A Tiny but Mighty HDV Camcorder
A veritable “Best of” compilation of Canon breakthrough technologies, the HV10 HDV camcorder combines Canon’s world-class HD optics, with Super Range Optical Image Stabilization, DIGIC DV II image processor, and a Canon designed and manufactured Full HD resolution (1920x1080 video) CMOS sensor, similar to those found in Canon’s full line of Digital SLR cameras. Additionally, new “Instant AF” auto-focus technology, and the ability to take 3.1 megapixel photos, makes the Canon HV10 HDV camcorder a powerful device.
The HV10 is also the world’s smallest and lightest true HDV camcorder, weighing in at a mere 0.97 pounds. Approximately 2” wide by 4” tall, the HV10 is a pocketable masterpiece that is designed for easy one-handed operation, with all of the controls at the user’s fingertips. Scheduled to land in stores in September, the Canon HV10 HDV camcorder will carry an estimated selling price of $1,299.
Take Along the World’s Largest Encyclopedia
Webaroo, a provider of offline web technology, has added Wikipedia to its collection of more than two dozen web content packs. Wikipedia is the world’s largest web-based free-content encyclopedia. Webaroo users can now search the information content of Wikipedia’s more than one million articles of collective knowledge anywhere, anytime. For the first time in history, consumers can carry the searchable Wikipedia in their pockets on a smart phone with a compact flash card.
Webaroo’s Wikipedia pack is approximately 6GB and gives consumers the information of the English language Wikipedia. Webaroo’s web packs are free collections of the most useful, searchable web pages for a specific topic. Web packs, created by Webaroo, are optimized for Content Density — the most content value in the least storage size. Webaroo determines the content value based on the diversity, relevancy and quality of the pages so that they deliver good results for almost any query related to the topic. Webaroo plans to introduce many web packs covering a broad range of topics. These packs automatically update in the background each time a consumer connects to the web. Search unplugged begins at www.webaroo.com.
Guide to Posting Videos and Movies Online
Internet Video Magazine (www.internetvideomag.com) has introduced “Make a Net Video” and “Free Video Tools” guides which make it easy for anyone to create and upload their own personal videos, movies and video blogs to free online video hosting services.
Targeted at beginners, students and families, Internet Video Magazine’s guides cover all aspects of web video — from how to shoot your video, to how to edit and prepare it for the web by using free software and to how to upload and post it. This includes a list of free or inexpensive sites for hosting the videos and movies.
HP’s New Intel Workstation
The HP xw4400 Workstation features the new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processor and the 975X Express chipset for significantly greater performance and increased business productivity. Designed to deliver performance and flexibility, the xw4400 comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows 32-bit or x64, along with a wide range of graphics, memory and storage options (including new Serial Attached SCSI hard drives).
Additional product features include up to 8GB total memory capacity to enable manipulation of large data sets, which previously had to be split into subsets. The xw4400 also includes several features to keep data safe, including a lockable chassis, chassis intrusion detection and cable lock features for added protection. The xw4400 will be Windows Vista Capable at launch and will offer preloaded Red Hat Enterprise Linux later this fall. Prices start at $1,000.