25 Years of Pixar Animation

Watch the video from Pixar Animation , on the occasion of their 25 years celebration

Remote Desktop Connection, For Getting access to Other Computer From U'r Computer

If your home computer has Windows XP Pro (or Media Center Edition) installed, you can access it from any other computer running Windows from anywhere in the world using Remote Desktop Connection. Some versions of Windows, like 98, Me, 2000 and require software available from Microsoft.com:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdclientdl.mspx
There are a few steps required to configure your home network to accept connections from outside computers and additional security measures required to keep your PC safe from people who might be scanning for computers with RDC installed.

Set A Complex Password

Remote Desktop relies on Windows XP passwords for login. If you don't currently have a password configured for your account, or if your password is something simple, change it. At minimum, your password should be 10-12 characters long, with a combination of numbers, letters and special characters. This password is no longer just designed to keep out your roommate or family members, it's going to keep the entire Internet from accessing your computer.

Change the password for your Windows user account from the Users section of the Control Panel.

Enable Remote Desktop Connections

The first thing to do is enable Remote Desktop on the machine you want to connect to. Open System Properties either by right clicking the My Computer icon in the Start menu and choosing properties or Windows Key + Pause/Break on your keyboard. Click the Remote tab in System Properties and check the box next to Allow users to connect remotely to this computer.

You can verify RDC is working by connecting from any other computer on your local network.

Configure Your Router

If your router still has the factory default password, change it. While it's unlikely anyone will find your router on the Internet, not changing the password is asking to have it hacked. A strong password of 10-16 characters is advised.

The next step in the procedure is to configure your router to allow inbound connections to Remote Desktop on your local computer. This requires mapping a port on your router to a port on your local computer. The process for forwarding a port varies depending on who made your router, but in general there are a similar series of steps. Linksys refers to the port forwarding page as Applications & Gaming, most other routers refer to port forwarding options as Virtual Servers. To forward a router port your need to configure the following details:

Application or Description field: RDC
Port Range Start: 3389
Port Range End: 3389
Protocol Type: Both (or TCP if a both option isn't available)
IP Address of your PC: Type ipconfig at the command line if you don't know this
Enable: check a box to enable the port forward

For security reasons, if you don't travel often, disable this router port when you return from your trip.

Change the Remote Desktop Listening Port

For added security of your RDC setup, you can change the default port Remote Desktop Connection listens on from the host computer. This prevents detection by anyone doing a routine scan for RDC. This is also convenient if you want to connect to more than one RDC computer remotely. For instance, I have 3 computers that never leave home. By default, RDC watches the same port on all computers, which means I'll either get a conflict of some kind or I won't be able to connect at all. An alternative is to redirect RDC traffic to each computer.

You can read more about the process in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 306759

To change the listening port, you need to modify the Windows Registry. Locate the appropriate Registry key using Regedit.exe:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber

From the Edit menu, click Modify and then click Decimal. Choose a new port number. In general, choosing a number between 49152 and 65535 will avoid conflict with any other apps on your system, but you could theoretically use any port on the system. Once you set the port number you also need to configure your router to pass the specified port to your computer.

To access your computer remotely, instead of typing just the IP address, you need to type the IP address followed by the port number like this: 192.168.1.1:50001

Test Your Connection

The real trick is you need to leave home to test your configuration, so you don't really know it works until you are in the field. You need to know the IP address provided by your ISP to make the connection (Find your IP address). Visit a local coffee shop with WiFi to test the connection. Launch the Remote Desktop Connection client from Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications.

Enter your home IP address and cross your fingers. If all went well, you'll see the Windows Login screen.

Speedup your RAM with these tricks

Low RAM capacity slows down your computer speed significantly. You cannot work smoothly in a computer when it is getting slow and slow. Even though the computer speed depends on several hardware parts and their capacity/speed, you can speed up a computer by installing additional RAM card. Sometimes you may not increase RAM due to not available ram slots in the mother board. Changing motherboard can be cost effective task to fix this problem. Don't worry...... there is a solutions for this.

Windows XP comes with a special feature to increase your RAM by using your Hard Disk. It is called Virtual Memory. Also known as Paging File. You can allocate some space from your hard disk to use as a virtual memory. By default Windows XP comes with a virtual memory size of 1.5 times of RAM. (If your RAM capacity is 256MB, Virtual memory will be 384MB). This is space uses when the RAM going low in capacity.

You can change paging file or the virtual memory size and the partition of the hard disk where paging file exists at anytime as you wish. But there is few guidelines to optimize virtual memory.

• Avoid allocating virtual memory on the same partition where the system installed - Your system partition is heavily accessing drive by the operating system and because of that it will slow down the data read and write speed. And also cause to limit free space of the system partition which usually slows down the PC speed.
• Do not put a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not require fault-tolerance, and some fault-tolerant computers experience slow data writes because they write data to multiple locations.
• Do not put multiple paging files on the different partitions of the same hard disk. Use only one paging file on one hard disk. If your computer consists two or more hard disks, you can create paging files in each hard disk.

How to change paging file/virtual memory

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type sysdm.cpl in the Open box.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Change under Virtual memory.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file that you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, type a new paging file size in megabytes (MB) in the Initial size (MB) orMaximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.

Changing windows paging file size needs restart of your computer to make changes.

Or try for the following process:

ReadyBoost is a memory extension for Windows Vista. It works very much like the swap file on the hard drive, but it is not used as an active extension to the main memory. Instead, Windows uses it to pre-cache application data for popular programs.

