How to (Legally) Become a Professional Photographer

How to (Legally) Become a Professional Photographer

A Guest Post by Scott Bideau from capturedbyscott.com Image by Roberto Carlos Pecino A common question asked by an amateur photographer looking to turn professional is, “what equipment do I need?” I’ll skip the discussion around skill and experience being more important than equipment, but before you rush out and ...

How to Take Photos of a TV Without the Squigglies

How to Take Photos of a TV Without the Squigglies

If you’ve ever taken a pic with a TV in it, you might notice just how hard it can be. The picture can seem squiggly or, as in this photo, not even visible. You don’t have to be a Photoshop pro to replace the screen in post production. The answer ...

LG QWERTY Slider Runs Windows Phone 7 Series

LG QWERTY Slider Runs Windows Phone 7 Series

“Appear at Engadget’s The Engadget Show, Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman is showing an unannounced LG prototype smartphone with the new Windows Phone 7 Series. The LG prototype has a 4-rows QWERTY hardware keyboard, 5 megapixel camera and is just slightly thicker than iPhone and Nexus One. There isn’t any details info ...

TuneUp Utilities 2010 v9.0.4020.33 + KeyGen

TuneUp Utilities 2010 v9.0.4020.33 + KeyGen

TuneUp Utilities can make your Windows operating system faster more comfortable and more secure with just a few mouse clicks And all operations performed on the operating system are completely safe because all changes are monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone at any time All TuneUp Utilities ...

Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0.1961.0

Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0.1961.0

Microsoft Security Essentials codenamed Morro is a free antivirus software created by Microsoft that provides protection against viruses spyware rootkits and trojans for Windows XP Vista and 7 Microsoft has always recommended that its users use real time antimalware protection but the release by the end of this year will ...

Three Generations Compared: Why Storage Density Matters

Three Generations Compared: Why Storage Density Matters

Increased data density typically results in better throughput, but it also grants hard drive makers to create drives that require fewer physical components to reach popular capacity points. The effect is more value and lower cost for the end-user. After multiple analyses with Samsung drives in 2009, we grabbed the ...

Palm Pixi now $50 on Sprint

Palm Pixi now $50 on Sprint

Likely a direct counterstrike to Verizon’s $79.99 Pixi Plus, Sprint has dropped the retail price of its original WiFi-less Pixi all the way down to $49.99 after $100 mail-in rebate on a new two-year contract. As you might recall, the Pixi debuted at $100, but now that the Pre’s leaving ...

Apple supplier audit reveals sub-minimum wage pay and records of underage labor

Apple supplier audit reveals sub-minimum wage pay and records of underage labor

Apple’s famous desire for total control over its operations seems to have extended to its manufacturing facilities as we have come across Cupertino’s Supplier Responsibility 2010 Progress Report, which details audits the American company has done of its overseas suppliers and the failures identified therein. The findings are pretty damning ...

Motorola CLIQ 1.3.18 Update Brings Some Troubles

Motorola CLIQ 1.3.18 Update Brings Some Troubles

Motorola CLIQ users who update their handset with the firmware ver. 1.3.18 have reported some serious problems. After they reboot their handset, it has the wrong system time and can’t be changed.

Latin America Gets A New Touchscreen Phone From InfoSonics

Latin America Gets A New Touchscreen Phone From InfoSonics

InfoSonics has recently announced a new touchscreen phone for the Latin America market. Dubbed as the Verykool i270, the handset offers a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 2MP camera, a microSD card slot, a music player, a web browser, email, a speakerphone, a 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth and supports quad-band ...

New watertight and shock-proof Minox DC 9011 WP

New watertight and shock-proof Minox DC 9011 WP

The DC 9011 WP sets new standards in digital photography with MINOX. Boasting a sturdy body that is waterproof up to a depth of three meters this compact digital camera repels dust, water, sand and salt. Specially designed for extreme conditions and rough environments it is a must-have for those ...

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (21-27 Feb ‘10)

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (21-27 Feb ‘10)

Weekly Assignment We completed another food photography assignment this week, and the subject was Main Dishes. We wanted you to show us how tasty the food that your meal is based around is. Our winners seemed to have a bit of a seafood theme going this week, but there were ...

Taking Stock of Your Own Photography

Taking Stock of Your Own Photography

A Guest Post by SusanG from Camelot Photography Forum. We speak about things like Workflow and Task Management. Yet, how much time do we dedicate to looking, really looking, into our own work? The end product itself! I spent eight months last year photographing one linear mile. It wasn’t a ...

Palm’s webOS 1.4 update now available for Sprint, O2 and Movistar phones

Palm’s webOS 1.4 update now available for Sprint, O2 and Movistar phones

“The latest update to Palm webOS is now arriving on your phone via an over-the-air update. The update is now available for customers on the Sprint network in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland, and Movistar networks in Europe. The update is expected to be ...

Ovi Maps hits 3.4  " in beta form " Nokia nail it…

Ovi Maps hits 3.4 " in beta form " Nokia nail it…

“Just released this morning (see my ‘Install diary’ below) is Ovi Maps 3.4 (build 91, if you are being fussy). This follows up the formal release of v3.3, which introduced the new interface and free worldwide voice navigation. In brief, Ovi Maps is claimed to be faster and more accurate, ...