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Panasonic, not Olympus, debuts Micro Four Thirds camera

Crave Last month, Panasonic and Olympus announced the Micro Four Thirds Standard and promised users smaller dSLR-like cameras. Two weeks ago, Samsung mentioned that it is looking to develop an interchangeable lens ... Read story »

Samsung's answer to the Micro Four Thirds System

Crave Earlier this year, Samsung announced that it is looking to be one of the top three players in the digital imaging industry by 2010. This means it will probably have to ... Read story »

Mighty Mouse loses its tail

Crave Wired peripherals are going the way of the dodo, with Apple's iconic Mighty Mouse losing its tail in favor of Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. However, this means that users will now have ... Read story »

Toshiba says Blu-ray adoption just part of its HD agenda

Crave With the announcement yesterday that Toshiba would be supporting Blu-ray with its own hardware this year, we sought some chatting time with the company's very own Olivier van Wynedaele. A senior ... Read story »
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1

Review Sony's Cyber-shot T series cameras are well-known for their stylish design and slimness. But that doesn't mean these good-looking snappers just sit pretty. The latest addition to this family of shooters, the TX1, goes to show how powerful a petite camera can be. Although this point-and-shoot lacks...
Samsung ST550

Samsung ST550

Review Unlike in the past when camera manufacturers tried to outplay one another by introducing higher-resolution sensors or more powerful zoom lenses, these days it takes more than that to stand out from the competition. This is probably why some of the latest compacts show off interesting features, such...
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

Review When the Olympus E-P1 was unveiled in June, it took the imaging world by storm not simply because of its unique retro styling. Rather, it showed what the Micro Four Thirds system is capable of--decent image quality in a compact package. Olympus' other partner in the Micro Four Thirds consortium,...

FLAPcam

Crave We've got swivelly, flipping screens on a camera. So why not one that folds up like a clamshell phone? You could say this little origami gem was a flash of inspiration ... Read story »

Generation-two Western Digital TV spotted

Crave The competition is heating up with yet another network media streamer. The rumored Western Digital TV-2 is said to offer three notable enhancements. For starters, it's compatible with more encoding ... Read story »
Olympus SP-590UZ

Olympus SP-590UZ

Review Olympus may be leading in the superzoom wars with its 26x optical zoom SP-590UZ, but it takes a lot more than a long lens to make a decent long-zoom camera. We're talking the same things it takes to make a good digital camera, like speedy performance, a competitive, useful feature set, and good...

Panasonic's new Lumix cameras are fast and steady

Crave Last week, Panasonic announced the Lumix DMC-ZR1, FP8, FZ35 and FX65. While it appeared that these shooters don't have any unique features such as 3D imaging (Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W1) ... Read story »

Toshiba to embrace Blu-ray finally officially

Crave We earlier reported about Toshiba's rumored interest in jumping on the Blu-ray bandwagon. This is now confirmed by the company's application for Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) membership in its latest announcement. ... Read story »

SLOW Internet speed across Asia

Blogs Following the hit of Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan last week, certain Asian countries have been experiencing very slow Internet speeds even as we go into the second week after the disaster.  ... Read story »

Canon G11 announced, two days after I bought my G10

Blogs So, this geek went ahead to get the G10 after a long while. Two days after he finally did, Canon announced the G11. Hurrah. Moral of the story? Don't wait too ... Read story »
BlackBerry Curve 8520

BlackBerry Curve 8520

Review The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a sleek entry-level smartphone that delivers some nice design enhancements and great performance.

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