Review: Samsung SH100 WIFI enabled 14 Megapixel camera

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After spending time with Samsung's SH100 WiFi-enabled 14 megapixel touchscreen based camera it has become apparent that this is where all consumer digital cameras are headed. WiFi connectivity and the ability to backup photos, send e-mail from directly from the camera as well as upload to online services like Picasa, YouTube and Facebook is a defining feature but the touch-screen based control interface is a mixed bag.

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Not keen on buying RIM's new PlayBook? Then try and win one from Mobilicity

Mobilicity Savings Challenge asks consumers how they would spend their savings for chance to win BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphone.

What would you do with the money you’ll save with Mobilicity’s unlimited talk, text and data plans? That’s the question the Mobilicity Savings Challenge is asking Canadians at www.mobilicitychallenge.ca for the chance to win a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet  and one of 11 BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphones, complete with unlimited talk, text and data service.

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Motoring: 21st Century VW Beetle unveiled

70 years old and arguablly the most familiar car in motoring history, the beloved VW Beetle has been re-imagined and redesigned for the 21st Century. Longer, lower and wider, the look is a slight departure of the rounded design elements that have been the Beetle's look and personality. This is the 2012 VW Beetle unveiled hours ago.

 Photo from Volkswagen via EVO

"The Beetle is now characterized by a clean, self-confident sportiness. The car not only has a lower profile; it is also substantially wider, the front hood is longer, the front windshield is shifted further back and has a much steeper incline. All of this creates a new dynamism," explains Klaus Bischoff, VW's head of design.

Dell recycles 150 million pounds of used electronics in 2011

Dell Computer announced it diverted more than 68 million kilograms (150 million lbs.) of end-of-life electronics globally from landfills in fiscal year 2011, a 16 percent increase over fiscal year 2010. Dell is about two-thirds of the way toward its goal of recycling 1 billion pounds of e-waste by 2014.

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