ecently, iRex Technologies (a spin-off company from Royal Philips Electronics) developed a revolutionary e-paper technology for newspapers. The iLiad e-reader is a device with a low-power digital screen, containing microcapsules that respond to electrical charges. Thus, the newspaper can be downloaded onto the reader by connecting it to the internet.

Belgian financial newspaper, De Tijd, has become the first to test this technology, offering it to 200 subscribers. The e-paper will be updated automatically, as long as it is connected to the internet. Among the other newspapers that are interested in the technology is The International Herald Tribune, owned by The New York Times Company. ... more