Maybe the tools to scan the low-cost airlines for the cheapest fares have been around for some time but I've never seen them and I am glad they are here. Think how much faster it will be to save five pounds on your ticket [The Times | Sky Scanner].

Also on the web, although apparently a few days old, my favorite quote of the year so far: "If so many spam offers weren't totally bogus, Hotmail users would be incredibly well-endowed, slim people with plenty of hair who make big money working at home when they aren't having great sex provoked by free porn and herbal Viagra" [Wired News].