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Yesterday, Microsoft announced the availability of two new webcams, the LifeCam Show and LifeCam VX-5500. The two new additions include stunning new features and a new design that allows for them to be used with both a portable and a desktop computer system. Each of two new webcams provide several distinguishable fe... |
10 September 2008
04:43 GMT |
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A 47-year-old man from Cyprus will spend four years behind bars for spying on a teenager on her webcam and threatening her. The man, whose name was not disclosed, was arrested back in 2005 for infecting the computer of a 17-year-old, at the time, with a Trojan horse, which was attached to an email the man had sent to... |
6 September 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Logitech has announced its first Mac-ready webcam today. The Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac offers detail, clarity and good support for video calling with iChat and Skype, using premium autofocus technology and Carl Zeiss optics.Carl Zeiss optics and autofocus keep images razor-sharp, even in extreme clo... |
24 June 2008
17:26 GMT |
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Out of the new lineup of LifeCam VX webcams from Microsoft, the LifeCam VX-5000 comes complete with "contortionist" capabilities, as Microsoft promises that the product will "bend over backward" for its users. The main characteristic of LifeCam VX-5000 is delivering increased flexibility and specifically for this pur... |
14 May 2008
07:50 GMT |
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Hacking a computer is somehow like a job for today's hackers but breaking into one's computers, taking control over the webcam and spying on him just to get some nude material is way too much. Unfortunately, this happens, too and it can't be stopped unless the vulnerable users get their computers more ... |
29 April 2008
08:31 GMT |
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As a Mac owner you must be quite proud of yourself for going with a system that sports a built-in camera. The iSight camera, however, is no DSLR (digital single lens reflex), nor does it sport any of the capabilities of a professional camera. So while the cleverly engineered iSight camera does its bit, users sometime... |
7 April 2008
09:06 GMT |
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PC vendor Hewlett-Packard has just unveiled a high-resolution webcam for video-conferencing and instant messaging. The new creation is extremely unusual, given the fact that HP was not much of a player on the webcam market until now. As if this was not enough, the new offering comes in a less-conventional shape, that... |
31 March 2008
09:33 GMT |
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The advent of instant messaging and voice-over-IP telephony has morphed the webcam from a luxury piece of hardware into a common, yet extremely necessary gadget. Cheap pricing is not everything, but neither are the high-end expensive oddities. As every time, the truth is somewhere in the middle. I can say I've f... |
1 February 2008
09:31 GMT |
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Asustek's successful designs AF-200 and MF-200 have initially been spotted at Computex earlier this year. According to the Asus officials, both models have entered mass production and they will soon be ready to hit the retailers' shelves. The bad news is that they will miss the Christmas shopping spree, so ... |
20 December 2007
08:34 GMT |
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I remember the first days when I started using Google Talk, how new and strange everything felt to me, a more than experienced Yahoo Instant Messenger User. Not as easy a way to select the avatar, the smilies looked like hell and the lack of color really depressed me. I had to endure through it as some of my friends... |
13 December 2007
03:51 GMT |
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It's official and you can already get it! Championship Poker 2: All In, the new title from Oxygen Games, is going to hit the shop stands today. This poker simulation game is available for the Xbox 360 users and some of it's features, if applied correctly by the devs, could turn it into the most real poker s... |
30 November 2007
02:49 GMT |
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No matter if you use your webcam to take snapshots while you're operating the computer or if you are an instant messenger enthusiast, the QuickCam Pro 9000 is committed to deliver you the best video quality you have ever found in a product of its class. Equipped with a set of lenses that bear the Carl Zeiss sign... |
20 November 2007
10:41 GMT |
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Logitech, the official webcam partner for the YouTube Video Toolbox announced today that it is offering the easiest way to upload video clips to YouTube by launching its new Logitech® QuickCam® software (version 11.5) that includes one-touch YouTube™ uploading."YouTube is recognized around the world as the premier on... |
14 November 2007
06:56 GMT |
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The web-based version of Yahoo Messenger is often described as the best alternative to the downloadable instant messaging client as it allows the users to communicate with friends and family without installing any software. Following the recent improvements included in the Windows version of YM, the Sunnyvale company... |
2 November 2007
05:24 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to gear up for the holiday season. And with the inherent shopping frenzy at the end of the year, the Redmond company has announced that it will make available its lineup of LifeCams via the System Builder channel, beginning with November 1. The initiative marks a first for the Redmond company, and... |
30 October 2007
09:48 GMT |
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It's the first time I hear about the Spyke robot. So, I guess I have never seen one of these in action. Until now! At a first glimpse, I have to admit the bot is not as boring as normal Skype phones tend to be. The Spyke robot is said to be able to transform into another bot, totally different in appearance. In ... |
28 September 2007
05:28 GMT |
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Yahoo Messenger, the software solution that is regarded by some of the users as the only instant messaging client that deserves to be installed on a computer, contains a critical security hole that might really harm your computer. The vulnerability was first published on a Chinese security forum but the folks from Mc... |
16 August 2007
05:09 GMT |
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Recently, Logitech unveiled the new webcam series Quick Cam Pro 9000 and the Quick Cam Pro for Notebooks. In the manufacturing process, the company used lenses designed in an exclusive collaboration with a heavy name in the optics industry, Carl Zeiss.The partnership between Carl Zeiss's optical technology and t... |
29 June 2007
02:23 GMT |
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Philips proudly announced three new items added on its large and famous family of webcams. The new models are: SPC620, SPC1000 and SPC1300. The webcams feature the latest in video and audio technology.Philips Press Center announced that the improved cameras are going to hit shelves in Europe, US and Asia-Pacific regi... |
7 June 2007
02:40 GMT |
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You can always turn on the light or use a flashlight to check if the monster from the closet is hiding somewhere near your desk, but there's no fun there, eh? A web cam with 6 infraded LEDs can make your … night …instead. Probably not.Here's the main argument the maker of the webcam is trying to send to its... |
4 May 2007
07:22 GMT |
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Webcams are ugly and scary. They're definitely ugly mechanical stuff that stare at you using that monstrous eye built in their forehead. Well, things are slowly starting to change. The Bubble Head Web camera (or Egg-head) is Eric Zhang's solution to saving desktop and their owners from total boredom. The de... |
1 May 2007
16:06 GMT |
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When it comes to having the latest gadgets, gizmos and the most advanced computer hardware, the young generation has the upper hand. If you're a parent which has to live up to your child's expectations, you know that keeping him or her happy is one of your daily concerns. Forget about having to stay at work... |
27 April 2007
03:24 GMT |
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Want to chat with me? No? Even if I gave you access to my webcam? Oh…now you're interested. You are probably more than familiar with the instant messaging. Yahoo Messenger, MSN (now Live Messenger), Skype, AOL, ICQ compete to attract more and more adepts and we cannot say they are few. In an ever developing and ... |
5 March 2007
14:06 GMT |
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