An incredible bit of patent abuse has been uncovered in the US, where a series of companies are trying to claim a patent on the act of scanning docs and emailing them -- and is asking for $1,000 per employee to overlook this apparent offence. Read More >>

We're not all cyber-warriors with goggles on our heads and USB sockets running down our spines, as a staggering 40 per cent of UK small business employees spend their days battling good old analogue fax machines and their retro "paper." Read More >>