The Ultimate Scanning Machine

The CANON DR-7580 DUPLEX 75 PPM 600 DPI 500 SHEET FEEDER USB 2.0 SCSI-III is the ultimate scanner, offering the latest technology in high-speed document scanning. The DR-7580 offers the small business owner or personal user a new outlook on affordable, production level scanning. The unique feeding system which can handl a wide range of mixed paper sizes and other challenging scanning operations handles maximum scanning speed of up to 75 pages per minute in simplex or 150 pages in duplex mode. It is able to detect and rotate text orientation, correct skewed images, enhance faint text and adjust gamma settings and accurate capture valuable information included on contracts and forms.

Whether scanning vouchers or paper sizes up to 11" x 17", the DR-7580 device will self-adjust automatically to each document size or thickness in a mixed batch.

With Canon's exclusive, patented on-board Staple Detection feature, the DR-7580 device detects stapled documents and automatically stops the scanning process.

You may buy the Canon DR-7580 Ultimate Scanning Machine here

KISS offer High Def Media Player

Kiss Technology was bought up by Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems in 2005 whereas Kiss now supply the entertainment product division.

Kiss became famous among early adaptors in the DVD technology following the release of several stand alone dvd players that could be modified to play any type of media or file formats on the market.

Kiss scontinue to innovate and put out new products such as the new Kiss 1600 High Definition Media Player with Ethernet & Wi-Fi Network Connectivity. Now you can stream music, video and pictures to your TV and your Audio system from a computer (PC or MAC) on the Network either by wire or Wireless connection.

The KiSS 1600 can stream your digital multimedia files from your computer or other digital devices disc directly to your TV and/or entertainment center and upscaling DVD to 720p using the HDMI 1.2 connection.

With the Linksys Online portal you can tune into thousands of web radio stations and games online.

This is the best in class.

Freecom launch new network hard drive

Freecom, the innovative Germany technology company has launched a new external 3,5" LAN Network hard drive.

This is the ideal network storage for any broadband user and offers true plug-and-play interface. Just connect it to your broadband receiever or network hub and voila - you have a file server at home.

The Freecoom external network harddrive comes in 3 different capasities, 250, 400 and 500GB - priced Euro 149, 179 and 219 respectively it offers a cost efficient and realiable back up alternative in the office or at home. .

Iliad by iRex Technologies

If you are craving a Sony Reader by now, but live in Europe, you may want to consider the iLiad by Dutch company iRex Technologies. It is an e-reader like the Sony Reader - but it can also do so much more. You can read anything you like, write like on paper, exchange documents, receive new contents and sync with your computer.

The iLiad is a portable device that lets you read and write as you do on paper everywhere you go.

Everything you like to read, like books, newspapers and documents, you can now take along on a device as small and light as a single book. Even in bright sunlight the display of the iLiad offers you perfect readability. With the iLiad can you also send, receive and share documents with family, friends or business colleagues.

Just as with normal paper, you're able to make notes and annotate existing documents, but unlike paper your annotated documents and notes can easily be transferred to a PC or another iLiad. Your friends and colleagues can also add remarks or edit your notes and return them to you. The iLiad is not just about serious stuff, you can also do Sukoku and Crossword puzzles, read comics and sketch or draw on it.

Anything you can print from your PC can be read on the iLiad. You can also download books and other information from the internet. You can even receive digital subscriptions to international newspapers on an iLiad.

The iLiad has a wireless connection to automatically download content and updates over the Internet. You can also connect the iLiad directly to any PC with a USB cable. The iLiad Companion software enables you to easily transfer and manage the documents between your PC and the iLiad.

The iLiad can hold dozens of books and documents. Memory capacity can be increased simply by inserting a Compact Flash or MMC card, just as with digital camera. You can even insert your USB-stick into the iLiad to quickly read content.

The paper-like display of the iLiad produces a stable image, unlike a flickering PC screen. So the reading experience with the iLiad is much more comfortable, enabling you to go on for hours without tiring your eyes.

The display only consumes power when a page is turned so the power consumptions is very low. And just think of the paper you can save. You no longer need to rely on printed editions of newspapers, books or your own printed documents and notes!

