Here is our regularly updated round-up of the month's news snippets from near and far, this month: January 2006:

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Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews Fujifilm FinePix F11 digital camera. With a 6 megapixel sensor, 3x zoom and 2.5 inch LCD screen, the Fujifilm F11 is similar on paper to hundreds of other compact digital cameras.

Joshua Waller, DigiCamReview, reviews of the new Fujifilm FinePix S5600 / S5200 - a 5 megapixel ultra zoom from Fuji.

Joshua Waller, DigiCamReview, reviews of the new Ricoh Caplio R3, it features a wide angle 7.1x optical zoom lens, a 5 megapixel sensor with vibration correction (anti-shake), a 1cm super macro mode, and a 2.5" screen packed into an ultra compact metal body.

Keith Cooper, Northlights Images, reviews of the new PrintFIX PRO printer profiling system from ColorVision. It uses a spectrocolorimeter to measure printer test targets.

Mark Goldstein, PhotographyBLOG, reviews the Canon Powershot A620 digital camera. The Canon Powershot A620 is the 7 megapixel replacement for the very popular 5 megapixel A95 model.

Hans Wind, dcviews.com, publishes a side-by-side review of two Kodak cameras: the oldtimer Kodak Digital Science DC50 compared to the Kodak Easyshare V550