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Kodak is set to release a new version of its compact duel lens camera that comes with telephoto capability and Bluetooth wireless technology.

The V610 is a 6 megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom and is possibly the first digital camera that carries Bluetooth technology onboard. By incorporating this technology into the camera Kodak has given users the ability to connect with any Bluetooth enabled telephone, computer or PDA within 10 metres (30 feet) of the camera.

The camera includes a 7.1 cm (2.8 inch) colour display, advanced video features and on-board picture enhancing features including cropping and red-eye removal as well as a blurry picture alert. The camera uses SD flash cards.

You can see further details of the new Kodak V610 here

If you have ever wanted to be a beta tester for a big software corporation then Microsoft wants to hear from you.

Microsoft is looking for beta testers for an updated test version of IE7 it is about to release and to encourage users to try the product Microsoft is offering free telephone support for those who live in America, Germany and Japan.

This is the first release of IE7 that Microsoft has encouraged the public to use. Previous releases have been aimed more at developers than general users.

This latest version of IE7 will be released this week and you can read more about it here.

MALIBAL(TM) Introduces World’s First 19″ Laptop with Dual NVIDIA(R) GPUs

New Veda Series(TM) Laptops Elevate Mobile Computing with NVIDIA(R) SLI(TM) Technology

MALIBAL, LLC, a Las Vegas based company and a world leader in innovative laptop design and development, today unveiled its long awaited Veda Series™. Available immediately, the Veda Series features the world’s first 19″ laptop display with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology.

NVIDIA® SLI™ technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows the end-user to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce® SLI media and communications processor (MCP)

The Veda Series™ comes equipped with a pair of NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7800 GTX GPUs, which can produce up to twice the rendering capability of a standard Go 7800 GTX notebook, while generating flawless picture clarity and video playback.

The NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7800 GTX is the flagship of NVIDIA’s mobile GPU product line for notebooks, delivering the cutting-edge technology needed to render the most intense visual effects for today’s games and 3D applications.

The dual GPUs are coupled with an NVIDIA nForce®4 SLI media and communications processor (MCP) to offer a superb visual experience, that will appeal to gamers as well as: animators, artists and business professionals who are looking for the pinnacle of high performance on the go.

With immersive, ultra-realistic lighting effects at extreme resolutions, these three NVIDIA® chips will enable end-users the ability to experience the ultimate in high-definition graphics & gaming–anytime, anywhere.

“Delivering top performance, diverse functionality and convenient compatibility, the Veda Series reaffirms our impassioned commitment to producing laptops that continually push the limits of mobile technology,” said Matthew Plott, founder, MALIBAL.

To visit the Malibal website follow this link

Adding to its high performance, professional series CompactFlash card lineup, ATP have announced the availability of its 4GB ProMax CompactFlash (CF) memory cards.

With the data transfer speed rated at up to 22.5MB/s (150X), the ProMax CF card is the fastest CF card in the market today and is specially designed to maximize the performance of the latest digital SLR cameras and video camcorders such as the Nikon D2X, D2H, D200, D100, D70, the Canon EOS series SLR cameras such as 5D, 20D, 30D, etc., and JVC camcorders.

Vista is certainly something exciting on the horizon and many people are looking forward to it but Microsoft has a little surprise in store for anyone who thinks that they can use a non-legal copy of the new operating system.

You can read all about it here and get a rundown on some of the hardware you will need to run Vista as well.

There are many who expect that Tablet PCs will one day replace the humble laptop and a machine like the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC goes a long way towards making that prediction quite plausible.

For those who aren’t quite sure what the difference is between a tablet PC and an ordinary laptop these photos of the Portege M400 should give you some idea of the versatility of a tablet PC

Follow the link for a review of the Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet PC