ReadyBoost is meant to support the new SuperFetch feature by adding more memory to the system. Microsoft's intended storage device is a USB 2.0 Flash memory stick, mainly because these products are incredibly affordable and reasonably fast. Knowing that USB 2.0 memory sticks deliver between 5 MB/s and 30 MB/s you might wonder how this makes sense.

Most USB 2.0 Flash memory devices on the market offer a capacity of 512 MB to 4 GB. There are smaller and even larger products available; the mainstream is at around 1 GB. These storage devices are very popular, as they are durable and small, and they can be used as a key fob. Many users use USB Flash memory sticks today as they used to jockey floppy disks.

The strength of Flash memory isn't exception transfer performance, but access times that can almost be called nonexistent. Even if you got a memory stick that doesn't provide more than 15 MB/s, it will still benefit from its DRAM-like access times. Compared to a hard drive, which might not be able to provide requested data at its maximum transfer performance of 60-80 MB/s due to higher priority system requests, the USB 2.0 Flash device should be available for serving the SuperFetch purpose. Even the separation of swapped data on the hard drive, and superfetched application data on a USB Flash device provides a small advantage.

When you check out our test results later on you will realize that the memory expansion by means of an USB 2.0 Flash memory device does indeed have a positive impact on application launch time. If you already have a high-speed USB 2.0 Flash memory device at 512 MB or higher capacity you should consider plugging it into an available USB 2.0 port. Windows will prompt you as you plug it in, but instead of opening an Explorer window to access the device's content you can now assign it for use with ReadyBoost. You can use the whole capacity or reserve a smaller capacity for ReadyBoost. It's important to know that Windows doesn't store critical data onto the USB device, which means that you can remove it at any time without facing any kind of data loss. The only impact might be longer application launch times.

Test WorkFlow:

First of all we installed Windows Vista Enterprise from scratch and added all required drivers. As we finished the installation we set a system restore point, because we recreated this clean system state (with no impact of SuperFetch learning from our testing activity) for every complete set of benchmarks. We used Microsoft Outlook with a 1.5 GB PST file, the Internet Explorer 7 with a locally stored website and the OpenOffice Writer with a huge press release document as our applications to test SuperFetch and ReadyBoost. Here is our testing sequence:

• Boot Windows Vista
• Wait 2 minutes

First Run

• Start Internet Explorer
• Wait 5 min (15 minutes if ReadyBoost USB 2.0 Flash device is attached for the first time)
• Start Microsoft Outlook
• Wait 2 minutes
• Start OpenOffice Writer
• Wait 2 minutes
• Close OpenOffice Writer
• Close Microsoft Outlook
• Close Internet Explorer
• Wait 2 minutes

Second Run

• Start Internet Explorer
• Wait 2 minutes
• Start Microsoft Outlook
• Wait 2 minutes
• Start OpenOffice Writer
• Wait 2 minutes
• Close OpenOffice Writer
• Close Microsoft Outlook
• Close Internet Explorer
• Wait 2 minutes

Third Run

• Start Internet Explorer
• Wait 2 minutes
• Start Microsoft Outlook
• Wait 2 minutes
• Start OpenOffice Writer
• Wait 2 minutes
• Close OpenOffice Writer
• Close MicrosoftOutlook
• Close Internet Explorer
• Reboot and start 2nd or 3rd cycle

We measured the startup time for Microsoft Office 2007 and the OpenOffice Writer 2.1

Interactive New device invented by Hyderabad technologies For Students

                                       
Edutor Technologies, a Hyderabad-based company working on learning technologies, unveiled Edutor Advantage, a first of its kind handheld interactive learning device, for students from Std. III to X. The touch screen device comes with a preloaded, class-specific, curriculum-aligned content that is easy for students to understand.

Equipped with audio, video and animated content, the device offers course material in Social Studies, Mathematics, Science and English, while it offers basics on cricket, yoga and karate, spoken English content and Wikipedia on the extra-curricular activities front.

Practice tests

Students could opt for self-assessment with inbuilt practice tests and questions so that they could take corrective actions.

Edutor Advantage, according to its developers, is tailor-made to suit the students' requirements and will not allow distraction as it does not require any Internet connectivity. The instrument has been designed in such a way that it will not allow hosting any other material except the custom-built solution developed by the company.

The handheld instrument is priced at Rs.5,845, and the content will cost another Rs.1,635. The company will update the content every year in line with the changes in the education curriculum and students can upgrade the content as they enter higher classes.

The device is now aligned with the CBSE's new continuous comprehensive education initiative.

The company is planning to release a similar solution for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and SSC in the coming months.

Nationwide launch

The device, launched in the Hyderabad market by the company's Chief Executive Officer, Ram Gollamudi, is available in leading bookstores such as Landmark and Himalaya Book Stores.

The company plans to launch the product across the country in phases after studying the response and making improvements wherever necessary.

Connect to the High Speed Internet at the Aircel Wi-Fi Zones

Now access high speed internet on your Wi-Fi enabled device – mobile phone, laptops, netbook or tablet at any of the Aircel Wi-Fi zones . You just have to select your session time according to your need and you are connected to high speed Internet connection .
What is Aircel Wi-Fi ?
Aircel Wi-Fi is a high speed Internet connection service available at Aircel Wi-Fi zones .You will need a Wi-Fi enabled mobile device (like mobile phone or laptop) to connect to the Aircel Wi-Fi service .
Aircel Wi-Fi zones includes most of the shopping malls , business places like Nehru Place in Delhi ,and various other commercial buildings .It is good for those who do not have 3G mobile phones or 3G service .Once major private telecom operators launch their 3G services all over India , 3G will be the best option to stay connected on the move .
Aircel Wi-Fi Tariff – