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Apple’s Power Mac G4 Cube was among six Apple products that the Museum of Modern Art in New York City recently acquired. The Cube joins other Apple products on display at the Museum, including the original Mac, a Mac SE, and Apple’s first QuickTake digital camera.

Intel’s upcoming Developer Forum on August 27 will showcase “a ton of 1394 [FireWire]” products, according to Anand Chandrasekher, Intel’s vice-president of microprocessor marketing. The move is surprising, as Intel has long been trumpeting its own USB 2.0 technology, which many see as a competitor to FireWire. “With a dip in the PC market, vendors are desperate to find new applications, and are increasingly looking to the consumer electronics world for inspiration. So while 1394 was once just a niche product for niche players – ie.

Wacom has announced the Graphire2, as noted by Macworld UK, a new version of its affordable mouse/graphics tablet. The Graphire2 includes a 3-button, cordless mouse with scroll wheel and a cordless pen with duo-switch and eraser that features 512 levels of pressure.

Canon has introduced the CanoScan FS2720U, a high-speed USB scanner for 35mm and APS films. The scanners offers 36-bit scanning at a maximum scanning speed of 13/10 seconds per frame (35mm/APS), a 2,720 dpi optical resolution, 12-bit RGB input and output, and the ability to accept slides or negatives, color or black-and-white in either the 35mm or APS formats. The FS2720U will ship in September for US$599, bundled with Adobe Photoshop 5.0 LE.