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Here comes the Solid State Hard Drive

SAMSUNG has started mass production of their first 1.8-inch, 64GB Solid State Drive.

I have been telling people for years that someday the hard drive, as we know it, will be replaced by a solid state device and will no longer be mechanical. It appears that this time is coming soon.

They have been creating smaller sized SSD's (Solid State Drives) for a little while now, but they were just not large enough for the average computer user.

With the production of a 64GB drive, that they will initially target for Notebook PCs, they finally have one large enough.
Unless you are power user like me, 64GB is large enough for most casual Laptop or business users.

Verizon to offer Credit card service on Cell Phone

In this, almost famous, blog article I told you The Japanese have been using cell phones for a couple years now,that allow consumers to purchase any number of goods.

Well it looks like they have finally brought it to the US. Verizon Wireless says it will offer its customers a mobile payment service that lets them use their cell phone as a credit card.

It is not exactly a credit card, but more of a payment service where you use Obopay's mobile payment service to receive, send and spend money via their mobile phones.

Can you fix dead LCD Pixels?

There is a new program That says it can fix dead pixels On Your LCD screen.
I seriously doubt you can fix a dead pixel. Dead is Dead - right?

But it could resurrect a stuck one.

A dead pixel usually is a black dot. No light on it. A stuck pixel is usually white, or colored dots.

I found this program that says it helps to locate and fix LCD screens dead pixels.
(well maybe stuck ones)

What you do is, move the flash zone with your cursor and select the color by right clicking on the flash area.

If you have a PC screen that has some stuck pixels, give it a try.

Their site says the process used is in not always working in every case.
But, many users have been able to revive some dead pixels while other stayed as dead as before.

Blockbuster to push Blu-ray HD DVD format

After reading this Article about the Blu-ray problems, this news announcement came as kinda a surprise.
It appears Blockbuster will rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores when it expands its high-def offerings next month

This could be a major blow to the rival HD DVD format and it could help to resolvethe format war that has kept confused consumers from rushing to buy new DVD players.

Most folks are waiting until they can determine which format will dominate the market.

Blockbuster has been renting both Blu-ray and HD DVD titles in 250 stores since late last year and found that consumers were choosing Blu-ray titles more than 70 percent of the time.

New Kodak Image Sensor Technology Coming Soon

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Eastman Kodak Company just introduced a new advancement in image sensor technology that they say will help make dark, blurry digital photos a thing of the past.
Here is what they say:

Kodak’s new sensor technology provides a significant increase in sensitivity to light when compared to current sensor designs. With this new technology, users will realize a 2x to 4x increase in sensitivity (from one to two photographic stops), which will improve performance when taking pictures under low light and reduce motion blur when imaging moving subjects.

Waterproof Camcorder now Available for PreOrder

Sanyo has just released the new VPC-E1 waterproof SANYO Xacti E1 camcorder!

They say this new camcorder captures stunning digital video and beautiful 6MP photos...on land and underwater!

Here are some specs.

* Waterproof digital camcorder
* 6 Mega pixel still photos
* 5x Optical zoom
* 2.5-Inch LCD display
* Up to 1hr. 20min. digital video per 1GB memory card.

It's practically four cameras in one and may become your camera for every picture and every video. You can take still photos and video above water as well as still photos and video underwater.

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