30 April 2007 - With more of us carrying around gadgets in our pockets; mobile phones, MP3 players, laptops, and digital cameras to name a few, Home Secretary John Reid has announced that he is approaching Apple and Sony to join a summit to help fight crime in the UK.

The news comes on the back of figures released last week that the number of street robberies rose 8 percent to 26,600 during the final quarter of last year.

"During the coming week we'll be drawing up a list of other manufacturers who will be the best companies to include for the summit," a spokesman for the Home Office said.

"New technology, lifestyle changes, new commodities and new gadgets mean that the criminals continually move on," Reid told the BBC's Sunday AM programme.

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