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- Canon PowerShot G10
- Photo gallery:Canon PowerShot G10Panasonic's Lumix DMC-G1 offers interchangeable lenses, Nikon's Coolpix P6000 provides GPS--the feature sets on enthusiast compact cameras are all over the place these days. So, should we be disappointed that the whizziest new feature of Canon's PowerShot G10 is its almost-15-megapixel resolution? While this isn't the kind...
- Product reviews 2008-10-24
- Sony Handycam DCR-SR85
- The Sony Handycam DCR-SR85 offers almost everything the company claims. It's very easy to use, goes from off to recording in seconds, is small enough to throw in a bag, and its 60GB hard drive delivers anywhere from 14 to 41 hours of recording time depending on the quality settings....
- Product reviews 2008-09-29
- 'John McCain invented the Blackberry'
- 'John McCain invented the Blackberry'Dang. He and Al Gore must have the same speech writer...:D :D :D :D :DI don't think so....RIM is a Canadian company, and all Canadians know that it was, in fact, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who coincidently was also Conservative who helped invent the...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?
- Technology: where on the scale from cure to curse?.....Personally I do believe that eventually when the stark reality hits home, we will pull our collective selves our of the pit, but not before some really hard times around the world. ]:)strategic bee coloniesIf CCD or future bee pandemics became severe...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- No retail channel for laptop Linux
- No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560
- Nikon announces six new Coolpix cameras: P6000, S710, S60, S610c, S610, and S560Megapixel WarI think the megapixel war is getting a bit out of hand. 14.5MP is a small point and shoot? Those things use such tiny CCD's. On a big SLR with ~1" CCD is fine, but these are...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm f3.5-5.6G IF-ED
- One of the blessings of an SLR can also be a curse: having to choose which lenses to carry, which means finding the right balance between weight and bulk, and having the focal lengths you need. The Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 G IF ED lens offers Nikon shooters...
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Pentax K20D (body only)
- Photo gallery:Pentax K20DIn case you haven't been paying close attention to the digital SLR market lately, there's been a shift toward CMOS sensors. Though Pentax has stuck with CCD for its entry-level K200D SLR, they have moved to a 14.6-megapixel CMOS chip in their new flagship K20D. That puts it...
- Product reviews 2008-05-28
- Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?
- Via has open sourced a laptop--computer assisted design documents, 3D models and all of the specifications--but let's be clear about the motives. Via wants to sell more chips and motherboards to power this device with hopes to become a little more relevant. Via calls this contraption the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Photos: What you see is how you drive
- An eye-tracking system from Japan's Nac Image Technology watches you watching the road to help automakers create safer cars.Built-in cameras are now standard issue with cell phones. Could they someday become a common feature in your car? Automakers are starting to offer, for instance, backup cameras to augment or maybe...
- Image galleries 2008-05-23
- Olympus E-520 dSLR debuts
- Cue "The Price is Right" music -- Olympus E-520 dSLR, come on down! In today's news, Olympus announced their E-520 this morning, the replacement for the E-510. Notable improvements in the new body include sensor-shift stabilization (including an updated system with a mode that...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Forget WiFi, how about built-in GPS in your digital camera?
- While camera makers like Panasonic and Nikon are busy adding Wi-Fi capability to their cameras, Taiwanese ODM Altek has announced a point-and-shoot with built-in GPS and automatic geotagging capabilities which it expects to begin shipping by summer. So now it looks like the 3G iPhone isn't the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Ricoh GR Digital II
- Zoom lenses have become so ubiquitous in cameras these days that a lot of people take them for granted, despite the fact that they have no trouble using a one-time-use camera at a wedding or on an action-packed vacation. Ricoh is banking that there are enough people who can skip...
- Product reviews 2008-04-04
- Panasonic HDC-SD9
- With its eye-catching, compact body and relatively low price, the Panasonic HDC-SD9 seems to be quite an attractive buy for a flash-based AVCHD camcorder. At 11.7 ounces with battery and SD card and only 3.6 inches long, it's certainly one of the smallest and lightest full-size camcorders we've ever tested,...
- Product reviews 2008-03-17
- Datasqueeze (bin)
- Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...
- Software downloads 2008-02-27
- Sony announces two new line-topping cameras: Cyber-shot DSC W300 and DSC-H50
- Apparently announcing 10 cameras at PMA wasn't enough for Sony. Today the electronics company announced two more cameras to top off its Cyber-shot W and H series: the Cyber-shot DSC-W300, a 13.6 megapixel compact point-and-shoot and the Cyber-shot H50, a 9.1 megapixel megazoom model.Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 Showing no signs...
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Lensless camera for nanoscale imaging
- Australian and U.S. scientists have developed a lensless camera which uses X-rays to view nanoscale materials and biological specimens. As says one researcher, 'there is no lens involved at all; instead, a computer uses sophisticated algorithms to reconstruct the image.' Future microscopes equipped with these lensless cameras could be used...
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Datasqueeze (msi)
- Datasqueeze is a graphical interface for analyzing data from 2D x-ray diffraction detectors (wire, image plate, CCD), running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh OS X. The interface is simple and intuitive, and the program is easy to use even for those new to x-ray diffraction analysis. Datasqueeze is particularly useful...
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
- ACH Universal (exe)
- ACH Universal allows you to easily create ACH transactions for: Collections from customers Payments to vendors and governmental agencies Payroll to employees Consolidating funds between accounts in different banksEasily installed on a desktop computer, SQL, or Citrix Meta Frame Server, ACH Universal provides an easy-to-use, affordable, automated file creation and...
- Software downloads 2008-01-24
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