Stories about: Agfa

The Semantic Web, a concept tossed around for years as a Web extension to make it easier to find and group information, is getting a critical boost Tuesday from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Web creator Tim Berners-Lee says that the next phase of the Web, dubbed the Semantic Web (http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/), could start making its presence felt at companies in the next couple of years.

StorageTek next week is expected to announce an expanded remote managed storage service that relieves IT personnel of some of their more burdensome responsibilities.

Imagine trying to talk the CEO of a cash-strapped hospital into buying a multimillion-dollar IT system. It's not an easy chat, but that's the challenge hospital CIOs face when trying to sell management on picture archiving and communications systems (PACS). The systems capture, store and display patient X-rays and other images in digital form instead of on film.

Microsoft unveiled a new technology licensing policy Wednesday that the company said signals its commitment to working with other vendors in the industry on IP (intellectual property) swaps intended to driver interoperability and innovation.

SuSE Linux AG plans to begin selling in about two weeks its enterprise desktop operating system.

Digital imaging and printing distributor Alloys International has opened a reseller resource centre as part of its new sales offices in Abbotsford, Victoria.

You've followed every piece of cross-platform advice, from naming files with the eight-dot-three convention to using programs that are the same on Microsoft Corp. Windows and Apple Computer Inc. Macs. Yet when someone opens your file on a Windows system, the document looks like a jumbled mess. Courier may show up where you specified Copperplate. Lines of text may reflow right off the page. Font incompatibilities can make hay of your careful planning when people on both sides of the platform divide must work on documents.

You get what you pay for. At least that's what scanner vendors tell you when you belly up to the glass counter to buy one. Over the past couple of years, scanners haven't dropped much in price, but they now include many capabilities and features that you once paid big bucks for.

If you're an inveterate shutterbug, you'll like Agfa Corp.'s $499 EPhoto CL30 Clik digital camera. Thanks to its built-in 40MB Iomega Clik drive, the EPhoto supplies plentiful storage for your images, so you can snap more often between downloads. And at 25 cents per megabyte, Clik disks cost less than traditional media like compact flash, which run $3 to $4 per MB. While the Iomega drive may attract high-volume shooters, the camera weighs a hefty 13 ounces, is a bit clunky to hold, and needs extra time between shots.

Agfa is hoping to crank up the cool factor on Webcams and digital cameras by combining both functions in one device.