrough by winning a pounds 75m contract to become the preferred supplier of computer hardware, software and services to the BBC.

The way you visualise a new product could bring it to the market quicker, says Roger Trapp

ONE OF the most celebrated recent victories for an RSI sufferer was that of Anne Packer, who won pounds 70,000 from her employer just before Christmas, writes Jeremy Laurance.

THE DISABLING condition known as repetitive strain injury (RSI) is not all in the mind but may be caused by sensory damage to the nerves in the hand, researchers say.

Sir: Thousands of executives use laptops every day by typing on the keyboard. It is a dismal reflection on the IT skills of politicians that the new ministerial red-laptops (report, 13 January) are voice operated.

Computers can be an endless source of gift ideas from pounds 20 to pounds 3,000. You can buy extra memory, a new hard disc, a new printer, even computer furniture.

Police have raided a suspected national child pornography ring, which could include several teachers. Jason Bennetto, Crime Correspondent, reports on the latest attempt to crackdown on the child sex industry.

Burglars have discovered a new way to find out when your home computer will be unguarded: ring you up and ask. Charles Arthur, Science Editor, explains why a computer survey offering free software is something you can do without.