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.
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.
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.
. 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.
The XBOX 360 can do so much more than allow you to play games, touting abilities that go far beyond the gaming aspect. It can give you the ability to watch next-generation HD-DVDs with the add-on HD-DVD drive, view webcams so you can talk to your friends online, and download games, trailers, demos, and play music and videos from many different sources.
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.