Computer Shopper articles from July 2004

Computer Shopper archives from July 2004

Modding goes mainstream.(from the editor in chief)
July 1, 2004... You don't have to attend a LAN party to find flashy system mods these days. In fact, you don't even have to stray from the staid environs of PC vendors' Web sites. That's because case modding has hit the mainstream. It all started a few...

Vote no on online voting.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Internet voting is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to problems associated with voting without a voter-verified paper ballot ("Why Voting Over the Internet Is Still a Really Bad Idea," May, p. 42). My wife and her friends have been...

From Moore's Law to Murphy's Law.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Alice and Bill's item about Prescott is right-on ("The Hard Edge," May, p. 136). It is clear that Moore's Law is faltering, since we have not doubled microprocessor performance in the last 18 months. In fact, with Intel's unfortunate decision...

The well-dressed NASA man.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Real NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory look at 3D images with blue and red cardboard glasses, not green and red as Alice and Bill reported in their May column. Some even have their own personal pair of 3D glasses with real...

Human relations.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... There are workable solutions to bypassing the HALs of telephone land and getting right to a human being ("I've Fallen Into a TTL, and I Can't Get Out!" May, p. 38). Often, if you just wait until the end of a message, the system will offer you a...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
July 1, 2004... In our May Gear section, we mistakenly pictured the Sony CLIE PEG-TJ37 when describing the CLIE PEG-TH55 ("A Hand Full of Features," p. 33).

Are ATMs the future for software distribution?(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Buying software normally means picking up a shrink-wrapped box at your local retailer, or downloading a program directly from the publisher. But Protocall Technologies is presenting another option with its SoftwareToGo kiosks. Slated to hit...

Grab a Slurpee and cell-phone service.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Cell-phone-service providers in the United States have new competition: 7-Eleven. The retail giant will be selling its Speak Out cell-phone service in most of its 5,300 stores by July. Speak Out is a prepaid phone service, so the phones...

Music motives.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Top 5 Features First-Time Buyers Want in an MP3 Player (1) Long battery life (2) Great sound (3) Large hard drive (4) Low price (5) Small size

P2P apps hard at work on the job.(Trends)(Peer to peer applications)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... When the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) started actively suing individuals for illegal music downloading at home, many found the refuge and speed they desired by downloading at work. In a recent study conducted by proxy...

Intel's numbers game.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... In a move that changes how millions of consumers buy their PCs, Intel has adopted a new system for differentiating its processors that de-emphasizes the widely used giga-hertz, or clock speed. Intel now uses numbers in the ranges of 300,...

Web sites ask, 'can I help you?'.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... For some consumers, avoiding pushy salespeople is reason enough to shop online. But the quiet reverie of your Internet shopping experience may soon be interrupted by a salesperson, in the form of a pop-up chat window. For years, sites have...

Speakers cut the cords.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... You may love the idea of having a home theater with surround sound in your living room, but how do you run wires to six or more speakers without turning the room into a rat's nest of cables? A new breed of wireless speakers can help. ...

Palm and Macs no longer in sync?(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... PalmSource, developer of the Palm 0S for handheld devices, has decided it will no longer update its Palm Desktop software for Apple Computer's Macintosh computers, and the company is not offering Mac synchronization in its new Palm OS 6.0. ...

Microbe processor.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Microbe Processor Number of Germs per Square Inch Keyboard 3,295 Mouse 1,676 Toilet 49 Your exposure to germs is far greater at your...

New memory does more with less.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The temperature isn't the only thing ratcheting up this summer. Micron Technology, Samsung, and other makers of memory chips are cranking up the production of DDR2 SDRAM, a faster version of the now-ubiquitous double-data-rate (DDR) computer...

The Pope goes wireless.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Vatican is going high tech to reach the Catholic faithful with a new cell phone service that will allow subscribers to receive text messages from the pope. At press time, Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless introduced the service,...

Dr. 'doom'.(Trends)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percent Reduction In Surgical Mistakes By Video-Game-Playing Physicians Playing video games may not help get you into medical school, but they might help surgeons once they enter the operating room, according to a new study. The...

HDTV on your PC.(Gear)
July 1, 2004... ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro HDTV Big-screen PC: You don't have to have a gorgeous plasma or LED television to enjoy the hottest craze in consumer electronics: HDTV. ATI's new $499 All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro HDTV graphics solution, with its...

