New colour Bubblejet printers from Canon

Three new colour Bubblejet printers are in town, courtesy of Canon. The S6300, S630 and S500 are aimed at the specialist/business, business and home/office markets respectively. The former can handle paper sizes up to A3, and both the S6300 and S630 can handle A4 paper at a rate of 17ppm in mono and 12ppm in colour. ...more

Microsoft upgrades Outlook flaw to 'critical'

Microsoft has upped the warning level for one its March security updates. The status of the update in Bulletin MS04-009 has been upgraded from 'important' to 'critical'. The software involved is Outlook 2002, in both its standalone form and as part of the Microsoft Office XP software suite. ...more

Microsoft opens GUI code for Windows

Microsoft has made more of its source code available as open source. Redmond has chosen the SourceForge bank of open source code for its Windows Template Library (WTL) - a template library that allows developers to quickly create graphical interfaces for Windows programs. Although the library has been available on Microsoft's own developer network for several years, the company was concerned that it had not been able to give it as much attention as it would like. ...more

And also today (21-September-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. A Tiny enterprise Tiny Computers has launched a new division to specifically address the corporate market. The move comes on the back of signing a corporate agreement with Avon Cosmetics. ...more

Epson unveils new inkjet

Epson is about to launch a new inkjet printer for home and semi-professional digital photographers, which it claims can produce prints to compare in quality and cost with traditional photos. The Stylus Photo 950 has a print resolution of up to 2,880 x 1,440dpi. Epson claim that it can print on a wide variety of media, including Epson's own photographic-quality paper, and can print edge-to-edge on media up to 1. ...more