And also today (6-July-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Amaya 5.0 released For those concerned with adherence to Web standards, Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. ...more

Sony launches multi-CD

When is a CD-R burner not a CD-R burner? When it's a Discman, like the new product Sony is about to launch. The new CRX1OU is a portable CD-R/RW drive that can also play music CDs like a regular Discman. The drive has a 6x reading speed and a writing speed of 4x, using a USB port to connect to a PC. ...more

Sun and Microsoft announce fruits of their partnership

One year since Sun and Microsoft kissed and made up after many previous years of acrimony, CEOs Steve Ballmer and Scott McNealy have announced the first fruits of their co-operation deal. Last year the two companies buried the hatchet after years of public name-calling and lawsuits. In what was seen as a public shift by Microsoft, the Redmond company paid Sun a total of $2 billion to settle their differences. ...more

UPDATED: Steve Jobs has cancer tumour removed

Steve Jobs underwent successful surgery this weekend to have a cancerous tumour in his pancreas removed. In a company-wide email, the Apple CEO wrote, 'This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from my pancreas. I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumour, which represents about one per cent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was). ...more

Government happy to do nothing on digital TV

An ITC/BBC report on the take up of digital TV and whether the UK will be able to meet the Government's 2010 deadline for switching off analogue shows we're doing quite well without Government intervention. Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said: 'I welcome this report. It underlines how well the market has done by itself in driving forward digital take-up. ...more