In search of the elusive bargain-priced desktop: when you do manage to hook one of those incredibly low-priced systems you see advertised, you may be inclined to throw it back.(opinions)
July 1, 2004... TRY BUYING ONE OF those ridiculously low-priced PCs see in vendors' catalogs and Web sites? Take the recent Dell catalog with the big bold type on the cover: "Desktops starting at $339. Monitor not included. See p. 4 for details." Indeed, p. 4...

Top of the class or barely passing: is Microsoft making the grade? Some of the software giant's recent initiatives have hit the mark, while others have failed miserably.(opinions)
July 1, 2004... SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT Microsoft. Love it, hate it, buy it, sell it, you have to hand it to the big Redmond machine: The company isn't afraid to drop a billion or two to develop new and interesting products--or at least the software that runs...

Move over, Google: the search space will stretch: Google's IPO is sure to trigger interest in search engines--not to mention new ways of Web searching.(opinions)
July 1, 2004... THIS WILL SURELY BE THE year of the search engine. The Google IPO will generate tons of money and make a lot of folks paper billionaires. While the investment community thinks the IPO won't mark the beginning of a new boom, it will certainly...

The top 25: Computer Shopper editors handpick the best desktops, notebooks, graphics cards, digital cameras, and must-have games.(top 25)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... The Top 25 PERFORMANCE DESKTOPS PRODUCT PRICE SPECS Velocity Micro Vision $4,144 2.4GHz Athlon 64 FX-53; 1 GB FX A/V/D DDR; one 200GB, two 36GB hard...

Falcon Northwest FragBox Pro: party-size gaming box falls short on configurability.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WITH ITS LIGHT WEIGHT, tiny footprint, built-in handle, and high-end graphics card, the $2,285 Falcon Northwest FragBox Pro is made for the peripatetic, your-place-or-mine LAN-party set. But its 2.8GHz Pentium 4 processor, 1GB of memory, 120GB...

PC Club Enpower Digital Home: for an entertainment PC, this system's no fun.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... PC CLUB'S ENPOWER DIGITAL HOME PC FITS comfortably alongside your television and stereo, but it lacks some key features--notably, documentation explaining how to integrate it with your home theater. We liked the cool, compact silver case,...

Hypersonic Fury GX: midrange gamer leaves room for expansion.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... HYPERSONIC PC SYSTEMS' FURY GX IS PROOF that you can build a gaming system for less than $3,000. The base price is $1.200, but a few upgrades brought the price of our review unit to $2,453. The imposing black tower has an air of...

Colorware Great White Shark: slick-looking gaming PC bites into your budget.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... KNOWN FOR ITS EXPERT CASE PAINT JOBS, ColorWare is now venturing into producing its own desktop line. It's no surprise the main attraction of the $3,650 Great White Shark is its case, but some high-end components keep it from being all beauty...

HP Compaq Business Desktop DX2000: basic business desktop is all work and no play.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE $1,169 HP COMPAQ BUSINESS DESKTOP DX2000 delivers fast Pentium 4 performance with minimal frills. It's simple to configure, operate, and maintain, but if you're looking for a work machine that doubles as an entertainment PC, keep shopping....

HP Pavilion ZD7000: deskbound Media Center boasts sizable brawn.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... HEWLETT-PACKARD'S 9.2-POUND PAVILION ZD7000 has as much power as a desktop and is almost as big. Running Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, this laptop features hefty multimedia capabilities and fast performance but disappointing...

Polywell Polynote 3015NS: professional performance despite amateur design.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE $1,885 POLYWELL POLYNOTE 3015NS MAY BE attractively priced and an excellent mobile performer, but some design flaws mar this otherwise superior business laptop. Brimming with high-performance components, our PolyNote laptop packed a...

ABS Mayhem G1: high-octane gaming for the mobile masses.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE $1,938 ABS MAYHEM G1 COMES CHOCKfull of the best of everything. It's one of the fastest laptops we've tested and is a great value to boot. It's clear that ABS designed the Mayhem foremost for garners. Our fully loaded notebook came...

Toshiba Portege M200: this nimble convertible can cruise for hours.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE $2,199 TOSHIBA PORTEGE M200'S SUCCESSful combination of notebook performance and tablet functionality make it one of the beast dual purpose portables on the market, despite its mediocre speed and high price. Replete with a 1.5GHz Intel...

MPC Transport X3000: price of premium machine softened by warranty.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE MPC TRANSPORT X3000'S $2,977 PRICE MAY seem caviar-high, but for the money, you get soup-to-nuts hardware, strong support policies, and enough software to launch a small business. Built around a 1.7GHz Pentium M processor and 512MB of...

