London, September 29: With the development of a network of supercomputers, known as the Grid, the speed at which information is downloaded to personal computers would be revolutionized, heralding the dawn of a new internet age.

According to a report in the Times, the power of the Grid is such that downloading films should take only seconds, not hours, and processing music albums just a single second.

London, September 27: British children who are kept indoors for longer duration are more prone to online predators than their European counterparts, claims a new survey.

According to the study by co-author Dr Leslie Haddon, of the EU Kids Online project, worried parents, in order to safeguard their children against street dangers, are exposing their kids to dangerous online situations at home.

Washington, Sept 23 : Most Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine and false popup warnings messages, even after repeated mistakes, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University.

Fake popup warnings are usually designed to trick users into downloading harmful software.

"This study demonstrates how easy it is to fool people on the Web," said study co-author Dr. Michael S. Wogalter, professor of psychology at NC State.

London, Sept 23: A 14th-century recipe book compiled by King Richard II's master cooks is among several works being digitised for viewing on Internet.

The book is being put online for the first time to give modern-day chefs an insight into the delicacies of the Middle Ages.

Forme of Cury, written in1390, details more than 200 dishes that were cooked in the royal household.

Written in Middle English, it contains the instructions for creating long-forgotten dishes such as blank mang (a sweet dish of meat, milk, sugar and almonds), mortrews (ground and spiced pork).

London, Sept. 22 : Burma has launched a ferocious "cyber-war" against dissidents who use the Internet.

According to The Times, in the past few days anti-government online magazines run by exiled Burmese have been inundated by massive volumes of artificially generated traffic that have forced the news websites to shut down.

The attacks coincided with the first anniversary of the "saffron uprising" - ten days of mass demonstrations by Buddhist monks and student activists that culminated in a crackdown in which dozens were killed and thousands arrested.