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Olympus SP-560 UZ Offers Wide Angle 18X Optical Zoom

How many people have said in our very own comments that these high-zoom cameras should have wider-angle starting points? Olympus’ SP-560 Ultra Zoom ($450) does just that, with an 18x optical zoom lens ranging 27 to 486 mm (that’s 35 mm equivalent). And that’s not all this chunky funky camera has going for it. It…

Olympus FE Series Cameras Have Smile Recognition, Other Fun Features up to 12 Megapixels

Olympus’ new FE cameras—FE-280 ($200), FE-290 ($250) and FE-300 ($300)—are built to be “fun” and “easy,” with a smile-recognition program, a way to fix bad images on the fly, and other cool tricks, plus a 12-megapixel version for $300. The FE-280 and FE-300 are essentially the same camera with 2.5″ LCDs and 3x optical zoom…

First Look at the DivX Connected Media Streaming Platform in Action

DivX is launching a hardware platform for a media streaming box with openness in mind. The set top box I was shown (a plain looking reference design) had HDMI, component, composite outputs and a b/g WiFi and Ethernet connections for connecting to your PC. The gorgeous UI I saw had PS3-like 3d thumbnails of videos…

iPod Nano Spy Shots Confirmed as Real by Apple Legal

Click to viewApple Legal has asked Giz to take down the iPod nano spy shots from earlier today because they are their “intellectual property.” Out of respect for The Steve, we’ve complied. This pretty much confirms they belong to Apple, whether they are final or a prototype. However, the image above is all ours —done…

Sony Ericsson’s Swag Box Arrives at Giz HQ

Sony Ericsson sent over a test bed of phones that can be imported or bought from sonystyle.com. Some of the phones are familiar from shows like CTIA this spring, but we could stare at these beauties all day so I don’t mind recapping the contents and taking fresh shots. •The ultra slim W880 Walkman Phone…

The much anticipated Palm Foleo has been delayed due to sync-related software bugs. [Barrons]

AT&T Confirms End of Detailed Billing for iPhone, Other Unholy Cells

Apparently, AT&T has confirmed what was rumored: they’re going to cut their huge paper waste and environmental mayhem in a radical way. One 300-page iPhone bill and probably a couple of calls from the Mighty Green Jobso later, some readers are reporting short messages from AT&T saying that the detail billing is over: https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-unofficial-response-to-300-page-iphone-bill-defa-290597 AT&T…

CulinaryPrep May Let Me Eat Raw Chicken ‘Til The Cows Come Home

Although the press release doesn’t mention my beloved chicken sashimi, it does say that the CulinaryPrep home unit, which went on sale today for $400, “removes e.coli, listeria, salmonella and other dangerous impurities from food.” Still, something about it smells fishy. The key to the patented Grovac bacteria-killing process is some kind of “all-natural” antimicrobial…

An 18-year-old in Cincinnati was hit by a train, unaware that it was coming, because he was sending a text message as he walked across the tracks. Despite being thrown 50 feet by the train, Zachariah Smith lived. [The Enquirer via Boing Boing]

Olive Bangs Out OPUS 305S, 307S CD-based Audio Systems

Olive’s just released a Opus No3 with a 250GB hard drive that’s designed to hold 700 CDs worth of music in lossless capacity. The thing is iTunes compatible, rips CDs from disc to its hard drive, and is compatible with their Preload service (which you can send CDs to and they’ll rip and include your…

Wireless Info is reporting that the Nokia 6555 will be carried by AT&T. [WirelessInfo via Electronista] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-6555-is-skinny-clamshell-with-3g-analog-clock-v-291605

Sharp and Samsung’s Flagship LCDs Face Off

If you’re in the market for an LCD, you’d probably have to investigate Sharp 92 series and Samsung’s 65F series, their top tier LCDs at the moment. I’ve been playing with both, and they’re both pretty well equipped with 1080p displays, 3 HDMI ports, 15000:1 contrast ratios, 120Hz tech, and more than enough brightness. Picture…

Weird Combo of the Day: PS3 Kiosk With HD DVDs

Seen at Wal-Mart, the finest high-tech outlet in the US, this PlayStation 3 store display has not just PS3 games and Blu-ray movies, it even has HD DVDs as well! No wonder its console costs so much. Hidden HD DVD support that nobody knew about! Click in for a better view. [Thanks Tipster!]

Like the Helio Ocean, the Sidekick 3 and Sidekick ID can both get Opera Mini working as a browser. The caveat is that you have to be a Java programmer in the developer community. [Hiptop3]

Despite only having a PS3-amount of playable games, the Nintendo Wii has just passed the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales. Which means the 360’s winning the race for 2nd place. [VGChartz]

Hands-on With Windows Home Server (Verdict: Great In Unpredicted Ways)

Speaking of Windows Home Server, Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter Research has lived with one for a while and really, really likes it. In fact, he said it was one of those things (like the first time you used TiVo) that you didn’t know you needed until you experienced it. Here are some of the things…

How to Comment: How Much Storage Do You Have?

I’m in the middle of testing out this Network Attached Storage kit for a review, and it got me wondering how much storage the average Giz reader has on his home network. This is counting all your machines + all your external hard drives + all your network hard drives. Doing some quick napkin math,…

MoanMyIP.com Lowers My Faith in Humanity One More Notch

Well, this is depressing. A new website that’s sure to really change the media landscape has appeared; it’s called MoanMyIP.com. Any guesses as to what it does? Yes, that’s right, it has a “sexy” girl moan your IP address to you. Look guys, I know that a lot of you are really sex starved and…

Blu-ray’s Atomic Bomb in the Format War

Blu-ray has been turning the tide, selling almost twice as many discs this year as HD DVD. Their next weapon in the format war? A 40-foot-long promotional mega-kiosk, shaped like a Magic Kingdom Castle. The moving castle will target the fence early adopters are squatting on by touring 18 malls across the nation (by the…

Fake UFO in Haiti Video Creator Uncovered

Remember the badass “UFO in Haiti” video that was all the rage last week? Big surprise, guys: It was a fake. The LA Times did some investigating and figured out just who was behind the convincing video. https://gizmodo.com/the-aliens-are-here-the-aliens-are-here-290363 Yeah, I know, you wanted to believe. But it turns out the video was an exercise by…