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I love my new iPhone 3G, but will it blend?

Check this clip to see if the iPhone will blend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxq90xmYUs

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Digital Camera

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Lenovo ThinkPad X200

Lenovo ThinkPad X200

While Lenovo’s ultra-sleek X300 may have stolen the show as the company’s MacBook Air competitor back in April, the machine’s astronomic price tag also left most would-be buyers pressing against the window glass like gawkers at a Maserati dealership. To fill the gap between the flagship X300 and the smaller, but far more affordable 12.1-inch X61, Lenovo released the X61’s successor in July, the X200. The reworked machine has grown in width to make room for a new widescreen XGA screen, picked up Intel’s latest generation Montevina mobile chip for better speed and efficiency, and stirred in some extra features and refinements as well.

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iRobot Negotiator civil response robot

iRobot Negotiator civil response robot
Best known to Gizmag readers for its range of home helper bots, iRobot is now expanding its line-up to include the growing need for public safety robots. The new iRobot Negotiator is a low-cost, tactical robot designed to meet the basic reconnaissance needs of public safety professionals, such as police and fire departments, counter-terrorism forces and domestic security experts...

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Windows Vista - Mouse - Change Settings Related to the Mouse

Windows Vista - Mouse - Change Settings Related to the Mouse
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Dulux PaintPod promises fast, fuss-free, mess-free painting

The Dulux PaintPod is a new approach to painting with a roller that's designed to get your room painted quickly, without drips or ruined carpets. The mains-powered, vacuum cleaner sized unit uses a pre-loadable emulsion pack filled with paint so you don’t have to refill the paint tray or re-load the roller, you simply squeeze the trigger and within thirty seconds, a measured amount of paint is released. ..

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Microsoft Word 2007 - Insert Copyright, Trademark, Other Symbols

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Nature is shaping the camera world

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Exhibition for wildlife lovers

Exhibition for wildlife lovers
The exhibition may not start for a while but you can get your tickets now.

Windows Media Player 11 - Play Media Randomly

Windows Media Player 11 - Play Media Randomly
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Touch-screen trifecta: Nikon Coolpix S60 launched

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How to apply for Sony's PlayStation Home closed beta test

How to apply for Sony's PlayStation Home closed beta test
August 8, 2008 Sony is expanding their PlayStation Home beta test at the end of the month, and they're looking for testers in the U.S. that meet "a variety of criteria" including their level of activity on the PlayStation Network...

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Nikon Announces Coolpix P80 with 18x Optical Zoom

Nikon Announces Coolpix P80 with 18x Optical Zoom
Nikon has today announced their first entry into the super zoom point and shoot market with the Nikon Coolpix P80, a 10MP compact camera featuring an 18x optical wide angle zoom, in camera CCD shift image stabilization, an electronic viewfinder as well as a large 2.7-inch high resolution 230K LCD rear monitor with wide viewing angle. See full story...

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 First Thoughts

Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 First Thoughts
With an articulating screen a two-sensor live view system, could the 14.2 megapixel Sony Alpha DSLR-A350 be the live-view DSLR we've been waiting for?

Sony Alpha A350 Compared to Nikon D80 SLR Review

Sony Alpha A350 Compared to Nikon D80 SLR Review
We have just posted a side by side comparison review between the new 14.2 MP Sony Alpha A350 digital SLR with DT 18-70mm lens versus the 10.1 MP Nikon D80 digital SLR kit with the AF-S DX 18-55mm VR zoom. To see what real world benefits the latest generation technologies and features incorporated in the Sony Alpha A350 offer in terms of image quality or enhancing the photographic experience, we decided to compare this new camera model against the Nikon D80 which remains one of the predominant cameras in the current Nikon line up. See how these two SLR cameras performed in our tests...

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 with 4x Wide-Angle 25mm Zoom

Panasonic has today introduced the 10.1-megapixel Lumix DMC-FX35 with an impressive 25mm ultra-wide-angle LEICA DC lens and 4x optical zoom (equivalent to 25mm to 100 mm on a 35mm film camera). Panasonic's Intelligent Auto mode, which includes various shooting-assist functions, has been enhanced in the DMC-FX35 by adding an Intelligent Exposure feature and Digital Red-eye Correction. See full story... Read More

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 with 15x Optical Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD

Sony Canada today announced the latest addition to its high-zoom camera line, the 9.1-megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-H50 digital camera. This new model (which is a successor to the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9) incorporates a 15x optical zoom lens with Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization to capture action at a distance. The Sony DSC-H50 also features extensive manual controls, including an exposure bracketing mode that newly includes settings for white balance and color modes. See full story... Read More

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New ROKR range from Motorola

New ROKR range from Motorola
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Fuji Z10FD

Fuji Z10FD
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Windows Vista - Mouse - Wheel Scrolls Too Fast or Not Fast Enough

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Sony Cyber-shot T700

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Pentax K200D First Look and Sample Images

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Panasonic TX-37LZD70 Television

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Canon Announces Instant Rebates on EOS 40D, EOS 5D, EF Lenses and Speedlites in US

Canon USA Inc. has launched a series of generous instant cash back rebates covering the Canon EOS 40D and the higher end full frame 12.8 MP Canon EOS 5D digital SLR, along with savings on a number of Canon EF lenses, and Canon Speedlites. Save up to $125 US on select EF lenses and $300 on the Canon EOS 5D. See the full story and a complete list of the products now covered by instant rebates... Read More

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Sony Alpha A300 and Alpha A350 - compared to rivals

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The introduction of Sony's brand new Alpha A300 and Alpha A350 have doubled the company's current DSLR range - and at kit prices of $799 and $899 USD respectively, stack-up favourably against the competition. Both new Sonys feature Live View with quick AF, tilting screens for greater compositional flexibility, and like all Alphas sport built-in sensor-shift stabilisation. They're likely to be big sellers, so if you're in the market for a new DSLR, you'll want to carefully compare their features against the competition - and we've done just that for you in our Sony A300 and A350 feature comparison, where you'll discover where they fit-in with models like Canon's EOS 450D / Rebel XSi and the Nikon D60, along with Sony's existing Alpha A200 and A700.

