The CardScan 600c has been redesigned from the ground up and includes a number of new hardware and software features. Just about anything you could ask for in a portable businesss card scanner seems to have been built in: it can scan both sides of a business card in colour, delivers scans quickly, synchronises with popular organisers and even has a card-catcher built into the rear. The scanner connects to the host PC via a USB cable, and is simple to install and set up -- everything is pretty intuitive, and we were able to get started without even referring...

Installation of the software is straightforward, and once the BizCard Reader is up and running, scanning cards is a simple question of pushing that silver button. This means that if you trust the device, you can work away in a separate application, feeding cards into the slot and scanning without having to bring the software to the fore every time. However, the BizCard Reader, while surprisingly good, does not engender blind trust. Cards with coloured backgrounds seem to cause some confusion. Some business titles, too, are not handled with the highest degree of intelligence -- the fault here lies mainly...

The LAN 605 system has a 17.2 GIG 5400 RPM Maxtor hard drive. Whenever I play Quake 3 on the Project 620 system I always get into the Quake level before LAN 605. This is because Project 620 loads the level from a faster 7200 RPM Seagate hard drive. While the LAN 605 system is loading the level, Project 620 is already in the level, taking all the rocket launchers. :-) There is a way for LAN 605 to beat Project 620 to the Quake 3 levels even with its slower hard drive. The answer is to use a RAM...