Making Your Own Coffee-Table Book
Online photo-printing services are offering photo books that create bound volumes of digital pictures. Walt and his assistant compare the books produced by the four big services.
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PC and Mac, Joined at the Switch
Walt offers a guide to KVM switches, which allow users to operate two computers using a single shared monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer and set of speakers.
Sunglasses That Bring Music to Your Ears
The Thump 2, Oakley’s sunglasses with an MP3 player, gets points for style, but it’s very expensive and rather impractical.
The Video Camera Revised
The new $130 Pure Digital Point & Shoot Video Camcorder’s quality is remarkable for how small and simple the device is.
Joining the Contest Craze Through the Internet
Bix.com allows users to participate in contests that include singing, comedy photography and art, where members can vote using a thumbs-up or thumbs-down icon.
Online Games Appeal to ‘Casual’ Players
We tested a service from Big Fish Games, which specializes in downloadable casual games that are family friendly. The site offers a variety of fun titles, but some of the log-in navigation is needlessly confusing.
Beyond the Standard-Issue Keyboard
A look at alternative keyboard options: two sets that operate wirelessly using Bluetooth, and a stand-alone wired ergonomic keyboard made for touch typists.
Saving a Favorite Web Video
The newest version of RealPlayer offers a distinctly useful feature: the ability to copy any video from the Internet onto your PC, as long as it isn’t protected by a copyright. The download function is smart, simple and fun to use.
Creating Documents for All to Read
Adobe’s PDF is one of the most universally accepted file formats, but creating them yourself can be costly and confusing. A look at several inexpensive options for producing PDFs.
The New iLife: We Test Upgrade of Apple Suite
Apple’s new iMac includes a radical-looking keyboard, but the bigger change is the major update to its iLife software suite. Katherine Boehret tests the new programs with a particularly close look at iPhoto and iMovie.
Cinema Buffs Capture Hard-to-Find Films
Jaman.com gives users the chance to download independent and international movies from the Web directly to their computers, but the system can be frustrating and the interface is cluttered.
An Easier Way to Make and Share Videos
The Flip Video Ultra handheld camera is easy to use, attractively priced and creates video of surprisingly high quality for its size, but it is unlikely to satisfy serious amateurs. (Video)
Sending Large Files Down the Tubes
Tubes makes sharing files seem easy, but it needs to make permission levels more understandable, says Walt Mossberg.
From the PC to the TV
SanDisk’s Sansa TakeTV plugs into a PC to load videos, then into your TV to watch the videos. But the device is more complicated than it should be.
When the Web Becomes the Family Dinner Table
Myfamily.com serves as a place where members can upload photos, videos, news, recipes, family-tree entries and other data in a few steps. Its ace in the hole is its popular relative, Ancestry.com.
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