"Within 72 hours of being stolen, computer components can be sold three times and the crime transcends a lot of national and international boundaries because the components are small, compact and easily transported" - Det Chief Supt Sean Camon, from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigations, speaking at a conference in Dublin on Thursday.
"Nintendo stole my identity by using my name and my signature image of a bent spoon" - Uri Geller who is suing Nintendo.
News monitor column by Patrick Logue. Computimes edited by Conor Pope.