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What kind of camcorder is best for night-time shooting?
Digital Living CCD (charge coupled device) camcorders, like the Panasonic SDR-S150, are generally better in low light as they capture red, green and blue light separately. Help! I am going to Las Vegas soon and am looking for a light compact camcorder that will...
19 September 2007, 16:13
Mac OS X vs Windows Vista
Digital Living Charge! What is the meaning of life? Is there a God? Why is belly button fluff always blue? These questions have led to wars, famine and sleepless nights for millennia, but there's one with even greater importance -- which is better, Mac OS X or...
27 April 2007, 15:34
How do I use my mobile phone as a modem for my laptop?
Digital Living Some networks will charge you extra to access the Internet on your laptop using your phone, even if you're on a flat-rate data plan. I've got a Nokia N73 and somebody told me that I can use it as a modem for my laptop, but I'm not sure how to set...
28 February 2007, 14:48
How do I unlock my mobile phone?
Digital Living Some networks will provide the unlocking code for a small charge, so it's worth trying them first. I want to buy a new music phone but it's a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go handset and I'm currently on an O2 contract.
31 January 2007, 10:37
What camcorder for filming kids in low light?
Digital Living A 3CCD (charge coupled device) camcorder will capture red, green and blue light independently. I need a camcorder to take video of my 1-year-old to send to my parents in Australia. I've never really had a camcorder before and don't know where to...
14 September 2006, 15:02
How to get music onto your Walkman phone
Digital Living Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 SP4 and other service packs can be downloaded from the Microsoft Web site; Windows XP SP2 is also available free of charge from PC World. Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones are a popular choice among music fans who want the...
31 August 2006, 16:18
Chatting in the third dimension
Digital Living IMVU doesn't charge for its basic service: instead it hosts a flourishing online market in clothes, accessories and other elements you can use to make your IMVU avatar look cool, whether you want to look like a male jaguar, a female coyote or a...
8 August 2006, 16:33
Living in a fantasy world
Digital Living In Roma Victor there will be an initial £20 charge for your account, but that's all you need to pay. I'm a big fan of Michael Crichton's daft 1970s science-fiction movie Westworld, in which Yul Brynner stole the show as a sinister robot cowboy gone...
10 July 2006, 11:16
Extend your mobile phone's battery life
Digital Living Keep the battery cool and don't leave it in the sunLithium batteries come with built-in circuitry that protects them from overheating, so leaving a phone to charge overnight or over a couple of days won't damage it.
14 June 2006, 14:50
Leaving Las Vegas
Digital Living He then proceeded to demonstrate what will happen to the TV business if it doesn't get serious about figuring out online with the launch of Google Video, which for all its problems raises interesting issues about how old media are going to manage...
11 January 2006, 15:45
Spam TV, You TV, Global TV
Digital Living There's an electric charge when you know the whole world is watching. It's less and less special because there's more and more of it about. We are drowning in video content. Even the bus that takes me home now has a video screen that shows footage...
4 October 2005, 16:57
Sony PSP: Accessorise This
Digital Living One of the best models we've seen includes a charger built into the cable, so you can draw power from your computer or laptop and charge the PSP at the same time. The latest, eco-friendly way to play the world's coolest gadget is to power it from...
6 September 2005, 7:45
Halo 2 starter kit
Digital Living If you charge a plasma pistol all the way up and unload it on a target, your target's shields will usually drop instantly, allowing you to finish him or her off with the SMG relatively quickly. Luckily, though, if you wait for it to lock on before...
13 July 2005, 16:38
Replace your iPod's battery
Digital Living Charge up your new battery, and your iPod will ready to charge! While many users of the first 5GB iPod model are still using the battery with no problem whatsoever, the fact is that cells eventually run out.
11 May 2005, 11:43
Camera phones
Digital Living Most networks charge a monthly fee for photo-messaging services and you can send pics only to someone who uses the same network as you. While camera phones are now pretty ubiquitous, sharing the digital photos from a phone isn't yet the smoothest...
11 May 2005, 11:43


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