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What's the best type of image stabilisation?

Digital Living Mechanical image stabilisation detects the tiny vibrations from your hands and compensates by fractionally moving the image sensor inside the camera. This would mean that you could, say, employ a slower shutter speed to capture more light without...

25 July 2007, 13:16

The 8-step technology detox

Digital Living I was itching to get my hands on my Freeview box to catch up with the latest CSI: Las Vegas. After hours running around trying to pick up one of London's finest, I finally settled for one that wasn't quick enough to dodge my tech-coddled hands.

14 June 2007, 17:23

How can I take pictures without flash?

Digital Living These cameras make it easier to take pictures in low light by compensating for any movement of your hands, so you can hold the camera steady for longer. I have a Nikon Coolpix digital camera. It's a good camera and easy to use.

13 December 2006, 11:58

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living If you're serious about photography, we suggest you get your hands on one. The idiot So, this is you, a clueless fool with a basic digital camera. You don't look like much in your silly hat, do you? Who's going to let you shoot the next Kate Moss...

10 November 2006, 15:23

Swedish flirts find a new home

Digital Living Today one of Sweden's largest flirt-driven social-networking sites, Playahead, is going to offer its members access to the rapidly growing online virtual world of Second Life, turning its members into avatars that can hold hands, kiss and blow...

23 September 2006, 9:00

Choose the right Bluetooth headset

Digital Living Many cars are even equipped with Bluetooth so that you can use the car's audio system for hands-free phone use. The benefits of these hands-free, wireless devices are obvious, particularly as it's illegal to use a handset in the UK while driving.

15 August 2006, 17:46

Chatting in the third dimension

Digital Living Suddenly both our avatars are standing up, holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes. You can move, emote, shake hands, breakdance, burp, smile and generally carry on as though you were a character in The Simpsons.

8 August 2006, 17:33

Better digital photos

Digital Living Unless you really have a lot of time on your hands, it's unlikely you'll want to go through the massive folder that contains your European holiday photos and rename them Europe_1.jpg, Europe_2.jpg and so on down the line.

3 August 2006, 16:09

How can I upgrade my laptop?

Digital Living Once you've got the parts you need, you'll need to get your hands very dirty to install them. How can I upgrade my laptop? It's running like a dog and I've tried everything to speed it up. I'm at the end of my tether.

2 June 2006, 16:55

How can I convert my vinyl collection to MP3?

Digital Living If you have a lot of time on your hands, this might be quite a therapeutic experience. Hello, call me a luddite, call me an Antiques Roadshow viewer, but I have a problem. I like my MP3s, but I love my old record collection.

6 April 2006, 12:28

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living You take the law into your own hands. Each can do a lot of damage in the wrong hands. They fiddle fiddle fiddle with their wretched mobile phones -- which are deadly in the wrong hands and can go off at any time.

18 March 2006, 8:00

CeBIT 2006: It's all about the stuff

Digital Living It's all about getting our hands on the stuff. As I pack my bags for CeBIT, I can't help wondering whether I'll manage to see as much technology as I'm taking. I've packed my laptop, of course; a digital SLR for photographing all the new products...

8 March 2006, 15:02

Make the most of high-def content

Digital Living High definition may be great for sports and documentaries, but the main driving force behind the technology is set to be movies. The problem lies in the fact that there are two rival formats vying for the HD crown: Blu-ray and HD DVD.

13 February 2006, 9:37

Spam TV, You TV, Global TV

Digital Living Yet if the screen experience is shrinking all around us, the technology is putting the remote control firmly in our hands. The screen experience is increasingly mundane. It's less and less special because there's more and more of it about.

4 October 2005, 17:57

It doesn't have to cost a bomb to fix your pics

Digital Living GraphicConverter for Mac is hands down one of the best shareware image-editing apps you can get, but if you don't have a Mac, you're out of luck. A good image editor is invaluable. Not only does it come in handy when you have pictures to resize...

Tags: plug ins, enhance, thumbnail, eye

9 May 2005, 16:12