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Everywhere you turn these days, someone is pushing video -- on the Internet, on portable media players, even on cell phones. What's omitted by many enthusiastic purveyors of this electronic marvel, though, is that the digital video scene is a jungle of befuddling and confusing formats, a system more...
Monitor size is like real estate. You can never get enough of it. That's what I thought until I got a gander at Gateway's mammoth 24-inch HD LCD flat-panel display. Working with this monitor is like computing on a billboard. Once I got my bearings -- I'm used to using a 17-inch LCD, so the transitio...
When Apple introduces a new version of a product, it's usually undertaken with some buzz-inducing design flair that fires up the imagination and whets the appetite for consumption. That's not the case with its new MacBook offerings. Instead of fiddling with the good looks of the MacBook, the 1 Infin...
The proverb "he who hesitates is lost" may be true if you're a member of the Danish aristocracy, but if you've been sitting on the fence about making a move from a point-and-shoot digital camera to a digital SLR, your hesitation may be rewarded. Nikon has introduced a sweet DSLR, the Model D40, aime...
Let's face it, most software that's packaged with Windows PCs is junk. It's either too feeble to do much of anything, or a try-me version that, should you use it in earnest, will hold your data hostage when its trial period expires. One program that I've found to be an exception to that rule, though...
Tagging a computer with the Ferrari label may seem a tad pretentious to some minds. Whether you're of that mind or not, one thing is for sure -- any product saddled with a prestigious name like that has mighty tall boots to fill. Actually, it's more like filling hip-waders. Nevertheless, since the i...
What do you think causes almost two-thirds of all problems encountered by Windows-based PCs? Try background tasks. When you start up your computer, dozens of tasks called "processes" are loaded into your system's memory. If you want to take a look at them, press Ctrl-Alt-Del and when Windows Task Ma...
There may be a shortage of the latest and greatest video game consoles this holiday season, but there is certainly no lack of new games from which to choose. Part 1 of this two-part series looks at at five of the hottest new game titles: "Gears of War," "Guitar Hero II," "Resistance: Fall of Man," "...
Back in July, Microsoft released a dynamite Webcam, the LifeCam 6000, for desktop users. Now it's following suit with an equally impressive version of the unit for notebook users. The laptop model of the Webcam, the LifeCam NX-6000 (US$99), is about the size of a Pez dispenser, making it eminently t...
There are programs for creating to-do lists. There are programs for managing projects. Rarely, however, do the twain meet as they do in Priorganizer. The program, by John Wood at Riaform, is priced at US$29.95 like a simple to-do list application -- which is certainly how it can be used -- but it co...
There are lots of software programs, as well as e-mail add-ons, to fight spam, but none are as clever or will give you the visceral satisfaction of Nyms. Nyms, which is sold on an annual subscription basis of US$19.95, is the cerebral spawn of the folks at Anonymizer, an Internet privacy and securit...
We are working our way toward the end of the year, and this year appears to be going out with a bang. The most recent drop in our river of discontent was a memo written by Yahoo's chief marketing officer talking about what other people in the company needed to do to fix it. These things are always s...
Holiday gift buying has never been more exciting. Portability has gone wild this year, and a stunning array of innovative audio and video devices have appeared that let us carry our music, movies and television programs anywhere. After reviewing dozens of the hottest products, we settled on seven of...
Gone are the days when laptop computers were well-traveled -- but temporary -- replacements for a more powerful desktop computer. Currently, buyers are hard-pressed to narrow their purchasing options to just a few choices. Powerful alternatives abound, making this time of year one of the best for up...
Thin is all the rage these days in digital cameras. If a shutterbox can't fit in the pocket of a pair of designer jeans, some consumers will just turn their nose up at it. I'm not one of them. Thin has its merits, but so does substantial. Among these merits are more muscular zoom lenses -- 10x or mo...
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