Andy Coulson said he knew of no illegal activity while editing the newspaper. Photograph: Reuters Andy Coulson, the No 10 communications chief, found himself in the direct line of fire in the News of the World phone hacking scandal tonight when a former colleague alleged that he issued direct orders to journalists to carry out [...]

A British company aims to produce up to 10,000 tonnes of mussels a year at their Lyme Bay farm. Photograph: Paul Kay/Natural England/PA Plans for the largest offshore mussel farm in Europe, to be set up in Lyme Bay, were announced today. The company behind the project hopes it will produce up to 10,000 tonnes [...]

The sudden turnaround at Crocs Inc after management changes shows that the world never stopped loving its ugly – but comfy – plastic shoes. Photograph: Alex Segre/Rex Features Crocs were dismissed as a fashion fad, a flash in the pan and as the ugliest shoes ever invented. But the brightly coloured plastic footwear once sported [...]

I’m about to reluctantly upgrade from my existing extremely old but dearly loved radio. I’m intending to spend as much as I can afford on a top range, high specification standalone DAB radio. You have in the past published many articles on the subject on the UK DAB radio format and how you consider this [...]

Steve Jobs talks about Ping. Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Apple chief Steve Jobs’s trumpeting of the 160 million credit card holders on iTunes was a siren call to spammers. As if they needed any invitation. The most common incidence of scamming on Apple’s latest social venture, Ping, is the offering of free iPhones from a dodgy [...]