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The PENTAX Optio W60 compact digital camera is lightweight and fully waterproof, the Optio W60 features 10 megapixels and a 5X zoom lens with 28mm wide-angle capability.

This waterproof camera can operate up to 13 feet underwater for two hours and at extreme temperatures well below freezing.

The 5X optical zoom refraction lens never protrudes from the Optio W60, yet it covers focal lengths from 5mm to 25mm.

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CNET Australia reviews the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and writes, “We’ve been talking iphone killers for the last 18 months, crossing less impressive phones off our lists as each came and went without making a dent on the Australian mobile landscape. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 stands a chance to change all of that; forget a dent on the landscape, the X1 looks set to leave a meteoric crater. If the X1 can live up to the hype we’ll be asking if the next generation of iPhone is the X1 killer.”

Read more about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.

Tags: M4A, high definition TV, gps, computers

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CNET reviews the LG Glimmer and writes, “We really like the Glimmer’s camera. Not only is it a 2-megapixel camera with a variety of settings and options, but it also has a really nice user interface, all managed via the touch screen. You get a choice of four resolutions (1,600×1,200; 1,280×960; 640×480; 320×240), and you can choose from three quality settings. Other features include a night mode, a self-timer, five color effects, an adjustable brightness and white balance setting, multishot, and shutter sounds. Photo quality was very good–images appeared sharp, with good lighting and accurate colors. They still appeared slightly hazy and smudgy, but it wasn’t that bad. (Read the full post about ‘LG Glimmer Review - CNET’…)

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If you’ve ever gone to purchase a universal battery for your laptop, you know that it can be a pain making sure that you get the voltage correct. Sure, you could just guess, but if you get it wrong, your entire laptop could go kaput. This new external battery from APC takes all of the guesswork out of it. These new batteries come in 70-watt and 90-watt versions and will automatically detect the correct voltage before sending any juice to your laptop. As a bonus, it features two USB ports for charging things like phones and iPods. If you pick up the 90-watt model, you can expect to get around 8 hours of extra life out of your notebook, which makes it well worth the $225 price tag. (Read the full post about ‘Universal Battery from APC charges laptops and USB devices’…)

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Garmin Edge 705 GPS Type-A training tweakers, metrics maniacs, peripatetic two-wheeled geo-cachers, and the geographically-challenged now have something to collectively rally around: the Garmin Edge 705.  This latest fitness offering from the GPS giant has more than a little somethin’ somethin’ for the can’t stay put, always get lost, urban treasure hunting, serious bike training, and it’s-the-journey-until-you-can’t-find-the-destination types. The Edge 705 combines (take a deep breath) GPS maps and navigation, heart rate, cadence and power output into a palm of your hand wireless unit. (Read the full post about ‘Review: Garmin Edge 705 GPS Offers Maps and Metrics for Data Happy Cyclists’…)

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I seriously wonder what the folks at Motorola are doing, as releasing phones such as the W755 over Verizon Wireless isn’t going to win them any points with the consumers anytime soon, and it looks as though time is running out for the Big M as they suffer from their own success - the RAZR. It has been a fair number of years since the RAZR hit the market, and since then many variations as well as newer models based on the original design have rolled out, but none of them truly embodied the spirit of the original RAZR, causing Motorola to lose market share to its other rivals while seeing its stock price plummet just like how the greenback is compared to other major currencies around the world.

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When we brought news of the Stage Rack, a dock for raw SATA hard drives, you were pleased. But where the Stage Rack only offered only a lone USB connection and compatibility with 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA drives, Brando’s take on the same concept is a lot more accommodating, and costs only a few bucks more.

As well as being able to slot a bare hard drive straight in, the Multi-Function Dock is also a four slot card reader (for just about any format going) and a two-port USB hub. It even has an eSATA-out port, so you could wire this directly into the nervous system of your computer, or maybe the back of your own brain.

In common with the Stage Rack, the dock requires you to pay a ridiculous $25 shipping charge, bring the price up to $80.

(Read the full post about ‘USB Dock Accepts Hard Drives, Memory Cards, Everything’…)

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The Design Museum Shop, like any other museum shop, is a treasure trove of plastic tat. Unlike the usual museum shop, which is a cynical money-sink for school kids on day trips, the Design Museum aspires to a higher level of junk: the novelty pencil sharpeners nestle among overpriced miniature replicas of Verner Panton chairs, for example On this occasion, though, the product is both cheap and good. The Icon Notepad is a notepad in the form of a notepad icon (I just wasted ten minutes trying to make that sentence into a palindrome). It’ll cost you £5 ($10) and make the true geek chuckle every time he uses it, whilst simultaneously annoying anyone who needs to make more than five lines of notes. (Read the full post about ‘Novelty Notepad Brings Icons To Your Meatspace Desktop’…)

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Filed in archive Photoshop by jim on May 28, 2008 Adobe's Photoshop line of graphics programs are about as extensive as anyone could wish for, but let's be honest, they do have a very steep learning curve. As if that's not enough, there are thousands of plugins and actions that can be used with these programs, which is great, if you know how to use them. I found a website with links to about 20 helpful free Adobe Photoshop tutorials that should help you, and me, get the most from these programs. Source:www.adobe.com Tags: gaming, home theater, game, equipment (Read the full post about ‘Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials’…)

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