Steam Come True

This latest LG's Direct Drive washing machine is the world's first to clean your clothes with steam technology. It uses 21% less energy and up to 35% less water than rivals, plus its 20- minutes steam program. This LG is completely silent as it doesn't have belt to power the drum. Hence, Direct Drive.

Features include LED Display, load sensor system, steam refresh, door lock indication, error message indication, alarm, running time and start - pause indicator. Maximum washing capacity is 8 kg. Available in pearl white, black, cherry, rose, blue and in four limited edition design.

LG Announces Refrigerator with Built - In TV

Enjoying full video and audio entertainment in the dining or kitchen area is a dream come true with the new stylish LG side by side titanium series TV Ref. Now equipped with a fully remote control system , allowing a wide 120-degree viewing angle that practically gives easy viewing from any area in the dining room or kitchen. The 13-inch remote - controlled LCD-TV monitor provides vivid, broadcast-quality entertainment from local TV, cable and DVD's.

The multifunctional digital appliance from LG showcases both the superior benefits of a cutting edge refrigerator with a special antibacterial feature called the "Biosilver" and "Bioshield" which prevent molds, fungi and bacteria to grow inside the ref for a healthy lifestyle.

Through the Ice Beam Door cooling the TV Ref's large cooling compartments can achieve much greater cooling capacity by using only one evaporator. It can accommodate practically everything----from meats to vegetables, snacks, desserts and even left-over food.

So enjoy TV Broadcast while enjoying your cold drink from your refrigerator. With the new LG TV Ref, the next to expect technology is now.....Possible!!!

Casio Tough Solar

Last week, my husband is planning to buy a sports watch that he can use on his mountain climbing. Of course, we have to check first what will be good for him and will fit on his character. And this Casio Tough Solar focus our attention. Tough solar watch is the most advanced solar-powered watch system to date. Outpacing conventional solar watch systems, which merely keep time without battery change, the new Tough Solar maintains a charge even the wearer makes frequent use of high-load functions. And you never have to replace batteries too!

Tough Solar watches are capable of turning on the high-load EL backlight automatically, operate high-load sensors and can even reduce power consumption by judging illumination levels automatically and turning the EL backlight on in low light and off when lighting conditions improve. Battery level indicators permit monitoring of charge situation.

This is made possible by a newly developed SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology. SOI refers to the fabrication of a transistor on a silicon layer created by the formation of thin oxidized film. This has made transmission of a high-speed electric current possible with a tiny electrical charge.

Tough Solar recharges itself continually by converting light into energy. Since they can be worn anyplace in the world where light falls, Tough solar watches meet a wide range of demands from users such as dedicated athletes who make repeated use of the lap time function and mountain climbers who rely on sensors to monitor nature's changes. Such as digital compass, altimeter (up to 10,000 meters), cumulative total ascent memory, barometer, thermometer and a duplex LCD. While Sea-Pathfinder model features tide, graph and moon data as well as a yacht race timer.

And as a matter of fact, while im typing now, i received calls from my husband saying that he already bought that Casio Tough Solar (Protrek)! And he will use it on their next mountain climbing together with his brother! It's Cool!!!

Better Than Film

Digital photography is better than film. There, we said it. You want proof?

There's a lot of a very scary, very expensive selection of professional digital cameras. Unfortunately, it costs as much as a car. Cameras like these are already in use by the majority of sports, news and paparazzi photographers. They have been for a couple of years, despite the fact that the image quality is only now starting to rival 35mm film.

"It's all about speed", says some professional photographer. With a film camera you have to shoot off a whole roll of film, find a lab and get it developed before you know whether you have got anything. That can take hours and is an expensive endeavour. With digital, you know immediately if the exposure and framing is right. If it is, you can download your images straight to a laptop and send them to the picture desk with in seconds.

Developments in the last year -- such as Nikon D40 digital SLR ( single lens reflex) - have meant that digital camera is arriving even in areas where quality is more important than speed, such as portrait studios. Photographers are able to show the client an immediate preview, and retouch with them. Coz Nikon D40 is highly versatile in camera editing features, include nikon D-lighting, red-eye correction, image trimming, image overlay, mono chrome along with skylight, warm tone and color balance filter effects. And these features provide greater creative freedom without the need for a computer, for those who prefer to send pictures directly to a printer.

