Taking the net by storm is Friday by Rebecca Black, which in terms of true awfulness takes some beating.

Put out at Ark Music Factory - the music equivalent of book self publishing - only with auto-tune, it's a monumental paeon to true banality and shows epic levels of blindness by those taking part to the astonishing lack of talent on show.

Still it's been viewed more than 53 million times...

And it's worth hanging in there for the rap section!

The curriculum for design and technology lessons in schools needs to be modernised, according to a report.

Ofsted, the education regulator, found England's schools must "face up" to ensure teaching syllabuses keep pace with global technological developments.

Its report found teachers lack subject-specific training and the development of pupils' knowledge and skills is being undermined.

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MPs can officially tweet updates of debates from the House of Commons providing they do so "with decorum and regard for others", it was announced today.

There had been some confusion after Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told MPs in January that they should refrain from using the micro-blogging site while in the chamber.

Today, a report released by the Commons Procedure Committee said iPads, as well as the use of smartphones, was allowed.

As if that headline doesn't say it all!

For Comic Relief DJ Chris Moyles did 52 hours on air on Radio 1 to raise money.

Fellow presenter Fearne Cotton agreed to appear on the show's webcam in a swimsuit of Moyles' fundraising reached £2 million, which it did.

This led to 'unusually large amounts of traffic' of visitors for some strange reason and the Radio 1 site crashed!

Still for readers of technobabble here's the lovely Fearne in her swimsuit, not looking, it must be said, exactly delighted to be there:

Below: Fearne again, in a completely unrelated story, something to do with a fashion range launch...

Those crazy students have done it again - they've invented a T-shirt!

...and it's got a guitar on it!

It's also up for a technology award, because it actually allows people to play air guitar properly (if properly is the right word).

The shirt developed by Warren Fauvel and Luke Khan has been shortlisted for a prize at the annual SXSW music and technology festival in Austin, Texas.

The wearer scores points as their hand passes over a barcode on the shirt.

Below: In action

It is easy to see why astronomers called this object the "Eye of Sauron", after the all-seeing symbol of evil in The Lord of the Rings.

In fact it is the centre of an active galaxy 43 million light years away from Earth.

Scientists believe powerful X-rays generated by a super-massive black hole produced the bright blue "pupil" of the eye.

The red halo around the "pupil" is made up of hydrogen atoms.

George Michael has turned to Twitter to quit smoking.

The singer told Smooth Radio's Mark Goodier that he started smoking again after being sent to prison.

He said: "When they put you inside, they almost chuck nicotine at you and, having given up regular cigarettes many years ago, I found within a week I was hooked back on the nicotine.

The lives of nearly a third of Britons could soon be made much easier thanks to the gift of time travel - or so they believe.

A survey of 3,000 people published today revealed that 30% of adults across the UK mistakenly believe that time travel is actually possible and not confined to the realms of fictional films or television.

The research, commissioned by Birmingham Science City, suggests that programmes such as Doctor Who and Ashes to Ashes may have had a hand in the blurring of lines between science fiction and science fact.

The UK is already "dangerously dependent" on the GPS satellite navigation system, a report by engineers said today.

Back-up systems are often inadequate, while equipment which can illegally jam systems is easily and cheaply available, the report from the Royal Academy of Engineering added.

With Global Navigation Space Systems (GNSS) affecting such things as road, rail and shipping equipment, a system failure could "just conceivably cause loss of life", said Dr Martyn Thomas, chairman of the academy's GNSS working group.

Criminals could see their sentences posted on a Government-backed website so the public knows they are being punished.

Policing Minister Nick Herbert told MPs the coalition hoped to build on the success of its crime-mapping website which shows how many offences have been committed in particular streets.

He said the website - www.police.uk - had received nearly 400 million hits since its launch five weeks ago.