But all that doesn't mean you can't play with one - for 'free'. This is the portable cellphone version of AIBO, that you can get to sit, stand, lie down and jump up and switch off faster :) It works on a host of cellphones including Sony's and Nokia's and is free for download. A real gem from the same genius who created the Mobile Tsunami Detector software, featured on Geek24 before.

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A security service from Microsoft? That's the reaction, we had from our staffers when we broke that news. But, come June 2006, and you can subscribe to the new security service from Microsoft,  which claims to keep your PC protected from viruses, and provide data backup services for $49.95 a year.

That's interesting not because it's cheap, or is very similar to what Apple users have had with the ".Mac" and the "iDisk" services for a long time, but because it comes from Microsoft, a company that doesn't have a particulary very good reputation in the industry for handling security issues. Especially with security patches, which don't get released for months after a security loophole is discovered.

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Okay, let's accept it we are geeks. But, that doesn't mean we can't do something special for our valentine this year. And what could be more cool and geekier than printing a special "I Love You" message, with our angels (yah, we got mushy!) directly on a flower petal?

With the flower printer, you can place messages and pictures in colour directly on the delicate petals of flowers, without ripping or damaging the flower. It does cost $1,250 and comes bundled with 5 bottles of preparing oil, software, ink cartridge and a gallery book. > Read more