IT & Communications

Users who downloaded copies of Angry Birds and other software for their mobile phones from websites other than Google's Play (formerly Android Market) have in some cases found themselves being charged GBP15 every time the open the app on a phone.

Oh, the delights of a few days in the tropics. And then it all goes wrong.

Last weekend, Starfish and I were in Kuala Lumpur for the Formula One Grand Prix. You know the one: nine laps, rain, cars parked, garden tents on the grid. Fantastic racing.

It was wet. Very wet. But nice to be back in KL and then Singapore.

Not so nice to be hopelessly lost several times.

A Texas court has awarded Canadian software company i4i almost USD300 million in damages, interest and costs - and injuncted Microsoft from the continued use of aspects of XML in its WORD product range.