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Pen-Sized Color Scanner Reviewed

moto writes "ThinkComputers has a review up of a cool pen-sized scanner, the Planon RC800 Portable Color Scanner. From the article: 'I've noticed one major constant about most technology, as it changes it gets smaller. Take scanners for instance, I have a few of them, an older one that is pretty big, you could use it for a computer case if need be, if I lined them up in order of age you would find that they get smaller as they get newer. Today for review I have the smallest scanner yet, it's from Planon, and they actually made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.'"

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  1. When size matters... by eMartin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I've noticed one major constant about most technology, as it changes it gets smaller."

    Hey baby..

    I'm just more technologically advanced.

  2. Is that a... by cuteseal · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... scanner in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? :D

  3. Are you SUURE this is a good idea? by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: 3, Funny

    See, like, 'cause I just saw this movie Firewall where Harrison Ford transferred 10,000 bank account numbers from a screen into digital data in an iPod in, like, three minutes, and I think this could really cause a problem because, you know, people could totally scan all sorts of secure data virtually instantaneously and then use it to, say, steal a hundred miiillion dollars.

    And he even did it with the scanner used in a Fax machine. Totally awesome techie feat, not to mention impossible. The greatest line ever, though: "Ten thousand songs, ten thousand account numbers. It can't tell the difference." I fell out of my chair.