A High-Tech Crime Timeline

From cell phones to video games, from Internet banking to laptop computers, high technology has quickly changed the way we play and work. Arcade games like Pong and Pac Man have altered forever the way we play, just as personal computers and cellular phones have changed the way we work. High technology has been embraced by society. As of 2002, annual sales of home video games exceeded billions of dollars, and annual sales of personal computers are even greater than that. High technology is now found in our cars, our watches, our phones, and even our kitchens. It touches just about every aspect of our lives, and it is hard to imagine life without it.

While there seems to be little doubt that high technology has made ...

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