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UK is a nation of data-hungry net shoppers, says survey

Mobile data

Internet shopping is more popular in the UK than in any other major country, a survey from regulator Ofcom suggests.

Consumers in the UK spend an average of £1,083 a year on internet shopping, compared with Australia which spends the second highest at £842, it said.

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Deported software tycoon John McAfee arrives in Miami

John McAfee

The software tycoon John McAfee has arrived in the United States after being deported by Guatemala.

He landed in Miami, after being escorted to the airport in Guatemala City and placed on board an American Airlines flight.

YouView faces legal challenge to the use of its brand

Lord Sugar is the chairman of the YouView television service

UK internet TV provider YouView has become embroiled in a trademark dispute with a Cheltenham-based tech firm.

The High Court in London has upheld an earlier ruling that the TV platform's name was "confusingly similar" to YourView, a name filed by Total Ltd with the UK's Intellectual Property Office in June 2009.

Elite classic video games remake seeking backers

Elite classic video games

Classic video game Elite is getting a 21st Century makeover.

David Braben, one of the creators of the original, is seeking £1.25m ($2m) via Kickstarter to fund the updated version.

Gay porn films on BitTorrent: Flava Works gets huge damages

Gay porn films

An American man has been hit with a $1.5m (£932,000) fine for pirating 10 gay porn movies via BitTorrent.

A federal court in Illinois awarded the damages of $150,000 per movie to Flava Works - the creator of the pornographic films.

Russia internet blacklist law takes effect

Russia internet

A law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content by allowing the government to take sites offline has taken effect in Russia.

The authorities are now able to blacklist and force offline certain websites without a trial.

US court to rule on ReDigi's MP3 digital music resales

ReDigi s MP3 digital

A US court is to consider a case that could determine whether digital media files can be resold.

One-year-old start-up ReDigi is battling music giant EMI over whether digital music can be retraded after it has been legally purchased.

Facebook surpasses one billion users as it tempts new markets

Facebook one billion users

Facebook now has more than one billion people using it every month, the company has said.

The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday.

I wear the same thing every day': Mark Zuckerberg's not so shocking revelation, as he tells Matt Lauer he owns 20 identical gray t-shirts

Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given his first television interview since the social network's IPO to Today’s Matt Lauer.

In the interview, Zuckerberg reveals something long suspected about him, that he owns multiple t-shirts of the same color so he doesn’t have to worry about what to wear.

Samsung adds iPhone 5 to its patent battle with Apple

iPhone 5

Samsung has added Apple's latest handset to a US patent lawsuit claiming the iPhone 5 infringes eight of its technologies.

The disputed innovations include a way tosynchronise photos, music and video files across several devices, and a method tocapture and send video over the internet.

Blackberry maker RIM reports loss but sees cash pile grow

Blackberry maker RIM

Research In Motion has posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, sending its shares up nearly 18% in after-hours trading.

The maker of the Blackberry also boosted its cash pile, as it nears the launch of its next-generation devices.

Libor interest rate riggers 'should face prosecution'

A report into the Libor rate-rigging scandal says the system is broken and suggests its complete overhaul, including criminal prosecutions for those who try to manipulate it.

Its author, regulator Martin Wheatley, told the BBC that bankers guilty of fixing Libor in future could be jailed.

How smartphones are the new wingman

dating smartphones storyMalia checks Blendr, the location-based networking app, on her phone six or seven times a day, sorting through messages from strangers who know she's in their vicinity and responding only to the ones who don't seem creepy.

UK games jam breaks world record

gamejam

A games jam held at Bedfordshire University in Luton at the weekend has broken the world record for the largest number of people taking part.

Sweden tops Tim Berners-Lee's web index

web index

Sweden has topped a new global index evaluating the state of the web in 61 countries, with the US coming second and the UK third.

Compiled by Sir Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation, it ranked both the social and political impact of the web.

BBC iPlayer launches mobile-download service

BBC iPlayer

Users of BBC catch-up service iPlayer can now download programmes to watch on phones, tablets and other mobile devices at a later date.

They can save any programme for up to 30 days - but once they hit play, have to finish watching it within a week.

Fans resurrect Half-Life video game

Half life video game

After eight years of work, fans are about to release an updated and expanded version of classic video game Half-Life. Called Black Mesa, the resurrected game will be made available as a free download on 14 September.

Windows 8 spurs new touchscreen hybrid PC designs

hp envy spectre

PC-makers are showing off a range of new computers aimed at convincing users to upgrade after Windows 8 is released.

US president appears on social news site Reddit

Barack Obama behind the keyboard

US President Barack Obama has spent 30 minutes answering questions from members of social news site Reddit.

President Obama's appearance was a surprise and during the Q&A session he answered 10 questions from the tens of thousands submitted.

Samsung unveils Android and Windows devices at IFA

Ativ Tab Samsung

Samsung has unveiled new Android and Windows-powered touchscreen devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin.

OnLive's founder leaves cloud video games service

OnLive

The founder of OnLive - the cloud-based video games service - has left the firm, after organising a controversial rescue of the business.

A statement said Steve Perlman had stepped down as chief executive "to work on his myriad of other projects".