Samsung is planning a little showstopper for the CES 2009 show in Las Vegas with a super-skinny 50in OLED TV but, don't expect to get hold of anything like this in your living room for some time to come.

In fact, Samsung, while happily revealing lots of fabulous OLED display breakthroughs lately [here and here], says LCD will be kicking OLED's ass in the TV arena for years to come.

Samsung's vice president of flat panel development, HS Kim, told What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision:

OK, it seems somewhat fortuitous that Logitech just managed to ship its one billionth mouse in the same week that news broke about the computer mouse turning 40 years old.

Still, a billion mice is a lot of 'mouses', and Logitech has been running them off the production lines since the early 1980s.

Rory Dooley, Senior Vice President, Control Devices at Logitech says:

"When all of this started for Logitech back in the early '80s (PDF), the mouse was primarily a tool for CAD (computer-aided design applications). Since then, the mouse has become something much more - it is truly the key to the kingdom - the device that unlocked the power of the computer for the many of us who don't write computer code. The mouse opened up computing to the average person by providing a simple, intuitive way to interact with the computer."

Back in October Microsoft showcased a pre-Beta version of Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference, and it just recently been confirmed that the full Beta should be available next month.

Those who register for and attend one of the upcoming MSDN developer conferences will get a DVD with Windows 7 Beta 1 on it, though since these start this month the handout will only come into force during some of the later events in January.

Despite the Department for Transport advising that motorists consume precisely no alcohol before driving, people still do and the portable breathalyser has seen some success on this basis alone.

I bet you never thought you'd have to blow into your iPod to see if it's safe to drive though, but the latest accessory for Apple's player, called the iBreath, requires that you do just that.

The demise of Woolworths is a sad day for those who see it as a staple part of the old
British high-street, not least for the thousands of people that stand to lose their jobs.

The knock-on effect of its supplier Entertainment UK going into administration has now reached Virgin Megastore metamorphosis Zavvi, who has been forced to stop selling CDs, DVDs and games online.