Ohhh, Palm...suits you, sir!

So you got a Palm PDA for Christmas but you've got no pockets left to carry your little electronic companion. What are you going to do? Don't fear a Japanese design house have just designed a suit with the fashion conscience gadget user in mind. It's hard to believe but your average geek-boy, PDA carrying, gadget fan is hardly going to be that concerned with sartorial elegance so it is a wonder why Onward bothered to design its fancy suit in the first place. ...more

Blue sky time in the BlueSpace office

IBM is highlighting its work for an 'office of the future'. Working in conjunction with Steelcase, an American company involved with workplace design, IBM has dubbed the concept 'BlueSpace'. The essential idea is to better marry technology with the office environment: (in the words of IBM) to 'integrate the physical workspace with advanced computer, sensor, display and wireless technologies. ...more

Website promises free credit reference check

Not free credit, but free access to your credit status - this is the promise of annualcreditreport.co.uk and Credit Reporting Agency, the company behind the website. ...more

Microsoft sues Google

Microsoft is suing search rival Google following the defection of one of its key employees. Kai-Fu Lee, former corporate VP of Microsoft's Natural Interactive Services Division, has accepted a position with Google to head up its new China research and development centre. Dr. ...more

Virus charts make for a Sober Christmas

Sophos' December chart plots Sober at the top, but with Mimail worms taking five of the remaining positions. With 23.3 per cent of reports, the bi-lingual (in German and English) Sober-C virus topped the December chart, confusing its victims with a variety of messages and subject lines and spreading not just via email, but also using peer-to-peer networks, such as KaZaA. ...more