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MSI teases Wind Top AP1920, Wind Box DE220 and DC500


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35mm, engadget

Published Dec. 25, 2009 at 10:14 a.m.
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There ain't much to go on just yet, but one thing's for certain: MSI will be unveiling a trio of new machines at CES in just a few weeks. Over on the Wind Top side, it'll be introducing the all-new AP1920 all-in-one PC, which will measure in at 35mm thick and sport an 18.5-inch display, Atom D510 or D410 CPU and a power-sipping attitude. The nettop lovers will be thrilled to know that a new duo of mini PCs will also get unwrapped, as the Wind Box DC500 and DE220 step in with Intel's newest Pine

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Into the Most Secret Place On Earth


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large, medium, photography

Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 1:01 p.m.
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Note from Rich: Today's post is written by the talented writer Bryan Catherman as a special to LeggNet's Digital Capture ... Into the Most Secret Place On Earth by Bryan Catherman ... I’ve witnessed many spectacular things—NORAD, secret detainee holding camps, and other highly classified places—but nothing compares to where I went, and what I saw last month with my good friend, Rich Legg ... About six months ago, Rich Legg was contacted about doing a photo shoot. That in itself was

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Learn to Focus Your Camera Properly


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camera, portrait, sharp

Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.
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Are your holiday snaps blurry or sharp? It seems simple enough, but you don't want to mess around when memories are on the line. Learn tips to focus your camera when you're shooting a portrait or a landscape, and when it makes sense to switch the auto-focus setting off ...

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Orson Welles and His Brief Passionate Betacam Love Affair [Filmmaking]


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apple, camera, documentary, film, format, phone, player, sony

Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.
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In January 1985, the phone rang. The caller announced that he was Orson Welles and that he wanted to have lunch with me. Thus began one of the most extraordinary and bittersweet adventures of my life ... Sometimes the journeys we take through this life begin and end in the most unexpected ways. My encounter with Welles in the last days of his life centered on a common interest: Sony's new one-piece camcorder, the Betacam. It had just come to market and Welles, always the genius filmmaker, had

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Exploring Pandora, Avatar's Lush World


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documentary, film

Published Dec. 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
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Sigourney Weaver narrates this faux documentary on the flora and fauna of the planet Pandora in James Cameron's new film, Avatar ... (Courtesy 20th Century Fox) ...

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Helping with the Help Portrait


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portrait

Published Dec. 14, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.
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I spent a few hours on Saturday helping out by taking portraits at one of the Help Portrait sites in Salt Lake City ... The time I spent doing this has to go down as some of the most rewarding time I have spent as a photographer ... The image of me above was taken by one of the children at the event ... The 4 year old boy had just had his portrait taken with his family ... While they were waiting for the portrait to print I let him and his sister take some shots with my camera ... It was so

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Today is the Day - Help Portrait


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portrait

Published Dec. 12, 2009 at 2:18 a.m.
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LeggNet's Digital Capture© Rich Legg, Inc. All rights reserved ...

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CoolerBot Terrorizes Woodland Creatures [Robots]


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camera, nikon, photography

Published Dec. 11, 2009 at 8:40 p.m.
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Think of CoolerBot like the paparazzi of the woods. It's solar powered and waterproof, so it stops at nothing to get that perfect shot. Of course, it looks like it should be diffusing bombs, not taking nature photography ... CoolerBot uses a tail-dragger design with 14" wheels in front and a 10" castering wheel in the rear. The caster wheel is mounted using PVC pipe. The robot is capable of moving in either direction. CoolerBot uses two NPC-41250 motors powered by a 10 amp hour 12 volt SLA

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Spacewalking Astronauts Seen With a Backyard Telescope


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portrait

Published Dec. 11, 2009 at 3:11 p.m.
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In orbit, an astronaut was working on the International Space Station. Down on Earth, an amateur astronomer pointed his backyard telescope skyward and snapped a portrait of the human in space ...

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7 Favorite Ways to Say Goodbye (For Now) [Danny Allen]


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gizmodo, hdtv, photography, sony

Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 3:35 p.m.
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It's been an amazing ride on the Gizmodo train, but this is my stop; my last daily post. I'll be swinging by for some cool features we've got planned…but for now, I leave you with 7 of my favorite posts… ... From hilarious TV scams to amateur space photography, to personally overdosing on caffeine in the name of pseudo-science, the early morning shift has let me cover stuff you just don't see anywhere else but Giz. But it's time to spread the freelance wings ... Thanks for taking the ride

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