Steves Digicams (an excellent resource for digital cameras) has reviewed the Canon PowerShot SD450 digital camera here. The SD450 features:

• 5 Megapixel CCD sensor for up to 2560 x 1920 resolution
• 3x optical 37-111mm f/2.8-4.9 zoom w/digital Macro
• Large 2.5″ color LCD with Night Display function
• Ultra-compact and durable stainless steel body (3.4 x 2.2 x 1.04 in.)
• Continuous 2 fps shooting until memory is full
• Movie mode w/sound 30/15fps 640×480/320×240 unlimited length
• Fast Frame Rate Movie recording, 320×240 at 60fps
• High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for PC and Mac
• Secure Digital (SD) card storage, 16MB supplied

The verdict from Steve?

Bottom line - Canon has produced yet another winning digital combination of sleek compact design, speedy performance and great image quality. With the camera taking up less space than a deck of playing cards, it can be carried in almost any size pocket or handbag

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Here’s a blog review of the Logitech Bluetooth Headphones. The headphones come with built in controls for volume and there’s also an iPod specific headphone which also includes track control / pause functionality. The verdict?

Would you pay an effective 200% premium on top of a £30 headphone to get rid of the cable? If I was given a choice once again, probably not. But the wireless technology does work pretty well, and for some I would imagine the curiously satisfying sense of freedom is worth it.

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InfoSyncWorld reviews the new Sony Ericsson W550 Walkman phone here. The W550 is Europe’s second Walkman headset from Sony Ericsson and measures 93 x 47 x 23 mm while weighing 99grams. It comes with a 1.8 inch 262K color display with a resolution of 176 x 220. The main draw of the W550 is the music support but unfortunately it’s a bit lacking here. The W550 has only 256 MB of memory on board which means it can only store a little under 100 songs. The verdict from InfoSyncWorld?

The Sony Ericsson W550 is obviously an all-round handset, aiming to provide a well-rounded feature set including a 1.3 megapixel camera and 256 MB of storage whilst also incorporating relatively innovative features such as a Walkman branded music player and landscape mode gaming. The lack of a means of memory expansion is disappointing, but all in all, the Sony Ericsson W550 stands out as the most capable handset available in the crowded mid-range at the time of writing.

Hmm.. sounds like they didn’t want to bad mouth the phone too much if you ask me.

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Sony has unveiled their new HS series of LCD displays. There are two models initially - a 17 inch model (HS75D) and a 19 inch model (HS95D). Both screens offer analog as well as digital connectors so users with DVI interface video cards can opt to use that when connecting to the LCD screen. Both the 17 and the 19 inch model offer 1280 x 1024 resolutions with the 17 inch model delivering a 600:1 contrast ratio and the 19 inch delivering a 700:1 contrast ratio. The monitors also feature 8 ms response times which should be fine for most multimedia applications.

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EverythingUSB reviews the Logitech G7 Laser Cordless Mouse here. The G7 is the latest in Logitech’s line of Laser Cordless Mice with an incredible 500 USB reports per second and a 2000 dpi resolution. What does EverythingUSB think of the mouse?

One mouse to rule them all, one mouse to taunt them. One mouse to cut the cords and in the freedom frag them.

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BenQ has announced their new FP93GX LCD monitor with a 2ms response time. BenQ uses their Advanced Motion Accelerator technology to achieve their fast response times. More specs on the FP93GX:

• 19 inch LCD
• 1280 x 1024 resolutions
• Brightness of 300cd/m2

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If you’re looking to purchase a new car, then you might want to check out the latest Consumer Reports on the most reliable cars of 2006. Tops on the list include the Infiniti M35 and the M45 (where’s my G35? ) - however, this doesn’t mean the rest of the Nissan lineup fared well. Four of the worst cars in terms of reliability were Nissan cars (Quest, Armada, Titan and the Infiniti QX56). Of the top 31 cars for reliability, a whopping 29 cars were from Japanese manufacturers with only 2 from American manufacturers. The Europeans were missing from the top 31 list.

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Orange has officially announced the new Orange SPV C600 Windows Mobile 5.0 based Smartphone. This is the successor to Orange’s SPV C550 and brings several major improvements including the new OS upgrade. The phone is a quad band GSM device with EDGE network support. You’ll get a nice 240 x 320 QVGA color display with 262K colors. Other enhancements include a 1.3 megapixel camera and 4x digital zoom. You’ll also get Bluetooth, infrared and USB connectivity with the C600. The phone will be available in various European countries starting in October.

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On the heels of the introduction of the new Dell XPS M140, PC Magazine has a review of this Media Center laptop here. The M140 is the second addition to the XPS line of laptops and provides a widescreen 14.1 inch display coupled with Microsoft’s Windows Media Center OS. The verdict from PC Mag?

The Dell XPS M140 is a solid portable Media Center PC that promises great service and support.

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Meet Nova folks - she is the writer (and long time TiVo user) for the new TiVo blog site which is located on the corporate TiVo website. You can check out the new blog site at http://blog.tivo.com/. Hopefully this will improve the communications between TiVo and all the users out there who are still using TiVo as their PVR.

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