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Internet use could improve brain function and speed up decision-making, but it comes at the expense of empathy and the ability to think in abstract terms, scientists have found.

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Meagre 1% increase over last year is slowest growth since records began

The web isn't immune to the economic slowdown, according to internet metrics company comScore.

It estimates that the growth in US spending online in October was just 1 per cent higher than the previous year - the smallest increase since it started tracking e-tailers in 2001.

In comparison, August 2007 saw growth topping 28 per cent and as recently as June, shops were enjoying double digit annual increase.

We have grown used to all-you-can-eat Internet. It wasn't always that way. Back when CompuServe (good grief, they're still around--who knew?) and The Source ruled connected computer communications we paid by the minute! The enlightenment came as competition ramped up. As a result the Internet economy thrived.