Canon fires off two professional bubble jets

Canon will launch the S9000 and S900 colour bubble jet printers at the beginning of February, the first of which offers borderless photo printing at up to A3 size.` Both of these super-fast printers can turn out a colour A4 sheet in just over a minute at 1,200x2,400dpi (and just over two minutes for a colour A3 sheet with the S9000). Mark Robinson, UK Marketing Manager, Canon Consumer Imaging, said of the printers: 'The S9000 [and S900] have an unprecedented 3,072 nozzles, . ...more

Pro and Neo meet the Visor family

Handspring has updated its Visor range of handheld computers with two new models: the Visor Pro and the Visor Neo. Aimed more at the professional user, the Pro (pictured) carries 16MB of memory - twice the storage capacity of Handspring's previous best models. The Neo, by contrast, is a higher-performance entry-level model, which Handspring claims to be fifty per cent faster than the Visor Deluxe. ...more

50nm memory chips enter production

Intel and Micron Technology have announced they are sampling the industry's first NAND flash memory built on 50nm process technology The samples are being manufactures by IM Flash Technologies, the companies' joint development and manufacturing venture, for deployment in 4Gbit devices, with plans to mass produce a range of capacities in 2007. Using 50nm process technology will enable to meet growing demand for higher density NAND flash in both computing and consumer electronics, including digital music players, removable storage and mobile phones. 'Micron entered the NAND business in 2004 using a 90 nm process. ...more

Telcos call for EU-wide review of regulations

Telecommunications operators have called upon the European Commission to implement an EU-wide review of the way it regulates the industry. Telcos are concerned that the current rules will not ensure sufficient returns on their investments and have opened the industry up to start-up companies to grab a share of markets. They are particularly worried about revenues from content delivered and sold over their networks. ...more

AMD fanfares new Sempron chip range

AMD has announced that the replacement for its ageing Duron range is going to be named the Sempron. The company says that it will start shipping the new range, aimed at the budget-conscious user, in the second half of this year. The company says that for desktop and notebook computing, it sees the 64-bit Athlon processors filling the top of the range with the Athlon XP and Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 32-bit chips filling the mid range. ...more