Visioneer (http:/www.visioneer.com), which makes intelligent document imaging solutions, has announced the Strobe 400, an US$2.99 duplex color scanner that measures 11.6 x 2.5 2 inches and weights 22 ounces. When used in duplex mode, it purportedly scans both sides of a page in six seconds.

The Strobe 400 can be connected to computer via the USB 2.0 interface and has a resolution of 600 DPI. It incorporates Visioneer OneTouch with Kofax VRS technology to create images from imperfect originals by which users can scan, file and store all of their documents, plastic ID cards, checks, articles, brochures and business cards. It can be powered through the computer’s USB port, or via wall-power.

The Strobe 400 includes patented Paper Driven and AutoLaunch technologies so scanning begins as soon as a document is inserted into the scanner, says John Capurso, vice president of marketing at Visioneer. It will also automatically convert, at the user’s option, any scanned item...

DAVA Consulting, LLC has released the first ever encyclopedia of modern weapons for iPhone. You can search, compare, or analyze famous models of weapons.

The iApp presents over 500 models of guns with technical and tactical characteristics. It also includes an extensive library of photos. Handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and lots of other unique samples from all over the world can be found in Modern Weapons encyclopedias.

As Hollywood retools its product for the small screens of cellphones, its assumptions about mobile viewing are being upended by surprisingly patient consumers, according to the NYTimes.

“We all thought they’d be watching video clips in the checkout line or between classes,” said Vivi Zigler, the president for digital entertainment at NBC Universal. But owners of iPhones and other smartphones are actually watching long episodes and sometimes complete films, so a growing number of media companies are vying for people’s mobile attention spans. The result - companies, from Hollywood studios to local TV stations, foresee a wireless world that they don’t want to be cut out of.

In light of this shift some of the biggest local TV station owners in the United States announced a joint venture last month to transmit their content to viewers on the go. Roughly 17.6 million people in the United States watched video on their phones in the fourth quarter of last year, according to...

Adobe plans to demonstrate a version of Flash for Google's Android software in May at the Google I/O conference. And, according to "CNET" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20003922-94.html), the company is preparing to give away Android phones running Flash to employees,

The article quotes "three sources familiar with the plan." It's not clear which phone employees will receive (various HTC phones and the Nexus One were mentioned) and it will not be a mandatory shift, says "CNET." Adobe and Google want to encourage Adobe employees to spend as much time using Android and the Flash Player 10.1 as possible, the article adds.

"iFixIt" has offered a teardown (http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-3G-Teardown/2374/1) of the 3G iPad and says it shows some interesting differences when compared to its Wi-Fi-only sibling, mostly due to its additional 3G / GPS functionality. Check out the highlights below. Here are some of the highlights of the teardown:

° The immediate visible difference is the inclusion of a black plastic RF window on top of the iPad for better antenna reception.

° The black RF window significantly changes the opening procedure. You can't start separating the display using the notches on the top (à la Wi-Fi version), since that will undoubtedly break the RF window. You have to start from the right side and gingerly proceed to the top and bottom of the iPad.

° There are actually five antennas in this iPad. There are two antennas that handle the...

WFXL-TV in Albany, Georgia, has switched to iPads from paper scripts that anchors read on set, reports "Poynter Online" (http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=182192). To change pages, anchors just swipe their fingers across the screen.

To add scripts, producers print them to a PDF and send the PDF to an iPad e-mail account. Terry Graham, news director/anchor at WFXL, told "Poynter Online" that the station bought the iPads because it expects to save thousands in paper expenses. The move, he said, is not part of a promotion or partnership with Apple.

On average, Graham says, his station spends $2,000 a month on paper and printer repairs, says "Poynter Online." Once he began thinking about the potential savings for the 15 stations owned by his company, Barrington Broadcasting, the experiment seemed worthwhile.

3Gstore.com is announcing a way to obtain Verizon Mobile Broadband. Starting today, they're offering an option of leasing a Verizon MiFi or USB760 for an US$49.95 per month service plan.

