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Canon Powershot S90 Review

It’s tempting to accuse Canon of some false advertising with the Canon PowerShot S90 digital camera. Here it sits, an innocent looking point-and-shoot when in fact this 10-megapixel compact is bristling with sophistication and functionality that advanced users will almost certainly swoon over. Read the full review here.

Nikon Coolpix S1000PJ Helicopter Boyz

The Nikon Coolpix S1000PJ is one of the cooler digital cameras to come along in quite a while, all due to one feature - after you take a digital image, you can instantly display it on the wall, using its projector feature.  Here's a great review of the camera! Well, let's take that concept to the extreme - what if you strapped Nikon S1000PJ cameras all over your body, and projected multiple images at one time?  Who would do that? Check this out!

Samsung's Smash Proof OLED Display

A friend sends along this link to a video of Samsung's flexible OLED display getting hammered (literally). While I can do without the music, the video is still impressive. Check it out: Obviously, there are a lot of applications that could benefit from a more resilient display. Of course, the rest of the device has to be similarly tough...

Dear Google: Fix My Digital Frame

Dear Google, I know you're busy, what with this Android thing. But I wanted to turn your attention to another device which could use your touch: the digital photo frame. Like many people, I own a digital frame (several, in fact). And, like many people, I rarely use it. It's not that I don't like my frames - I do! But most of my frames require some care and feeding - taking them down, updating the images stored to internal memory or swapping out the memory card and updating the images on it. At first, when the romance was new, I...

Digital Frame Printers: Sony Puts a Printer in a Digital Frame

Sony is not the first company to wedge a printer into a digital photo frame, but they are the latest and the highest profile brand (that I'm aware of) to do so. Let's go to the specs: The DPP-F700 features a 7-inch widescreen LCD display with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution. It prints 4 x 6-inch photos at  300 x 300 dpi in 45 seconds. It supports on-screen editing before you print and includes built-in templates for making creative items such as calendars or ID photos.  A Screen Capture...

Back-to-School Gadgets: What Kids Want

The Consumer Electronics Association asked some kids what technology they use in the class room: While 65 percent of teens report technology is used by teachers in the class, only 41 percent report spending time in a computer class or lab. Teens attending public and private schools report that their homework assignments require access to technology once they leave the school grounds. The majority (71 percent) of private school students are ...

Top Five Gadgets for the Delivery Room

Other than the morbid narcissism of it all, this story about the wife of Twitter's co-founder "tweeting" a blow-by-blow account of the birth of her child got me thinking: what is the best tech for a soon-to-be dad to bring to the delivery room? I've been there twice, so I'm a veteran but by no means as experienced as, say, this guy - so your mileage may vary. Here goes, in order from least to most important. *** 5. A notebook:  Most trips to the delivery room are filled with hours of waiting. A notebook (or netbook), packed with some digital...

Sleep Aids: Zeo Personal Sleep Coach

Every parent learns on day one that sleep is a precious commodity. But it's not just kids that can keep us up nights. Bills, stress, the collapse of the global economy, world-altering climate change, wars, World of Warcraft... the obstacles to a good nine hours of sleep are endless. Maybe you, dear bleary eyed reader, need a sleep aid (and no, reading this blog doesn't count). That's where the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach comes in.  According to the company, Zeo is designed to "help consumers understand how they sleep, reveal habits and behaviors...

Where Should You Recycle Your Electronics?

In the dark corners of every American garage, attic or closet lies piles of antiquated electronics. With the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, it's likely that some old TVs will be making their way to these dark corners as well. While fun for all, gadgets and electronics are chock full of toxic chemicals and components like mercury. Dump these into a common landfill - as was, until recently, the regular practice - and these chemicals will eventually leach into the ground causing who knows what kind of environmental damage. So don't toss your gadgets - recycle them. Of course,...

Father's Day Gadget Gifts

Looking for a great Father's Day gadget gifts? Of course you are. Check out my review of the D-Link video surveillance kit - great for the paranoid pops out there. Or maybe the intriguing new Olympus E-P1 digital camera? Jamie Sorcher has a pretty good run down on some more Father's Day gadget gifts on Cold Pizza: Happy hunting. And happy Father's Day!

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