And also today (12-Apr-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Two more Java releases from Sun Sun has announced two new releases of Java 2 (Micro Edition). The first completes the Java platform for Linux (along with the Enterprise Edition, and Standard Edition) and the second Micro Edition release is for VxWorks, Wind River's real-time operating system. ...more

Kodak expands its digicam range

Kodak has launched two new digital cameras aimed at the consumer market. The DX4330, priced at ?299, has a 3x optical zoom and can take pictures at a resolution of up to 2160x1400pixels. Pictures captured by the 3. ...more

Website promises to name that tune, even if you can't

You know that annoying tune that you can't place or get out of your head? A U.S. company has recently launched a Web site, www. ...more

Adobe announces AfterEffects 6.0

Adobe has unveiled a new version of After Effects, its motion graphics and visual effects software for digital video. The release includes a new text engine described by Adobe as 'revolutionary'. User can now type, edit and format text directly in the Composition window; they can edit and format text from imported Photoshop files and can animate characters, ranges of characters, words or lines, independently within a single text layer. ...more

Previewed: next generation mobile processor

This week Intel unveiled details of a mobile chip that will provide mobile phones and wireless Internet devices with enough power to run video conferencing and browse the Web comfortably. Intel claims that the fast chip will increase mobile Internet speeds by a factor of four. The flash memory chips, which retain data even when switched off, run off 1. ...more