Most people think of scanners as that quaint mechanism that looks like an old photocopier on the printer, or an independent flatbed ideal for capturing receipts. But in commercial terms, there are two ...

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Accessing a plethora of information through portable devices is something much more practically beneficial than carrying books and documents around! Where books and documents give you excess weight ...

I never understood how scanning a book didn't count as fair use. Copyright was designed to prevent the unauthorized sale and distribution of protected works; scanning ...

Google is cagey about exactly how it scans books for its digital library effort, but a patent reveals details--and the hurdles competitors face. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

It still boggles the mind that the Authors Guild opposed this for so long. Google was returning free advertising for books helping to increase sales. Combined with e-books allowing old out of print ...

A new desktop portable scanner has been launched via Kickstarter called RiviCamer, offering resolutions of up to 5K and featuring a four microphone array, autofocus, remote training and AI controls.