Epson are marketing this scanner as a versatile unit, capable of meeting the demands of home, school, office and graphics users.

An excellent balance of performance, features and image quality makes the V350 an amazingly flexible choice.

The Epson Perfection 3200 Photo represents absolute quality scanning for the serious amateur or professional user. It uses a matrix CCD and micro lens to produce an amazing 3,200dpi optical resolution. Even though it wasn't the highest optical resolution scanner this month, standing behind both the Microtek 4,800dpi scanners, it still produced stunning results without long scanning times, care of USB 2.0 and FireWire.

Excellent quality and speed for reflective media, but the V200 makes heavy work out of transparencies

Supplied with Adobe Photoshop Elements it features direct printing, scanning, email and Web quick launch buttons.

There’s a good range of software and excellent image quality, but you pay a lot for the durability and ADF.

3CCD has yet to prove it’s worth the premium. If you want a hard-disker, go for one of the cheaper Everio models

Its longlife 24-hour battery makes it significantly less portable, but this laptop is classy in every sense of the word.

What you should expect if a cut down version of Omni Page comes bundled with your scanner.

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A stunning and feature-rich LCD, but there are a few issues with the panel itself

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam

Well sort of. In some sort of cruel joke, a Vista skin has been created for the iPhone. This can't help anyone.

Microsoft and Negroponte getting on.

The price puts it out of reach for some, but the incredible colours and adjustable stand will appeal to professionals.

As futuristic technology concepts go, 3D screens have been right up there with the teleporter as an aspirational idea that could change the way we see the world, yet the idea still resides in the realm of the science fiction.

It's always a bonus to uncover a shortcut or program enhancement, and here we bring you 100 tips and tricks that we hope will make your computing experience quicker, simpler or more rewarding. Search and be found.

The idea behind a MP3 CD player is probably a little ahead of its time. We first looked at the M3PO a few issues ago (issue 30, p95) and found some criticisms to go with the unit. Those criticisms remain, and we toss in some more with this second look.