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Ocado co-founder sells £3.3m shares

Is an open relationship the antidote to cheating?

I’d always worried that perhaps I was a terrible person to find fidelity such a compromise to my natural instincts

NSA director heckled by hackers at Black Hat computer security conference

General Keith Alexander makes public appearance in Las Vegas in wake of whistle-blower Edward Snowden's revelations

Anthony Weiner with his communications director Barbara Morgan in New York last week

Anthony Weiner's election bid faces another set back after adviser Barbara Morgan attacks former intern

Anthony Weiner’s bid to be New York mayor has faced another major setback, after his Communication Director Barbara Morgan let rip at an intern after she penned a comment piece on the campaign.

Casual sex app 'Bang With Friends' sued by social games maker Zynga

Bang With Friends CEO Colin Hodge claims the app now has more than 1.1 million users

The Animals's Eric Burdon will perform in Israel as planned

Animals frontman Eric Burdon: I'm not afraid to perform in Israel

The musician has contradicted his management's decision to cancel a show in the north of the country following 'threatening emails'

Going the distance: the realities of learning while you earn

Natasha Chowdory shares some home truths on balancing working full-time with studying for a degree

James Blunt has apologised for a 'clerical error' that resulted in a 'UK-wide' mailout of his new single

Spam attack: James Blunt apologises for mistaken 'UK-wide' mailout of new single 'Bonfire Heart'

For the recipients it was like finding Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket – but in reverse. Music fans expressed their outrage after being sent a “nationwide” spam email from James Blunt urging them to listen to his new single.

easyJet cancelled a late-night flight – then told passengers to wait 86 years and one day for a replacement

Passengers on delayed easyJet flight are given 86 years to browse duty-free shops

Britain’s biggest budget airline cancelled a late-night flight – then told passengers to wait 86 years and one day for a replacement.

Caroline Criado-Perez, who also runs the Women’s Room campaign to promote women in the media, played a pivotal role in ensuring that Jane Austen would feature on the £10 note

From green ink to digital bile - how can we put a stop to online bullying?

Bullies hide beyond anonymity. We need to bring them out into the open

The lab fighting cybercrime: Russia's weapon in the war against hi-tech gangs

Russia is the main breeding ground for hi-tech crime gangs but its security experts are linking with Interpol to combat the threat. Oscar Williams-Grut reports from Moscow

Kate, Duchess of Cambridge holds the Prince of Cambridge

GeorgeAlexanderLouis.com: Royal baby websites registered by cybersquatters seconds after name is announced

Cybersquatters rush to website registrars as soon as the Prince's name was made official

During hot weather, government fans would be issued to workers only once the temperature reached '30C or higher'

Civil servants told not to take electric fans to work

Whitehall officials told air coolers could have 'potential impact on electrical supplies' and present a 'risk to electric shock'

Royal baby scam: Cyber criminals exploit the new prince's birth

Crooks offered to let users 'Watch the Hospital Cam'

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