Sony VAIO PCG-Z1: trim and stylish case masks underpowered parts.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE UPDATED $2,299 SONY VAIO PCG-Z1 IS A great choice for the fashion-conscious, but slow performance puts it behind other thin-and-light notebooks we've seen. Our test model included a 1.6GHz Pentium M processor, 512MB of 266MHz DDR...

Motorola V600: a feature-packed phone for work or play.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE MOTOROLA V600 MAY NOT HAVE the most innovative design, but this $299.99 cell phone packs plenty of features that can complement even a movie star's jet-set lifestyle. At 3.5X1.9X0.9 inches and weighing 4.4 ounces, the flip-style V600...

Sony CLIE PEG-TJ27: nice camera doesn't offset handheld's dated software.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WITH THE PEG-TJ27, SONY REVAMPS ITS popular CLIE handheld line. Available for an affordable $199.99, this new model delivers plenty of great features. The 5-ounce CLIE is slim and sleek at 4.5X3X0.5 inches, with an attractive metallic gray...

Etymotic ER-6 Isolator Earphones: insulate yourself with sound.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... Etymotic Research's $139 ER-6 Isolator ear-bud headphones are compact and designed to offer professional-grade performance and features at an affordable price. The Isolator comes with both silicone rubber and foam eartips, which you can...

Thales Magellan Meridian Platinum: navigate the world with total confidence.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THALES NAVIGATION'S $349 MAGELLAN Meridian Platinum is not just a powerful GPS receiver--this gadget has plenty of additional features for outdoor enthusiasts. Measuring 6.5x2.9x1.2 inches and weighing 8 ounces, the Meridian's...

Nike PSA 256Max by Philips: sporty audio player for active athletes.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... DESIGNED FOR THE HIGHLY active, the $249.99 Nike PSA 256Max by Philips is a flash based digital music player for the sports-minded. Compact and weighing only 2.1 ounces, the PSA 256Max is water resistant, with rubber covering its...

Icube Play@TV NMP-4000: wireless digital media receiver streams smoothly.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... VIDEO STREAMING IS THE ACHILLES' HEEL OF most wireless digital media receivers. Remarkably, the $199 Icube Play@TV NMP-4000 provides smooth video using the slower 802.11b standard. While impressive, we wonder what it could do if it supported...

Lexmark C510n: fast color laser printer great for small business.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE C510, LEXMARK'S ENTRY INTO THE GROWing sub-$1,000 color laser market, is a nearly perfect budget color laser printer for small businesses. But expandability can be expensive. We looked at the $1,019 C510n (the base model retails for...

Konica Minolta DIMage E323: affordable point-and-shoot covers all the basics.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... KONICA MINOLTA'S $249 DIMAGE E323 IS A WELL-designed, reliable performer with a simple interface and solid image quality for its class. If you're looking to just point and shoot, this 3-megapixel gem is a fine deal, but it's the wrong choice if...

Canon MultiPass MP390: capable multifunction printer is a SOHO pleaser.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WITH ITS STYLISH GOOD LOOKS, THE $199.99 Canon MultiPass MP390 breaks out of the typical multifunction-printer mold and offers more than enough faxing, scanning, copying, and photo printing capabilities to satisfy most home or small-office...

BenQ FP767-12: classic-looking LCD stalls out on features.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The BenQ FP767-12's rounded, two, bezel and chrome-color speakers recall the grille on a 1954 Cadillac Eldorado. Lack of mobility and useful ports, however, leave this $529 17-inch LCD at the starting line. For all its hires of golden-era...

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T1: tiny point-and-shoot demands sacrifices.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... ULTRACHIC, THIN, AND HIGHLY portable, the $549.95 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1 possesses a definite cool factor. But its minimal controls and subpar image quality might disappoint demanding shooters. Just four-fifths of an inch flock and weighing...

Panasonic AG-DVX100A: a MiniDV that's more pro than consumer.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... THE $3,995 PANASONIC AG-DVX100A is the kind of camera that will send shivers down the spines of videographers and serious amateurs with modest budgets. The successor to the AG-DVX100, the AG-DVX100A is a unique hybrid that combines light...

Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter MN-710: fast and foolproof, Wi-Fi adapter is one to beat.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... MICROSOFT'S $49.99 BROADBAND NETWORKING Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter MN-710 makes it easy to wirelessly connect a desktop or notebook to an 802.11g router, thanks to one of the smoothest installation wizards we've seen. If you're a beginner...

