Casio EXILIM Hi-ZOOM EX-V7

The pocket-sized, innovative Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-V7 is currently the world’s slimmest digital camera with a 7X optical zoom lens. More than just a still camera, it also records widescreen, next-generation, high-quality H.264 movies — at remarkably small file sizes — with movie stabilizer technology that minimizes the effects of hand movement while filming. You can record up to three hours of video using a 2GB memory card. See why the Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-V7 is perfect for capturing your special moments, while maintaining the highest quality imaginable.

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iPod Phone

The rather gorgeous iPhone combines three products - a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a web-friendly device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching. The UK release date has not yet been announced, but will likely be some time in the spring

ARCHOS Gmini

 

The Archos Gmini is a gorgeous looking and seriously high-tech spec video camera, stills camera, MP3 player, games console, movie file player and voice recorder in one. Yes despite its wafer thin solid build and compact 10x6cm footprint, this sleek silver and red Archos Gmini Camcorder console is the last word in multi-tasking gadgetry. With a 20GB capacity, a digital 2x zoom and adjustable resolution, you can record up to 50 hours of low-res video footage or 13 hours in high-res. With a still camera resolution of 1.2 mega pixels and two-way file transfer via USB

LifeBox

 

Revive Your Telly with Lifebox

Perhaps you resist going buckwild over every Apple announcement, but would still like technological innovation in your home. Welcome to Lifebox TV. It's a media storage hard drive that hooks up to your television. Lifebox supports a variety of audio files and a plethora of movie formats. It also doubles as an external hard drive. With storage capacities from 160GB to 500GB, that's a whole lotta media goin' on.

From £140-260 at Maplin

COMMONSENSESECUITY

Common Sense Security

This site is designed to give an overview of what we can do to keep our computers safer and more secure while we are on the Internet. I have known the owner (Mark Rider) for a long time and confirm that his site is secure AND gives out some very useful advice. I can  recommend it highly.

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May the year ahead bring all that you desire and more.
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Fuji FinePix A700

 

 

Designed for all the family, Fuji's FinePix A700 is easy to use and therefore everyone can enjoy digital photography! It is simple and user-friendly, with all the control buttons being on the right hand side so you can use it with just one hand.
Integrating a 7.3 megapixel Super CCD HR and an Optical Zoom of 3x, the A700 gives you very good image quality, with your photos being detailed, rich in colour and perfectly centred, enabling them to be enlarged.
In addition the Fine Pix A700 has a large LCD screen, which is more than 6cm in diagonal, giving you a very comfortable aim, as well as pertinent control of your photo taking.
Comfortable, easy to hold and with 8 different modes for each scene, you won’t get lost when taking your photos. The A700 adapts itself to the situation, therefore giving you the best results in every circumstance.
Ideal for everyone, the FinePix A700 enables you to enjoy taking digital photos, saving your most precious memories, without bothering you with technical details.

Canon PowerShot A640

Canon PowerShot A640

Topping the Competition in All Respects

Canon's popular A Series cameras have always stood out from the competition, but PowerShot A640 takes that concept to a whole new level. Experience breathtaking 10.0 megapixel resolution-a first for an A-Series camera - and the power of a 4x optical zoom lens. You'll have more fun shooting, and make your finished images even more rewarding, with the camera's exciting array of easy-to-use, high-performance features including 21 shooting modes and ISO800/High ISO Auto settings for much greater ability to shoot in low light.

UK Price ---www.amazon.co.uk      £219.00 & Delivered free in the UK. Usually dispatched within 24 hours.

Fujifilm Z5fd

 

Fujifilm Z5fd

 

Fujifilm has launched the next model in their Z series, the Z5fd, for the first time with Face Detection technology.
This is Fujifilm’s proprietary technology that locks on to faces and follows them to keep them in focus until they move out of frame or the user snaps a picture. In playback mode, pressing the Face Detection button will autozoom on to each face in turn so that you can check the focus and detail. The company promises that it can cope even in dark or back-lit scenes, and when the faces are off-centre.
The Z5fd comes in three colours: Raspberry Red, Mocha Brown, and Silver. Features are fairly standard for a compact, with a 3x optical zoom, 6.3MP, a 2.5-inch LCD, and ISO up to 1600. Fujifilm has also incorporated Intelligent Flash and a new blog mode into the Z5fd. The intelligent flash ensures a balanced exposure so that foreground subjects aren’t overexposed by a too-powerful strobe.
Natural Light and Flash mode force the camera to take two photos in quick succession, one with and one without flash, and then display both side by side for comparison. Blog mode optimises images for posting online, presumably by compressing them to make them easier to upload.
Other features include movie recording at 30fps with sound, and 14 scene modes. The Z5fd is expected to be available in January, with pricing announced closer to the date.

Casio Exilim Card EX-S770

 Casio Exilim Card EX-S770 digital camera

Price online about £185/90

Technical Details

• Ultra slim all metal body in Graphite Blue
• 7.2 effective megapixels for A3 photo prints
• 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom (12x total zoom)
• Extra bright 2.8inch widescreen LCD for clear viewing and framing
• 35 BESTHOT scenarios for quick camera setup
• Anti Shake DSP for reduced image blur
• Widescreen and normal movie mode with audio (with AV out)
• Data Transport function to store, review and present webpages and documents
• SUPER LIFE battery (approx. 200 images on a single charge CIPA standards)
• PictBridge and Direct Print compatible

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What you need to know

We like:

Slim and stylish; wide LCD; quick performance

We don't like:

Small, flat buttons; mediocre photo quality

CNET.co.uk judgement:

An attractive, pocketable camera, the Casio Exilim EX-S770 nevertheless has its share of quirks

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