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Samsung's HMX-E10 camcorder does HD video and sports a 270-degree swiveling lens, while the ST80 camera offers WI-Fi and a 14.2 megapixel resolution.South Korean electronics giant Samsung has taken the wraps off two new consumer photography products: its HMX-E10 high-definition camcorder and ST80 digital camera. The HMX-E10 features a 270-degree swivel lens that enables users...

Users' personal information cannot now be made private, security consultant says.The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private.However, Facebook downplayed the issue, saying that no private data had been compromised. The information...

This poster has a list of top 500 common passwords that you should absolutely avoid using with your online and offline accounts. A printed version of the password poster is available on Et...

The search box is located in the upper right corner of IE and Firefox while Chrome has this thing integrated in the address bar itself. The function is however the same – it offers you a convenient way to search using your favorite search engine.Other than search, there are some more interesting uses of the search bar as well.1. Avoid Spelling MistakesIf you writing an email inside...

Cloud Computing can help your business reduce costs as you don’t have to invest in hardware and other physical infrastructure, your data is stored on a secure location and you only pay for what you use – there are no licensing fees associated with cloud computing.Legal Issues associated with Cloud ComputingThat said, there are some important legal issues that must be taken care...

Windows 7 comes in two flavors – there’s the x86 32-bit version and the x64 64-bit version. When you buy a Windows 7 DVD, you have the option to install either of these editions so which one should you choose for your computer?Choose between 32 and 64 bitFirst, it depends on the processor that you have on your computer. For instance, if you have a 32 bit processor chip (like Intel’s...

The touchpad provides full mouse functionality to your laptop but there are instances when you may actually feel more productive without the touchpad.For instance, if you have attached an external mouse to your laptop, you may not need an alternate input mechanism which is the built-in touchpad.Sometimes your thumbs or palm may accidentally touch the touchpad while you’re typing...

If you spend a good part of your day using the computer, the 20-20-20 rule, that I recently learned recently from my doctor, might also help you relax your tired eyes.The rule goes something like this.The screen is bright and therefore, if you don’t blink your eyes as often as you should while working at the computer for long hours, you can have dry eyes sometimes even followed...

Do you ever embed YouTube videos in your web pages? If the answer is yes, you should create an XML Video Sitemap as it will help improve your site’s performance in Google and other search engines.Why Create XML Sitemaps for Video?Video Sitemaps are plain text files containing a list of videos that are either embedded or hosted on your website. During regular crawling, Google mostly...

PageRank, in simple English, works something like this. Google assigns a fixed number of points to a page that are then equally divided among the other pages that are linked from that page.For example, assume that Google has assigned a web page some 100 points and there are 5 hyperlinks on that page. Each of these pages will therefore get 20 points from Google. If two of these...

My tech blog is powered by the very-awesome WordPress software.Following is a complete list of all the WordPress plugins that work behind the scenes to add new functionality to these sites that’s otherwise not available in the vanilla version of WordPress.org.Must-Have WordPress Plugins for your Site1. Google XML Sitemaps – Since you want Google and other search engines to...

Your website can display 404 errors for two reasons:Reason #1 (in your control) – If you change the URL of an existing page or decide to delete it completely from your server, your visitor will get a 404 or “File Not Found” error when they try to access that page.Reason #2 (not in your control) – You page URL is abc.com/xyz and another site decided to link to your page but they...

If you are thinking of more creative ways to reuse the old CDs, here’s another one  – this ‘panda chair’ is constructed from a simple base covered in CDs lined up in ro...

If your tech-savvy kids are spending a fair amount of their computer time surfing the Internet, there’s a chance that they may sometimes accidentally stumble upon adult sites that you would definitely not like them to see.Keep your Kids from Seeing Adult Content on the WebIt is nearly impossible for any parent to manually monitor their child’s entire computer session and what...

When you upload a video to YouTube and mark it as private, the video can only viewed by your own Google Account. You can choose to share that ‘private video’ with select YouTube users but they again need to be signed-in before they can watch your clip.For instance, here’s a private video – youtube.com/watch?v=FkTSUqPqsGE – that I recently uploaded to YouTube. There’s nothing interesting...

As of today you can use a rich text signature in Gmail, meaning that you can add links and images to it, as well as change the text’s format, font and color.To change your signature in Gmail, click on “Settings,” and scroll down to the “Signature” section. You’ll see a new signature editor which contains the same functions that are at your disposal when you compose an e-mail.If...

Motorola today announced some specs, images and availability details for a new Android phone.Dubbed the Motorola Charm, this oddly shaped device will ship to T-Mobile subscribers this summer with a 2.8-inch screen, the current Android 2.1 operating system (not Froyo), and a slew of social features.If you’re thinking this looks and sounds a bit like the ill-fated Kin — small screen,...

The HM4 Thunderbolt Watch isn’t just a watch, it’s a horological machine, which has just been recently unveiled by designer Maximilian Busser, represents an intriguing mixture of high-grade materials, precision engineering, and outlandishly macho design.A traditional wristwatch has a relatively straightforward role: to tell the time. All that is needed is a hand for the hours,...

Carry a BlackBerry mobile phone? Here’re some keyboard shortcuts that will help you quickly navigate through any of the long email messages that you may have in your BlackBerry Inbox.If you in the middle of a lengthy email message, the “T” key will move you to the top of the screen while you can hit the “B” key to scroll to the bottom of the message.Then you have the space key...

The dream of a “paperless office” is still far from reality and printers continue to be an ubiquitous part of our homes and workplaces.Printers are still “dumb”However, in the last few years, while mobile phones have transformed from being mere “calling devices” to “smart computers”, printers are still seen as “dumb” devices that are too dependent on the computer. That’s because...

Etherpad, as you know, is an online word processor where multiple people can edit the same document at the same time and changes appear on everyone’s screen in almost real time.This feature, called collaborative editing, is now present in almost every other tool including Google Docs, Zoho and Microsoft Office 2010 but let me highlight a slightly more interesting feature of Etherpad...

If you are to share a large file with someone over the Internet, there are generally two options – you can either attach the files to an email message or, if the files are too big to fit in an email program, you can upload them to an online storage service and then share the download links with the recipient.Let’s now explore some of the popular services that’ll make it easy for...