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More tech details emerge on Microsoft's 'Midori'

SD Times has seen some new Microsoft documentation that provides more specifics on Midori, the Singularity-microkernel-based operating system that is being developed by a team under Eric Rudder, the one-time heir-apparent to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: SD Card, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Midori, SD Times, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Additional Resources

PhotoRescue Wizard 3.1.14.12271 (Mac)

PhotoRescue is an advanced data-recovery solution for digital photography media. Whether you have erased your pictures or formatted your card by mistake, or you have experienced a crash, PhotoRescue may help. Works with all the types of media used in digital camera (SD Cards, CF Cards, Memeory Sticks, etc... etc......

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Recovery, Movie, Media, DataRescue, PhotoRescue, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-08

Samsung HZ15W

The Samsung HZ15W is a camera that looks good on paper but doesn't live up to the specs. The main attraction is the 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with 10x zoom, which is certainly a plus in a camera this size, giving you a lot of shooting flexibility for less than $280....

Tags: Samsung HZ15W, camera, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Google Android device

8GB8GB? definitely not enough in 2010. especially for a media centric phone with a 4" screen. 32 GB will be pretty standard by then. what is it with these companies that they are so cheap with storage?iphoneand isn't it amazing how all these shiny new phones are exact copies of...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, XPERIA X10, Apple iPhone, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Men watch more high-def than women--and other things about HDTV you probably already know

Fits our familyFirst HDTV two years ago and the second last year. Jumped at the $100 HD DVD Black Friday 07. I'm a "jump in when the price and utility are reasonable" person but definitely a techie with a strong engineering background. Everything in the post above fits my...

Tags: Gender and diversity, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Games, women, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's why

Thanks for double-checking on WiFintLooks good butNo international support. Like the Sony not available outside the US. Again Amazon Kindle is ahead of the curve even if the device is not as sophisticatedRE: B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's whyI have a Kindle, the service for...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, B&N Nook, B&N, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

With Apple, there's a fine line between paying a premium and being a sucker

It's no secret that I'm a Mac guy and yet I always find the need to disclose that. Therefore, I must be one of those types of people who finds value in Apple products and is willing to pay a premium for them. But that doesn't go for every product....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Mice, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Canon introduces EOS-1D Mark IV Digital SLR Camera

Canon has just announced its newest EOS-1D series model: the Mark IV Digital SLR Camera. The two prime highlights of this 16.1-megapixel CMOS sensor camera are improved its AF system and full HD video capability. Professional event photographers (especially those at sporting...

Tags: Video, Canon Inc., Mark IV, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT

At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...

Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card

Product reviews 2009-10-13

Toshiba DMF82XKU 8-inch Digital Media Frame

Digital frames can be divided into two categories: connected digital media frames and digital photo frames. The Toshiba DMF82XKU 8-inch Digital Media Frame, is--surprise--one of the former. It easily connects to a Wi-Fi network for access to photo collections from a variety of online sources as well as letting you...

Tags: photograph, Toshiba Corp., digital media

Product reviews 2009-10-07

Can you upgrade an old XP PC to Windows 7? Should you?

You answered the first questionYou can make the upgrade, with significant headaches.You left the second question completely unanswered.If you take the Microsoft guidelines seriously(which I never do, because they seem to be written by someone who is into flagellation) many Windows XP machines should be able to be upgraded successfully...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, old XP PC, XP PC, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Yukyung Viliv X70EX

In a world of ever-multiplying Netbooks and increasingly more versatile smartphones, it seems like there's been no better time than the present for ultraportable computing devices. Amid a landscape of larger, full-keyboard devices and smaller, pocket-size touch phones, the only question is whether there is room for the UMPC (or...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, ultramobile PC, netbook, Viliv X70EX

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Poll: How often do you use your pocket camera?

I fall into that "Only on special occasions" category so I selected every few weeks because that's about right. I always have it with me in my bag but typically only use it for vacations and festivals and that sort of thing.RE: Poll: How often do you use your pocket...

Tags: camera

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Garmin Nuvi 765T

Garmin adds another battery of incremental changes to its Nuvi line of GPS navigators with the introduction of the Nuvi 765T. This new Nuvi packs useful features, such as text-to-speech and visual lane guidance, but the best trick in its bag is free, lifetime, Navteq traffic updating. In this case...

Tags: side panel, FM Transmitter, Nuvi 765T, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., lane guidance, cable, Garmin Nuvi 765T

Product reviews 2009-08-24

PFHoe 2.1r1 (Mac)

PFHoe automatically tracks video sequences, allowing computer generated elements to be exactly matched with these video sequences at SD and HD resolution. (If you require to work with resolutions over HD you'll need PFTrack.) PFHoe supports the following resolutions, SD: 720x480, 720x486 and 720x576. HD: 1280x720, 1440x1080 and 1920x1080. PFHoe...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, SD Card, Resolution, Video, PFHoe, Corporate Communications, Memory, Flash Memory, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-08-21

Goodbye myTouch 3G and hello HTC Touch Pro2

I got my TP2 on release dayI can understand why you got the mytouch, because everyone at tmobile hears "touch pro 2" and thinks, "oh you mean the mytouch?" ... that happened to me like 3 times.But I didn't want that big brother stuff... I was coming off of the...

Tags: Operating systems, HTC Touch, operating system, High Tech Computer Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

10 bits of tech to get for the back-to-school student

Time is inching its way through the season, and is now slowly approaching the back-to-school month. With only a few weeks to go until you pack up your things, get dropped off by your parents or make your way cross-country to your academic residence, hopefully you'll be taking a whole...

Tags: Phone, Choice, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-10

Panasonic SC-BT300

Photo gallery:Panasonic SC-BT300Panasonic released one of the first Blu-ray home-theater-in-a-box HTIB systems in 2008, the SC-BT100, but we didn't bother to review it. The reason: it was still a Profile 1.1 disc player and its high price tag made it easier to put together a great system of separate components...

Tags: sub, speaker, Panasonic SC-BT300, Panasonic, tall-boy speaker, Blu-ray HTIB, SC-BT200, center channel

Product reviews 2009-08-03