If you happened to be giving the internet its half term report – assuming of course that the web was actually a small child and you were a slightly stern headmistress (possibly with pencils secreted in your grey bun) you would probably be using words like 'potential' and 'could do better'.

But we all know that the popular kid at school was the one that was little bit random and exciting. It didn't stick to the rules, it didn't kowtow to authority and, most of all, it didn't always give a factual answer when you asked it a question.

Which brings me neatly to Wolfram Alpha. For those who didn't see the reports the brainchild of maths genius Stephen Wolfram is a search engine (coming soon) that answers your question with an answer.

Now on the face of it that's a startlingly good idea, but the more 7doti thought about the whole concept the more it came to loathe the entire idea of a search engine that actually tells the truth, all the time.

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They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek him near the Watford Gap... or something. The Scarlet Pimpernel eventually revealed his persona in the book or play or whatever it was, but the Palm Pre just refuses to show itself in the UK and frankly, it's bugging the living daylights out of us.

"At this point, though, we have nothing more specific to announce regarding European carriers nor exact European availability dates," harrumphed Palm, shouting to us while it tried to plug a huge hole in a big tank marked 'Cash'.

Boring response Palm, very boring. So we spoke to Prof Terry McMadeUp, Professor of quotes TechRadar needs to make stories more interesting at TRU in London, and he had the following to say:

"The Palm Pre will be coming to the UK, and with O2 as well. It will be released on 14 July, just after the announcement of the iPhone Nano, the HTC G3 and the question to the meaning of life.

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Wow! What a packed HD week it has been, we can't believe how much stuff has happened. Oh, how are we going to fit it all in?

Actually, sod the hyperbole, we are completely lying. High-definition news has been so scarce that all we managed to scrape together can be found in the following 57-word paragraph*.

At least this means you can skip to the fun stuff** quicker. So think of this as a break from the phenomenally educational '7 Days…' you normally expect, a bit like when you were at school and one of your teachers were ill and you had a supply teacher in to take over.

Just let me write the following quick notes on the blackboard of HD, then it is class dismissed and the games can begin.

*A new study suggests that hi-def nuts are looking to movie downloads not Blu-ray… Sony adds Wi-Fi to its Blu-ray player range… Disney tries to make the 4:3 aspect ratio look fun on Blu-ray and fails…. New D Box tech is set to make motion sickness an everyday ocurrence in cinemas… Hitachi pleads guilty to LCD price-fixing.

**Fun stuff

Retro games in HD

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These days our lives are becoming increasingly cramped. Not only do we have to squash 36 hours into a 24 hour day, we also seem to have more stuff.

The computer desk quickly overflows with very important paper and things, and soon there's no room for the whirring box of magic itself.

Well luckily there's a slew of all-in-one computers, combining the monitor and the tower, to help clean save some valuable space... and even if you're a clean freak you can bask happily in the minimalism they bring to your desk.

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Welcome and all that to '7 days in mobiles'. We're feeling a little bit peculiar after an 'incident' with some anti-freeze and a panda, so we'll let a Victorian children's book lead you through the big stories this week:

"Quick! To the secret lair!" Shouted Algie, before scampering off at a trice to the disused nuclear bunker at the foot of the garden.

Alfonso, Ruben, Daphne and Shaznay, carrying cases of ginger beer and sandwiches prepared by the slightly effeminate Uncle Rodriguez, followed at pace, with Jemima, the pet llama scampering around.

Quickly they ran down the steps, opened the lead-lined door with a grunt, and sat down with a sigh on the concrete floor. Ruben let out an excited yelp and said, with his eyes shining: "I've heard Nokia might be scrapping DRM on its Comes with Music phones! Surely that will mean Mama and Pa will let us have one now, as they are just SO against the tyranny of DRM."

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