As London returns to normal following the riots last week, the police are busy rounding up those who participated in the violence and disorder, with technology aiding in any way it can.

Sneak was particularly pleased to see one oik get his comeuppance thanks to a nifty bit of open source software installed on a Macbook Pro which was stolen from an information security worker/hacker called Greg Martin.

The hapless moron was tracked by the software from Prey Project so that once he logged on to the device with a new user account and started browsing, it was only a matter of time before swift, sweet justice was delivered.

The clincher was when he logged into Facebook, enabling Martin to see his name, location and stupid drunken photos.

Soon the boys in blue (the Met, not the Smurfs, just to be clear) were on their way to the looter's lair and before you could say "Steve Jobs" the device was returned to its owner.

Aw, Sneak loves a happy ending.

It's not often Sneak gets a chance to meet a real-life Olympian, so it was with great excitement that he greeted silver medal winning Roger Black at V3 HQ on Thursday, and even managed to persuade him to give Twitter a go.

Ostensibly here with networking firm Cisco to spread the word ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which kicks off in just one year's time, Black was soon engrossed in a heated debate about all things technology.

Although BackleyBlack, the business training company he set up with fellow Olympian Steve Backley, has an account on the micro-blogging site, Black told us that he has so far shunned Twitter in a personal capacity.

"It's easy to get absorbed in it, but for every 10 people saying something nice about you there'll be one person saying something negative," he said. "I should use it to keep up to date with things in the Olympic world, though."

Black, who has also put his name to a range of running treadmills, voiced concerns that a personal feed may be abused by disgruntled customers.

However, Sneak suggested that Twitter could actually be an excellent way for Black to build his business and engage in a meaningful way with customers and fans alike.

Medal hoarder Black also shared his love of the iPhone with the V3 team, claiming that it had transformed the way he does business, and he gushed over the new MacBook Air Sneak showed him in the office.

The afternoon was tinged with sadness, however, as Black refused to take on school sports day runner-up and egg-and-spoon specialist Dan Worth in a 400m race round the streets of Soho.

Gunnell and Akabusi - consider the gauntlet officially thrown your way.