Freakin' Friday! BoomBoom Photo Frame

Philips 8"BoomBoom PhotoFrame has been around for a while, but it is still a convenient and portable device for those who want to keep their photos, videos and music close. There is an AUX-In for iDevices and other MP3 players, a USB connection to play your camcorder video and it can be used as an additional PC monitor. You can even connect your SD card or flash drive and keep those home movies and slide shows coming. With 2GB storage, a remote control is included in the package.

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Lytro Light Field Means Post Focus

Lytro has quietly been working on light field technology that allows for adjustment after shooting a picture. Their soon to be released cameras capture images with highly sensitive sensors and algorithms that can adjust color, intensity and focus. CEO Ren Ng compares it to studios that can adjust volume and separate tracks after recording. Sign up to be notified when their cams hit the street.

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Freakin' Friday! NIX Frame Has Motion Detection

We have shown you plenty of digital frames, but the portable NIX Hu-Motion Digital Picture Frame is clearly different. The 8" frame turns on/off automatically when anyone (or anything) triggers it. The device features a high res 800 x 600 SVGA LED backlit screen with 4:3 ratio and has a 1GB memory that will store up to 8000 photos. Other cool features include touch control, 2 x 1.5W Speakers, and an auto rotate sensor. It is compatible with .jpeg photos, MP4 video, MP3 music and many other sources, and a remote is included in the deal.

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HTC Evo View Tablet Joins the Group

HTC announced the coming out of the Evo View 4G tablet with WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 7" display, two microphones, Adobe Flash, a CMOS camera and microSD memory card. HTC Watch is packed in the tablet for streaming video and cloud gaming via OnLive. Another nifty feature is Timemark, a way of tapping on a word in your audio notes that will take you to that exact location. No word on price or exact date of release.

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Plex Releases Android App

Plex comes to Android with a new $4.99 app. Their media center allows those with the smartphone to stream movies, TV shows, music, photos and videos from the Interweb. With its open framework, developers are encouraged to create new Plex channels, 200 of which are already available, including iTunes, Netflix and YouTube.

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Freakin' Friday! Archos 70c eReader

It's Archos' turn to release an e-book. The Android run 70c eReader has a 7" TFT display, 4 GB memory, accelerometer, a 600MHz processor and SD card slot and built-in WiFi. The screen rotates in portrait or landscape mode, decodes HD, plays and stores video, music and text. You can preorder now and look forward to 10 hours of ePlaying before needing a charge.

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Polaroid Affordable Touch MP4 Player

Polaroid's Touch has a hi-res 2.8"touchscreen with built-in speaker, an 8GB memory and a microSD card slot. This means up to 2,000 tunes, 12 hours of video or 16,000 photos. The MP4 Player has USB 2.0 Hi-speed file transfer, very handy for those last thousand family reunion pictures.

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Artist to Mount Camera in Back of Head

We call this hard core networking. Wafaa Bilal, a photography professor at NY University's Tisch School of the Arts had a titanium disc surgically implanted in the back of his head. After it heals a bit, a camera will attach to the disc and he will begin to take pictures in one minute intervals for a year, then send them to to the Arab Museum of Modern Art to complete the exhibit. The project, referred to as "The 3rd I," has a cable running to a PC and Bilal's intent is to lose subjectivity when taking photographs. If you cannot make it to the exhibit, you can catch it via his project link.

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Verbatim Mini NAS Remotely Handles Files

Verbatim's 6.4 x 6.4 x 3.5" MediaShare Mini NAS can connect up to 4 drives and can be accessed from either of the computers on the network. Remotely upload, download and manage files, photos, music and videos from your iPhone/touch, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Palm Pre or other smartphone. Music and images can also be downloaded via your PS3, Xbox 360 or any DLNA compliant DMAs.

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UA Develops Holographs

MIT played around with holographic displays back in the 80's and the technology has been upgraded by various groups since then. The University of Arizona is one of these with a prototype that can refresh in only 2 seconds. Using ATPD/CAAN (polyacrylic tetraphenyldiaminobiphenyl/carbaldehyde aniline) and cameras, 2D pictures are taken and a computer coverts them into data. This is fed to a laser recording system that shoots them via Ethernet to a selected location. Perhaps George Lucas can use it in his next "Star Wars" prequel/sequel.

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Nook Kids, Digital Library for Little Ones

Barnes & Noble plans to release Nook Kids, a digital library for kidlets that will consist of over 12,000 books, 100 picture books and 30 enhanced picture books. The collection is aimed at ages 3 to 8 and should be available next month. The site is already up with quick peeks at an enhanced 'Jamberry' and 'Go Dog Go.'

Wait, you say. the nook's display is in black and white. Pshaw, we say. B&N is releasing the nook Color, an e-reader with 7" screen that can also browse and integrate with such apps as Facebook and Twitter. Pre-order for $249.00.

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Fisher Price iXL - 6-in1 Networking for Toddlers

Every year, Fisher Price comes up with their holiday line, and they are finally coming up to the present trend of KFC, the Shack, PS3, the Hut, the Y (although the VP probably hate that as much as we do.) They have come up with the (drum roll) FP iXL with an obligatory lower case 'i'. Of course, they have assumed that you already have a PC, Mac with CD-ROM and USB, which we know you have. The iXL has a cam, displays images, plays music and games, and will help your kidlet in the areas of reading, writing and counting.

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Sell Your Home With Virtual Staging

Now you can use virtual networking to sell your empty home or see how one you would like to buy would look fully furnished. Virtual Staging Properties, a program developed by husband and wife professional stagers Krisztina and Jay Bell has a database with more than 1,000 pieces of furniture. The company, based in Atlanta, will provide you with three photos for $225, more for slightly higher prices. Little enough, when you see the results, eh?

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Pre-Order Boxee for Nov. Release

What is it about the month of September that triggers an early holiday button in electronics companies? The Boxee Box can deliver all major formats and codecs along with free and premium TV, movies, videos, images and music from the Net and is now available for pre-order. A delay occurred so that the company could switch from a NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset to an Intel Atom CE4100 platform. The D-Link device has 802.11N connectivity and will begin shipping next month with its QWERTY remote.

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