Sony breaks 4 megapixel barrier with new Cyber-Shot

Sony has launched its Cyber-shot DSC-S85 digital camera, complete with 4.2megapixel CCD. The new addition to the Cyber-Shot stable continues the tradition of using Carl Ziess lenses - this time with a 3x optical zoom. ...more

4.2 megapixel camera from Toshiba

Toshiba has announced its new PDR-M81 digital camera, which features a 4.2 megapixel CCD sensor. The camera will be released in the US in July for $1000 and can capture images up to 2400 x 1600 pixels in resolution. ...more

Microsoft settles ?12m software piracy case

Microsoft has settled a ?12m UK piracy case with a trader for 'substantial sums' and the promise to stop selling hooky Microsoft goods. The case is part of Microsoft's Keep IT Real campaign, to reduce the Windows piracy rate from 16.7 per cent to 11. ...more

And also today (06-June-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Pharaohs in cyberspace The Egyptian government has signed up IBM to work on a showcase site for the country's cultural artefacts. The project will take two years to complete and is intended to be a state-of-the-art Web site for Egyptian Cultural Heritage. ...more

Desktops to become mobile accessories

Todd Bradley, CEO of PalmOne, and Ed Colligan, Senior VP at PalmOne and erstwhile president at Handspring reveal why timing was so important to the Handspring merger and how the company is now positioned to take advantage of social change that will elevate the mobile device to be the most important tech kit we own. Palm's acquisition of Handspring raised few eyebrows when it occurred back in June. It gives Bradley the opportunity to describe the new PalmOne company as 'the largest pureplay handheld computing company in the world'. ...more