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Casio has unveiled the world's slimmest 'rugged' compact in the shape of Exliim EX-G1 - its thinnest side measures just 20mm (0.78"). The first in the company's new 'Exilim G' series of weatherproof cameras, named in reference to the company's well-known G-Shock series of watches. The G1 i... More...

PocketWizard has released beta firmwareupdates for its ControlTL, MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 radio flashgun triggers for Canon DSLRs. Firmware v4.374 enables fully automatic camera detection and fixes minor bugs. It also adds the Metz 58 AF-1 flashgun to the list of compitible flash units for MiniTT1 an... More...

Tokyo-based electronics company NEC has developed a technology to eliminate noise from by AF and zoom motors in digital camera videos. At present focus and zoom motors are slowed or disabled to prevent noise being collected by internal microphones. NEC's technology processes-out motor sounds using... More...

Sigma US has announced a scholarship contest for high school students seeking higher education in a photo-related field. The winner will receive a $5,000 cash gift and $1,000 in Sigma products. To enter, US high school seniors graduating in 2010 are required to submit an 800-word essay and three to... More...

Lensbaby has invited photographers to submit images taken with one of its products for a chance to be published in an upcoming book. Photographers have until December 31, 2009 to submit up to two images via the company's website. Successful entries will be announced on Lensbaby's website on Januar... More...

Just posted! Our lens review of the Canon EF 100mm F2.8 L IS USM. A few months ago Canon announced a new optical image stabilisation technology, dubbed ' Hybrid IS ', that promises greater effectiveness at close distances for which conventional IS systems tend to be ineffective. The first lens to... More...

Carl Zeiss is upgrading eight of its F-mount lenses by adding an electronic interface (CPU), allowing full support of automatic exposure modes and the inclusion of lens-related data to EXIF. Priced between €545 and €1,386, six of the new Nikon-mount ZF.2 series lenses will be av... More...

After several weeks of rumors Ricoh has unveiled its first digital system camera, the GRX. The system takes a novel approach by offering interchangeable slide mount 'lens units' - sealed modules containing both optics and sensor, meaning it can switch from a large (APS-C) 12 MP CMOS with a fast pri... More...

This week is as good a time as any--just before Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Consumerpocolypse Tuesday--to look back at a year's worth of laptops. In fact, we've got a huge laptop holiday gift guide feature that I encourage you to check out. In the meantime, though, I threw out an innocent-enoug... More...

Leading analysts are making different predictions about the impact of Windows 7 on PC sales, and the reasons seem to boil down to the time frame considered, plus the perspective of the particular analyst. "Windows 7, with its polished user interface and several new consumer-friendly features... More...

Smartphone prices are falling as shipment volumes increase, and a new study finds that while in 2007 only 18 percent of smartphones available cost under US$200 retail, that percentage has already grown to 27 percent this year. By 2014, according to ABI Research forecasts, 45 percent of the sma... More...

HTC Touch Diamond2 for Windows Mobile upgrade 29 October 2009 Now you can install Windows Mobile 6.5 on handset The HTC Touch Diamond2 handset can now be upgraded to the latest version of Microsoft's operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5.   Now that the Windows Mo... More...

If the rumored Apple tablet isn't the greatest thing since Gutenberg's printing press, we'll all be terribly disappointed. The mythical device 鈥?which may or may not be an oversized iPod , a newfangled netbook, a Kindle killer , or a newspaper savior 鈥?is the Loch Ness Monster of high tech: a ... More...

If you measure Rhaspody for iPhone鈥檚 success by the downloads it has accumulated 鈥?over a half million 鈥?it would be a hit. But looking at Real鈥檚 quarterly results , which reported subscriber numbers for the service, a different story is told. Rhapsody is still steadily losing subscribers, defi... More...

Despite losing money on the back of lower sales during its fiscal second quarter Sony said business was better than expected and has cut full-year loss forecasts as a result. Sales during the quarter, the period from July to September, were down 20 percent on the same period last year at ¥... More...

Huawei to release new Android phone? 29 October 2009 New design to feature QWERTY keyboard? Reports have reached us that Huawei is about to announce a new mobile phone that will be based upon the Android operating system (which version , is unknown, however) and will arrive with a QWERTY keyb... More...

Photo Credit: Rich Kubiszewski Our tech lives are entangled in wires. Nearly every electronic gadget and gizmo we buy comes with its own charger, and don't forget the additional cables for transferring data, listening to audio, and so on. Wouldn't it be nice to cut the cords and go completely wir... More...

I'm shocked. Shocked . Once again, Apple has updated iTunes , and once again , the update disables the ability of Palm's Pre to sync directly with iTunes via the Pre's Media Sync feature . If I'm keeping track correctly, this is the third time Apple has blocked the Pre. I would have guessed tha... More...

The Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 point-and-shoot and the Sonim XP3 Quest rugged phone are supposed to be tough. How tough? Sarah and Chris, PC World's Digital Demolition team, drop them, dunk them, toss them and run one over with an SUV. Take a look to see if they survive. More...

In this week鈥檚 show, Motorola unveils an Android smartphone for Verizon, Nintendo鈥檚 profits slide, Netflix streams directly to Playstation 3 consoles, and Panasonic demonstrates robots. More...