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It is time for summer, the high temperature we can't stand, with the start of the summer, all the classmates also start their plan about spending a holiday at a summer resort. In blazing summer, the water loving activities are, of course, is the most relieving summer—heat activity for them, and also it is most acceptable party for them.

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you want to play water, and also you want to record the play process for you, a waterproof digital camera is not lack. At the present, there are three beautiful and good feature digital cameras in the digital camera market. They are waterproof, shockproof and antifreezing. It is very good for the outdoor activities. They are what I am ready to recommend to you.

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Sony Ericsson has introduced its new Xperia X8. It is claimed as a great entertainment smartphone. It is expected that the handset will be able to extend the overall brand appeal of Xperia to the market.

The handset’s multimedia capabilities can be seen through the 3.0-inch HVGA capacitive touch-screen that supports the resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. The mobile device is equipped with the effective four-corner user interface.

One can take pictures with a 3.2 mega-pixel camera. Users will be able to take advantage of an FM radio as well as full Web browser. Apart from that it is supportive to video streaming and provides quick access to social networks via Timescape as well as board music player with TrackID and PlayNow.

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Canon’s IXUS 130 is an incredibly stylish snapper, with rounded contours and the strong, sturdy build that characterises the IXUS range. It weighs under 135g and measures just 18mm at its thickest point, as well as being only 55mm tall and 90mm long – it’s small enough to fit into any pocket with minimal fuss.

Aiding that pocketability are the IXUS 130’s sleek lines, with almost none of the buttons protruding from its body. The only exception to this is the zoom control, which does stick out by a couple of millimetres at most. The overall feel is satisfying enough that one might entirely overlook the quality of the photos produced by it – it’s a fashion item, that’s for sure.

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Buying a laptop has become quite a daunting task these days. Most notebooks look similar, have almost the same specs and have only a minor price difference. Then there is also after sales service that you need to keep in mind before zeroing in on a notebook.

In a poll that we conducted recently we asked you about your preferences, and well, these are the results. It was time for us to step out of our bat cave and into your favorite malls to check out what's hot and what's buzzing in the laptop segment. Here are our picks from the latest laptops available this season.

Netbooks - Netbooks these days are so similarly configured and priced that it will surely make the prospective buyer pull his/her hair out while deciding. Other than the typical Dell Inspiron Mini 10, which we like, there are some other decent alternatives if you're worried about its heating issue we had mentioned about.

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Sony has officially released firmware updates for digital camera models Sony Alpha Nex-5 and Nex-3. The latest update adds 3D Sweep Panoroma Mode to both the models. As known already, these models had 2D Sweep Panoroma Mode before in this interchangeable lens digital camera.To take photos using 3D Panoroma Mode, the user has to simply press the shutter button and move the camera in the required direction. The Sony Nex-5 and Nex-3 shoots a series of frames which automatically sync together to form a Panoromic image.

But if you want to view the image in the actual 3 dimensional form, you need to connect the camera to a 3D TV. The firmware update also brought some more features and performance upgrades to the camera. But mostly they are less significant than this 3D Panoroma Mode. The Sony Nex-5 comes with 14.2 Mega Pixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor. Sony Nex-5 is capable of capturing HD Videos at 1080p and these 3D features are only going to spice up the camera’s appeal.

Canon IXUS 300 HS digital camera review : The Canon IXUS camera series is made up of quite a few generations. Canon frequently introduces its design  cameras that are especially aimed at the trendy amateur photographer.

Now and then a camera turns out to not only be designed stylishly, but also to be progressive in the technical sense. The past generations were each equipped with diverse innovative functions, but it did not make the difference with the competition any clearer. The Canon IXUS 300 HS is a 10 Megapixel camera with 3.8x optical zoom. So far, nothing much is revealed.

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Microsoft is putting an end to the Kin phones, social-media handsets aimed at teens and early twentysomethings.

Though they received favorable reviews, the phones were hampered by high-priced data plans, and caused market confusion on the eve of the hotly anticipated Windows Phone 7 launch.

The initial scoop came on Wednesday from the tech blog Gizmodo, but was soon followed by a statement from Microsoft, which cited the need to focus on a platform that can compete with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android:

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The good news: An update is rolling out the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 as we speak. The bad news: Nope, it's still stuck on Android 1.6. Here's what you are getting, though: This update focuses on improving the general performance, speed and responsiveness of Xperia X10. For example, there are speed improvements in messaging tasks and camera UI. In addition we add.

A free back up and restore application so you’ll never lose your settings and information. In selected markets, PlayNow™ with premium apps and games will also be added. Better than nothing, we guess. But as we talk more and more about devices starting to get Froyo, the wait for Eclair becomes that much harder to stomach.

So you’ve been watching CSI on TV and marveled at the Computer Data Recovery boffins working their magic. You may be thinking to yourself is it really possible to get data back from a laptop hard disk or usb drive after it has been through infernos, floods, and then run over by a truck afterwards? Well as unbelievable as it sounds, the answer is in most cases, yes! I’ll provide some info below on how the real life experts actually go about this stuff.

So what exactly is data recovery anyway? Well basically when we need to salvage as much data as we can from inaccessible storage systems such as hard drives, usb pen drives, tapes, Cd’s, etc. These can be damaged due to electrostatic shocks, liquid spills, natural disaster damage, system corruption, or just plain failed for no discernible reason. In some cases as on CSI and other TV shows, this can also be termed computer forensics.

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Whatever happened to rear projection TV? Did it stop being trendy because it was expensive and used up too much space in the home?

Well Mitsubishi has always backed the technology and this week, in the US, came out with a 75 inch and 82 inch top of the range.

Rear Projection TV has recently been trying to make a comeback on the back of the “green” culture and low power usage.

The Mitsubishi device is available today and is 3D ready and uses the company’s LaserVue technology, which has been established for some years, though of late has been losing market share to slim, flat LCD TVs.

The L75-A91 and the 82 inch DLP Home Cinema TV both come with what the company calls Cinema Color mode, which sounds like.

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