| Komputer Klinic: Find the right Christmas gifts for photo buffs
Thanks to digital cameras, more people than ever are interested in photography. You probably have a photo enthusiast or budding photographer on your Christmas list. Knowing what to buy photo buffs is tricky. You may be tempted to purchase lenses, flashes or other expensive gear. Photographers are very particular. Unless youre an expert, skip these things. Accessories such as batteries, memory cards and camera cases will be welcome. But use some imagination. Here are some ideas to get you going: Make the camera work wirelessly. Some newer cameras feature Wi-Fi. This lets owners transfer photos to a computer wirelessly. Photos can also be uploaded to Web sites. Likewise, youll find wireless transmitters for high-end cameras from Canon and Nikon.
Xacti HD1a HD camcorder adds wide display, more
Sanyo on Thursday introduced the Xacti HD1a, a compact digital media camera that records both still pictures and digital video. It does it all onto an SD flash memory card. The Xacti HD1a is coming in September for $699.99. The Xacti HD1a records video in 720p and grabs 5.1 megapixel still images. Because it uses SD cards instead of bulky tapes or optical media, it's much more compact than other camcorders. It uses a 10x optical zoom lens and 2.2-inch LCD display. New features in the HD1a include a 16:9 widescreen still picture mode, in-camera video editing, a 30 frames-per-second 320 x 240 MPEG-4 pixel video recording mode called “Web-SHQ," optimized for the video iPod. The 16:9 still image mode grabs 3.8 megapixel images in the same wide-screen format as the Xacti HD1's digital videos.
Okoker Removable Data Recovery 4.5
Okoker Removable Data Recovery is a data recovery tool utility, designed to recover all the deleted files and directories. It allows you to recover files that have been deleted from USB Driver, Digital camera, DV, iPod. It will help you to recover data residing on removable disks formatted in any of the following file systems: FAT 12/16/32,scan and recover all the lost data from your computer system, DV, digital camera, SD/miniSD/microSD card, MMC/RS-MMC card, xD-Picture card and µ card.,USB drives, ZIP disks, CompactFlash cards, SmartMedia, and Memory Sticks. Specific recovery support for 500 file types, including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo, IncrediMail, databases, AutoCAD, Microsoft Money, SQL, MYOB, photos, MPEG, AVI, WMV, WAV and MP3 files. Version 4.5 is a bug fixing release.
HP Photosmart C7180 multifunction printer
The HP Photosmart C7180 is a six-ink, all-in-one photo inkjet printer with built-in scanner, copier, and fax machine. With just about every imaginable connection option and feature, the C7180 isn't designed for bargain hunters, but it is a good choice for users who want a plethora of features in one box. Setup The C7180's streamlined design makes this unit very user-friendly right out of the box. Memory card readers supporting most types of digital camera cards are conveniently located on the unit's right-hand corner near the paper tray. Copying, scanning, faxing, and photo-printing functions are within arm's reach on the C7180's sleekly designed control panel, and menus are easy to navigate and read thanks to the large 3.6-inch LCD. When setting up the printer, one of the first decisions you'll face is choosing from the myriad connection options.
the undercover economist
Gordon, a little more scientifically, used detailed listings from catalogs to measure both price and quality of clothes. Many economists still think that inflation is overestimated and we have therefore been getting richer faster than the official statistics show. But Gordon must have a point: If we have been getting rich that quickly, then our ancestors were impossibly poor. Gordon calculated that if the recent estimates of price bias are projected backward, Bruegel's peasant household would have had an income of less than $6 a year and been able to afford less than an ounce of potatoes a day back in 1569. That would have made for a different picture. The Undercover Economist appears on Saturdays in the Financial Times Magazine. Correction, June 6, 2006: The piece originally stated that Montgomery Ward's mail-order catalog was first published in 1893.
Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 takes on iPhone, HTC Touch
A 3.2 megapixel camera also comes standard with the phone, which offers 30 fps VGA video recording and playback. Onboard memory is only 400 MB, but can be expanded with Sony and SanDisk's proprietary Memory Stick Micro memory up to 8 GB. The X1 will face tough competition in the market from HTC's successful Touch line of Windows Mobile phones. .
Reading the runes for Apple
Every January, Steve Jobs stands on the Macworld stage to announce Apple's plans for the year ahead and show off new products and services. What will there be this year? And how has it done lately, and how will it fare? And when - if ever - will Steve Jobs step down? We asked former Apple employees, software developers and analysts for their views. We did ask a number of current Apple employees to take part anonymously; all however declined. Chuq Von Rospach spent 17 years at Apple, working on enterprise and IT projects, before joining a Silicon Valley startup and "can now watch a Macworld Keynote without stressing out that everything works". David Sobotta worked at Apple for nearly 20 years, leaving in 2004 as director of federal sales. Mike Evangelist worked for Apple until July 2002, responsible for Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and iDVD.
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