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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson Tuesday unveiled a new high-quality camera phone using the CyberShot brand as it seeks to further capitalize on the assets of one of its parents, Sony Corp.
Sony Ericsson takes digital imaging in camera phones to new heights today with the launch of the K800 and K790 phones, the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot™ brand. Shown here in the image is the K800. You can find the Sony Ericsson wireless phones here in our store.
The Washington Post reports here: LONDON, Feb. 27 — Author Dan Brown copied the central themes of his best-selling thriller, "The Da Vinci Code," from a 1982 book, a lawyer for two of the book’s three authors argued in a London courtroom Monday.
Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 21 February, 2006: Canon today announces the EOS 30D, replacing the award winning EOS 20D. Retaining the 5fps, 8.2 Megapixel performance of its predecessor, the upgraded camera enjoys a larger, wider viewing angle 2.5” LCD, extended 100,000 shutter cycle durability, spot metering, and a variety of refinements designed to enhance the photographic experience. Targeted at an increasingly discerning population of serious creative photographers, the EOS 30D replaces a camera that already claims a significant share of the Western Europe D-SLR market, which grew by 120% in the last 12 months*1.
The EOS 30D features
8.2 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor
5 fps and 30 large JPEG frame burst
2.5”, 230K pixel, 170º wide viewing angle LCD screen
Picture Style image processing parameters
Spot metering and High Precision 9-point AF system
DIGIC II image processor with 0.15 sec start-up time
Digital Photo Professional RAW processing software
100,000 cycle shutter durability and rugged magnesium alloy body
Simultaneous RAW and JPEG recording
Wide 100-3200 ISO range
E-TTL II Flash
PictBridge compatibility
Complete compatibility with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed and Video Out connectivity
For more on the Canon EOS 30D 8.2MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens see this page here IN our store, this new digital SLR camera has a Release Date of : May 15, 2006.
Rob Pegoraro writes here at the Washington Post website: Last month, it introduced a free bundle of Windows XP software called Google Pack. This collection — labeled "beta" like many Google offerings but presented largely as a finished product — combines Web, security and multimedia programs from Google and other firms with a Google Updater application to herd all this software onto a computer and keep it current afterwards.
The Pack ( http://pack.google.com/ ) consists of five Google programs (Google Earth, Google Desktop, the Picasa photo organizer, the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer and the new Google Pack Screensaver), a version of Mozilla Firefox with the Google Toolbar built in, the Ad-Aware SE Personal spyware remover, a copy of Symantec’s Norton AntiVirus 2005 SE that includes six months of updates and Adobe Reader 7. You can also remove any of these components or add any of four optional ingredients — the Google Talk and Trillian instant messengers, RealPlayer and a gallery of art images to use as desktop backgrounds or screensaver images — before beginning the download.
From Google’s Zeitgeist here, the Froogle Top Ten Searches in 2005:
1. ipod
2. digital camera
3. mp3 player
4. ipod mini
5. psp
6. laptop
7. xbox
8. ipod shuffle
9. computer desk
10. ipod nano
The Top Ten Medal Wining Countries at the 20th Winter Olympic Games in Torino Italy 2006
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze
1. Germany 11 12 6
2. USA 9 9 7
3. Austria 9 7 7
4. Russia 8 6 8
5. Canada 7 10 7
6. Sweden 7 2 5
7. South Korea 6 3 2
8. Switzerland 5 4 5
9. Italy 5 0 6
10. France 3 2 4
& Netherlands 3 2 4
The United States National Archive and Google roll out over a hundred years worth of film history, bringing original films from the Cold War era and dawn of space travel to the Internet. For more details see this article at Spiegel Online.
Dinner Dates, the UK’s leading social events club for singles, with 16 year’s experience and 16,000 members, offers some dating advice now that spring has sprung and romance is in the air. Found this press release here.
The Top Ten Cardinal Dating Sins – all pretty dreadful, all deserve the red card, but for ease of classification number one’s the worst, number 10 you might get away with.
1) Being too eager
Like the caveman who arrived at his date’s flat and greeted her with the line ‘Most men like to **** their women after the meal – me, I’m the other way round’.
2) Smoking
Yes, it’s horrible, yes, it’s going to be banned. But it could be worse – another story tells of a would-be Casanova putting his smoking arm around his date and setting fire to her scarf.
3) Drinking too much or too carelessly
It’s never a good idea to over-indulge on a date – nor is it a good idea to be so dramatic with your gestures that your date ends up wearing the wine.
4) Bad conversation (mouth in gear, brain not engaged)
Try and be humorous, witty and interesting – but for pity’s sake, think before you open your mouth. A true story has one hapless dater trying to amuse his date with his Skoda jokes – only to find out that her recently deceased father had been a long-time Skoda owner and avid fan.
5) Choosing the wrong venue
No good getting tickets for the ballet if your intended wants to see The Ordinary Boys in concert.
6) Bad clothes
Whether scruffy or impractical, it just doesn’t work. Pity the lady dater whose high heel snapped off at the beginning of an evening that involved walking between venues.
7) Bad food
That means the best you can afford – no-one likes a cheapskate and no-one likes food poisoning.
Bad smell
Not only a lack of scent (men and women), but also too much. OK, you weren’t to know that her ex wore Issey Miyake for men, but did you need to bathe in it?
9) Bad manners
Yes, we know it’s the noughties and that men and women are equal partners in life. But men – hold the door open for your date and ladies – say thank you.
10) Bad mouthing your last significant other
It’s boring, boring, boring…… And it doesn’t say much for you.
Hillie Marshall, dating guru, agony aunt extraordinaire and managing director of Dinner Dates, comments “Of course, at the end of the evening, there’s no guarantee that you’ll have hit it off, but by bearing the Top Ten in mind, you might have survived and you might be seeing your date again.”