Successor to the Mozilla Internet suite gets an alpha

The SeaMonkey Council has released the first alpha of its successor to the Mozilla Internet Software suite Mozilla's decided to halt development of the suite earlier this year in favour of the standalone applications Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird. SeaMonkey picks up where they left off. The browser component uses the same code base as the Firefox 1. ...more

Fujitsu gives notebook casings a green tinge

Fujitsu has developed what it describes as the world's first green casing for notebooks. Not green as in colour, but as in environmentally friendly and made from plant-based plastic, as opposed to the more traditional petroleum-based plastics. The Japanese electronics giant has worked jointly with Toray Industries to produce the new material for housing large-size laptops, and Fujitsu's FMV-BIBLO NB80K notebook - due out in the spring - will feature the new casing. ...more

Consumer Minister announces rules to stamp out email scams

Minister announces new anti-scam rules to protect businesses and consumers. The European Union is to bring in new measures to combat email scams. The Consumer Protection Co-operation (CPC) regulations were announced by Consumer Minister Ian McCartney who said the new rules will 'help tackle rogue traders who prey on consumers across European borders'. ...more

RAZR wants a cut of iTunes action

First it was the ROKR, now the new RAZR V3i is Motorola's second iTunes-playing phone. iTunes playback aside the quad-band phone includes a 1.23 megapixel camera with a full screen view-finder, zoom, and video capture and playback, a mini-USB stereo headset, Bluetooth and Airplane mode, which disables the phone components but leaves iTunes operational. ...more

EasyEverything plans to float Internet cafes

The owner of budget airline EasyJet, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, plans to float his EasyEverything chain of Internet cafes. EasyEverything is valued at around ?100m, and has received an injection of ?20m from Hewlett Packard and venture capital firm Apax Partners. The company currently has five cafes in London and a number of outlets across Europe, and will open a cafe with 850 Internet terminals in New York's Time Square in November. ...more