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Samsung Challenges Casio with $850 Slow-Mo HMX20 HD Camcorder

As excited as we are about Casio's Exilim EX-F1 camera with slow-mo and high-def video modes, we're even more thrilled to see actual competition in this category. Samsung announced its HMX20C (or HMX20) at CES, and is now officially shipping it, at least in Korea, for a price around $850. That's about $150 less than Casio's Hiro Nakamura supercam. Here's what's similar about the two models: More »

9:40 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Wilson Rothman
10,626 views, 26 comments

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OLPC Ad by Heroes' Masi Oka Has Us Convinced

We might have been a bit harsh on Masi Oka and his OLPC ambassadorship when it was first announced, but this ad of his seems pretty solid. He's pimping the OLPC Give One Get One program, which lets you buy two laptops (one for yourself, one for some kid you don't know) for $399. Seems like the OLPC team made a good pick in him—he's sincere and nerdy enough that you'd actually believe he cares about laptops for kids.

12:00 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Jason Chen
2,781 views, 29 comments

Latest by abigsmurf: Just think how many people's "buy one get one" donations went towards producing and running this advert... Several thousand? more »

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Heroes Star Hiro Nakamura Named OLPC Ambassador

Heroes star Masi Oka, also known as "hey, that's the guy from Scrubs", has just been "chosen" to be the OLPC Global Ambassador. His qualifications? Being a huge nerd kid (he was on a cover of Time for genius kids because his friend's dad was the photographer), working as a nerd at ILM (even while shooting Heroes), and looking like a nerd—three qualifications we meet as well. More »

12:45 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Jason Chen
6,769 views, 13 comments