A spokesman for O2 said Apple stores were having "technical issues" connecting to the telecoms company's online systems.
Later on, companies like Blue World will have to go through their online systems and change the prices one by one.
North Korean authorities regard the country's severely restricted online systems as an important strategic advantage over their technologically advanced enemies, with their sprawling networks of sensitive online data.
Indeed, in the use of online systems such as Fidonet bulletin boards, Prestel, CompuServe and Cix, some home users were ahead.
Because signatures are required on voter registration cards, online systems often merely start a process that must be completed by mail.
There are some more basic online systems that don't depend upon adding extra software or asking the gadget to phone home.
Large and small businesses alike have made quick alterations to their online systems in the hope they can go back and make changes later.
Industry observers estimate that 30percentt of scholarly publishers -- which include commercial houses, academic presses and nonprofit associations -- have adopted the online systems.
To make it easy on both the companies and the N.S.A., the Times article said, these companies have built special online systems for handing over these communications.
In 1999, we closed that company, and together with a third partner, Tarek Sherif, we formed Medidata Solutions to provide online systems for designing and running clinical trials.
Access to online systems would allow patients to track their prescription from the doctor's office to the pharmacy, and to get information about insurance coverage.
