Month: March 2014

The Phase One Schneider Kreuznach LS 28mm f/4.5 is an extremely sharp medium format lens with an ultra-wide field of view, but it’s heavy and expensive. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Phase One Schneider Kreuznach LS 80mm f/2.8 is the standard-angle lens for the Phase One 645DF+ medium format camera body; it’s very sharp, but does show some barrel distortion. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

The Phase One IQ250 is the first medium format back with a CMOS sensor to go on sale. Image quality is superb, but you’ll have to pay for it. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Samsung may play a larger role in the production of Apple’s next generation A8 processor than previously rumored, claims ZDNet Korea (via GforGames). According to the report, the Korean company has already signed a contract to produce the A8 processor at its Austin, Texas plant and is in the final […] Read the original post…

With online accounting applications, there is one truism you can hold on to: No one app is perfect, no not one. All offer essentially the same tools for keeping your business finances on track, but none offer what can be considered a complete set of tools. And none can perfectly […] Read the original post…

According to their website , Miracle Machine uses an inexpensive packet of “grape concentrate, yeast, and [other] ingredients,” that when combined with plain old water, can produce various vintages that “rival some of the best wines on the planet.” Read the original post by WTMA-AM North Charleston

HTC’s upcoming successor to the One, codenamed M8, has been a leaky ship while sailing to its March 25th launch . Read the original post by Engadget

It hasn’t been too long since Samsung announced the Galaxy S5 . In fact if the handset was what you were after, you wouldn’t have to wait too long to get it either as the handset has been pegged for a release sometime in April . Read the original post by Ubergizmo

The task force will consider ways to accelerate the adoption of health care technologies by leveraging broadband and other communications services. Read the original post by Gautam

When you write in a word processor or text editor on OS X, you might want the app to do more than record your words as unadorned plain text. In addition to specifying formatting (such as font style and type size), you may want to insert things like smart (or […] Read the original post…

As one of its daily deals, 1Sale offers the refurbished Roku 3 1080p Wireless Streaming Media Player, model no. 4200R, for $70.99 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find for a refurb by $10, although we saw it for a buck less two weeks ago. (It’s […] Read the original post…

Senior VP of Google and chief of the Android team, Sundar Pichai has mentioned that the company will launch an Android SDK meant for wearable devices like smartwatches within the next couple of weeks. He also speaks about how this technology could be implemented in “Smart Jackets” with sensors in […] Read the original post…

As one of its daily deals, DealGenius offers a selection of computer accessories, with prices from $5 as listed below. With free shipping on all orders, each is at least $2 and as much as $28 below the lowest total price we could find for such items elsewhere. Deal ends […] Read the original post…

As one of its daily deals, A4C offers the refurbished 3rd-generation Apple iPad 32GB WiFi 9.7″ Tablet in Black, model no. MC706LL/A, or White, model no. MD329LL/A, for $299.95 with free shipping. That’s $91 under our refurb mention from three weeks ago the best price we’ve seen for a 3rd-gen […] Read the original post…

Ducati has significantly upgraded its devilishly photogenic Diavel supercruiser, adding the new 1198cc Testastretta Dual Spark engine, a new exhaust system, a full-LED headlight, longer service life , reduced emissions, better fuel consumption, and more mid-range grunt, as if it needed it. Read the original post by Gizmag