As a matter of fact, Nikon D40 is my husband's favorite camera. His job is not a photographer. But his hobby is taking a good view while he is on top of a mountain. And Nikon D40 makes it easy. Coz of its..... Easy operation - intuitive controls makes the D40 point- and - shot simple, enabling even first time SLR users to capture beautiful memories perfectly.
Fast start-up combined with super-fast shutter - response and rapid - action shooting at up to 2.5 frames per second, makes it easy to freeze special moments instantly. Like capturing high-quality action sequences of our kids in sporting activities such as soccer, baseball and even on sliding on a pool.

Extra ordinary Nikon image quality - The D40's high-resolution image quality is made possible by Nikon's high-performance 6.1 megapixel Nikon Dx format CCD imaging sensor delivers vivid color and sharp details, great for making beautifully detailed enlargements of 16 x 20 inches and beyond!

Digital Imaging

Capture the most beautiful moments in life forever......!!!!

Ask someone what sort of camera they own, and 9 times out of 10 they will name a digital camera. That's not surprising as they aren't only simple to use and cater to the beginner, they come in many shapes and sizes to suit many people. Someone who's using a digital camera for the first time can pick it up and take his/her first shot with nothing more than a press of the button. Simple? You bet, but you can do more with your digital camera. Like my digital camera.....it is Sanyo Xacti VPC-C6! Here's how....

Yap!!! It is able to connect to a TV, VCR, PC or DVD recorder. It means you can easily play back recorded images and stills on a large screen, or make back-up copies of your recorded content while you're playing it back. After playing the Xacti C6 in the docking station, you can save recorded video clips and still images onto your computer's hard disk, where they can be edited freely.

And not only my Xacti C6 is ultra thin - it's also ergonomically designed. The hand - grip and lenses are angled to enable a natural shooting style. It also comes in a variety of attractive colors (mine is a red one!). It has a shape and size you can carry around with you everyday, anywhere......just like a tasteful fashion item!

Image is Everything

Digital photography isn't just cheap and convenient - it opens up a whole new realm of communication. It is clear that photography is currently going through its more radical change since its birth. Although the invention of 35mm film made cameras lighter and cheaper, the convulated process of getting prints is still expensive, time consuming and, for all but the most hardened enthusiast, a mystery. Digital technology has removed the dark arts of the darkroom - and turned photography into an incredibly powerful way to converse and exchange ideas.

Before the invention of the digital camera, you couldn't see the face of your new nephew within seconds of his birth. You couldn't tease your colleagues with shots of cocktail - fuelled holiday antics. And you certainly couldn't 'impress' girls with late-night shots of the contents of your trousers. A picture really is worth a thousand words, even if many of them are expletives.....

THE LOWDOWN:

Like film cameras, digicams work by focusing the light from a lens onto a surface - but rather than light - sensitive chemicals on film, which can be used only once, digital cameras use an image sensor chip that turns light into electrical signals.

CCD - Charge-Coupled Device. The most common type of image sensor.

CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. Less common sensor.

Megapixel - A digital image is divided into pixels. The more pixels, the better the picture - so cameras are rated by millions of pixels, or megapixels.

Sharing your Photos

So you've pulled your digital photos off your camera and onto your PC. You've carefully edited out your spots, ex-girlfriends or ex-boyfriends and fashion mistakes. Now what are you going to do.....stick on that way and cry as you watch your life in freeze-frame? Wipe away those tears; digital photography is instant, and that means photos aren't just about memories anymore. They're about the here and now.

A digital photograph isn't tied to it's physical media like a print.....it's just a bundle of data that resides on your camera's memory card or hard drive, which means you can do an incredible amount with it. The easiest was to share pictures is to sit friends in front of your PC-software such as Photoshop Album on the PC or iPhoto on the Mac will allow you to create slide shows with music. But your TV screen is likely to be bigger than your monitor, and it's a more natural place to share photos. Many digicams now come with a video out socket to allow you to connect them direct to a television, and products such as SanDisk's Digital Photo Viewer allow you to view your images directly from a memory card.

But it's the internet that has really changed the way you can share pictures. It's simple to send emails or instant messages with photo attachments, but some websites such as Kodak Easy Share Gallery offer more even more - including the ability to order prints of other people's pictures. Which means you don't have to pay for duplicates. Isn't sharing great?


THE BEST PHOTO SITE ON THE WEB:

Kodak Easy Share Gallery - (http://www.kodakgallery.com/) creating a website requires money and effort. So you're better off relying on a service like Kodakgallery.....just upload your pictures to the free galleries, invite your friends to view them and order prints to be delivered by post. Or t-shirts, mugshot mugs, stickers, etc.,etc.! And if you get in a retro mood, you can even post your rolls of film for Kodakgallery to develop, scan and upload!




