Cream of the crop

The Oscars of the Web have been unveiled and the 2005 Webbys are the usual mix of quirky Amero-centric sites with a few token Europeans thrown in. OK, maybe that's unfair because the 50-odd nominees and winners make for an eye-opening evening's browsing and several warrant a permanent place in your bookmarks.

Quite why they needed to fuel Al Gore's ego any further - by giving him a special gong for his part in creating the internet - is a mystery. My favourite must be the prize for The Kleptones, British-based sonic terrorists.