2008
10.31

Fire fear sparks battery recall

The affected batteries were made in 2004 and 2005, BBC News reports here: Laptop-makers including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 Sony-made batteries due to fears they may overheat or catch fire.


2008
10.29

Deemed for serious photographers, many shun the DSLR as a threat. The Pentax K200D is an SLR Digital-camera that is as friendly as a simple point-&-shoot but offers many features to explore your creative potential. Compatible with any PENTAX lens ever produced and featuring Shake Reduction, the PENTAX K200D offers a high quality image sensor with the sophisticated PRIME (PENTAX Real Image Engine), a user-friendly Dust Removal system including the new Dust Alert feature, 11-point SAFOX VIII auto focus system, sophisticated 16-segment multi-pattern metering and auto sensitivity control up to ISO 1600, all in a weather and dust resistant body. For more info, some customer reviews and to buy the Pentax K200D 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Shake Reduction 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens please see this page here in our online store.


2008
10.27

The Top Ten Books This Week

The Top Ten Books in today’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)

And The Top Ten Books Today are:

•    The Shack
•    Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
•    The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)
•    Extreme Measures: A Thriller
•    My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
•    The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
•    Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)
•    Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
•    Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)
•    The Love Dare


2008
10.24
The Panasonic Lumix G1 is the world’s first camera to employ the new Micro Four Thirds System standard. Together with an innovative mirror-less structure that also dramatically downsizes the camera body, the LUMIX G Micro System achieves a dramatic portability and ease of use by an adoption of electronic Full-time Live View Finder instead of conventional optical viewfinder. Despite the G1’s ultra-compact design, it comes fully equipped with features that assure outstanding ease of use, made possible by the contrast AF system. The G1 also boasts iA (Intelligent Auto) mode, a feature that took the world by storm in Lumix digital compact cameras. iA mode brings together a full range of functions – led by AF Tracking , Face Detection, Intelligent ISO Control and Intelligent Exposure – that together let users take strikingly beautiful photos with maximum ease every time they shoot. The G1 breaks new ground in styling too, overturning SLR camera conventions by giving users a variety of body colors to choose from. For people who have been hesitant about moving up to an SLR camera, the G1 is a perfect fit. It is a small, sophisticated, easy-to-use camera that will greatly expand any user’s photographic capabilities. For more info and to order the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 12.1MP Digital Camera with Lumix G Vario 14-45 mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega OIS Lens (Red) please see this page here.


2008
10.23

 AP reports here at Yahoo News: SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.’s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix’s push to develop more delivery methods beyond the mail.


2008
10.21

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Sony Corp has delayed sales of “LittleBigPlanet,” one of its most widely anticipated videogames, by at least one week in the United States after finding potentially offensive background music in the game.


2008
10.19

Dell XPS M1330 Review

From notebookreview.com :D ell recently announced the XPS M1330 a 13.3″ widescreen ultraportable and ultra sexy notebook that uses the Intel Santa Rosa platform. Equipped with an available dedicated Nvidia 8400m graphics, slot loading optical drive, LED backlit display, and integrated web-camera, the M1330 is less than 1″ thin at the front and weighs in at 4lbs. The following is a quick first take on the Dell M1330.


2008
10.16

AP reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK – Given Google Inc.’s reputation as a trend setter on the Web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone — especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc. launched the enormously popular iPhone.


2008
10.15

When youre ready to experience a higher level of pacesetting technology and image brilliance, thePowerShot SD990 IS Digital ELPH is ready for you. One glance at the sleek sculptured profile, and youknow this is a camera driven by design and features. Style without compromise is the perfect complementto the ELPH models most advanced feature lineup–engineering leadership that opens your eyes andimagination to the real potential and boundless pleasures of photography. For more info, some customer reviews and to buy the Canon Powershot SD990IS 14.7MP Digital Camera with 3.7x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) please see this page here in our online store.


2008
10.14

AP reports here at Yahoo News: CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple Inc. touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.