Shutterfly - (http://www.shutterfly.com/) similar to KodakGallery, Shutterfly makes it easy to post and share photos for free, offers simple photo editing tools, and sells printing services you can use to create a variety of gift items and prints. Shutterfly has an intuitive interface, and their specialized printing options enable you to turn your pictures into greeting cards, bound photo albums, personalized calendars, coffee mugs, t-shirts, or tote bags.


Flickr - (http://www.flickr.com/) Flickr is one of the most sophisticated online photo sites, offering a wide range of services, including the ability to manage lots and lots of pictures in multiple personal albums. You also get more advanced options for adding captions and other text to your online album.
On your blog, you may appreciate Flickr's features that make it easy to add photos to a blog or online journal. You can even search through photos from other Flickr users and add their photos to your albums. (Sharing is optional; you can keep your own albums private or make any or all of your images viewable by anyone who uses the site.)

Tune In by iPod

HEAR SOMETHING MORE than music in your iPod, a sleek and slim gadget almost the size of a cigarette pack that cannot only store 10,000 songs, all important data files and memorable photographs, but also radio shows.

Yes! the iPod is now becoming a home to the endless chatter of people who simply want to share mundane stories with others who might care to listen. Known as iPodcasting, or simply podcasting, it is a form of mass communication where ordinary people broadcast and share information via the internet. Podcasts are not restricted to any genre. Talk about anything under the sun: news, movies, opinions, daily lives and personal experiences. There's absolutely no limit and everyone is free to air their own shows.

iPodcasting is clearly a blend of iPod and broadcasting, though it is not exclusive to iPods. A podcast is in MP3 format ( a standard used specially for digitally transmitting music over the internet) and the audio player has to be MP3-compatible. To listen to the podcasts, the information is first downloaded from a source on the web and is then stored in one's computer. So far, the ipod has been the preferred device of podcast subscribers.

Apart from listening to opinion interchanges, iPod users can also subscribe to a service that makes sure they get their favorite programs regularly. These are downloaded automatically to the computer on a designated time. For instance, you want to know the latest update on the heated game of your favorite basketball team, but you're already running late for a client meeting. You may therefore subscribe online to a podcast, after which the information is automatically fed to your computer, and from there you can just simply transfer it to your iPod. But make sure you have enough disk space because a 30-minutes feed can take up about 20 megabytes ( i.e., a unit of computer memory or data storage capacity).

So what propels the growing support for podcasting? First is clearly convenience. One is no longer glued to the computer while waiting for the transfer of files to be completed. Second is mobility. Listen to the latest broadcasts anywhere and anytime you please. Lastly, the popularity of podcasting has been attributed to the so-called "blogging" phenomenon, where individuals post their journals on the internet.

So the next time you see people with those white wires hanging out from their ears, don't automatically assume that they are merely listening to their favorite songs. They could be tuned in to world events or sport issues broadcasted by BBC radio, or even blogs posted on the internet. And it might be your very own blogs.

They're Back

Those cute Tamagotchi's are back.....!!!! I remembered my high school days when i first learned about this new craze game from one of my classmate. She bring with this little keychain in our school, and i was curious to know what it was. Soon after, there were various imitations popping up everywhere. But just like any other toy, it was soon forgotten by my friend and me.

Then a month ago, my 8 year-old daughter shows me her new toy. She received it from her "Tinang" (short for Tita and Ninang). It was a similar keychain, but this time a bit bigger. I still remembered the name of the toy even already a decade ago. And that is a new Tamagotchi.

What exactly is a Tamagotchi? It's a digital pet that you feed, play games with, clean up after, cure when sick, train, and other things you do with real pets. It is housed in an egg-shaped computer, with only 3 easy buttons to operate; select, enter and cancel, that comes in a variety of designs for girls and boys ages 4 and up.

It was so fascinating to see old toys taken out of the toy chest, then seeing how imagination, creativity and even technology give it something new. The old version of Tamagotchi could only you feed, play, clean and cure your pet. Once it died, you just started all over again. But this latest one, the Tamagotchi Connection Version 3 ever lets you find a match through the matchmaker. Once the matchmaker finds a suitable "spouse", a new baby may appear on the screen. Once this happens, the parent will still be on the screen with the baby. After a while, the parent will leave the screen and you can now name and take care of the new Tamagotchi. The more generations you are able to raise, the better.

