A collection of 5,000 of Charles Darwin’s letters has been posted online. The database covers correspondence up to 1865 and includes all surviving letters from the Beagle voyage and all letters during the publication of Origin of species in 1859….

There used to be a time when all you got with your free webmail account was a paltry one or two megabytes of storage – if you wanted any more then you had to pay. Google changed all that by…

Just because you run one of the largest websites of dubious legal standing doesn’t mean you don’t have to deal with hackers, as The Pirate Bay found out. The file sharing site revealed that its user database – containing user…

Yahoo is using its influence to try and tackle climate change by launching a new website to educate US internet user. The new Yahoo Green site will feature the latest environmental news and also tips and advice to help users…

Gmail’s traffic has increased since it dropped the requirement to be invited by an existing member, but it’s still nowhere near as popular as Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. In the two months after it allowed open registration in February, visits…

Yahoo has conceded defeat to eBay in the online auction business and decided to close Yahoo Auctions in the US and Canada. This is the second major service Yahoo has cancelled after announcing its intention to close Yahoo Photos in…