The winner in all this would seem to be Porsche, which could end up making a tidy packet from the two-day jump in Volkswagen's share price.

FORBES: Market Scan

Now that wide-area wireless network operators recognize Wi-Fi hotspots as complementary to their advanced packet-data networks, they will end up owning or leasing most of today's hotspots and will build out coverage.

FORBES: Will 2003 Be The Year Of The Hotspot?

Ms Bailey had said she would leave at the end of the year following shareholder anger over her large pay packet and deteriorating sales figures.

BBC: Sly Bailey

In a patent app made public this month, RIM's lab geeks describe setting up a proxy server right on the phone that would intercept the browser's web requests and bundle, compress, and send them to a gateway on the other end (BIS, we presume) that would know how to deal with the packet.

ENGADGET: RIM patent app will have you barely browsing the web at incredible speeds

The Conservative AM added: "Mid Wales is suffering from a general wage packet downsizing which inevitably means a knock-on loss of spending power from the local economy and an end to any ideas of owning a house for many more local people".

BBC: Inside the Floform plant (library pictures)