Ricoh goes for premium colour

With budget colour lasers typically now pitching in at around the ?500 mark, Ricoh is attacking the top end with its CL30000DN. Although a desktop unit, the colour laser houses heavyweight guts, including a 10GB hard disk drive. It's networkable through a standard USB 2. ...more

Lycos runs up white flag in DoS war on spammers

After a week of trading packet requests across the internet with spammers, Lycos Europe has pulled down its www.makelovenotspam.com service. ...more

Asahi team up with Hewlett-Packard

The Asahi Optical Company has announced a new digital, single lens reflex camera for its Pentax range. The company has been reluctant to enter the digital camera market for a while, but after Asahi formed a business alliance with Hewlett-Packard in February two cameras have been launched. The first unit was the Pentax EI-200 that was released in July; this new EI-2000 is the second camera to come out of the partnership. ...more

Yahoo! and BT team up for broadband bonanza

Yahoo!, one of the Internet's most conspicuous brands, is to make its first UK foray into broadband services following a deal with BT announced today. The deal means BT Broadband customers will receive Yahoo! UK Plus, though when it will be available has not yet been announced. It will also be available to other broadband users, at a price. ...more

Microsoft and Nigeria team up against 419 scams

Microsoft is teaming up with the government of Nigeria in a bid to tackle the problem of 419 scams, or advanced fee frauds. 419 scams, so called because of the Nigerian penal code they fall foul of, involve sending out an email purporting to be from someone with a large amount of money they need to quickly transfer to another bank account. In return the recipient is promised a cut of the funds. ...more