HP mobilises scanning

Hewlett-Packard (HP) announces new mobile scanner HP's Photosmart 1200 scanner measures just 26x18x3cm, but offers 36-bit colour scans at up to 1200dpi. It can process an image within 14 seconds, claims HP, and images can be stored on CompactFlash or SD cards that slot into the unit. The device can be powered either by standard AA batteries or via USB (2. ...more

Yahoo! upgrades Photos

Yahoo has revamped its Photos site and made it available to a select number of beta testers. Although Yahoo's Flickr photo tagging and sharing site that the company bought last year is more widely used, it tends to be the domain of the more serious photographer and user. The Yahoo! photos site is aimed at more casual users who want to store and share their snaps The new site has a revamped welcome page with the user's stored albums from themselves and their contacts on the left. ...more

Colour costs scare off businesses

A survey by Ricoh has shown that more than half of businesses polled restricted use of colour printing and copying because of what they deem the higher cost. Fifty-five per cent of businesses polled would increase the use of colour printing and copying, but that same percentage place restrictions on these activities, mainly because of financial reasons. However, only 10 per cent of small and medium-sized businesses made use of multifunction devices, instead laying out for separate printers and copying and picking up the higher running costs that come with it, or even getting colour work done out of house. ...more

Via backs eSports home for competitive PC gaming

It is not a house of ill-repute, it's a girlz gaming house - the home of PC gaming team 'girlz 0f destruction' and a Via-backed gaming centre. Dubbed the 'Home of Chrome' - after the Chrome computer hardware provided by VIA - the base is built for professional and amateur gamers to help improve gaming skills. The girlz 0f destruction are a 7-member international PC gaming team. ...more

Death of CRT 'a long way off'

Monitor manufacturers believe there is plenty of life left in CRT (cathode ray tube) technology, despite the increasing popularity of LCD displays. Recent research by DisplaySearch predicted that LCD sales would overtake CRT shipments by 2004. Another research company, Stanford Resources, went further, saying that LCD would account for more than 75% of the market by 2006. ...more