pentax digital camera: October 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Total Uninstall v4.9.5

Total Uninstall is a powerful installation monitor and advanced uninstaller. Read More

The National Broadband Map - Beta

The National Broadband Map - Beta
[quote]The National Broadband Map exists to comprehensively map New Zealand's Broadband landscape and provide information and tools to aid in demand aggregation and infrastructure planning. The National Broadband Map can be accessed and consumed in... (more in the full post)

Camera Labs Assignment: vote for your favourite!

Camera Labs Assignment: vote for your favourite!
It's the first day of a new month which means a new Assignment in the Camera Labs forums. The theme as suggested by the winner of May's Assignment, Georgie2H, is 'Minimalism'. To enter, visit the July Assignment Submissions page. This also means submissions for last month's Assignment are now closed so you can vote for your favourite entry of JC's 'Power of Light' theme. So to vote, register or sign-into our forums and head on over to our June Assignment Submissions thread

False Jobs' heart attack report rattles citizen journalism

False Jobs' heart attack report rattles citizen journalism
An unsubstantiated report of Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffering a heart attack is emboldening question marks around the notion of citizen journalism.

UltraVNC v1.0.5.1

UltraVNC is a powerful and easy to use application hat can display the screen of another computer (via Internet or network) on your own screen. Read More

GTbyCITROEN brings Gran Turismo 5 to life

It may be destined for the game console rather than the garage, but the GTbyCITROËN concept is still one of the most outlandish examples of automotive design to emerge from the 2008 Paris Motor Show where it's making its global debut. The car is the result of a collaboration between Citroën and the creators of Gran Turismo and will appear in its virtual form in the 5th installment of the popular Playstation game. The imposing real world version stands at five meters long and features a wrap around windscreen, gullwing doors, huge air intakes and an over-sized, mobile rear spoiler. Not surprisingly for a car inspired by a computer game, tech specifications for the GTbyCITROËN are a little light on, although within the game it will do its bit for the promotion of greener motoring with a fuel cell powered electric drive train that's totally emissions free (apart from the electricity running the console of course)...

Tags: Automotive, Citroen, Concept Cars, Fuel Cell, Gaming, Paris Motor Show, Playstation Network

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Full Frame SLR with HD movie

Canon has today introduced the much anticipated Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Building upon the qualities that made the EOS 5D camera so successful, Canon has coupled the creative power of a full-frame CMOS sensor in a relatively compact and affordable camera body, together with groundbreaking HD video capture that opens the door to a much wider range of imaging possibilities for photographers. Along with the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution, Canon's EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera features a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise. See full story... Read More

Logitech Squeezebox Boom

Most streaming music devices require two key outside components to work: speakers and a source to power them. Since there are very few powered speakers out there in reality, you most likely need to attach the streaming device to a mini-system or your home theater system – and that can create a lot of clutter, especially in the kitchen. The Logitech Squeezebox Boom fixes this problem by creating an all-in-one sound system with music streaming capabilities. Priced at $300 USD, there is no doubt that price tag is hard to swallow, but thanks to its easy setup, intuitive navigation and beautiful sound, we can easily say you get what you pay for. Read on for the deep dive.

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Amazon plugs hole in free-movie offerings

Amazon plugs hole in free-movie offerings
Adobe has disputed reports that bugs in its Flash server software let people pirate movies and television shows streamed from Amazon.com's new Video On Demand service. Instead, Adobe hinted that Amazon had not switched on encryption.

Review posted for Olympus SP-570 UZ!

The SP-570 is the best-looking long zoom digital camera Olympus has produced, finally available in a black body that's compact, yet easily handled. The Olympus SP-570 UZ's 2.7-inch LCD screen is complemented by a decent electronic viewfinder, and the pop-up flash actually does quite well despite the long zoom. The Olympus SP-570 UZ even includes a hot shoe, and support for th... Read More

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Google Chrome - Add a Homepage Button to the Toolbar

Google Chrome - Add a Homepage Button to the Toolbar
Provide one-click access to your home page in Google Chrome.

