Scanning & Capture

After announcing a partnership some two years back, Sun and Google have finally made some moves with Sun announcing that its StarOffice software suite is now being offered as part of Google’s software download service.

A host of blue chip companies, religious bodies and government organisations have been exposed for making heavily biased wikipedia edits.

Kodak has released its i1400 series of scanners aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s).

Microsoft’s HD photo technology is being considered for standardisation by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG).

A new Vista compatible version of Binary Resource’s Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) has been launched in the UK

Intel unveiled a silicon laser modulator that is capable of encoding optical data at speeds of up to 40 billion bits per second.

A survey by PineApp of 400 organisations in the UK has found that whilst 97% have anti-spam solutions, half were unable to effectively deal with the growing problem of image based spam.

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has hit out at the IT talent shortage, stating talent is alive and kicking in taxi drivers and the over-50 employee market.

After several months in development, Sun has released the its Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office, enabling the ODF standard to be read and written by Microsoft’s software, plus be used as the default format.

Google’s run of acquisitions is continuing this week, with the search juggernaut picking up on-demand communications security and compliance provider Postini. Telcos and VOiP providers beware.

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