Epson unveils new inkjet

Epson is about to launch a new inkjet printer for home and semi-professional digital photographers, which it claims can produce prints to compare in quality and cost with traditional photos. The Stylus Photo 950 has a print resolution of up to 2,880 x 1,440dpi. Epson claim that it can print on a wide variety of media, including Epson's own photographic-quality paper, and can print edge-to-edge on media up to 1. ...more

Springtime for Office XP

Office XP is running on schedule to be available for retail purchase in the spring. Well, early summer. Microsoft has announced that the latest version of its Office suite has now been released to manufacturing, with its testing efforts completed. ...more

And also today (2-July-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. XML Link standardised The W3C standards body has announced XML Linking Language (XLink) and XML Base as W3C Recommendations. XLink is a way to create and describe links between resources, and XML Base - like its HTML equivalent - allows you to indicate the base URL for a document to allow subsequent use of relative URLs. ...more

BT signs C4 to Net TV offering

BT has signed up Channel 4 to its TV service, BT Vision. After the December launch of the set-top-box-based service, the likes of Shameless, Queer As Folk, Jamie's School Dinners and Father Ted will be available on-demand from the Channel 4 archive, via Channel 4's on demand service 4oD. There will also be on-demand access to Film4, via Film4oD. ...more

BT to bring VoIP to the PSP - The Wireless Event

BT and Sony are teaming up to provide voice and video calls on the PSP console. The telecoms giant will provide a version of its 'softphone' for the handheld console, allowing owners to make calls when in range of a wireless hotspot. The service will allow people to make calls and send messages to PCs, landlines and mobile phones. ...more