Archive for November, 2006

The Curse of Too Many Tech Choices (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Whether it’s around the holidays or throughout the year, shopping for high-tech gear can be tough, and it isn’t made any easier by the countless configuration options we now have at our disposal. The choices are often confusing, if not completely overwhelming. From computers, PDAs and smartphones to HDTVs, game consoles and digital cameras — the choices, new models and upgrades just keep coming.

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Corel® Partners with Vialta to Create a Photo Enhancement and Digital Picture Frame Bundle

OTTAWA - November 29, 2006 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced a special holiday bundle aimed at consumers with burgeoning digital photo collections: award-winning Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI digital photo enhancement software combined with new VistaFrame™ digital picture frames from Vialta, which display individual or entire collections of digital photos on a table top. The ultimate gift for any digital camera owner, this holiday bundle gives consumers all the tools they need to fix, enhance and display their digital photos.

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

South Central mural : A mural in South Central Los Angeles, …

photo(AFP) - South Central mural : A mural in South Central Los Angeles, California. (AFP/Hector Mata)


Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Toy industry could face 2006 sales decline (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. toy makers may have trotted out a
laughing Elmo, a life-sized miniature pony and a digital camera
for 3-year-olds this year, but the new products may not be
enough to pull the industry out of a slump.

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Nokia Enters Thin-Phone Market (TechWeb)

TechWeb - Nokia also introduced a smartphone, camera phone, and low-end phone including an FM radio.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

TVs Hot, Desktop PCs Not in Holiday Sales (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - What’s hot this holiday season in consumer electronics are big-screen televisions, new video gaming consoles, digital cameras and notebook PCs.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Flat-screen TVs, game consoles top holiday list (Reuters)

A man shops for televisions at a Best Buy store in Chicago November 24, 2006. What's hot this holiday season in consumer electronics are big-screen televisions, new video gaming consoles, digital cameras and notebook PCs. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - What’s hot this holiday season in
consumer electronics are big-screen televisions, new video
gaming consoles, digital cameras and notebook PCs.


Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Price war over online photos hits new low (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - And you thought 4-by-6 photo prints were cheap last year. The price war of 2005 - which saw print prices fall to a record low of 10 cents apiece - has a new bottom this year: 5 cents a print, in a promotion from discounter Winkflash.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Another Sony Glitch: CyberShot Cameras May Fail (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - Sony Corp. said on Friday its Cyber-shot compact digital cameras might not work in warm and humid areas and that it would repair any affected cameras free of charge.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Sony says only small number of cameras affected by glitch (AFP)

A customer leaves a Sony shop selling cameras and computers at a computer mall in Shanghai. Sony Corp. expects only a small number of its digital cameras to be affected by the glitch announced last week and will only offer repairs to users experiencing problems, a spokesman has said.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Sony Corp. expects only a small number of its digital cameras to be affected by the glitch announced last week and will only offer repairs to users experiencing problems, a spokesman has said.


Monday, November 27th, 2006