January 2008 Entries

BluRay HD Wars: BluRay Is Going to Be the Winner

Early in January, Warner Brothers latched onto BluRay as their choice in the BluRay - HD wars. As their tease for the Consumer Electronics Show, Warner announced their films will release only on that format as of June, this year. Some pundits say HD can, and should, hang on since sales in both formats are pretty balanced. The war, they say, could continue for a long time and who knows who'd win in the end. So maybe, if you haven't gone one way or the other with a new player or a ton of new movies on DVD - all...

DataTraveler Mini-Migo Makes Desktop Settings and Your Data Highly Mobile

Holy smoke, I have a solution to an aggravating storage/portability problem! Isn't it a pain to haul your laptop around? But ya gotta keep up with email, port some photos, or keep up with correspondence. I just installed a cool little gadget called DataTraveler Mini -- Migo, by Kingston Technology. The packaging? An impossible to crack plastic prison. Yep, the instructions shredded when I split it open, but the onboard pdf quick-start is great. DataTraveler Mini -- Migo is the smallest thumb drive I've seen, in fact, half the size of my thumb. Once I sprung Migo from plastic prison,...

Sexy Accessories for Your New Digital Camera

Now that you have the digital camera you wanted, you can think in terms of setting up a "lightroom" instead of a darkroom. Accessorize, just like mom told you. The choices are plentiful when you're out to buy digital camera go-togethers. I stop by my favorite camera store from time time-to-time just to see what's new. A 2007 survey of digital camera owners (NPD Group did the survey) said the most sought-after items new point-and-shoot camera owners seek out are: Memory cards, sticks and chips Camera bags and cases More...