To change from a distant view to a more close-up view (zoom in) and vice versa (zoom out). An application may provide fixed or variable levels of zoom. A display adapter may also have built-in zoom capability.
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- Sample photos: Samsung HZ15W
- Check out an examination of the photo quality from the 12-megapixel Samsung HZ15W, a compact camera with a 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens and 10x zoom. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-04
- Finding pocket cameras with the best anti-shake feature
- All of us are susceptible to some camera shake now and again, either from unsteady hands, dim lighting or just a large gust of wind blowing past. Sometimes you need a camera that will account for this problem more than others. Here are three cameras that are reputed to have...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Sample photos: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290
- Check out an examination of photos taken with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290, a feature-filled compact camera featuring a wide-angle lens with a 5x zoom. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-11-02
- Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm
- To Stay in Business,eventually they will turn to Android.The SAME WAY did HTC and MOTOROLA.and IT will not Take Long!RE: Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, PalmRIM forever!droid is cool, but read the comments on the original article.this guy is probably waaaay off.IT Analysts are kind of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- What to look for in a Mini-HD camcorder
- Couple of thingsI have a Memorex small HD camcorder, looks similar to the Flip, bought cheap & works OK.2 annoyances: first, the digital "zoom" can't change while it is recording -- i.e., you have to set the zoom while NOT recording, then hit the record button. Not sure how...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Visual MP3 Splitter & Joiner 6.1 (Windows)
- Visual MP3 Splitter & Joiner is a small, handy, and extremely fast utility for cutting and combining your MP3 and WAV files. It allows you to split a continuous recording using silence detection, or just cut it in a number of equal parts, or extract some part by setting time...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Amara Flash Photo Animation 3.1 (Windows)
- Amara Flash Photo Animation Software creates stunning virtual tours through still photos, by adding several keypoints per photo that will allow your visitors to 'walk through' each photo of the slideshow. Amara Flash Photo Animation Software, allows you to bring motion to your still photos in a slide show, with...
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- iWinSoft Image Converter 1.0.2 (Mac)
- You can use iWinSoft Image Converter application to view the image files on Mac, and convert them to most popular image formats including PDF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, EPS, PICT, BMP and SGI. You can navigate throught the images in a folder using navigation keys and keyboard shortcuts. Changing the...
- Software downloads 2009-10-31
- Headspace Lite for iPhone 1.62 (Mobile)
- With Headspace Lite for iPhone big ideas, great thoughts, even boring to-do lists are more fun. Create groups of related thoughts and position them in space. Rotate, pan, and zoom your view with finger gestures. Create hierarchical lists of items. Headspace Lite for iPhone features optional detailed notes for each...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Headspace for iPhone 1.62 (Mobile)
- With Headspace for iPhone big ideas, great thoughts, even boring to-do lists are more fun. Create groups of related thoughts and position them in space. Rotate, pan, and zoom your view with finger gestures. Create hierarchical lists of items. It features optional detailed notes for each item, search function, supports...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Voxel Lite for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)
- Voxel Lite for iPhone is a fun, easy-to-use 3D-pixel editor. It is similar to the fatbits style image editing in many paint programs but in three-dimensions. Use it to create simple sculptures, 3D icons, game-levels, or just to doodle with blocks. Simply tap in empty space to create the first...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Xilisoft iPod Video Converter 5.1.26.1030 (Windows)
- Xilisoft iPod Video Converter is a powerful iPod conversion tool, easy to use. It can easily and rapidly convert popular video formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB, or 3GP to iPod/iPod Touch/iPhone/iPhone 3GS video with the perfect output quality. In addition, it provides a...
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)
- We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- Kodak 5250
- The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one AIO, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and most notably, output speed, but the printer still isn't perfect--it's missing an auto-document feeder and...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- Photo DVD Slideshow Professional 8.07 (Windows)
- Photo DVD Slideshow Pro. allows you to create entertaining photo slideshows you can watch on TV, create Flash slideshow Flash for Video perfect for posting online to your website, generate MPEG video files for mobile devices such as Apple iPod, Sony PSP, cellular phone, build photo slideshow video ready for...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- EZ Weather Norfolk for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- EZ Weather Norfolk for iPhone delivers fast, accurate Norfolk weather information direct from the National Weather Service. Open up EZ Weather Norfolk for iPhone and get instant access to all the weather information and animated radars you need for Norfolk. All information is official data delivered from The National Weather...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- EZ Weather Raleigh for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- EZ Weather Raleigh for iPhone delivers fast, accurate Raleigh weather information direct from the National Weather Service. Open up EZ Weather Raleigh for iPhone and get instant access to all the weather information and animated radars you need for Raleigh. All information is official data delivered from The National Weather...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- EZ Weather Des Moines for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- EZ Weather Des Moines for iPhone delivers fast, accurate Des Moines weather information direct from the National Weather Service. Open up EZ Weather Des Moines for iPhone and get instant access to all the weather information and animated radars you need for Des Moines. All information is official data delivered...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- EZ Weather Corpus Christi for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)
- EZ Weather Corpus Christi for iPhone delivers fast, accurate Corpus Christi weather information direct from the National Weather Service. Open up EZ Weather and get instant access to all the weather information and animated radars you need for Corpus Christi. All information is official data delivered from The National Weather...
- Software downloads 2009-10-29
- Motorola DROID on Verizon: Is this the iPhone killer you're looking for?
- No it isn't.It needs two things to even dent the iPhone, much less kill it. It needs a REAL equivalent to iTunes & App store. It needs to have a crazy simple interface. I haven't seen anything which leads me to believe Droid has either of those.Well, they will not...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
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