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Filecrate Remote File Backup

The backup system you have working — in this case automatic, off-site file backup — is the system which will save your business some day. This one is very good.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8

A common organizer, auto-analyze, powerful JPG and RAW processing and wonderful video production make it a tough act to beat.

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Digital Photography Books to Kick Off 2010

Camera makers should dump their dense, boring user manuals in favor of Busch's guides. There's more including WordPress, photo tools, blogging.

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Rolling, Medium Size, Carry-On Camera Cases

Carrying too many bodies and lenses? Probably. Something sturdy, secure and carry-on compatible is needed.

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Uniblue DriverScanner 2009

When the latest Windows update mangles a video card or network card driver, think about how nice it would be to have a really good driver updater.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 35

Think Tank Photo seems bent on making itself the gold standard in pro camera bags. Is this shoulder bag one of the most versatile ever?

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Handy Folders v3.5

Productivity and organization fall flat when they run into the rather limited Windows file explorer. Fast access to regularly used folders is easier than you think.

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Think Tank Shape Shifter Photography Backpack

Medium size photo/laptop backpacks come and go. The best stay with us for years. This is one of the best we've seen.

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Think Tank Airport AirStream Rolling Camera Bag

If you travel with more than a shoulder bag full of gear, you need something that will protect the load and make it easy to go places.

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Think Tank Skin Set Modular Component Camera Gear Carry System

Pros know that if you don't get the shot, you're out of business. Tough, crowded, fast moving situations require special solutions.

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Crumpler Six Million Dollar Home Camera Shoulder Bag

Crumpler is a bag maker which insists on being different. Care and attention to detail help create wonderful photography products.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 40 Camera Bag

The mid-size entry in the Urban Disguise series provided us with enough incentive to physically beat it up and overstress it. The bag took it all.

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Think Tank Urban Disguise 30 Camera Bag

There are camera bags and then there are Think Tank camera bags. Lots of competition means better products. Think Tank is at the top of its game.

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Nik Color Efex Pro 3

The best Photoshop plug-ins get better because the developers listen to end users. Nik Software listens. Digital photographers are demanding sophisticated processing effects.

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ION Slide2PC Scanner

If you've got boxes full of old 35mm slides and negatives, it's probably time to start scanning before everything falls apart, gets lost, or gets soaked in a flood.

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TetherBerry v1.0.7

Connect a laptop to the Internet, anywhere you've got cell phone service, through your BlackBerry's data connection and avoid some really crazy per-megabyte carrier charges

HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone

HTC has steadily grabbed more market share by regularly turning out superb smartphones offering slick designs wrapped around great features

The Ultimate HTML Reference

A concise desktop reference guide for all standard, W3C-compliant HTML, which uniquely also includes browser compatibility charts for each element

UpStrap Shoulder Strap for SLR & Prosumer Cameras

Superb quality, purpose-built SLR and prosumer camera shoulder strap that's made in the U.S. and made to last

Friday, August 22, 2008

Shuttle Intro Atom-powered X27 Mini PC

Shuttle X27
Shuttle is introducing a green mini PC called the X27. This tiny unit will use as little as 23-watts whilst idling and 36-watts whilst in use. The X27 includes one of Intel's Atom chips, in a case which measures only 10 x 7 x 2.75 inches. The Unit should be available sometime in September.

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Shuttle Unveil XPC Barebone SX48P2 Deluxe

Shuttle have announced their XPC Barebone SX48P2 Deluxe which is capable of supporting up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM across four sockets. This is all thanks to Intels X48 Express chipset. The SX48P2 Deluxe also supports Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors and dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots. Gotta like their approach to things...

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Shuttles New XPC Features Blu-ray/HD-DVD Drive

Shuttle XPC G5 6801M
The XPC G5 6801M is the new HD based from Shuttle. It features an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor, 2GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM, a 320GB hard drive, LG's GGC-H20L Blu-ray / HD DVD combo drive, an ATI HD 3450 graphics card with 256MB, a DVB-T tuner, a 25-in-1 multicard reader and 7.1-channel audio output. The XPC is also equipped with 802.11a/b/g, gigabit Ethernet, FireWire, USB / eSATA ports, DVI / VGA out with a DVI-HDMI adapter included and even comes with a nice remote to control all this media goodness. The unit can be had for $1,727 (about £988 ), if you only want Blu-ray without HD-DVD then you can get the unit for $264 less (about £135). For more info visit Shuttle.

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Monday, July 23, 2007

Shuttle SG33G5M XPC - SFF HTPC

Yeah, talk about a lot of letters. Basically this is a Small Form Factor Barebones based Home Theatre PC with a lot of features. At around $400 it is one of the coolest looking Shuttles I've seen yet.

I have an earlier model which I swear by, and with all the features found in this new unit I'm very tempted to upgrade. The unit sports HDMI output, remote control and VFD display included. This Vista-ready SFF PC supports Intel’s Core[TM] 2 Quad, Core[TM] 2 Duo E6000/E4000, Pentium Dual-Core E2000 series and Celeron 400 series processors.

The unit also supports up to 4GB of DDR2-800 memory in dual-channel mode. With HDMI output which supports the playback of copy protected HD content through HDCP visuals and sound are sent digitally over one cable. Specs are as follows:

Intel G33 Express / ICH9DH chipset
Supports Intel® Core[TM] 2 Quad, Core[TM] 2 Duo E6000/E4000 series, Pentium Dual-Core E2000 series, Celeron 400 series with socket 775 and FSB 1333
Max. 4 GB Dual Channel DDR2 800 (OC to 1066 MHz)
1x PCI-E X16, 1x PCI
Gigabit LAN
2x Firewire, 6x USB 2.0
3x SATA2, 2x eSATA
8-channel audio with Dolby® Digital Live! and DTS® Connect
DX9 ready Intel GMA3100 graphics with HDMI incl. HDCP
Infrared remote control, VFD display
250 Watt SilentX power supply
310(L) x 200(W) x 185(H) mm

The Shuttle XPC Barebone SG33G5M should be released in the next few weeks and with a recommended retail price of around 330 Euros, VAT not included.

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Friday, March 02, 2007

Shuttle XPC SD39P2 - Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Extreme

As a fan of the Shuttle based compact PC, I was happy to hear about the new offerings from this manufacturer of small form factor PC's. Shuttle announced the XPC SD39P2 barebones unit, which is a small form factor PC supporting Intel's socket 775 processors, including the Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme series models.

The new unit supports up to 8GB of DDR2 800 memory in dual-channel mode and is also compatible with the latest PCI Express graphics cards, such as the Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX/7950GX2 or the ATI Radeon X1900XTX.

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