Canon, Sony introduce new cameras

Canon has added a new entry-level digital camera to its PowerShot range, for less than ?200. The PowerShot A200 is built around a 2.0 megapixel CCD sensor and 4x digital zoom. ...more

OpenOffice open to developers

OpenOffice, the Mac OS X version of Sun's StarOffice suite of business applications for Unix operating systems, is now available for developers who want to contribute to the final stages of the software's development. Sun decided in June 2001 not to develop Star Office for Mac OS X, preferring to make the source code available to anyone else wishing to take up the project. Open source programmers did just that, and in March this year we reported that the result, OpenOffice, was well on the way to completion. ...more

EMI and Sony strike deal for digital music formats

EMI and Sony BMG have signed a deal to distribute EMI's extensive catalogue of music on a wide range of new digital formats in the US and Canada. Among the new offerings incorporated under the arrangement, are DualDisc, ring tones and ring backs, video downloads including video-on-demand (VOD) services. The deal also covers 'locked' audio content for hard drives that can be unlocked for a fee. ...more

ATI and Nvidia product shipments slowed by flip-chip-substrate shortage

A shortage of flip-chip substrates in Taiwan may slow the shipment of graphics processors designed by ATI Technologies and Nvidia, according to sources in Taiwan. ATI has had difficulty delivering the RV410 and R430 graphics processors to graphics-card makers since it has had problems with its major chip-packaging partner, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), according to sources at graphics-card makers. Nvidia has also faced the same problem with its NV43 products, the sources stated. ...more

Music downloads stall as Apple counts on vouchers as revenues ticket

Apple is hoping that 'off the charts' sales of iTunes Music Store vouchers will rejuvenate digital music sales after Nielsen SoundScan reported a fall in average weekly downloads. The research group found that average sales dropped 0.44 per cent in the third quarter despite the continuing rise in sales of MP3 players. ...more