Asus WL-500g WLAN Router with USB Port: a fast wireless router for seasoned networkers.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... FEW BROADBAND ROUTERS OFFER AS WIDE an array of features as the $99 Asus WL-500g WLAN Router With USB Port. This efficiently designed router has an integrated print server, a configurable firewall, virtual server support, and URL keyword...

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac: Microsoft gives Mac users suite smell of success.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WE THOUGHT THE DEBUT OF THE NEW version of Microsoft's Office 2004 for Mac would seem anticlimactic after the hoopla surrounding Office X, but the latest revisions of Word, PowerPoint, and Entourage each have one essential feature that we can't...

WinZip 9.0: utility wraps compression in new security blanket.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WINZIP HAS LONG BEEN THE FOREMOST APPLIcation for dealing with compressed files, and version 9.0 maintains that tradition. Priced at $29 for new user and free for registered users of all previous versions, WinZip 9.0 is a sound investment for...

ACDSee 6.0: a virtual shoebox for your digital photos.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF BISYING A DIGItal camera, most users learn a harsh lesson: Organizing all those photos you take can be a nightmare. That's where ACD Systems' $49.99 ACDSee 6.0 comes in, offering fast and easy viewing, printing, sharing,...

X1 search: X1 marks the spot for speedy drive searches.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... X1 TECHNOLOGIES' X1 SEARCH IS SO FAST THAT it can find any file or e-mail on your PC in less time than it takes to read this sentence. This speedy search--tool--a bit pricey at $99--indexes every file, e-mail, and mail attachment on your hard...

FileMaker Pro7: virtual filing cabinet adds multimedia to its drawers.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... FILEMAKER PRO 7 BRINGS DATABASE POWER once reserved for high end corporate installations down to the desktop. For $299 ($149 for the upgrade version), home and business users get a single tool that can organize, sort, and retrieve data for...

FranklinCovey PlanPlus 2.0 For Microsoft Outlook: planning plug-in turns outlook into a taskmaster.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... WANT TO USE FRANKLINCOVEY'S WELL-known planning system--but hate its giant paper notebook? The company's $99.95 PlanPlus 2.0 attempts to streamline the system by adding several productivity enhancements to Microsoft Outlook. PlanPlus...

System Mechanic 4 Professional: get under your PC's hood with these utilities.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... NORTON SYSTEMWORKS HAD BETTER NOT rest on its laurels. Iolo Technologies' $69.95 System Mechanic 4 Professional is a worthy challenger and offers advanced PC users a lot more value. We were impressed that System Mechanic Pro's tools cover...

NTI CD & DVD Maker 6.7 Platinum: uneven features, speed dull burning suite's luster.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR AN AFFORDABLE BURNing package primarily for data backup and disaster recovery, the $59.99 ($49.99 download) CD & DVD Maker 6.7 Platinum suite from NewTech Infosystems (NTI) is worth considering. But if you're mostly...

Far Cry: trouble in the tropics is a refreshing blast.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... FAR CRY ISN'T JUST STUNNING technically--it's possibly the best PC first person shooter since Half-Life. The story combines Half-Life's epic adventure with the bizarreness of The Island of Dr. Moreau and a hint of Jurassic Park. You play...

Nemesis of the Roman Empire: build (or conquer) Rome in a day.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... NEMESIS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE packs features common to many real-time-strategy (RTS) games, but its clever logistics and smart AI set it apart. Nemesis includes two good sized campaigns. One follows the march of famed Carthaginian general...

XGaming X-Arcade Two Player: bring home the arcade-game experience.(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... Playing arcade games on your PC is great fun, but playing them with true old-school panache is playing them with true old-school panache is even better. XGaming's $149.95 X-Arcade Two Player controller lets you easily trick out an ordinary PC...

True value.(Buying Budget)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... Not everyone has the cash for a powerhouse PC, and, unfortunately, the stigma attached to bargain-basement computers is tough to overcome. But for buyers with basic needs such as e-mailing, word processing, Web surfing, and simple photo...

The hot 100: the best tips to get the most out of your PC.(Top PC Tips)
July 1, 2004... SUMMER'S HERE, AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR OUTLOOK SHORTCUTS AND HOME NETWORKING TIPS? Okay, it's not exactly fun in the sun, but our annual tips-and-tricks feature can boost your productivity, giving you more time to BBQ, soak up the rays, and...

Safe 'n' secure: shield your system from hackers, worms, viruses, spyware, and more with one of these seven Internet security suites.(Internet Security Suites)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... In real life, you can usually avoid the bad guys by staying out of their way. In the digital world, the bad guys come looking for you. And if you don't have a good security system, you'll soon be in a world of pain. For the past year, a...

