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Top 10 Digital Cameras Gift Guide 2008
The Top 10 Digital Cameras Gift Guide 2008 is part of our Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide 2008. The top 10 gift tips below will be filled over the 100 days preceding Thanksgiving.
This guide features our recommendations in this category for this year. The ten gift tips listed are not ranked. Check them out to see what is great and what is not so great about them by clicking on the links.
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Canon shipped 100 Million compact Digital Cameras
Canon today announced that it has reached a new milestone by shipping its 100 millionth compact digital camera.
Canon first began producing digital cameras in 1996 at Oita Canon Inc., which continues to handle the bulk of the company's digital camera production, in addition to such manufacturing subsidiaries as Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Canon Zhuhai, Inc. in China.
Since releasing the PowerShot 600 (photo) as Canon's first compact digital camera for sale to the general public in July 1996, the company has thus far launched a total of 106 digital camera models across the globe.
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Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:48:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Key Digital Adds New High-End Digital Video Processor and Switcher
Key Digital announced a new high-end digital video processor and switcher this week called the KD-VP2000. The sKD-VP2000 is capable of scaling, de-interlacing, up-converting, and down-converting video.
The device can up-convert SD, HD, XGA, WXGA analog and digital resolutions to a single output with up to 1080p resolution along with down-converting XGA, WXGA, and HDTV resolutions to SD. Seven different video inputs are included with VGA, HDMI, S-video and Composite available and up to five different video outputs. The KD-VP2000 retails for $2000. Read more
Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:06:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Mint 220 Wireless Digital Music Station Review
Today we are looking at a really nice wireless digital music system that features an iPod dock called the Mint 220. The system is very easy to set up and offers great sound quality.
In addition to wireless streaming from a Mac or PC, the device will play music from an iPod or iPhone and charge the DAP at the same time and features a line-in jack. Read more
Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:22:17 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
SKC Announces Plextalk Pocket Digital Recorder/Player
Shinano Kenshi Corporation (SKC) announced it is launching a new Plextalk Pocket digital recorder and player. The device is pocket-sized voice and book recorder and player that SKC says is the world's first crossover media player/recorder.
The recorder weighs 3 ounces and can fit in small shirt pockets and listeners can use it to play Daisy Digital Talking Books, music, and more. It features a bookmark feature to allow users to return to where they left off the last time the device was used. The player also includes ear buds and can directly read HTML input from SD cards and USB memory. The battery in the device is good for ten hours. Read more
Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Western Digital Announces Fiscal 2008 Q4 Revenue
It has been a big week for Western Digital. WD announced a 2.5-inch version of its VelociRaptor hard drive this week and now it is announcing its earnings for Q4 of its fiscal 2008 year. WD posted revenue of $8.1 billon and an operating income of $1 billion.
WD says net income was $867 million, or $3.84 per share. The prior year net income was $564 million or $2.50 per share. WD says that the fiscal year showed an increase in revenue of 48% compared to fiscal 2007’s $5.5 billion. Revenue in Q4 totaled $2 billion and WD shipped 35.2 million units in the quarter with an operating income of $241 million. Read more
Posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:43:21 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Digital Revolution could be Olympics' Salvation
By Robert Woodward
LONDON (Reuters) - For the Olympic movement, the digital revolution is armed
with a double-edged sword -- it has lured the younger generation away from sport
but could open up the Olympic experience to a far wider audience.
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Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Drive Review
Futurelooks published a Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Drive review.
Quote from the review: "Hard drives remain the last great bottleneck in performance computing.
Processors and RAM constantly get faster and more complex, due to being solid state electronics. Since hard drives consist of moving parts, they have been left behind in this race.
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Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Flip Video Ultra Digital Camcorder Review
ThinkComputers published a Flip Video Ultra Digital Camcorder review.
Quote from the review: "Digital video has become extremely popular with websites like YouTube. With YouTube anyone can upload a video and make it viewable to the world in minutes. YouTube makes it easy for you, but most digital cameras do not. For one some digital cameras only let you take 30-second clips and the usually they are in some weird format that only your camera software can read. So you have to have some knowledge and software to convert the video.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Mint 220 Digital Music Station with iPod Dock Announced
Digital Signature has announced its latest Digital Music Station called the Mint 220. The mint 220 is a compact system made for shoppers on a budget that still want good sound, an iPod dock, and wireless streaming from a Mac or PC.
