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Canon announces three new 10-megapixel PowerShot Digital ELPHs

If the five Canon digital cameras announced at PMA in January weren't enough for you, you're in luck: The company just announced three more Digital ELPH point-and-shoots yesterday: the PowerShot SD890IS, SD790 IS, and SD770 IS. Might it be time for another Digital ELPH rundown? Perhaps, but for now I'll...

Tags: LCD, Canon Inc., Optical Zoom, Canon PowerShot SD890IS, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-03-13

On the show floor at PMA 2008: A quick look at the tiny Kodak Z1012 IS megazoom

So what else was there to be found on the show floor today? In addition to the slew of previously announced cameras, I also got a quick hands-on look at Kodak's latest megazoom, the EasyShare Z1012 IS, which was announced on the 29th. The 10-megapixel camera has a 12x...

Tags: Eastman Kodak Co., Camera, Optical Zoom, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-01-31

Going skiing this weekend? Slip one of these weather- and waterproof cameras in your pocket.

A recent e-mail from a reader reminded me of waterproof cameras. I love the idea and just wish Canon would come out with a great waterproof PowerShot SD870 IS! You'd think that waterproof cameras are all about summer, but in my family at least, the second favorite winter sport...

Tags: Pentax, Camera, Optical Zoom, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-01-04

What the heck is the difference among all those Canon ELPHs anyway?

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a big fan of Canon's Digital ELPH series, but I can't tell you how many times friends have called me from Best Buy in a state of confusion about which one to buy. It's no wonder. Stop into any electronics store...

Tags: Difference, LCD, Canon Inc., Optical Zoom, Optical Zoom Len, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2007-12-14

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Photos: Video cameras eye Richmond Port

Northern California's busy Port of Richmond has completed installation of a wireless mesh digital video surveillance system.The Port of Richmond, located about 15 miles northeast of San Francisco, has completed installation of a wireless mesh digital video surveillance system with the help of security firm ADT and a $2.3 million...

Tags: Video Surveillance, Richmond, Video Camera, Video, Photograph, Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-16

Automatic eyeglasses prescriptions?

For its space missions, NASA wants astronauts with excellent vision without corrective lenses or glasses. This doesn't prevent its Vision Science and Technology Group to study human vision of ordinary people like you and me. Two members of this group recently discovered that a new formula connecting optical quality with...

Tags: NASA, Vision, Model, Metric, Strategy, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Images: Mars is getting a new visitor

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is expected to search for life after it touches down near an icy region of the Red Planet on May 25.On the morning of May 25, Mars will receive a new alien contraption from Earth, the Phoenix Mars Lander. Its three month mission is to sample...

Tags: Surface, Earth, NASA, Phoenix Technologies, It', CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-15

Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds

Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...

Tags: Wavelength, Pollution, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-13

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...

Tags: Body, Olympus Corp., ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Pricing, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Notepad2 Turkce (1)

Notepad2 is a light-weight, free, and open source Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting for a few commonly used languages. It's based on the Scintilla source code editing component (http://www.scintilla.org) and works on NT-based versions of Windows. Features: Syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, PHP, ASP (JS, VBS), CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++,...

Tags: Syntax, Kadir Demirel, Notepad2, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, CSS, C#, C/C++, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2008-05-13

WorldWide Telescope (exe)

The WorldWide Telescope WWT is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft Visual Experience Engine...

Tags: Environment, Sky, Web 2.0, Internet

Software downloads 2008-05-13

Olympus announces new E-520 midrange DSLR update

Olympus has finally announced the previously leaked E-520, an update to its well-regarded E-510. Like the entry-level E-420, the E-510 is really a minor update to its predecessor. Not surprisingly, updates include most of the new features the E-420 added over the E-410, such as a bigger and better...

Tags: Olympus Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Asus Eee PC 900 (white, Windows XP)

When we first saw the diminutive Asus Eee PC back in the fall of 2007, we were duly impressed by its capability to mix small size with a small price, and rightly predicted it would be popular with consumers and influential with other PC makers (although, to be fair, the...

Tags: Processors, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Intel Celeron, Intel Corp., ASUS

Product reviews 2008-05-12

Toshiba Regza 32CV510U

One of Toshiba's least expensive flat-panel TVs for 2008, the 32-inch 32CV510U defines the phrase "good enough." Its picture outclassed that of the cheapest such set we've tested this year, the Insignia's NS-LCD32-09, but many people buying at this screen size are probably shopping more on price than picture quality...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba 32CV510U, picture setting

Product reviews 2008-05-12

Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6835

Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second-fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. But the updated Satellite line has a whole new look and feel, with a shiny metallic sheen and a clever new Sleep-and-Charge feature, which lets you charge USB devices even if the laptop is powered off....

Tags: Network technology, Notebooks, Toshiba Satellite brand, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2008-05-12

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Mac Beta sports new Aqua look

The OpenOffice.org productivity suite will ditch the need for Mac users to run the X11 windowing system with Version 3.0. The update, now with a Beta Version in release, will offer limited VBA support, unlike Microsoft's Mac Office suite. The compatibility picture is...

Tags: Beta, OpenOffice.org, Compatibility Picture, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Is wireless mesh a game-changer?

The biggest untold tech story of this decade has been the overturning of Moore's Law in the telecom sector. Despite technology breakthroughs in optical fiber, in optical switching, and in wireless transmission, you're still paying just as much for just as little bandwidth as you did a...

Tags: Dam, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-12

RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund

There have been rumors of a new BlackBerry design, often labeled the BlackBerry 9000 series, and today RIM posted the official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone that will be coming this Summer to a carrier near you. RIM also announced a US$150 million mobile applications and services development fund...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Display, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-12

Samsung Access

Though Verizon Wireless ruled the mobile TV roost for more than a year, AT&T finally offered Big Red some competition last month with the launch of AT&T Mobile TV. Like V Cast Mobile TV, AT&T's service offers stunning video quality, but its real appeal depends entirely on the handsets that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, keypad button, Microsoft Access, phone, LG Vu, mobile TV, AT&T Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., toggle, AT&T Mobile TV, TV

Product reviews 2008-05-10

Shuttle KPC K-4500

Much like the Asus Eee PC before it, the Linux-based Shuttle KPC K-4500 will impress the tech savvy--especially the Linux comfortable. You can strip it down, expand it, or simply use it as basic day-to-day desktop. You can even put a photo in the removable front panel. Because of its...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Shuttle, KPC K-4500, Shuttle KPC K-4500

Product reviews 2008-05-09