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Why do they have to be on the same dates? Is it to show who’s got the world’s attention? To show who really commands consumer choices? Will Michael Dell have fewer listeners because Steve Jobs will be speaking at the same time in another place? Come Monday, January 8th, the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show …
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How much does it cost to take part in CES 2007? $500,000 to $1 million for a small company like Digeo, who markets the Moxi Media Center, among others. The costs begin with $24,500 to reserve 700 sq.ft. of booth space, tens of thousands more for furnishings plus about $300 a day for hotel expenses …
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It is actually quite a significant step forward for the computing industry to be able to have a drop-in replacement for the venerable hard disk drive that has been in use since computing began. Sandisk Corp. has launched its 32GB 1.8-inch solid state drive. You can drop it in as a replacement for your standard …
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It seems like the vaunted unveiling of the Fuji FinePix S5 Pro will finally happen after all. Appropriately, the S5 Pro is set to make its debut at the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP) Convention to be held at the Novotel London West, from Friday, January 12 till Sunday, January 14, 2007. The …
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You won’t lose your USB flash drive cap here because this one’s got no cap to lose. Lexar Media Inc. will tout its JumpDrive 360 at CES 2007 opening next Monday offering “total ease-of-use, durability and reliability, with the high-speed performance and vast capacity that lets users quickly transfer large amounts of data.†It comes …
With the imminent opening of CES 2007 next week in Vegas, electronic companies are in a frenzy of releasing new products vying for consumers’ attention. Canon has joined the fray with seven new direct-to-DVD camcorders. Headlining Canon’s offerings is its flagship model, the DC50 camcorder that can also capture still pictures with its 5.39 CCD …
Can you imagine using your cellphone as a projector? Microvision is threatening to do just that with their newfangled technology. Their miniature projection display prototype is based on Microvision’s proprietary Integrated Photonics Module (IPM), photo above, which they claim can project “extremely sharp and vivid†display. The module can be embedded in personal gadgets like …
If you’re the paranoid security conscious type, who worries that bad guys could get to your precious data, here’s a suggestion: the LaCie d2 Safe Hard Drive, a new biometric storage solution with triple interface and triple security levels. The LaCie d2 SHD is locked down with a biometric sensor, 128-bit AES hardware encryption technology, …
Without much fanfare, Kodak has quietly added the new Easyshare C653 compact model to their line-up of entry-level digital cameras. It sports 6 megapixels, 3x optical zoom lens equivalent to 36–108mm and a 2.4-inch LCD display. The Kodak C653 also features digital image stabilization to counteract blur caused by camera or subject movement, and 20 …
Continuing its highly acclaimed F series of high-performance compact cameras – F10, F20, F30 and F31fd – Fujifilm has launched the FinePix F40fd, featuring 8.3 megapixels, 3x zoom lens, 300-shot battery life, Face Detection technology and support for both xD-Picture Card and SD card formats. This is clearly aimed at the serious snap-shooter who takes …