Samsung has introduced several new color and monochrome laser printers and multifunction products to meet the needs of home and business users.

Every fifth- and sixth-grader at Johnson Elementary will receive a $1,350 IBM ThinkPad computer loaded with digital versions of state-approved textbooks and 2,000 works of literature. If the experiment works, the program will be expanded to other grades.

The FoodExpert-ID microarray allows scientists to genetically identify the presence or absence of 33 different species of animals in any food product.

palmOne announced two new color Zire handhelds, the Zire 72 handheld, with a built-in 1.2-megapixel camera and MP3 player, and the Zire 31 for value-conscious students, parents and seniors.

IOGEAR has unveiled the Bluetooth USB Print Adapter and the Bluetooth USB/Parallel Combo Print Adapter, which will allow Bluetooth-enabled computers and PDAs to print wirelessly.

Wacom’s PenPartner is a compact pen tablet that allows you to navigate Windows and make handwritten notes using a pressure-sensitive pen. Targeted primarily at laptop users, PenPartner offers an alternative way of inputting data compared to a regular mouse.

Roxio has released a downloadable update to its Creator 7 suite that will immediately enable DVD Double Layer (DL) data burning capabilities and allow consumers to nearly double the amount of valuable personal data they can record to a single DVD +R DL disc.

Mobile phones with cameras onboard are popular and weblogs, or blogs, are gaining in popularity. Now the two have come together in moblogs, in which people post pictures, text and even video from their phone.

Security experts on Tuesday said they are seeing evidence of what appears to be a worm exploiting the recently announced vulnerability in the Windows implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

A recent research note written by Detwiler Mitchell & Co. covers palmOne’s plans to change parts suppliers for the CDMA modems used in some of its models following the Treo 600 and 610. See the full story on Brighthand for more complete information.