Big Brother Brings Out The Best In Ecommerce

Big Brother winner, Craig Phillips, has pledged his ?70,000 winnings to Joanne Harris a Downs Syndrome sufferer in need of a life saving operation. On hearing Craig's generosity ebookers.com, an Internet holiday company, has promised to fly both Craig and Joanne to the US where her heart and lung transplant be performed. ...more

Romanian eBay scammers jailed

Three Romanian fraudsters who made at least ?300,000 by listing bogus auctions on eBay were jailed today. The three scammers set up an electronic scam ring, involving crime bosses in Romania, and are thought to have duped 3,000 victims around the world, Reuters reports. Nicolae Cretanu, 30, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment by Judge Duncan Matheson at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court. ...more

Microsoft makes bid for eBay access

Microsoft and eBay are inviting third-party developers to pick up and run with new tools that give access to eBay listings management features. By using Excel 2003 or FrontPage 2003 it will be possible to devise new ways of interfacing with eBay. For example, using Excel, it should be possible to dynamically update particular prices and bids within a spreadsheet. ...more

Wii gamers tap top news

Read all about it, on your Wii - Nintendo is to provide a news service over an online channel on its new console. The Wii already has weather forecast and shopping channels, among others, and Nintendo has announced it will be adding a News Channel to the mix, courtesy of Associated Press. The free channel of worldwide headline news and pictures will have a beta status at launch, but 'the final version will be coming soon,' promises Nintendo. ...more

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