The innovative leader in the production of digital SLR and compact camera, Pentax has released its new basic camera named Optio E75. The Pentex Optio E75 is featured with a 10-megapixel sensor with 3x optical zoom for exceptional high-resolution photography.

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Virtualization takes a turn towards better experience in Windows 7, with the inclusion of Windows Virtual PC (WVP) and Windows XP Mode (XPM) or Virtual Windows XP (VXP). The main highlight of the new features in Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode is seamless virtual application mode, where applications can run in Windows 7 host native desktop as though they’re running locally by utilizing service similar to Terminal Services Remote Applications Integrated Locally (RAIL) components (RemoteApp).

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The Taiwanese electronic manufacturer, MSI has launched its new MSI GX723 notebook. The new Core 2 Duo based notebook is targeted to game enthusiasts who like to play modern games that require higher speed. The new MSI GX723 is featured with a 512MB GeForce GT 130M graphics chipset that good enough to run games smoothly.

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In Windows 7, user cannot pin a Computer, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, Games, Recycle Bin or any folder and drive root to Windows Taskbar directly, with the exception of Control Panel. If user attempts to drag and drop the shortcut to a folder to Task Bar, it can’t be dropped into Taskbar with forbidden icon, or been shown option to “Pin to Windows Explorer” instead. Furthermore, when right click on a folder, there is no right click menu item of “Pin to Taskbar” too.

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When user right clicks on Control Panel in Start Menu, there is not “Pin To Taskbar” right click contextual menu item available that allows user to pin the Control Panel to Windows 7 Taskbar. Drag and drop the Control Panel shortcut to Taskbar on Windows 7 to pin Control Panel folder on Taskbar does not work either.

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HP (Hewlett Packard) has just announced a massive recall action for its notebook batteries sold in US market. Although no actual injury incident yet, but the famous US based PC manufacturer, in cooperation with CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission) is taking precaution countermeasure to ensure that all the battery packs released to consumer market are safe to use.

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Previous we mentioned about USB FireWall that protects your PC from being infected by any autorun programs once USB drive is inserted into USB port. Now there is another similar freeware, named as Autorun Eater that is able to monitor and detect malicious autorun file to prevent malware infections through USB or portable hard drives.

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The high tech GPS treasure hunt game, Geocaching, is one of the efficient ways to help your kids to cultivate the love of nature and to instill the adventurous spirit in them. Parents or school teachers can set up special “geocaches” (containers with logbooks) or download the geocaches from Geocaching sites such as Geocaching.com. Participants to the game who are called “geocacher” will be assigned the mission of locating the geocaches. Once they find a cache, they can record their name in the log book. These caches sometimes can be hidden in a secret place. Through this activity, kids are educated and trained to think and plan while exercising their body and enjoying the beauty of the nature. To simplify the educational game and encourage more junior participants to take part, Apisphere has introduced a simple handheld type of GPS device, Geomate.jr, to facilitate the activity.

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