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Why do Canon cameras have more than one name?

Digital Living Canon uses different model names in different regions, based on the likes and dislikes of the relevant markets. Although you can find meaningful patterns in some product categories, it's best not to read too much into any of the names and numbers.

23 May 2007, 11:55

The digital won't let me go

Digital Living It's passwords and access rights and logons, and learning the names of the printers before you learn the names of your colleagues. Helping to launch this Web site has given me plenty of time to think about a simple question, one I look forward to...

16 May 2005, 11:40

What's the best type of image stabilisation?

Digital Living Manufacturers are now adding clever systems to their cameras that will keep the image stable, but are also guilty of giving misleading names to inferior methods. There are different ways of reducing blur and confusingly manufacturers give them...

25 July 2007, 12:16

Festival photos that rock!

Digital Living The two big names worth looking at here are Nikon and Canon. The first thing you'll need to figure out is what camera to pick for a weekend camping in foreign fields. We'll assume you're pretty serious about your photography, so we'll discount...

17 August 2005, 14:35

What's the difference between noise-cancelling and noise-isolating headphones?

Digital Living The reason these technologies have different names is because they attack the problem of ambient noise in very different ways. I have to decide on a new pair of headphones. What's the difference between 'noise-isolating' and 'noise-cancelling...

19 April 2007, 9:52

Web 2.0: this time it's lucrative

Digital Living You may have been to Flickr, Wondr, Del.icio.us, Orkut, or Listl (note the daringly misspelt or awkward names, to ensure a nice Google ranking -- very Web 2.0). The Web is changing. Mighty forces are at work and a new Internet is slouching towards...

1 April 2006, 8:00

What MP3 player for my particular needs?

Digital Living Clear screen -- nice and easy to see track names I have an old Creative MuVo2 4GB which is starting to show its age -- I've just had to reformat the hard disk for the second time and the headphone socket is wobbly so the sound is intermittent.

23 November 2006, 16:11

Never forget a login or a password again

Digital Living Even better, these apps perform two jobs by remembering my numerous login names and passwords so that I can get in without a lot of guesswork. I surf hundreds of different Web sites every day. A good portion of them, such as online email services...

Tags: fill, passwords, forms, login

9 May 2005, 15:12

Is now the right time to buy a new TV?

Digital Living Imagine being able to see every single facial detail in a movie, or the player names on every footballer's shirt, and you're close to what will be the biggest revolution in TV since the move to colour.

25 May 2005, 11:00

Bringing it all back home

Digital Living I honestly can't tell you the names of the brands of energy suppliers I use, let alone how I feel about them. If you add up things like satellite television, cable, landline telephony, mobile phones and broadband, it starts to become quite a big...

1 July 2006, 8:00

Get the most out of Wi-Fi

Digital Living This won't, of course, stop anyone who already knows the name of your access point, or anyone who has a list of possible default SSID names, but it's a very effective method nonetheless. Connect your home PCs and peripherals In case you've been...

4 May 2006, 15:30