new virus has infected the PCs of thousands of Japanese users who have illegally downloaded sexually-explicit hentai , according to the BBC. And a new report predicts that nearly half of global mobile users will be using their devices to pay for both digital and physical goods by 2014. Google fumbles 'evil'; and more Apple fun. Tears? MORE >>

After many, many years of research, engineers at Stanford University have produced electricity-generating fabrics which could act as chargers for mobile devices whilst their wearers are on the move. Finally, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says a mammoth shift of ad revenue from the fixed web to mobile platforms is inevitable, reports Netimperative. MORE >>

The move was widely read as the first thrust in what will prove to be a sustained assault on Google itself – one which Team Jobs will only abandon if Google makes an unlikely retreat from what Apple clearly perceives as its core business: mobile device technology. This week: Chaps, we need feedback! Are we too long, too short, or just right? MORE >>

ON MOBILE. ON MOBILE. If you have ever endured a fraught journey, pinned to your seat in misery while a fellow passenger raucously and interminably anatomises the previous night’s festivities for the benefit of an unseen mobile-phone partner, then the following piece of news may well provoke tears of gratitude. ON FACEBOOK. MORE >>

'Yesterday, as various sources report ( BBC , Indy ), five disabled people lost their High Court challenge over the government's decision to abolish the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Citizenship and democracy Mobility and change Social exclusion Social policy What an exquisite vignette for the moral bankruptcy of the system. MORE >>