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Most digital cameras with advanced manual override controls often have multiple focus modes, most often single focus or continuous focus. Today I will explain the difference between both and situations when you may want to use them. Single focus mode will lock focus on your subject and hold that focus point for as long as …
Michael Robertson, the founder of MP3.com, is now involved in all sorts of other online pursuits. One of them is with VOIP. He has grouped several services under the Gizmo Project name, and the latest one is GizmoSMS. [GizmoSMS is] a web site that lets you send SMS messages to any mobile phone directly from …
I’ve only glanced around this site, but it seems interesting. The site describes itself as follows: Have you ever spent hours online or at the store trying to figure out which product to buy? At TopTenREVIEWS, we help you cut through the clutter to find the product that’s best for you. We provide in-depth reviews, …
From TechRepublic: No major disruptions were reported due to daylight saving time starting earlier than usual on Sunday, though some people are experiencing technology glitches. The bulk of the problems arose for people who had not updated their computers or had decided to postpone patching to the last minute, according to Microsoft, which created a …
I read about this on Download Squad: Do you have something to share? Maybe a little tip about something? A trick of some sort? Tipstrs wants you to leave it on their website and share it with the world. Tipstrs is pegged as a hybrid social bookmarking site. The whole idea behind the site lays …
From PC World: Despite what Time magazine would have you believe, you are not the most powerful or influential person on the Web. At PC World we love online personals, social networks, and videos of people falling on their keisters as much as the next person, but without the folks who create the Craigslists, MySpaces, …
From NewsFactor: Whether you’re a woman returning to, entering, or attempting to advance in the I.T. ranks, landing a prime position often proves to be an against-odds affair. And it’s the very culture of hiring that many companies are reassessing to address this issue, in an effort to ensure a more balanced, diverse, and versatile …
From USA Today: This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.’s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components. The electronic …
Both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 are great tools that offer precise control over your photographs. Back in the days when I printed my own black and white photographs in my basement darkroom, I used tools for both burning and dodging (adding or holding back exposure) specific parts of my photos. Today’s photo …
From BBC News: The seemingly exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted or swamped by gadgets and their uses. One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers …