Apple has been taking a lot of heat for its recently released video editing software update, Final Cut Pro X. What was initially excitement for the update quickly turned to anger and frustration as loyal users discovered a lack of backwards compatibility as well as many missing pro features. Today, Apple gives an official response [...]
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Velocity Micro latest to cough up Android licensing fees to Microsoft
June 30th, 2011 
admin Another company using Android has agreed to cough up patent licensing fees to Microsoft, as the IP shakedown continues. Velocity Micro follows General Dynamics Itronix in settling up with Microsoft for use of unspecified mobile patents relating to its current and future Cruz Android tablets, such as the three models revealed at CES back in [...]
Buffalo debuts new MiniStation Plus portable storage solution
June 30th, 2011 admin Buffalo has launched a new portable storage device called the MiniStation Plus. Previously we talked about other MiniStation storage devices and this new offering is similar. The new MiniStation Plus connects to a USB 3.0 port to offer fast storage for whatever the user needs. The storage device is compatible with USB 2.0 ports as [...]
Fujifilm debuts small Mini 50S instant camera
June 30th, 2011 admin When I was a kid, everyone used the Polaroid instant camera. The sound of those things spitting out a photo is ingrained in my memory. Today we all use digital photos and that is ideal in most instances. However, there are times when you want a photo right then that you can share. In this [...]
Full frontal Olympus E-PM1 spy photo turns up
June 30th, 2011 admin Olympus is set to trot out some new digital cameras tomorrow in London. The presumption is that one of the cameras to be unveiled tomorrow will be the oft leaked E-PM1 that we are talking about here. I already talked a bit about this camera back when leaked photos of the camera top controls surfaced. [...]
Optimus Mini Six hits production; Popularis delayed (again)
June 30th, 2011 admin Art Lebedev’s Optimus Project studios promised that the Mini Six companion keyboard – a compact accessory with six buttons each integrating a user-customizable display – would be here later on in 2011, and now the company has confirmed that it’s in the early production stage. In effect a doubled version of the Mini Three, the [...]
Nikon shows off wild looking prototype and concept cameras
June 29th, 2011 admin Nikon isn’t exactly a company I associate with out there designs and concept devices. The company does design some though and has several concepts and prototypes on display in France at the Hello Demain exhibition. The first of the concepts in the photo below is a very interesting looking camera that has more than just [...]
Mitsubishi unveils LCD-22BLR500 Real TV Recording LCD TVs
June 29th, 2011 admin Mitsubishi has a full line of TVs for home theater fans and has lots of other home theater gear in its lineup. The company has announced a new series of LCD TVs dubbed the Luoluo Real Record BLR500 Series. The TV that is the latest to launch in the series is the LCD-22BLR500. It will [...]
Isabella Products 3G Photo Frame hits Europe in early 2012
June 29th, 2011 admin 
Isabella Products – the firm behind the Vizit 3G-enabled photo frame and the Isabella Mini 3G dongle to turn your TV or dumb digital photo frame into a wirelessly-connected photo viewer – has confirmed it’s bringing its range to Europe, with the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain the first to get their hands on the [...]
Sony VAIO Z Series: 13.3″ Ultraportable with Light Peak dock
June 29th, 2011 admin Sony has unveiled its latest performance ultraportable, the Sony VAIO Z Series, tipping the scales at under 1.2kg but still offering – thanks to a docking station that uses the same Intel Thunderbolt connection technology as Apple recently adopted – solid graphics performance with an external video card. The new 13.1-inch 1600 x 900 notebook [...]