I am excited to announce that we will release a new version of MediaRECOVER for Mac November 5th, 2007! The new release will provide additional support for the new Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) operating system. The current version runs great on the new OS, with the update fixing small minor bugs.
Samsung just showed off their new 64gb flash memory chip targeted towards MP3 players and SSD hard drives. The single chip can store 18,000 songs! Paired together they can easily rival common hard drives. Samsung is in a race with Toshiba to release this chip sometime in 2009.
The Sansa TakeTV is a great, simple device from Sandisk that allows you to easily watch video from your computer on your TV. The device is essentially a USB storage drive that plugs into a cradle for viewing on through a composite/s-video out. Don’t expect an HD experience, however you can view DivX, xVid, MPEG-4 and AVI files at a resolution up to 720 x 576. Pricing is steep at $99.99 for a 4gb model and $149.99 for a 8gb model.
Major changes have happened in the digital camera market over the last few years with Canon and Nikon both taking over the former leader Kodak in overall sales to the U.S. market. Samsung, Panasonic and Casio all had amazing years, shipping in excess of 120% more cameras compared to 2005.
According to IDC (courtesy of News.com), the market will hit 114 million units worldwide this year!
Top Ten Camera Makers in 2006 by U.S. Market Share
Great post over at Photopreneur about using Flickr to grow your photography business. Some of the best points are that the networking in Flickr is second to none, you can easily get feedback on your photos – this helps with experimentation, promotion is far easier on Flickr and best of all it is free!
I do like and use Flickr, but find that Picasaweb is so much easier to use, upload files and share. It would be beneficial to Flickr to have a standalone photo management client.
PopPhoto.com and Kingston are giving away a brand new 2gb CF card from Kingston. Just fill out the entry form and you are entered to win. While you are there check out all of the content from the Popular Photography and American Photo magazines.
Todoumpc.com is offering an IDE to CF adaptor that allows you to create a low cost SSD. Check out the video of a boot process after the stock hard drive has been replaced with the DYI SSD.
Interesting read on a real world application of SSD or solid state hard drives. The great thing about SSD is that there are no moving parts and very little to no wear. The prices are getting close to attractive. Should see mass appeal within a few years. 23 years of life versus around 3 years for regular hard drives according to the author!
One of the top SLR Digital cameras out right now, the Canon EOS 40d, is a great buy for performance. 10.1 megapixel sensor, an integrated cleaning system, 6.5 frames-per-second frame rate and new LCD with live view mode round out the features. Check out some