LaCie announces dual-interface back-up drive

LaCie has announced a 70Gb tape back-up drive with support for both FireWire and USB connections. The drive can write up to 70Gb of compressed data on an AIT1 8mm tape at a rate of 8Mb per second, or 28.8Gb per hour. ...more

UPDATE#2: QuarkXpress 6.0 unleashed next week

Quark has announced that QuarkXPress 6.0 will be released next week, for a somewhat staggering ?1,095. In the US it will sell for the equivalent of less than ?650. ...more

Canon updates its digital camera range

Canon has revamped virtually its entire digital camera product range, including two cameras specifically designed for the first time digital photographer. Two highlights are the two new additions to the PowerShot range, the latest high-end PowerShot S50 and the new PowerShot A300, which has been designed specifically for the first time digital photographer. The S50 has many of the most popular features of the current S45, such as the nine-point Artificial Intelligence Auto Focus (AiAF) system, the flexizone focus selector and Canon's DIGIC processor. ...more

Developers frustrated with tardy Apple

Relations between Apple and third-party developers have hit an all-time low. Developers at Macworld Expo New York expressed anger and frustration at Apple's tardiness in supplying the necessary code to enable them to build Mac OS X-compliant applications. One small developer who did not wish to be named in case of resprisals from Apple said: "Everyone [developers] is saying that they are developing OS X applications, but the code isn't stable enough yet for us to rewrite our software, but that hasn't stopped Apple from trying to railroad us into developing applications that won't work properly. ...more

Radiohead give webmasters iBlip

Everyone loves Thom Yorke and co. with their deft line in miserable ditties and neo-prog rock. Well if you have a Web site and want to give the guys some free publicity, you can install an "iBlip" onto your site. ...more