3Gstore.com is offering the two most popular devices from Verizon, the Novatel MiFi 2200 and the Novatel USB760. If you have a new iPad, the Verizon MiFi will give you the most 3G coverage compared to AT&T’s network, and with a MiFi you can also use up to five WiFi devices at the same time (iPod Touch, NetBook, MacBook, iPhone, etc), says Michael Ginsberg, president of 3Gstore.com.

"With our new Verizon Mobile Broadband Lease, not only will you save $10 month, but at anytime during the two years, you can easily cancel your lease by simply returning your mobile broadband device, or if you want to keep the device, pay $250," he says. "If you pay $49.95/month for 24 months the device is yours to keep.”

3Gstore.com’s Verizon wireless mobile broadband offerings include:

Axiotron has released Quickscript 3.0, an update of its handwriting recognition application for Mac users.

Quickscript is now available for a 30-day free trial at http://www.axiotron.com/quickscript . Customers can purchase Quickscript beginning next week for the introductory price of US$29 -- a $10 savings from the regular price of $39. This introductory offer expires May 31.

Quickscript offers support for 26 languages and includes an on-screen writing pad with configurable interface, basic gesture support, personal dictionary, handwriting recognition training and the innovative Kopernikus digital assistant feature which lets users perform tasks by writing short commands on the Quickscript writing pad. It's compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.

Apple says movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Entertainment, as well as European studios including E2 Entertainment, Lionsgate UK, Optimum Releasing, Pathé, SND and StudioCanal are now available on the iTunes stores in France (http://www.itunes.fr) and Ireland (http://www.itunes.ie) for rent or purchase.

Movies are available for purchase on iTunes the same day as their DVD release, and can be viewed on an iPod with video, iPhone, Mac or PC or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

With iTunes Movie Rentals, once a movie is rented, it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to iTunes or Apple TV, and users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the...

A note at the Lala web site (http://www.lala.com) says "The Lala service will be shutting down on May 31" and "unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users."

Lala -- which offered "the first and only free fully licensed service to instantly provide anywhere web access to an existing music library such as iTunes" -- was purchased by Apple earlier this year. The goal is probably to allow Apple to implement a new iTunes feature that would allow users to stream their purchased media content remotely. In fact, rumors of such a service surfaced earlier this year.

Purportedly, the service would allow iTunes shoppers to build up a digital video collection (music, movies, TV shows, etc.) without having to worry about the intensive storage space involved. iTunes Replay would, per the rumors, stream music, TV shows and movies purchased on iTunes, so you wouldn't have to download them after purchasing, freeing...

lynda.com, an online training provider of computer skills education for consumers, businesses and schools, has released10 courses covering the products in Adobe Creative Suite, which was released today.

Course topics include Photoshop CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, After Effects CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Fireworks CS5, Encore CS5, and Soundbooth CS5 tutorials. Registered users of all Adobe Creative Suite 5 products receive a free 30-day trial membership to lynda.com, which unlocks 1005 of the lynda.com course offerings in addition to the Creative Suite 5 tutorials.

lynda.com now has over 100 hours of Adobe CS5 training available, with more being released in the coming weeks. To view the free segments of all the Adobe Creative Suite training tutorials, and to view more detailed product info, go to http://www.lynda.com/AdobeCS5 . Monthly...

Mac users who have long been at the mercy of arcane permissions from Mac OS X's Unix underpinnings can now regain mastery of their Macs with "Take Control of Permissions in Snow Leopard," the latest title in the Take Control library about Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").

Written by Unix guru and Mac aficionado Brian Tanaka, the 91-page ebook mixes how-to details and troubleshooting tips with just a certain amount of theory as it explains permissions in relation to how to keep files private, copy files to and from servers effectively, work with accounts and groups, configure ACLs, set the Ignore Permissions option for external disks, repair default permissions, and delete those files that just won't die. The ebook may be purchased for US$10 at http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/snow-leopard-permissions .

For those who want to learn...