Before there was CES, There was Comdex. In 1996, Mike had his first book signing at Comdex and I gave myself permission to take as many pictures as I wanted with my 110 camera. This was unprecedented in my days before digital and I have scanned in the old photos and am sharing them with you over the next few days.

The photo on the right is me back in 1996. I remember thinking how cute I looked and how I hardly looked fat at all. I look so different now. Is it wrong to feel like you look better at 38 than you did at 27?

This is a photo of the Sands Expo Center. I had never seen the Expo Center covered with so many advertisements.

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Overview Hitachi, world’s leading electronic and digital product manufacturer, has come up with their new DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder. Enjoy lifelike and rich color images with the CMOS image sensor and HD quality 12-element lens system of Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder. With Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder you can easily record videos at 1920 x 1080/60 Hz and still images at a resolution of 2400 x 1800 pixels. Features Photo Capture. High Resolution Image Processing LSI. 5.3 mega pixel ½.8” CMOS Image Sensor. 8cm BD-RE/-R/DVD Drive. Built-in Interactive Guide. Incorporating features like Disc Navigation and Widescreen 2.7” LCD View Finder, Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder is just perfect to capture those memorable moments. (Read the full post about ‘Hitachi DZ-BD70A Blu-ray/DVD Camcorder’…)

As I may have mentioned, my iPhone is terribly spoiled; always has to have the latest case, the newest earbuds, or the system mysteriously slows down. Right now, it’s sporting the new Wave case by Griffin, ($24.99) which is a bright red and made of a translucent polycarbonate shell.

Named the Wave case because of the unique wave-shaped closure, it provides greater interlocking surface area, so you can carry your iPhone and keep it somewhat protected in case of drops.

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Filed in archive Software by jim on April 07, 2008 If your memory card's data becomes corrupted, deleted, or even if the card has been reformatted you can probably recover all or most of the pictures with this free program. "Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery 3" software is advertised as being capable of recovered most images captured in the most popular formats such as, JPEG, TIFF, and RAW, and many others. This a small free program that you don't want to be without. Source:www.www.artplus.hr Tags: mobiles, video games, video game, hdtv (Read the full post about ‘Recover Lost Digital Photos With This Free Software’…)

The Internet as you know it is set to become a lot faster. The Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire, more commonly known as CERN, is widely recognized as world’s largest particle physics laboratory. And while these atom smashers are better known for creating anti-matter and breaking apart the building blocks of the universe, they have also been hard at work improving the performance of Internet.

CERN’s ambitious Internet project is called, “The Grid” and uses dedicated fiber along with modern routing centers to create a new faster Internet. Just how fast?

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It looks like the modest pc mouse has finally decided to join the “rat” race. Well, what else could it be, especially when continued “innovation” in the pc peripheral market has produced a mouse with – hold your breath – 11 buttons! With the 11-button optical mouse, most of your frequent operations can be accomplished with a single click. Volume up/down, page forward/backward, play/pause, 4-levels of speed adjustment, launching your browser, plus the normal right/left click functions have been integrated into this unique fella. The greatest achievement of the mouse is perhaps that it manages to retain a sleek look while sporting all this added fuctionality, with buttons placed quite cleverly. (Read the full post about ‘11-button Multimedia Mouse : Any function is just a click away’…)

Posted Apr 7th 2008 6:37AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Misc. gadgets
var As expected, Yahoo has responded to Microsoft’s 3 week ultimatum this morning. The bottom line is pretty clear in a letter signed by Jerry Yang (CEO) and Roy Bostock (chairman). (Read the full post about ‘Yahoo responds to Microsoft ultimatum: more money please’…)

It seems Motorola believes it still had some house cleaning to do after announcing plans to split into two separate companies with one company being a mobile handset business. The news of the split up came after it was announced that Carl Icahn was suing Motorola to release documents. Icahn was also threatening a proxy fight to put some of his own representation on the company’s Board of Directors.

It seems that Motorola and Icahn have now come to an agreement which will put their fight at rest. Motorola will be nominating two new directors to their board under the agreement. The directors include William R.

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Overview Looking for a machine that will give you the pleasure of a gym at home? Then you need to buy the all in-one NordicTrack E500 Strength System. Its dip station, knee raise station and pull-up station will help you in body building, while other workout stations help you indulge in a workout that your whole body seeks for fitness. NordicTrack E500 Strength System comes with many advanced and powerful features that will end up giving you the desired results like the one you get in a gym paying heavy fee. Features Electronic Personal Training Tracker. Provides Total Body Workout. One-Touch Resistance Control. Provides full range of motion. Nine Workout Stations. (Read the full post about ‘NordicTrack E500 Strength System’…)

The success of the previous models of the LG Black Label Series–LG Shine and LG Chocolate–brought about the third installment of the model line. As of current, not much info is known about the third Black Label model. It’s only spec known is that it’ll have a 5 megapixel camera. The phone will apparently be an embodiment of LG’s ‘Style that Lasts’ concept, with the handset made of tempered glass and carbon fiber. The fateful day of the Black Series 3 revelation is on April 24th–the date of its official launch. (Read the full post about ‘LG Black Label Series 3′…)