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What's the best type of image stabilisation?

Digital Living The simplest method for preventing that happening is simply to stick your camera on a sturdy tripod. A method that doesn't involve physical movement is more commonly found in compact cameras. This method is really just a cheap fudge and in our book...

25 July 2007, 12:16

Back up your mobile phone's phonebook

Digital Living There are several methods for backing up your numbers but the easiest and probably best method is using a SIM card backup kit. If you choose the first method, all you need to do is load the software that comes with the kit on to your computer and...

23 August 2006, 13:47

Get the most out of Wi-Fi

Digital Living The latter is a more straightforward method. Whichever security method you choose, we'd recommend using the following tips to help keep yourself more secure: This won't, of course, stop anyone who already knows the name of your access point, or...

4 May 2006, 15:30

Can I afford a progressive scan camcorder?

Digital Living First off, some science: progressive scanning is a method of displaying, storing or transmitting moving images in which each frame is divided into lines, and those lines are all drawn onscreen, usually at 30 frames per second.

Tags: model, eye, fields, lines

12 December 2007, 9:23

How do I access my PC while away from home?

Digital Living The most obvious method is to use Windows XP Professional Edition's built-in Remote Desktop feature. I need to access various files and folders on my home PC using a separate computer located elsewhere.

27 September 2006, 16:08

The 8-step technology detox

Digital Living Jim Jimson said it could wean me from my addiction using an ingenious twist on Carol Vorderman's power-dieting method. Hello, my name is Andrew Lim and I'm a gadget addict. My house is a shrine to the consumer electronics gods and my life is spent...

14 June 2007, 16:23

How do I get music off my iPod?

Digital Living This method doesn't require any extra software at all. Dear CNET,My hard disk is dead. I jumped up to celebrate when England scored against Paraguay and knocked my laptop off the table -- now I can't listen to the songs I had on my computer as they...

Tags: enable, enter, press, hard disk

15 June 2006, 12:12

Can I put two SIM cards in one mobile phone?

Digital Living The problem with this method is that it involves cutting your SIM card, which might permanently damage it. Hi, I've got a work mobile phone and a home mobile phone. This means that I have to carry around two handsets with me at all times and it's...

29 June 2006, 11:41

How do I back up my mobile phone contacts, text messages and pictures?

Digital Living If none of these solutions work for you, unfortunately you'll have to resort to the old-fashioned pen and paper method. Hi, I want to back up all my mobile phone contacts, text messages and pictures. What's the best way to do this?

8 August 2007, 16:50

Bluff it as a fashion photographer

Digital Living There are two approaches here: the first is the standard method using professional full-sized flash units we describe below. You'll often get better results from using this method than the conventional greyscale conversion in Photoshop.

10 November 2006, 15:23

What's lossless audio and do I need it?

Digital Living If you're still unsure whether lossless audio is for you, the best method is to listen to a song in MP3 and the same song in lossless format. I've heard that using lossless audio compression gives hugely improved sound quality over MP3.

18 July 2007, 11:55

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living Feeding peer-to-peer networksSo-called P2P networks started out as a method for trading MP3s online, but they have evolved far past that. In the years to come, their invention changed the music business, the Internet, and -- by extension -- the...

17 August 2005, 14:30