If you frequently access your home page in Google Chrome, you may wish to provide one-click access to it at all times. To do so you can add a homepage button to the toolbar:

1. Click the Tools button....

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Full Frame SLR with HD movie

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Full Frame SLR with HD movie
Canon has today introduced the much anticipated Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Building upon the qualities that made the EOS 5D camera so successful, Canon has coupled the creative power of a full-frame CMOS sensor in a relatively compact and affordable camera body, together with groundbreaking HD video capture that opens the door to a much wider range of imaging possibilities for photographers. Along with the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution, Canon's EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera features a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise. See full story...

Sony BRAVIA KDL-46W3000 Television

The Sony Bravia KDL46W3000 is one of the latest High Definition LCD TVs that Sony has released. The Read More

NewEgg: POWERCOLOR Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR3 PCIE 2.0 x16 Video Card $79 shipped AR

WD launches 4TB ShareSpace drive enclosure

WD launches 4TB ShareSpace drive enclosure
Western Digital has announced a new line of external hard drive enclosures providing high-capacity file storage up to 4TB and network connectivity for multi-computer, cross-platform file sharing.

Adobe CS4

Adobe Shows us the �Shortcut to Brilliant�. Read More

Canon Digital Rebel XSi 450D SLR

Canon has now officially announced the 12.2 Megapixel Canon Digital Rebel XSi 450D SLR camera. Incorporating a number of advanced functions and technology found in Canon professional SLR models, the EOS Rebel XSi boasts an improved autofocus sensor, enhanced 14 bit AD conversion, a large 3.0 inch LCD monitor with an advanced Live View function. The Canon Digital Rebel XSi will be available in both black and silver finishes, and sold as body only or in kit form. Read more... Read More

UPEK announces US government-certified fingerprint module

Recently showed at the Biometrics Consortium Technology Expo in Florida, UPEK's its TCEFx1 USB fingerprint module uses the only silicon-based fingerprint sensor certified by the FBI for US government applications...

Tags: Dell, FBI, Fingerprint, Security

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Historic Moller flying car prototype up for sale

Historic Moller flying car prototype up for sale
Moller International is selling its Jetson-like M200X 2-passenger VTOL prototype on eBay. Although it's a long way from the latest designs to rise from the Moller drawing-board like the hybrid flying car, the M200X is a significant piece of aviation history, having completed over 200 manned and unmanned flight demonstrations since 1989...

Tags: Aviation, Moller, VTOL

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Everything you wanted to ask Freeview...

I've just opened a discussion in our Freeview forum on Geekzone where you can post your questions about the Freeview broadcast service.

Freeview will be answering your questions and we will post the replies to start a discussion on that.

With time, if people show interest we could even schedule a live on-line chat. It all depends of your participation.

If you have been living under a rock, Freeview will become the standard open to air TV broadcast standard with satellite (standard definition) and and terrestrial (high definition) services.

MySky HDi

MySky HDi
Record, pause and rewind live TV and enjoy crystal clear, high definition movies and sport with Sky TV's brand new PVR - MySky HDi. Read our comprehensive review right now.

Windows Server 2008 is my Desktop Workstation

After hearing lots of good stuffs about this new SERVER product from Microsoft called Windows Server 2008, I took the decision to move from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

The good thing is, Windows Server 2008 can be configured as a fully featured desktop workstation. Your one stop guide for completing this ‘awesome’ task is here

Below is my laptop configuration:

1) Apple Macbook 2.4 GHz

2) 4 GB RAM

I have Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x86 Edition installed

Below is the list of software installed:

1) Apple Bootcamp

2) Microsoft Office 2007

3) Microsoft Visio 2007

4) Mozilla Firefox

5) Skype

6) Apple Quicktime

7) Apple iTunes

8 ) Windows Live

Live Writer
Live Messenger
Live Photo Gallery

9) Foxit PDF Reader

10) Flashget Download Manager

11) Virtual PC

12) Kaspersky Internet Security

13) tWhirl

14) Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1

This server is Fast, Sleek, and Customizable (in Features and Roles). That’s a huge benefit over Vista where many services get started no matter you use them.

I have also moved my development stuffs to a virtual environment now and virtual machines run quite fast than in Vista here. Yes, I am quite happy with Virtual PC 2007 and I don’t think I would install x64 version just for Hyper-V. The application support for x64 sucks!

Everything works good in my setup including sleep,shutdown and hibernate

So far, my experience of having Windows Server 2008 as my main desktop workstation is good and I think I will continue to stay on this for a long, long time until Windows 7 comes out