Cudlz has launched - I've been keeping an eye out for this for a while now, it always looked like it'd be quite interesting. And I think it is. What I like about this:

1. The ease with which you can sign up. I was on the site in a flash.

2. The freeform manner in which you describe yourself. Yeah I know tags are flavour-of-the-month and terribly fashionable, but I like it in this instance.

3. The way they tease money out of you. I spent £1.50 without thinking about it; it's really rather special.

Of course, their user base seems to be me and about 6 others right now, and whether tagging etc works will need a large number of folks all self-describing to tell... but first impressions are good.

Mobile operators miss a World Cup opportunity: "The report suggests that normally only around 30 per cent of cameraphone snaps end up being sent as picture messages. "

Wow - it's the same old story here, turn those stats around, remove the word "only" and they look quite positive. 30% of all photos being taken are sent as MMS messages? Personally I don't believe it - that seems astonishingly high to me and I'm sure the operators would be releasing actual figures if it were the case.

Miaow to kitten-based authentication: "KittenAuth features nine pictures of cute little animals, only three of which are feline. A user demonstrates that there's a human in front of machine by selecting the three kittens among these images."

How to get the EastEnders quiz on your mobile phone: "If you have a WAP enabled phone you can play our EastEnders quiz on your mobile."

Eglu! And e-hen ordering! It's like the iMac of chicken runs - and I giggle uncontrollably when being asked to choose which chickens I'd like to go with it...