Samsung finally announced the Duo HD BD-UP5000. It is their first player which supports both BlueRay and HDDVD disc formats. LG did this much earlier with the Superblue BH100, but Samsung is promising that the BD-UP5000 will have full support (including HDi Menus) for HD-DVD.
Expected availability is by the end of the year and expected price is around $1000
My most popular post in this blog is my 9 month old guide about GPS Solution for Your Car using PocketPC and bluetooth GPS unit.
Several things changed during this period so I think it is time for a small update.
Bad things:
1. Dell dropped its whole PocketPC line.
2. Mapopolis went out of business.
Good things:
1. Price dropped for bluetooth GPS units. (My unit now is Holux M1000 32 Channel MTK GPS) ($50 at BuyGPSNow)
2. Developer of the best GPS software for PocketPC finally presented its product to the US Market. It called onCoursce instead of iGo but it still the same soft with same great performance and comfortable interface.
What do we know/suspect so far about Canon 40D
Canon 40D Specifications:
- 10.2 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor
- 5 fps and 30 large JPEG frame burst
- Integrated Cleaning System(like in xti)
- 3″(or at least 2.5”) wide viewing angle LCD screen
- Spot metering and High Precision 9-point AF system
- DIGIC III(May be Digic II) image processor with 0.15 sec start-up time
- sRaw (Small RAW format preview)
- 100,000 cycle shutter durability and rugged magnesium alloy body
- Simultaneous RAW and JPEG recording
- 100-3200 ISO range
- E-TTL II Flash
- Complete compatibility with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses and EX-series Speedlites
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed and Video Out connectivity
- Price: (MSRP) $1599
And some leaked pictures:
I am quite surprised that still not everybody knows about Zillow.com or cyberhome.com.
Both sites basically do the same thing, it is just zillow is a little bit more feature-rich and user friendly. Both sites can show you estimated prices for the real estate in you neighborhood. You can see current estimated price for your house and some other useful information such as history of sales. Also you can see on the map what houses for sale in your area and current listing prices on them.
Even if you not a homeowner it is still good to watch real estate prices in your area.
How to disable that really boring “asking confirmation for everything” Windows Vista behavior?
You can get rid of the confirmation by disabling UAC(User Account Control). The problem is that this will disable most of the Windows Vista’s new security features, so be careful with what are you doing.
Buy.com has Kingston 2GB Secure Digital Card for $54 – $49 rebate = $5 with free shipping. You can use a $5 off $50 coupon (Register as New customer with new email) to make it free.