You can buy the iLiad from iRex directly for Euro 649, which includes the iLiad, stylus, travel hub, USB cable, power adapter
and a quick start card.

The Sony Portable Reader

Sony has launched Sony Reader featuring the new e-paper technology, which makes reading from the device gentle on the eyes.

Imagine this - having your an 80 book library in your pocket using a devise the size of a pocketbook. Electronic paper which is easy on the eyes and lets you view the screen from any angle. Increase the text size to fit your personal preference. Turn up to 7.500 pages on a single charged battery. And if 80 books aren´t enough, just replace the memory stick and you could be carrying around several hundred books, Adobe PDF of Microsoft Word documents, blogs, newsfeed or JPEG images with the same amazing readability.

It is all a reality with Sony Reader, Sony´s new handheld ebook reader. It can also handle audio books, just transfer your AAC or mp3 audio files and plug in optional earplugs and you are off...

Unfortunately, the device is so far only sold in the US and in Japan. There is no indication when this product will become available in Europe. Another big minus is that the Sony Connect ebooks system is only compatible with Windows XP and Vista and not compatible with Apple Macintosh at all.

Sony Reader retails in the US for US$ 349.99. For more details visit Sony Learning Center.

Multifunctial Mediaplayer-in-a-Box

The days when you needed a standalone dvd player to play your multimedia contents are now all gone. With the popular downloads from internet, bittorrent clients and new digital mediaplatforms there is no need to convert media to disk to be able to watch this on your television. You don´t even need a tv card on your PC.

Feecom´s MediaPlayer fix all that for your by offering playback for all common digital formats (DivX, MP3, MPEG-4, AVI, WMA, ASF, OGG, etc.) used for Internet downloads from its integrated hard disk. After connecting the device to standalone appliances such as a TV or HiFi-set, the player can directly play back movies, songs and digital photo's downloaded from the Internet. Freecom supplies the MediaPlayer-3, which can of course also be used as a "normal" external hard drive or for back-ups, including a 3.5" hard drive with capacities of 80, 160 and 250 Gigabyte, and USB 2.0 interface.

The MediaPlayer-3 from Freecom thus becomes the perfect mobile interface between the variety of the WWW and the classical home entertainment in your own living room, and also represents an advanced alternative to the time-consuming process of burning DVDs.

Thanks to its capability of playing data in highly compressed, but still high-quality formats, the MediaPlayer-3 can store and manage tens of thousands of song tracks or photos. In particular, the compatibility of the MediaPlayer-3 with the DivX format enables it to be used as a comprehensive, mobile movie collection: since DivX only requires between 600 and 800 MB of storage space for around 90 minutes of movie enjoyment in brilliantly sharp DVD quality, the new Freecom MediaPlayer-3 with its 160 GB hard drive offers enough space for around 200 full-length films, while the 250 GB version can accommodate as many as 300. Thanks to its compatibility with a wide range of devices, either in your own home, at friends or on holiday, the MediaPlayer-3 is the perfect mobile film, photo and music archive.

With its own independent control unit with LCD display on the device and separate remote control, the MediaPlayer-3 needs no connection to a computer in playback mode; it can be used completely independent of other devices, and makes the PC as up to now usual multimedia playback device obsolete.

MediaPlayer-3 includes a remote control, video, audio and USB cable and the well-known Dr. DivX software. This programme enables films in any format to be encoded and converted without problem, into DivX format quickly and conveniently. The Freecom Mediaplay comes in 3 different models a 80 GB, 160 GB and 250 GB units at recommended retail price between Euro 270-379 pending which model you opt for.

You can buy Freecom Mediaplayer from SVP.

Watch out for the iPhone

2-3 years ago I sent an e-mail to Apple´s R&D department asking them when I could buy my dream Apple product. I described something like this - an Ipod, an ebook reader, PDA and a phone built into one. It was funny because I was thinking about Apple´s defunt Newton at the time, but guess my suprise when Apple announced the iPhone earlier this year.

iPhone combines three amazing products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.

iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.

The iPhone is supposedly available as of july in the US through Singular. It should hit the stores in Europe by the end of the year.

For more details, visit Apple Store.

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