Fresh off the presses, the Sony DSC-RX100 M2 (Mark II) comes in addition of the existing RX-100, which it will supplement and bring a 41% improvement in noise reduction during low-light photography and a 10% faster auto-focus (AF). The new […]
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Sharing files between devices using the cloud is fine, but California firm Leef Technology believes it has a more direct approach: a USB key. Aptly named Bridge, the flash drive lets you copy files from any Android 4.0 or higher device with a micro-USB connector, then transfer them to your Mac or PC by popping out the larger end. It’s similar to the micro-USB OTG dongles we’ve seen at Computex earlier this year, despite the difference in design. You can nab the double-ended peripheral in either 16GB ($18) or 32GB ($28) from Amazon or Leef’s website (at the source), and a 64GB GB version will be out in July. Who knows — maybe that’ll finally put an end to the cat video and selfie clutter on your cloud service.
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Screenwriter and gay activist Dustin Lance Black began his Proposition 8 victory speech by acknowledging that today’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community stands on the shoulders of those who had come before — in particular, those of slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in San Francisco.
“Harvey Bernard Milk, our dear hero, one of our father figures,” began Black. “He said, ‘We can no longer be satisfied with crumbs.’ It is time for this community to stop asking for crumbs and demand the real thing, ’cause they may find that they could actually get it, and we have.”
Black spoke on stage at a rally Wednesday evening in West Hollywood, the center of gay life in the Los Angeles area. The event drew hundreds of people to celebrate the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Prop 8 and the overturning of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. And, like Black, some couldn’t help but think back to bittersweet memories of loved ones who didn’t live to see legal same-sex marriage in California.
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Sony has officially announced the Sony DSC-RX1R, a special version of the high-end “full-frame” DSC-RX1 with the low-pass filter (anti-aliasing, or AA) physically removed from the camera. The RX1 has won awards for its size/performance ratio, so why remove the […]
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The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life — and your well-being — off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.
GPS Guides are our way of showing you what has relieved others’ stress in the hopes that you will be able to identify solutions that work for you. We all have de-stressing “secret weapons” that we pull out in times of tension or anxiety, whether they be photos that relax us or make us smile, songs that bring us back to our heart, quotes or poems that create a feeling of harmony, or meditative exercises that help us find a sense of silence and calm. We encourage you to look at the GPS Guide below, visit our other GPS Guides here, and share with us your own personal tips for finding peace, balance and tranquility.
We all associate arthritis with the aging process; our joints simply don’t work as well as we age. In the GPS Gide below, Personal Development expert Rob White explains that there’s another kind of arthritis that can set in way earlier — it’s called Arthritis of the Mind. It’s a rigidity that can set in at any age and no one is immune.
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By Amanda Gardner
If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may have a more difficult time on the job than most. The limited attention span, restlessness, and distractibility that are hallmarks of the condition can hamper focus and productivity at work.
I believe that doubt is the No. 1 killer of the human spirit. And it is imperative that we see it and address it and shake it loose. With fear, you can still feel the adrenaline and get the energy to overcome it, but doubt can paralyze you and you don’t even feel it.
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Leaks are nothing new, with WikiLeaks perhaps being the first giant aggregated collection of not-intended-for-your-eyes data that caught the public’s attention. Following in the same vein were the various FISA and NSA leaks revolving around PRISM brought to light by Edward Snowden. Now in what is an amusing bit of irony, a memo has leaked
Sony’s brilliant RX100 and RX1 advanced point-and-shoots will live to see another day. Instead of replacing these two well-received pocket cams, the company has opted to expand the upper end of its Cyber-shot lineup, adding two very compelling new models. First up is the RX1R, a full-frame compact that’ll retail for $2,799, the same price last year’s model still commands today. In fact, it’s nearly identical to 2012’s flavor, with the exception of a redesigned sensor, which drops the optical low-pass filter in the interest of sharper captures. Of course, without that component, the camera is susceptible to moire and false color issues, so the RX1R is a better fit for landscape photographers than portrait shooters or photojournalists. It also sports Triluminous Color output through the HDMI port, for enhanced visuals on select HDTVs.
The vast majority of shooters are going to be much more excited about the Cyber-shot RX100M2, though. This “Mark II” variant of the RX100 borrows a few features from Sony’s NEX line, which is never a bad thing. Looking at the camera, you’ll first notice the 3-inch 1.3M-dot tiltable LCD, which can flip 84 degrees upward and 45 degrees downward. There’s also a Multi Interface Shoe for adding on accessories like a microphone, OLED EVF or external flash. Additionally, the USB port is now a Multi Interface Terminal, so it’ll work with the RM-VPR1 remote, and Sony added WiFi, NFC, and Triluminous Color output through the HDMI connector. On the imaging front, there’s a brand new 1-inch BSI CMOS sensor, boosting sensitivity to the tune of one full stop (we’re told ISO 3200 shots are comparable to ISO 1600 on the RX100). The top sensitivity also jumps from ISO 6400 to 12,800, which is pretty fantastic for a point-and-shoot.
As with the RX1, you’ll still be able to snag the RX100 for some time to come. And for many photographers, last year’s model may be the best pick — the RX100M2, while a bit more feature-packed, retails for a $100 more than its predecessor, with a $750 MSRP. The RX1R, however, maintains the same pricing as the RX1, at $2,799. Both cameras, which you can check out now in the hands-on gallery below, are expected in stores by the middle of July.
Astronaut Eugene Cernan on the moon in 1972. If tourists are next, how will they pay?
(Credit: NASA/Harrison H. Schmitt)
Space architect John Spencer has a grand vision for the future of space travel — one with luxury space yachts and hotels, and dune buggy racing on the moon.
It’s all going to happen in the “not too distant future,” the founder of the Space Tourism Society told CNET recently.
“The more people who go, the more diversity, the more things you can do — the more they need to buy goods and services,” he said. “It’s limited to what they can do now because of the cost and limited time on board the space system, but that’s going to grow as we have more facilities and more people.”
Travel to the final frontier has heated up in the last decade and everybody wants a piece of the action. Billionaires like Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Telsa CEO Elon Musk are pouring their resources into space tourism (most of these guys are also sponsoring the Space Tourism Society to help promote space travel).
As Spencer puts it, the time for the “space renaissance,” an uberluxury travel experience, is upon us. And, eventually, people will need a way to pay for it all.
That’s where PayPal wants to come in. The t… [Read more]
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