Turbo's 'Stuff I Like & Hate' List Internet Evolution As a part-time blogger, and full-time technology news junkie, I depend on a lot of different information sources and RSS feeds to try to keep up with it all …

Macworld.com – If you’ve been keeping up with your technology news over the years, the name Eolas may very well ring some alarm klaxons.

Canon camcorders taking a dive

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

(Credit: Canon USA) The Canon Vixia HF20 and Vixia HF200 aren’t even available yet, but they’ll be ready for a summer vacation at the beach when they ship–that is, if you accessorize them with the new WP-V1 underwater housing. The plastic casing allows you to shoot your HD …

Sanyo steered clear of the madness that was CES 2009, and instead opted to announce its spring 2009 lineup of Xacti camcorders on Wednesday. Headed to stores in March are six new models (three horizontal and three vertical, pistol-grip siblings), all of them capable of shooting in HD–two of them …

LensAlign system helps you sharpen focus

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

RawWorkflow has announced its new LensAlign Focus Calibration System for testing for focus issues on lens/camera combinations. LensAlign comes with a focus target, depth-of-field ruler, and custom sighting system to help ensure that the camera is evenly aligned with the test target. The system is available in two versions: ..

Panasonic camcorders let you get a lot closer

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

(Credit: Panasonic) Part of Panasonic’s CES 2009 product announcements is a triumvirate of camcorders featuring a 70x zoom lens. That’s apparently a “world’s first and most powerful” lens, though I’m still not sure this was something the average consumer was clamoring for.

Rest in peace, UIQ

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Before there was the Series60 (S60) 5th Edition, Symbian already had a touch-screen alternative through UIQ Technology’s interface. This was famously used in some of Motorola’s first 3G handsets and Sony Ericsson’s business-oriented P-series.

Add new songs to your iPhone over 3G. (Credit: Corinne Schulze/CBS Interactive) Though the addition of DRM-free music is grabbing the most iTunes headlines, there was more music news at the Macworld 2009 keynote on Tuesday. Apple Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller also announced that beginning …

A twisted idea: Origami Sticky Notes

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

(Credit: Think Geek) Not quite your heavyweight CES showpiece, but the Origami Sticky Notes ( $4 at Think Geek ) are just the thing for post-holiday work blues. Banish those moments of boredom or take a break from deadlines by turning on your creative juices and recycling your office notes into 3D ..

LG VX8360 details revealed

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

(Credit: Equipment Guide via Engadget Mobile) The LG VX8350 was one of our favorite Verizon phones in 2007, and it looks like LG is getting ready to release its successor, the LG VX8360, according to this leaked spec sheet . It doesn’t look like it’s hugely improved from the …