Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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The Panasonic SDR-SW21 is a very compact, standard-definition camcorder that records to SD/SDHC cards. Oh, and it can survive a 4-foot drop, is waterproof down to 6.5 feet, and the seals are tight enough to make it dustproof, too. (For those interested in the actual tests, …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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If you’ll be shopping for a simple, small digital camera when spring 2009 rolls around, you may be interested in this 10-megapixel model from Samsung.

The SL420 has a 5x optical zoom and dual image stabilization–optical and digital–and a 2.7-inch LCD on back. It’s otherwise …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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I opted to use a big picture of the Samsung TL100 camera frankly because there’s not much going on with it besides its small size. The 12-megapixel camera is just 3.7 inches wide by 2.2 inches high by 0.6 inch deep.

Like any decent …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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The new 10-megapixel HZ10W from Samsung looks wonderful on paper. A compact camera with a 10x megazoom wide-angle 24mm Schneider lens and a whole mess of features.

You get 720p HD video capture at 30fps using H.264 for good-quality compression and the zoom works while shooting. The …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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There are only a few camcorders that I’m interested in actually getting my hands on while I’m here at CES 2009. One of them is the HMX-R10 from Samsung.

It’s a CMOS-based, full-HD compact model capable of snapping off 9-megapixel still …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on January 7th, 2009

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Samsung continues its line of soda-can-shaped, standard-def camcorders with the SMX-F34. It’s based around the company’s 2008 flash-based model–the SC-MX20–but adds the ability to capture 800×600-resolution photos to its 16GB of internal memory or SD/SDHC cards.

The F34 records video in H.264 format up …

Originally posted at CES 2009

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Joshua Goldman on December 18th, 2008

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Before you buy that giant heat sink/fan combo for your computer’s processor you may want to consider the new Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC) setup from CoolIT Systems. The company’s known for its self-contained, simple-to-install liquid-cooling systems, but while its other CPU chillers are pretty …

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Joshua Goldman on December 17th, 2008

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On the short list of things I appreciate in a digital photo frame is a lot of internal memory. Sure, it’s cheap enough to buy an extra SD card, but when a flash-memory manufacturer like Transcend makes a frame, I expect it to have a healthy amount. …

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Joshua Goldman on December 16th, 2008

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You know it’s bad when the most exciting thing about a product is that it comes with a remote control. However, to be fair to Jobo AG and its PDJ077 digital photo frame, most sub-$100 7-inch displays don’t include a remote. Or support for CF …

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Joshua Goldman on December 15th, 2008

The Orbita mouse from Cyber Sport is a wireless puck that rotates letting you use the whole device for scrolling, zooming, jogging, or object rotation.

It’s a unique approach to traditional mousing, unless you’ve used a SpaceNavigator 3D mouse. Then maybe it’s not very unique. But it …

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