Aside from keeping your pets happy, the game also gives you "gotchi" points. The more points you collect, the more you can spend to get special items like more variety of food or toys like baseball bats or fishing poles. You can also secret codes and passwords to visit Tamagotchi Town over at http://www.tamatown.com/. You can also travel around the world, visit the Tamagotchi King, and even see the parents at Tamagotchi Town. These are just some of the newer innovations of the game. With the integration of the internet, users are given more things to do with their Tamagotchis. I have to admit that the old Tamagotchi game became very boring.

What's even better in the new version? The use of infrared. Yes, two people with a Tamagotchi each can play together. Their pets can interact with each other---visit, play a game, or give presents. They can even become good friends and later turn out to be partners. You'll know this with their friendship level meter.

Ohhh.....and you don't have to worry about your Tamagotchi at night when you're sleeping. Since you set it to your real time, it sleeps throughout the whole night starting at around 7PM, and it wakes up at about 8AM the following day. And in case you go out of town and no one can take care of your Tamagotchi for you, or you just don't want to deal with it for a while, you can just pause your Tamagotchi. The clock will continue to run, but your pet's growth is put on hold until you un-pause it.

They have created a whole new Tamagotchi world. All in all, it's a fun game. And with all the innovations and integration of newer technology, there's more reason to pick up a Tamagotchi. And aside from that, it comes out with 3 refreshed games, 20 additional character and 24 new design styles. If nothing else, at least it teaches your child to be a little bit more responsible.

GBA SP

The Game Boy Advance was cool, but the Game Boy Advance SP is even cooler. With its clamshell design, the GBA SP looks like a laptop that was hit with a shrinking ray, and with its front light, you can now see what you're playing even at night.

The amazing backlit screen brings out the sharpness and graphic richness of the huge library of Game Boy Advance games. It delivers unsurpassed gameplay experience.

With two great new colors, (graphite and pearl blue)......and an ultra-cool brighter backlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP looks better than ever.

Experience all the fun of portable gaming.......pick up the one that best fits your personality!

Moving Image

With film, each picture is a distinct frame of light-sensitive chemicals on film. In order to take moving images, you need some serious equipment and a Hollywood studio behind you. But because a digital picture is just a series of 1s and 0s that can be recorded to a cheap computer hard drive, the difference between still and moving images becomes easily surmountable. And, as video only requires low-resolution image capture (between 0.1 and 0.5megapixel), the hardware can be even cheaper than a still camera--you can now pick up a USB webcam without burning a hole in your pocket. Many digicams and camcorders will double as webcams too. The problem with these solutions, however, is that they rely on slow USB 1.1 connections, offering sub-VGA resolutions at jerky framerates.

Fortunately, the arrival of high-speed broadband internet has been mirrored by the rise of two high-speed computer ports-- FireWire and, more recently, USB 2.0. These allow relatively cheap cameras to capture smooth, full-screen video. Visit site like http://www.ispq.com/ and you'll find easy - not to mention cheap - ways to communicate live with friends and family around the world or send videomails. New applications are springing up to meet demand - from visual instant messaging to group videochats, in which your browser becomes a virtual bar where you can meet people with similar interests or proclivities.

Mobile Cameraphones

How often do you hear the words "I wish i had my camera"? How many embarrassing, hilarious and downright gross incidents have been lost to time?

The sad truth is, most people don't carry a camera. Most people just carry a mobile. So the development of camera phones is a huge milestone for digital photography--and indignity. Of course, a camera on a phone is nothing without MMS--the development of text-only SMS messaging that allows you to send pictures to email addresses and other mobile phones. And unlike videophones, picture messaging handsets allow you to be in control of the image you are presenting, rather than subjecting yourself to the harsh scrutiny of a live link. Which makes creativity---and lying---so much easier!

PDA's: The World In Your Palm

PDA- Nope, it has nothing to do with the Philippine Dental Association or the Public Display of Affection (he he he...), you just saw around the corner while waiting for a ride to work. PDA refers to Personal Digital Assistant, an electronic gadget that takes the place of your secretary and PC. Having a PDA allows you to organize your life in ways previously unimaginable. And with the aid of some downloadable software, the possibilities are infinite.

Can You Hear Me?

Good news for all you chatty Cathys out there. For years people have hypothesized that excessive cell phone use could lead to brain cancer. But a recent study adds to the growing body of evidence against any such link (Huh!!). The Stockholm-based study analyzed cell phone use among 644 individuals with brain tumors and 674 people without. No increased risk was found in those who reported regular usage. So call someone now and spread the word!!!