End of the free web? Punters prepared to pay for content: "According to a report published today by payment technology company Mondex International, 57 per cent of surfers are willing to fork out for various online services."

Mondex will issue a report tomorrow, but something tells me they're a bit biased. Can you imagine a payment company publishing a study that would go like: "98% of users won't spend a dime online ; senior executive team approves collective suicide"?