Coolpix S710, S560 join Nikon's ultracompact fleet

Coolpix S710, S560 join Nikon's ultracompact fleet
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Apple iPod classic Black (80GB, PC/MAC - MB147LL/A) (80 GB, 20000 Songs) Digital Media Player

Apple iPod classic Black (80GB, PC/MAC - MB147LL/A) (80 GB, 20000 Songs) Digital Media Player
The new iPod Classic will store so much of your favourite music with either 80GB or 160GB hard drive,

New Panasonic compacts include TZ5 superzoom with HD

New Panasonic compacts include TZ5 superzoom with HD
Today Panasonic unveiled a raft of new compacts including the successor to the Lumix TZ3, one of our favourite compacts of last year. The new TZ5 features the same excellent 28-280mm stabilised zoom lens in a compact case, but upgrades both the sensor and 3in screen resolutions to 9.1 Megapixels and 460k pixels respectively. The big new feature is HD movie recording at 720p / 30fps, and HDTV connectivity with an optional component cable; this also featured on the new Lumix FX55 slim compact. The TZ5 rounds this off with an improved Intelligent Auto mode. For full details of all the new models, check our Panasonic compact camera page.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 with 15x Optical Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 with 15x Optical Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD
Sony Canada today announced the latest addition to its high-zoom camera line, the 9.1-megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-H50 digital camera. This new model (which is a successor to the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9) incorporates a 15x optical zoom lens with Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization to capture action at a distance. The Sony DSC-H50 also features extensive manual controls, including an exposure bracketing mode that newly includes settings for white balance and color modes. See full story...

Canon Lowers Price on EOS 5D, Rebel XTi PowerShot S5 IS, SX100 IS, SD950 IS, SD870 IS, A650 IS and A720 IS

Canon Lowers Price on EOS 5D, Rebel XTi PowerShot S5 IS, SX100 IS, SD950 IS, SD870 IS, A650 IS and A720 IS
Canon Canada Inc. has today announced a number of price reductions on a range of their digital camera models, including a $200 price drop on the 12.8MP higher end Canon EOS 5D digital SLR. Other Canon cameras that have been reduced in price include the family oriented 10.1MP Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi digital SLR, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS with 12x optical zoom, and the compact PowerShot SD870 IS with wide angle zoom. See full story...

Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows Mojave!

Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows Mojave!
Check this - interesting indeed and demonstrates the value of firsthand experience . . . .
http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/ - must say - I love the use of Flash too!

Been a lot happier with Vista since I got hibernate/sleep sussed properly (by default sleep won't go if you are sharing media)

Fuji Z10FD

Fuji Z10FD
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NewEgg: free Newegg Laundry Hamper w/ any order

NewEgg: free Newegg Laundry Hamper w/ any order

So what is this MythTV anyway?

So what is this MythTV anyway?
OK so I have already talked here about why I prefer mythtv to MediaPortal, it’s not an exhaustive list but I think it makes a pretty compelling argument for Mythtv. However what makes an even stronger compelling argument for MP is its support for NZ's DVB-T broadcasts, and hence I use it. The latest from the mythtvnz mailing list is that Freeview HD is now working well in myth with the patches from pkendall, so hopefully it is just a case of getting the updates to ffmpeg etc into the main mythtv 'trunk' (is that what it called?) and we will be away!

Anyway I should get to the point of this post. I want to list a couple tips I picked up for improving mythtv here, as I alluded to earlier, myth does require more work than MP or GBPVR but it’s worth it:

1) Adding FM radio. I have no idea why this isn't included by default, it can't be hard and all other major HTPC programs have it. To get it in myth requires a bit of a hack, the setup instructions are here. As they note on the wiki page, it is a hack but looks like a plug-in in the end. It doesn't perform like a plug-in (in terms of sharing the card with recording etc) but it is good enough. Also this page gives an idea to the sort of changes to the menu structure that could be made if so desired.

2) By default myth only allows one job (such as commflagging, or a user job such as a special transcode) at a time. Assuming you are running a somewhat modern processor you can get away with a lot more, especially if you have a dual core. Under the 'general' settings in mythbackend setup, change the max number jobs to say 3 or 4. Also set mythcommflag to begin at the start of the show rather than wait until it has finished.

3) Make sure you enable plugins such as mythmusic, mythvideo and mythweb. If you are using Mythbuntu the Mythbuntu Control Center is the easiest way to change these settings. Mythweb in particular is great, and if you can successfully enable access through your router you can check out your computers status, and create recordings even when you are way from home.

That’s all can think of for now, but there are plenty of other settings worth investigating by hunting through the menus. There are some other good features that I never managed to fully implement, such as http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythwelcome and automatic sleep/wakeup.

Next I will spill my thoughts on Media Portal, and the improvements made now we are at RC2.