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Verizon to slap fee on certain payment methods

Verizon customers are up in arms over the company's announcement that it plans to slap a $2 fee on people making single payments online or by telephone.

Newton's notebooks published online

Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is being released online by Cambridge University, kicking off a project to create one of the world's most important digital libraries.

Software weeds out fake online reviews

Many online reviews appear too good to be true - and they are. Earlier this year, for example, the Federal Trade Commission fined a music tuition company $250,000 for posting fake reviews of its own products.

Do women prefer gaming to sex?

A recent survey commissioned by Doritos claims women who play online games prefer their electronic liaisons to taking a bath, shopping, working out and yes, having sex.

Darwin's library - complete with notes - goes online

Charles Darwin's entire personal scientific library - including his own scribbled notes in the margins - is to appear online for the first time.

Analysis: Obama’s online media Terminator

The White House has created a new position to deal with online media. If they think that someone has said something that is untrue about Obama they will be dealt with.

Report: PS3 online gaming to return in a "couple days"

The light at the end of the tunnel may be approaching soon.

Publishers create one-stop online bookstore

When you want to buy a paper book, you generally visit a bookstore - without having to know which book you want in advance, and which publisher has issued it.

Yahoo announces its answer to Google Instant search

Yahoo announced yesterday that it is making upgrades to its search engine that will bring up results in real-time.

FTC issues fine over fake online reviews

The Federal Trade Commission has come down hard on a company which was found to be posting fake reviews of its products online.

People won't pay for local news online, says report

Almost half of mobile device owners use their device to get some sort of local news information - but only ten per cent of them pay for it.

Three types of online groomer, study finds

There are at least three different types of online sexual predator, a European study of convicted online groomers has found.

Egypt emerges from internet blackout

Egypt is back on the internet, after a five-day shut-down linked to unrest in the country.

Saudi Arabia bans blogging without a licence

Freedom of speech organizations are condemning a decision by the Saudi Arabian government to force all online ewspapers and bloggers to register with the Ministry of Culture and Information.

Will AI transform the 'Net?

A prominent Russian tycoon believes that advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will catapult the online experience to new levels of sophistication.