Amazon cock-up

Oh dear: Amazon accidentally put some iPaq PocketPCs on sale for a particularly bargain-tastic £23, instead of £500, today. The ensuing hoo-ha saw thousands of office workers placing a huge number of orders. Indeed, there could have been significant danger of the personal digital assistant (PDA) market moving out its tiny niche which, in the UK, consists mostly of young-ish men living in the South East of England. Instead, Amazon took down its UK site for a full 50 minutes while it got things fixed, and is now refusing to honour the sales. Guardian Unlimited's Owen Gibson has done the story.