The modder's market: PC lacking pizzazz? With these great case mods, it's easy to set your system apart from the crowd.(PC Add-Ons)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... PUT AWAY THE WIRE STRIPPERS, ROTARY cutter, and soldering iron. Case modding--the term for modifying your PC's internal and external look--now requires nothing more than a screwdriver and some imagination. With parts and accessories easily...

Image makers: scanners are not bygone technology. Find out why you still need one and which is best.(Scanners)(Product/Service Evaluation)
July 1, 2004... So you've got a digital camera, and your photos go right into your computer. That doesn't mean you have no use for a scanner. Before you relegate scanners to the digital dustbin of outdated technology, consider that photo from the family...

Storage in a flash.(USB Flash Drives)(Universal Serial Bus)
July 1, 2004... Whether it's your favorite tunes, vacation images, or--perish the thought--real work, you're constantly shuttling files from your home PC to your office desktop. How do you move all that data? Still using floppies? E-mail? Options for sending,...

Essential guide: 20 ways to shop smart online.
July 1, 2004... Shop Safe, Not Sorry 1 make sure your connection's secure Before you submit any sensitive or private information about yourself--especially your credit-card number--make sure that the data will be encrypted and transmitted over a...

All of the internet, none of the cords: setting up and protecting a wireless home network.(Tune-Up)
July 1, 2004... A broadband connection brings the Internet into your home at blazing speeds, And with a wireless, or Wi-Fi, network, you can get that access on multiple computers throughout your home and even outside--without cords. What's more, today's...

The hard edge: viruses of the future are coming; Alice and Prince Charles talk tech; and why is HP suing Gateway, anyway?(help & how-to)(voice over internet protocol)
July 1, 2004... HEY! IT'S JULY. YOU KNOW what that means, fight? Happy 228th birthday, America. You don't look a day over 200! Don't worry, that's all we're going to say. We know how touchy some folk are about their age. TECH BEDEVILMENT TO COME ...

Ten pins are plenty.(computer cures)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Two of the pins keep coming out of the connector on my monitor cable. Can I replace the cable, or can it be fixed? Ray Warnick If the cable isn't permanently attached to the monitor, you can easily buy a new cable for less than $10....

Seeing the bigger picture.(computer cures)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... My PC display shows images that are so large that part of the picture winds up off the screen, not fully visible. Plus, I can't grab the edge of the window to make it smaller. How can I manipulate these large images? Bob Ali If the...

The notebook storage shuffle.(computer cures)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... I need to upgrade my laptop's hard drive. What is the quickest and easiest way to move all my files and programs to the new drive? I have an external drive for temporary storage, but I don't want to reinstall programs if I can avoid it. I'm...

Running interference.(computer cures)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... When I turn my PC's power switch on, I hear noise .from the radios in my house--especially if I'm tuned to AM stations. Also, when I boot up my computer, I hear loud and annoying feedback. What's causing the problem, and how can I stop it? ...

The serial of champions?(computer cures)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... I have a batch of different serial cables: modem, null-modem, and regular serial cables. None of these is marked. How can I find out which cables are which? What can I use to connect to each pin to see how it is wired? Allan Sadowski ...

Password problem solved.(tip of the month)
July 1, 2004... Frequent Web surfers are no strangers to sites that require you to log in. Want to balance your checkbook? Simply go to your bank's site, enter your account number, and then type your password Password? Wait, which one did you use for this...

In search of a salve to soothe DVD burns: archiving old videos to DVD can be painstaking work. Our advisor helps a reader find an easy, inexpensive software remedy.(Buying Advisor)
July 1, 2004... DVD creation can be a drag. Just ask Kevin Krupa, a police officer from Tampa, Fla., who has a batch of old camcorder tapes to digitize. "I'm not looking for some Hollywood production," Krupa says. "I only want to burn my home movies to...

WebBuyer: the best sites for online shopping.(web buyer)(Directory)
July 1, 2004... Tech Shopping altex.com With a big dose of Texan pride, Altex Electronics has corralled enough computer and networking gear to fill a 10-gallon hat. Mosey over to the Power Accessories section for line conditioners, power supplies,...

How to buy the right digital camera.(buying basics)
July 1, 2004... So you're finally ready to put your film camera on the shelf and succumb to the lure of digital photography? Or maybe you need to upgrade from that 1-megapixel digicam you bought three gears ago, when it was state-of-the-art? Either way, here...