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Cybercrime costs the British economy £27 billion ($43.5 billion) each year according to a new stats reported by the government.

The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance and consultancy Detica reported that the amount includes a £21 billion cost to business, of which £9.2 billion results from theft of intellectual property (IP) and £7.6 billion from industrial espionage.

The new survey into European gaming attitudes, compiled by the ISFE and ELSPA, two trade bodies, revealed that 34% of British men and 31% of British women consider themselves as gamers.

Their report notes the rise of the new gamer attracted to a more accessible gaming world, which is redressing the traditionally skewed male / female demographic.

 According to the report titled “UK children’s media literacy – 2009” by Ofcom about 1/3 of British secondary school pupils believe that Google ranks the search results in its query response according to their truthfulness. 

The report says 37% of children believe results are listed beginning with the most useful and relevant. On the other end 14% of pupils aged 12 to 15 admitted that they know websites pay to search engines for the top spots.