The device uses the Texas Instruments PurePath Digital audio technology and transmits wirelessly with a 2.4GHs USB transmitter with a range of up to 45 feet. The system also includes a remote control and features an integrated iPod dock, dual 3.5-inch Peerless speakers and more. The system retails for $179 and can be bought from Best Buy. Read more
Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:38:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
In a digital World, ''Dark Knight'' takes Film Route
By Carolyn Giardina
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - From chilling close-ups of Heath Ledger's
Joker to heart-pounding aerial photography, few summer movies have attracted
filmmakers' attention like Christopher Nolan's landmark addition to the Batman
franchise.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:58:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Kodak EasyShare M-series Digital Camera Announced
Kodak has announced another new digital camera, this time in its M-series. The Kodak EasyShare M1093 Is camera has a 10MP sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens. The LCD on the camera is a 3-inch wide-angle system and it can shoot HD pictures and video.
Other features include image stabilization, intelligent scene detection, intelligent capture control and intelligent image processing. Videos are captured in HD quality with MPEG-4 compression. Sport in videos can also be marked for easy access with video marking, face detection, high ISO sensitivity and a rechargeable battery round out the features. The camera will be available in September for $199.95. Read more
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Kodak Shows Off new Wi-Fi Digital Frames
Kodak has been announced a lot of new products recently and to go along with the new camera and HD set top box Kodak has announced a pair of new wireless digital photo frames. The new frames include the Kodak EasyShare W820 and W1020 models. The W820 is an 8-inch frame and the W1020 is a 10-inch frame.
Both share the same features including built-in Wi-Fi for streaming images directly to the frame from your PC. The images on the frame can be controlled with the Quick Touch Border for touch or slide operation. Internal storage is 512MB and the frame can be customized to match the décor of the home with two included mattes. Both frames are going to be available in August at undisclosed pricing. Read more
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
Amex Digital portable Super Multi Drive announced
Amex Digital announces a portable Super Multi Drive for Netbooks, PC and Mac computers.
The Amex Portable Super Multi Drive supports 20x write speeds on both DVD-R/+R along with the capability to write at 10x speed on DVD-R/+R dual/double layer media.
The Quiet Drive Technology reduces the noise level of audio and video playback while also delivering increased writing reliability. The liquid Crystal Tilt/Blur Compensator plays and records to discs more reliably.
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Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:08:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Much Ado about digital TV Switch
By James Hibberd
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Booths hawking survival products pack a
church. Vendors sell gasoline generators, water purifiers, grain grinders, solar
cookers, gold coins and portable radios.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:56:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Big-screen Giant IMAX eyes digital Future
By Carolyn Giardina and Paul Bond
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Imax Corp. is going digital.
The giant of the large-screen format is beginning one of the biggest initiatives
in its 40-year history: switching from 70mm film to a digital system of
projection.
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Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:02:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Panasonic HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100 digital Camcorder
Panasonic announced the Panasonic HDC-SD100 SD Card camcorder and the HDC-HS100 HDD camcorder in Japan.
Both new AVCHD Panasonic camcorders feature 3MOS sensor, a 2.7 inch screen, 12x optical zoom, 5.1ch surround sound recording, and HDMI.
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Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB Review
The Digital Trends test lab published a review of the Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB external HDD. The new WD My Book scored an Editor's Choice Award.
Quote from the review: "What’s better than a My Book with a single drive inside of it? A My Book with two drives in a mirrored array so the same data is on both drives. Even better, if one drive fails you can easily pop the lid on the drive and remove it!
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Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:34:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Canada to overhaul Copyright Laws for Digital Age
By Randall Palmer
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to
their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital
locks that companies might apply, under new legislation introduced in Parliament
on Thursday.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Western Digital Launches Caviar Black
WDtoday launched its new line of WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM 3.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance desktop, workstation and multi-drive systems.
The Caviar Black will be available in capacities of 750 GB and 1 TB.
WD's new 'blue, green, black' product system enables customers to choose the right drive for them. WD Caviar Blue represents the performance and reliability that WD has been building for over 20 years, the WD Caviar Green employs WD's GreenPower technology for cool, quiet and eco-friendly operation, while the WD Caviar Black family of hard drives delivers maximum performance for today's discriminating technology enthusiasts.
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Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:50:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Motorola Introduces MC75 Enterprise Digital Assistance
Motorola announced a new enterprise digital assistant today called the MC75. The device works on 3.5G HSDPA and 3G CDMA-EVDO networks and supports voice and data services around the world. The phone has a 3.5-inch 640 x 480 resolution screen.
Memory integrated into the device is 128MB of RAM and 256Mb of flash. The processor is an XScale PXA270 running at 624 MHz and the operating system is Windows Mobile. The overall dimensions of the device are 6” x 3.3” x 1.7” and it features a 26-key numeric and 44-key QWERT keypad. The main battery is 3600 mAh Smart Battery. Read more
Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:56:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun
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