New & Noteworthy: Apple sued; CoolPad; Tomb Raider; Olympus C-4040; Juno and Netzero merge; more

Pitney Bowes sues Apple and others over printing technology Flush with a victory over Hewlett Packard, Pitney Bowes is now suing Apple and seven other companies claiming patent infringement. The issue is over the concept of altering the size of dots to enhance print resolution. MacCentral has more.

CoolPad for iBook Road Tools has released versions of its Podium and Traveler laptop accessories in white to match the new iBook and complement the G4 Ti PowerBook.

Olympus announces 4 Megapixel Digital Camera The new C-4040 ZOOM offers a 4 Megapixel CCD, a super-bright F1.8 high-performance 3X zoom lens, plus image quality and noise reduction technologies to deliver high-quality prints as large as 16" x 20".

Juno and NetZero merge Heather Newman of the Detroit Free Press takes a look at the fallout in this article. She writes: "The new company, United Online, will offer free Internet service under the NetZero name and premium (read: not free) services under the Juno brand." Also see the Juno press release.

Apple I Owners Club returns Check it out.

Album Sales Test the Napster Effect When Napster was flying high, CDs were flying off the shelves. Now, CD sales are in decline, and the drop coincides with the date Napster was curtailed. The Los Angeles Times has more.

Attorneys general from several states ponder new Microsoft suit Microsoft's upcoming Windows XP product looks like history repeating itself to a lot of people, including some of the people who originally brought the first anti-trust suit against Microsoft. Associated Press has more.