It’s the start of a new century, and to kick off we look at a cautionary tale of cold-calling scams; put the boot into Ofcom for its limp response to ISPs flouting the rules; assess whether the Times website has a chance of getting people to pay for its content; celebrate the integration of Flash into Chrome; look at the (very) Hot Hardware of the Week in the form of Nvidia Fermi; and annouce the winner of Hot Hardware of the Century.