When I decided to purchase a new lens a couple of months ago, I wanted a lens with zoom. It was one of those features I lacked on my D40 kitlens (which is only 18-55mm). I wanted to try new techniques within photography, and I wanted a tele-zoom lens at a cheap price. I was out of luck until I, by chance, stumbled upon a SIGMA 70-300mm lens on a trip to Japan. Appearance, feel and weight The outer...

UPDATE: It seems the phone has finally been released, under the name of Sony Ericsson Pureness. Looks cool! The display The first thing about the new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X5 (just X5 in short) you will notice is the display. Not only does it sport the usual you’d expect from Sony Ericsson – high resolution and crisp, clear pixels – but the display itself is transparent! It’s...

A couple of weeks ago I decided to start publishing XBOX-related articles on a new blog I created. For this purpose, I uploaded an installation of WordPress and started writing. The XBOX is Microsoft’s old gaming console – it was good at the time and it still is. My goal is to educate people about everything there is to know in and around the XBOX. I’ve written content about connecting...

This guide, in its entirety, is taken from SmexDesign. Credits goes to him for finding this! #1 Open Spotify and log in with your credentials. Click Edit in the top-hand menu and then press Preferences…. #2 Set the Proxy to HTTPS and enter these details as your host and port: Host: 213.203.241.210 Port: 80 Make sure your settings look like mine: Now, play your favorite music without ads interrupting!...

The AutoISO-feature, available on most modern DSLR cameras (digital system cameras), enables the camera to set its own ISO-values. The user selects a shutter speed as the “minimum speed”, telling the camera that it should attempt to keep the shutter-speed at this level or faster. Based on the amount of light in the picture, the size of the aperture (the f-stop) and the selected minimum...

Recently, the company behind a host of security- and storage-related programs, Sunbelt Software, released its Antivirus Software called VIPRE. The software has been designed to efficiently cure and prevent viruses, spywares, trojans, etc. But the interesting part here is that it has been built to be faster than Norton, McAffee, NOD32 and other currently popular antiviruses. VIPRE Antivirus features,...

The problem with MSN losing focus after sending a message derives from the latest beta of Safari, believe it or not. Safari Beta 4 installed a version of WebKit which apparently caused the text-area inside MSN Messenger to behave erratically. Just uninstalling Safari from Applications does not resolve the problem, nor does an uninstall of WebKit nightly builds do the trick. What you need to do is download...

This guide involves acquiring a piece of software (PCSatelliteTV) that is not free – either you buy it or you get hold of it in some other way. I will not be held liable for your choice. Introduction This guide will cover just how easy it is to play TV on your computer using nothing but software and internet. I was amazed at how well it worked, and although the quality could have been better...

Battery power – why waste it? Using Live View drastically shortens the time you’re able to use your camera on its batteries, unless you plug it in to a charger. As new images constantly have to be rendered on the screen – many frames per second and often a high brightness – this easily drains your batteries. Accuracy? – I don’t think so… What Live View shows...

Specifications Intel Pentium 4, 3.0GHz (15 x 200) dualcore MSI PT8 Neo-V (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) VIA Apollo P4X533 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM) ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series (256 MB) MAXTOR S TM3160211AS (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II) DVD-RW Drive FireWire-1934 Connections Description A newly built PC with a fast Intel processor and a robust motherboard from MSI gives you all the performance you...