Epson Perfection V30 scanner

There's no need to hang around waiting for the Epson Perfection V30 scanner to warm up when you need a digital copy of a document - its ReadyScan LED technology takes just three seconds to start.

You can scan multiple page documents to a single PDF file at the touch of a button and it can take books up to 25mm thick.

It has an optical resolution of 4800dpi, so you don't need to worry about missing details, and it's Energy Star compliant so won't use up too much power.

The Perfection V30 is available now for £68.51, see Epson for more information.

USB Negative Scanner

With digital cameras ten a penny, you've no doubt amassed quite a sizeable library of snaps on your PC - but unless you were born post millennium chances are you've got stacks actual real photographs gathering dust, waiting to be brought into the digital realm.

With the USB Negative Scanner at your side, getting them from physical form into bits and bytes is a simple task - just hook it up to your PC and start feeding it some celluloid. At the touch of a button it will suck up a strip of photos and spit them out in digital format on your PC.

Once they're safely within the confines of your computer you can apply digital darkroom effects to your heart's delight. The resulting images are 5 megapixel in size, which is large enough to create pretty decent print outs.

The USB Negative Scanner is available now from Firebox for £79.95.

Epson Stylus SX100 budget all-in-one

Epson's new Stylus SX100 multifunction printer isn't just cheap to buy, it's pretty reasonable to keep running thanks to its low cost individual ink cartridges. As you can replace each colour separately, at just £5.99 a pop, you don't end up throwing away unused ink as you would with a combined unit.

Despite its budget roots, it's still a pretty speedy performer - capable of churning out prints at a maximum of 26 pages per minute. It can turn its hand to photos too and the Easy Photo Print technology can even remove red-eye before creating the final print.

It also comes with a 600dpi scanner and the bundled Easy Photo Fix software will help clean up scans of old photos, helping to restore washed out colour in faded shots.

The SX100 will be available in September for £59.99, see Epson for further details.

Belkin Wireless USB Hub

If you're fed up with having cables tangling themselves up everywhere, Belkin has a solution with its new Wireless USB Hub. It uses the certified Wireless USB standard to allow you to cut the cord between your computer and your peripherals.

Simply plug your normal USB peripherals into the hub at one end and then attach the supplied USB adapter to your PC. As far as your devices are concerned, they're hooked up to the computer as normal, so you can print, scan or transfer files without a problem.

It has a maximum transfer rate of 480Mbps - the same as USB 2 - so it'll be as fast as a normal wired connection and it will work up to 10m away.

The Wireless USB Hub will be available in April for £129.99, see Belkin for more information.

Apcom Digiscribble

Computers have been promising proper hand writing recognition for years, but until that comes it's some times quicker and easier to put pen to paper if you quickly want to jot down your ideas.

Unfortunately, paper is easily lost and hard to search which is where the Apcom Digiscribble comes in, combining the ease of use of paper notes with the storage and searchability of electronic copies. Just clip it to the top of your notepad and it'll keep a note of anything you write.

It can capture up to 50 pages of notes before you need to download them to a PC and it will even learn your handwriting, converting your scrawl into editable text that you can easily import in Word or Outlook. Alternatively you can use it in mouse mode and take advantage of the pen features built into Windows Vista.

The Digiscribble is available now for £59.95 from Scanning Pens.