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Student sells her virginity online to fund tuition

A 19-year-old woman has auctioned her virginity on a website for almost £20,000 to fund her university fees

The 10 best 'Ask an expert' websites

Post a question on an online forum and you’ll be bombarded with advice — but it's hard to tell who is giving the answers

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Test bench: Music subscription services

Why buy tunes one track at a time when subscription services let you have a monthly package?

‘I can’t wait to see the fear in their eyes’

Despite being in jail for conspiracy to murder, Colin Gunn is still issuing bone-chilling threats via Facebook

China bugs and burgles Britain, MI5 says

The security service says the Chinese government 'represents one of the most significant espionage threats to the UK'

Gangster used Facebook to run empire from jail

One of Britain’s most dangerous criminals is said to be still running his drugs and organised crime cartel from jail

British authors snub Google Books

J K Rowling, Philip Pullman and other authors say priniciple behind the digital library will undermine writers' livelihoods

A life online: kids' embarrassing moments caught in the web for ever more

The traditional notion of what you should keep private doesn’t ring true with the Web 2.0 generation

OMG: brains can’t handle all our Facebook friends

University research shows that the number of meaningful friendships is the same as it has been throughout history

Troops using Twitter endanger security says MoD

Some military personnel are being disciplined after leaking secrets on Twitter and Facebook, the MoD has admitted

Online suicide is a positive experience

Our reporter severs her online ties using suicidemachine.org and finds peace in finally leaving Facebook

Social networkers escape in ‘suicide machine’

Thousands are signing up to services that offer to delete virtual friendships for free and at the click of a button

Web inventor launches government data site

Tim Berners-Lee the driving force behind website to give unprecedented access to information from government

Music industry counts cost of illegal downloads

The industry body for world music estimates that more than 95 per cent of music downloaded last year was not paid for

Commercial fallout for Google substantial

The two phones just shelved were to have been the first in China that would have offered Google’s services

A life online: the benefit of foresight

The Future Me website offers the chance to send your future self an e-mail — and not just reminders to put the bins out