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Review of SIGMA 70-300mm 4.0-5.6

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 […]

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Early Review of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X5

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 […]

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New XBOX Blog Launched

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 […]

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How To Remove Spotify Ads Without Premium

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 […]

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The AutoISO Feature – How Does It Work?

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 […]

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Interesting New Anti-Virus Software – VIPRE

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 […]

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Mac MSN Messenger Loses Focus – Solved!

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 […]

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Satellite TV on your PC – Does It Work?

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 […]

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Five Reaons Not to use Live View in a Camera

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 […]

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Selling a Newly-Built Computer

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 […]