Canon goes scan-tastic

A herd of new scanners is headed our way from Canon pastures for the home and office, from as little as ?69 inc VAT. Starting at the small end, there are two 600dpi models: the N670U and the N676U, both aimed at the home user and retailing at ?69 and ?89 inc VAT respectively. These models take up little room on your desk and can even be rotated vertically for upright scanning. ...more

HP and Compaq - the internal wrangles continue

HP workers are against the acquisition of Compaq according to a recent poll... ...more

IEEE revises 802.11n but final approval delayed to mid-2008

The IEEE has adopted a new draft specification of 802.11n, the next-generation wireless standard, but the anticipated date for final approval has been moved from January to July 2008 with the standard due to be published the following October. The new specification has been temporarily labelled as version 1. ...more

iPod audio problems caused by non-Apple headphones

The iPodlounge has reported that the audio interference experienced on some iPod models is 'mostly' caused by third-party headphones that have a metal base around the headphone base. 'When the metal base comes in contact with the metal case of the iPod, the static and hard drive accessing noises can be heard,' the website says. Earlier this week the site reported that the recently introduced iPod Photo can exhibit the same problems first reported with 4G iPods - where static accompanied by hard drive accessing noises can overlap the beginning of a music track for several seconds. ...more

High Noon approaching for Google and academic publishers

Google is heading for a possible showdown with academic publishers according to an article in the latest issue of Nature. It seems that while Google has committed itself to putting the contents of the world's great academic libraries online, it has yet to get the agreement of the publishers of copyrighted works. Last year, Google announced that it had struck a deal with some of the most prominent libraries in the world including Oxford University's Bodleian Library to digitise the works and offer them online. ...more