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Space junk (Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung via TreeHugger)

Both SACD and DVD-Audio formats are effectively dead, but the question whether high resolution audio is distinguishably better that CD sound still lingers in the air.
The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society conducted a very interesting comparison in the form of year-long double blind ABX comparisons. The results? 50% of listeners found no difference between [...]

A few days ago I wrote about the new Sony PMW-EX3. Camcorderinfo has an ergonomy preview that you might find interesting. Of course, for a product that costs $13,000 everything counts, even the smallest button. For more details and photos of a pre-production PMW-EX3 you are strongly advised to check out Philip Bloom’s preview. What [...]

Desktop art by Lee Blackwood (Source: Gizmodo)

Source: IGN
What is for you the most anticipated game this year? GTA IV? For me not really. I can tell you from now that the two new Lego games are top of my list. As Yahoo! Games reports, Lego Indiana Jones is going to hit shelves this May and Lego Batman will arrive later this [...]

Up to the start of January 2008 my 1Mbps ADSL connection with Otenet was working ok, apart from some very scattered disconnections when somebody was calling my home line. It was a minor problem, as I use the home landline only for Internet work and since OTE -the owner of Otenet- is the largest Greek [...]

After flights we cannot even enjoy a bank robbery without a phone ringing… Outrageous! (Source: Textually via Engadget)

Built like a tank and ready to take any hardship coming its way, Nikon’s D3 is its first full-frame DSLR, a model awaited by Nikon fans for five years now. Dpreview is taking a full review and guess what, it concludes that the D3 is “possibly the most compelling, capable and well-rounded professional digital SLR [...]

These are what I call t-shirts, simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G (Source: DMC World via Audiojunkies)

In search of large mobile screens (13 Tech Design via Engadget)

It is no secret that IPv4 addresses are running out fast and that sooner or later we will have no choice but to go for IPv6. According to Arstechnica, with a rough estimate of about 200 million addresses reserved each year, crunch time will be with us in 4 years.
In the intermediate period there is [...]

Panasonic likes cameras with solid-state storage flavour. The unveiling in Las Vegas of its new HPX-170 handheld with P2 flash is therefore no surprise. The model’s highlights are:

1080p recording.
Two P2 slots.
3 CCDs with native 16:9 ratio.
13X Leica Dicomar lens starting from a very useful 28mm wide angle.
HD/SD-SDI interface.
3.5 inch LCD monitor.

Red has made major announcements in NAB 2008, with three much awaited products that attracted much hype in the run-up to the show.
The Red Epic is a 5K HD camera that of course replaces the Red One as the company’s new flagship and has the following main features:

Full-frame S35mm Mysterium X sensor.
Shooting at up to [...]

From the UK, the CCTV capital of the world (Source: Boing Boing)

Sony announced at PMA 2008 the new full HD PMW-EX3, the direct descendant of the PMW-EX1. If you check out its form factor and that of the new XL H1S and XL H1A Canons, you will immediately find plenty of similarities and will immediately understand how much Canon has influenced the prosumer segment.
However, Sony made [...]