Posted on March 28, 2008 by techfromthekid
It’s a little late–but here we go.The JVC GZ-MG155 is JVC’s second to lowest consumer camcorder on a hard drive. Good-Small Size, Crisp LCD, Records 7 hours of video to an internal Hard DriveBad-If you are going to do some editing with your videos, don’t buy this little guy. It records into the .MOD (proprietary) format — [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by techfromthekid
I’ve just ran Vista Ultimate on my machine, I will sum up the entire Vista experience for you in a nutshell:
Vista is Windows XP, with incessant security-dialogs for every action you take, with a nice Theme, some UI effects and searching
That’s it… in a nutshell. There are some nitty gritty details and APIs that [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by techfromthekid
So we talk to Apple, and of course my on going saga with my whole second replacement iMac randomly restarting–now it doens’t turn on. So yesterday we talk to Ashley and she tells us that she will fill out some paper work and give us a call tomorrow at 6PM.
Well we wait, until 07:17P and [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2007 by techfromthekid
So today I decided to go to best buy because my iPod didn’t work. I had the service plan and stuff on it. So I go there and apparently I have to go get a “Geek Squad” member to verify that my little thingy is broken.
So this guy comes out and since I know all [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2007 by techfromthekid
Leopard is Apple’s latest version of the Mac OS X operating system. Leopard has been designated a version number of 10.5. Leopard is the 6th version that Apple has released since early 2001. Leopard contains more that 300 new features when compared to Tiger, the prior version of Mac OS X.
Some of the new, noteworthy, [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2007 by techfromthekid
I was thinking about GPS’s all day in school and was thinking if a GPS has these features it would kick butt. *A feature where the GPS would tell you if you were higher than the speed limit or if you were entering a school zone. *An editor program that would come with the GPS [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2007 by techfromthekid
Don’t have a whole lot of time tonight so I will make this quick and just a First Glimpse…
Good: No more floating windows or anything since everything is composed into one main "frame" called the Ribbon. Easy to use, in a way. Smart Art, Can instantly add effects to photos
Bad:Steep learning curve, new file [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2007 by techfromthekid
The good: Manual and automated exposure and focus controls; great image quality, 4x Optical Zoom, ability to attach extra lenses, 6Mega Pixels
The bad: Long flash-recycle time.
Price: $149
I own this camera, it is a fantastic camera for people [...]
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Posted on August 14, 2007 by techfromthekid
This is my first attempt in creating a buyers guide. So I hope it goes well.
First before you do anything decide what type of a music/video person you are-
Small Music Library-I have less than a 0-400 song music library.
Look for: Flash Memory players. If you have 100 songs or less, look for a 1GB player, [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2007 by techfromthekid
The Magellan series is the latest in the Magellan product line. I took a look at the 4040. Lets see how well it worked but first I will give you the “gist” of it.
Positive: Partnership with AAA was great, beautiful screen, “Exit Authority” feature is great for long trips / highway travel, loud speaker, [...]
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