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Pentax Optio W60 Review
August 15, 2008
Trusted Reviews have reviewed the new Pentax Optio W60 - available in silver, blue or red - the coldproof, waterproof camera can withstand depths of 13 feet / 4 metres, and features a wide angle 5x optical zoom lens, a 2.5″ screen, ISO6400, and 720p video recording. The Pentax Optio W60 is available for £210
“The Pentax Optio W60 is a unique camera. It offers much the same performance, image quality and features as a typical modern compact camera, but with the added bonus of being waterproof and ruggedly built. If you’re looking for a camera for a travel and adventure, but also want a stylish pocket camera for social photography, then you’ve just found it.”
Gateway P-7811FX
August 15, 2008
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Finally we have the pleasure to tell you about a new notebook from Gateway, while there has been a long time since we haven’t heard news from this company regarding new portable computer additions. The latest laptop is optimized for video gaming and entertainment on the go as well, included in the P-Series FX Edition line of Gateway laptop computers, and being powered by the Intel Centrino 2 processing technology.
Besides the strong high-end capabilities, Gateway P-7811FX is also an affordable model and the company’s first powered by the newest Intel technology with faster multi-tasking support at lower power consumption.
“The Gateway P-7811FX is a great choice for customers such as students and professionals who want a notebook that can handle all of their computing needs - from creating videos and playing games to tackling work, school and home projects,” said Todd Titera, senior manager, notebook product management. “And while the new notebook is ideal for demanding gamers and enthusiasts who want the latest technology, its affordable price also makes it perfect for digital media hobbyists and casual PC game players.”
Coming at a retail price of 1,399.99, Gateway P-7811FX has other cool components such as the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS video card with 512MB DDR3 dedicated graphics memory for real-time 3D imaging, 2.26GHz processing speeds, 4GB memory, 200GB HDD storage capacity, second drive bay, all working to display the best results on a 17-inch large wide screen with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels.
Additional elements include HDMI connectivity, cool illuminated multimedia keys for direct access to audio and video controls, built-in 1.3MP web camera for char conferences, VoIP support, wireless 802.11 Draft-N support, a 5-in-1 media card reader, 3 USB ports, Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW w/DVD-RAM with LabelFlash, and the Microsoft Windows Home Premium 64-bit Edition operating system pre-installed.
Game store
August 15, 2008
Next time you cut down a monster in an online game or punch a supervillain into the next county remember that your actions are helping to write the history of a new world.
To ensure that the big and small events in these fledgling worlds are not forgotten, erased or overlooked, the University of Texas, Austin has kicked off a project to study the best way to preserve their history.
“It’s a huge challenge for archivists to deal with digital information,” said project co-ordinator Professor Megan Winget from the School of Information at the university.
Prof Winget’s interest in preserving massively multi-player games grew from her involvement in digital artworks that do not hang on a wall but invite interaction, and change as a result.
“One of the most interesting problems for digital preservation is interactivity and how difficult that is to preserve,” she said.
“Video games offer all of the same problems as digital art,” she said. “They are interactive, very complex and a lot of people get involved in making them happen.”
Oral history
The game preservation project aims to interview game makers to tease out the process of creating a game and the materials, such as sketches, doodles and early code, involved in bringing one to life. The experiences of people who play the beta, or trial, versions would be useful as their feedback often shapes the final game.
The insights from the interviews will help the project define how to go about preserving such malleable media, said ProfWinget.
"“You cannot just throw everything into a box and put it in the attic so in 50 years your kids can look at it"Prof Megan Winget
“When you are trying to preserve anything you are trying to preserve the most important things about that artefact,” she said. “With video games we do not yet know what is important.”
The project will establish a repository that, Prof Winget hopes, game makers will come to use as an archive for games.
She also hopes that the project gets game makers thinking about the steps they need to take during game creation to preserve materials.
“We want to raise the consciousness in the industry about how important these records are,” said Prof Winget. “I do not think they save anything or it’s saved in such a way that they would not be able to recognise the significance of what they are holding.”
As well as talking to game makers the project will conduct interviews with players who took part in or witnessed the significant world events seen in some online games.
Examples of this, said Prof Winget, were the assassination of Lord British in Ultima Online, the death of Morpheus in The Matrix Online and the “Corrupted Blood” plague that killed hundreds of characters in some parts of World of Warcraft.
Prof Winget wants to get hold of oral histories of these events plus any media that people collected while they were unfolding.
During preliminary work many people mentioned the importance of the murder of Lord British - actually the avatar of Richard Garriott, co-creator of Ultima Online.
“A lot of people have mentioned that to me as a pivotal moment in their lives,” she said. “I would like to talk to people who experienced that, saw it happen or where they were when they heard about it.”
“Maybe we can talk to the people who did it and whether they knew Lord British was Richard Garriott,” she said.
Future proof
But, said Prof Winget, it was not just game makers and games that faced a problem when it came to preserving important documents, images or videos memories held on a computer.
“You cannot just throw everything into a box and put it in the attic so in 50 years your kids can look at it,” she said. “That’s not going to happen, because digital media degrades so fast.”
Rory McLeod, digital preservation manager at the British Library, said some webmail providers were starting to put archiving and backup systems in place to help people preserve records. However, other technologies were proving more troublesome.
“Old digital cameras do pose a problem,” he said. “The RAW formats that cameras capture images in are proprietary in nature so this raises issues around accessibility if the information about that RAW format is lost.
More broadly, he said, librarians and archivists often bumped up against copyright and legal deposit legislation.
“Those are two areas that we need to address to do our jobs successfully not just for today but for the next generation,” said Mr McLeod.
“As more and more information is published in e-only formats, the legislation must keep pace so that we as digital librarians can keep this information safe without the threat of legal issues hanging over us,” he said.
“We are far from drowning in digital data as our skills have come a long way,” he added. “It’s more a case of not drowning but waving.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation
Win a GE E850 8 Megapixel Digital Camera!
August 14, 2008
General Imaging have kindly provided us with 2 digital cameras to give away as competition prizes, first up we have the 8 megapixel GE E850, and next month’s competition prize will be the 10 megapixel GE E1040. The GE E850 features a 28mm wide-angle 5x optical zoom lens, a large 3″ screen, face detection focus, electronic image stabilisation and ISO upto 1600. To find out how to enter the competition, click here.
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The black GE E850 features an 8 megapixel sensor, wide-angle 5x optical zoom lens. The winner of the GE E850 will be announced on the 15th of September 2008.
The E850 has a large 3″ screen, face-detection focus, panoramic mode, VGA video recording (MPEG4, 30fps), digital image stabilisation, and 10 scene modes.
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Canon Powershot A590 IS Review
August 14, 2008
Imaging Resource have just reviewed the new Canon Powershot A590 IS - like the A580 it features an 8 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom lens, 2.5″ screen, face detection focus, and takes AA batteries - but adds full manual controls, support for optional lens accessories, and optical image stabilisation. The A590 is available for £111 making it the cheapest Canon available with optical image stabilisation.
“The camera performs well in a variety of situations, with fairly good overall responsiveness and timing, producing good quality images, with good exposure and overall color. The availability of a 15-second maximum shutter time and the varying level of manual exposure control are also great bonuses, making the camera much more flexible than many in its price range.”
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