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The term set-top box will become something of a misnomer in the near future, as most displays will become too thin to allow a box to placed on top of them. As the price of plasma & LCD displays has plummeted and their image quality has improved, they are popping up in homes everywhere.

• Date Added: 7/30/2005
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An image, of course, is any visual representation. Still images, such as photographs and drawings, capture a single, visual moment in time; while moving and video images, such as television and movies, are able to capture entire periods of time.

A digital image is simply an image that can...

• Date Added: 5/17/2006
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Most people heard the term DPI. In most cases the term is used in the wrong context to express the number of pixels in a photo, the number of dots in a print or the maximum dots per inch a printer can output. A relatively new term PPI was introduced in order to resolve this wrong usage of the term...

• Date Added: 8/26/2006
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Security camera systems work via closed-circuit television (CCTV). This CCTV differs from broadcast television because all of the components of the cameras and televisions are linked with cables or alternate direct means. CCTV can be viewed in real-time, and there is no need to broadcast a signal....

• Date Added: 11/23/2005
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One of the most spectacular gadgets of the year, the Apple iPhone is a
cool communication tool with superb musical capabilities. The Apple
iPhone is basically a Internet-enabled Quad Band GSM device with EDGE
data network support. On the communication part, the iPhone works as...

• Date Added: 10/25/2007
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Digital cameras use a sensor known as CCD in order to convert light energy to pixels. Dust that accumulates on the CCD can result in black pixels or imperfections in the photo as it blocks light energy from hitting parts of the CCD. We will go over a few solutions for eliminating dust on the...

• Date Added: 8/30/2006
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Taking stable and sharp photos is hard in some situations. For example when taking a photo using high zoom lenses even the tiniest camera movement will result in a blurry photo. The reason for that blurriness is that while the shutter is open and the photo is being captured the camera moves and...

• Date Added: 8/29/2006
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Can you Imagine life without your Cellular/Mobile phone now?

It makes you wonder, doesn't it, how we managed to cope in the past without a Cellular/Mobile phone.

I mean sure, we could always use a public phone box on the street, but the public box lacked that convenience of being...

• Date Added: 1/11/2006
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Stamping has undergone a metamorphosis from the the time it was first brought into use. Not really a new phenomenon, the trend dates back to 3000 BC when seals were used for the purpose of communication as humans were yet to devise a proper language. That was the era when stamps and seals were...

• Date Added: 5/23/2006
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I'm waiting for a friend to pick me up. There are nine people coming for dinner and I'm cooking. Our whole evening depends on my hasty retrieval from the train station, and I've forgotten my mobile phone. I was standing on the platform, fumbling for it in my bag, when I realised my phone was...

• Date Added: 12/27/2005
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Digital photos are stored as files on memory cards and computer hard disks. They can be stored in different file formats (each format has a unique file extension). Digital photo files can be compressed to save storage space and can use a standard or a proprietary format.

Digital photos are...

• Date Added: 10/2/2006
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We in UK are quite accustomed to moving around under other's surveillance than a general person in many third world countries.
More than 400,000 cameras are always monitoring us in a car park, station, shopping complex, on our way to office or may be even in our private spaces, unwanted....

• Date Added: 6/8/2006
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Ring Christmas Bells! Cell Phone Ringtones for Christmas

'Tis the season to buy gifts for your family, smell the holly and evergreen, and eat lots of seasonal goodies. If you're in the mood for Christmas, shouldn't your cell phone be in the mood too? You can get some great

• Date Added: 11/28/2005
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In the beginning was the ring (really more of an electronic trill or beep) -- dull, yet serviceable, using only one tone track; and with it came the single-line melody -- not much of a choice.

Then Nokia invented text messaging, and Paanen, a Finnish programmer, realised that you use the...

• Date Added: 10/24/2005
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One of the really awesome things about modern cell phones is the capacity they have for being personalized to suit you. With personalized ringtones, with coloured or designed or sparkly or light-up faceplates and holders, with all the great gadgets that make them really yours, cell phones are more...

• Date Added: 11/15/2005
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Are you one of those people who get tired when standing in queue? Can't stop multitasking no matter what you do? Maybe you need to download some games for your cell phone. Java games are based on a very skinny programming language, and have...

• Date Added: 11/18/2005
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The term PPI is not used much. Many people confuse PPI with DPI or have never heard the term PPI. PPI is a measurement of the quality of a print and understanding this term and what the number means can help you determine the right sizes and resolutions for your next digital photo print....

• Date Added: 8/26/2006
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A mobile phone rings. You listen. It's not an MP3 tune of the latest hit. Neither it is the tone that imitates the natural and man-made sounds you hear in a setting. You discern voices, but they're not names tones nor are they famous lines from popular movies or TV series. If so, then this has to...

• Date Added: 1/19/2006
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Samsung has come with the deadly duo of Samsung X820 and Samsung X830. Both these handsets are endowed with distinctive looks and astonishing features.

Samsung X820 belongs to the Samsung's ultra-thin range and is the world's slimmest mobile phone with a thickness of only 7 mm. Even with...

• Date Added: 12/8/2006
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Polyphonic ringtones have turned cell phones from an ordinary communication tool into a multi functional device with a variety of purposes--one of which is entertaining bored children.

As a father of an active toddler, I often...

• Date Added: 1/16/2006
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