Holiday Gear Guide: Great Gear Under $50

Part one of Macworld's 2009 Holiday Gear Guide looks at affordable gifts under $50.

Mac News Briefs: Better scanning in Snow LeopardScanner software from Fujitsu and Creaceed now support Mac OS X 10.6, and Mariner Software creates software-hardware bundles combining its Paperless software with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners.
Visioneer returns with two-in-one scannerStrobe 500 works on desktop or, with press of button, goes portable.

Review: Word War for iPhone This game lets you flex your command of English as you and an opponent build words, letter-by-letter, until you can't build anymore. And who knows -- the game just might have some educational value too.
Review: Brother MFC-6890CDW multifunction device For those looking for a tabloid-sized multifunction printer, the MFC-6890CDW is a decent option. It has a ton of features and prints good quality office documents.
Review: Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF multifunction device Konica Minolta’s magicolor 1690MF is a compact multifunction device with a color laser printer, flatbed scanner, and fax.
Review: TweetDeck for iPhone Now that an update has fixed some stability issues, TweetDeck need only tweak an overly-crowded interface to rival Tweetie and Twitterrific as a top Twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch users.
Review: HP Photosmart C6380 multifunction device The Photosmart C6380 printer is best designed for the photo enthusiast who also needs occasional plain paper output and document copying.

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.
Outsource your photo scanning projects Scanning all your old photos is a daunting process. Should you use a third-party scanning service can help you migrate old photos from the shoe box to the computer?
Bugs & Fixes: Get NeatWorks and ScanSnap to play together Ted Landau had trouble getting Neatworks scanning software to work with his Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M. Fortunately, there’s a fix.

With SilverFast SE, your scans look more like the originals Why pay for scanning software when your scanner probably came with its own? Better scans with SilverFast SE mean less work for you later.