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Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm F2.8 ASPH Mega O.I.S.

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The Micro Four Thirds universe gained two quality, fast-aperture, prime focal-length lenses Tuesday that go along with the new Lumix GF1 camera and its retro rangefinder styling cues: the Lumix G 20mm f1.7 ASPH and the Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH Mega O.I.S. As with the GF1 itself, they are a reminder of times when compact rangefinders with fast prime lenses ruled–and they’re lenses photo purists will love.

Being in the Micro Four Thirds format, the Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8 ASPH Mega O.I.S. is compact, at 2.46 inches in length and only 7.9 ounces.

It has a 35mm equivalent of 90mm, effectively making it a fast f2.8 90mm macro lens with full, life-size reproduction ability and a 6-inch closest focusing distance. There is a two-position focus limiter switch on the barrel for controlling the range of focus. The lens features a stepping motor in the auto focus drive system for smooth, silent AF operation while recording video.

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We’re sure to see a whole lot more of the Nokia N900 as Nokia World gets underway this week, but in the meantime we’re super into this video walkthrough posted up by Kiamanokia.it — and not just because the Italian narration makes using the N900 seem absolutely delightful. Nope, we’re much more into the extremely-responsive interface, the rotary-zoom gesture in the browser, and the overall slickness of Maemo 5. We’ll withhold judgment until we spend some time with an actual production N900, but things are looking promising — head after the break to check the video for yourselves.

[Via The Nokia Blog]

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This article was written on March 11, 2008 by CyberNet.

It didn’t take long for two different developers to start replicating some of the best new features in Internet Explorer 8: WebSlices and Activities. Come on, you knew extension developers would jump on the chance to give users very few reasons to switch to Internet Explorer.

–WebSlices in Firefox–

WebSlices are a way for you to stay up-to-date with the latest news and information without actually having to visit a website. When a WebSlice is added to the toolbar you’re able to click on it to see a specially designed small-scale version of the website. For example, in the eBay example below you’ll see a brief overview of an auction that you’re trying to keep track of.

If you want to install WebSlices in Firefox here’s what you need to do:

1. Install the extension
2. Go to a page that has WebSlices available, such as http://ie8.ebay.com. Do a search for a product on that eBay site.
3. When you see the little WebSlice icon appear towards the left side of the items right-click somewhere (don’t try to right-click on the icon) and click Subscribe to a webchunk:
   
4. That item will be placed in your WebSlices toolbar where you can click on it to get an instant preview of the status:
   

There are three things that I don’t like about this extension:

1. It takes up an entire toolbar which I find to be a waste of space.
2. I naturally want to click on the little icon that pops up to add the WebSlice, but I have to right-click for some odd reason? Just let me click on the icon to add it to the toolbar.
3. This isn’t the fault of the extension, but there are currently very few WebSlices available.

–Activities in Firefox–

The Activities extension that has been developed is also a bit rough around the edges right now. If you use it in Firefox 3 you’re supposed to be able to see a preview of the site when you hover your mouse over one of the entries just like in Internet Explorer 8. I tried it out in Firefox 3 Beta 3, Firefox 3 Beta 4, and the Firefox 3 nightly builds none of which showed a preview (I even did it on a clean profile with no other extensions installed).

What I did find impressive is that installing the Activities is no different than Internet Explorer 8. The XML files are automatically downloaded into an “activities” folder in your Firefox profile. As of right now navigating to that folder and deleting the XML file is the only way to remove one of the Activities that you add.

Once you’ve added some of the Activities they will only show up in the list when you have text highlighted on a website, and then right-click. Here’s what it looks like:

If the previews worked for me it would be a lot more useful, but right now it’s really just another way to perform a search on a site.

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“Rowr!” Well, more like, “Purrrrrrr.” That’s a better way to describe Apple’s new operating system Snow Leopard, which hit stores Friday. The new Mac OS (10.6) has been optimized for 64-bit addressing. The result? It delivers minor improvements to current and previous Macs, and will have an even more significant impact on future systems. An excerpt:

From our testing, Snow Leopard indeed delivers on its promises of speedier performance and superior memory management, which in turn results in longer battery life. Thinking ahead, the OS focuses on maximizing the power of future systems armed with multiple processor cores, and its 64-bit addressing will support massive amounts of memory. With that said, the benefits combined with the OS’s low price tag make Snow Leopard definitely worth buying — but there’s no rush, even if you own one of the latest Macs.

Want the entire rundown? Check out our review at Wired.com/reviews.

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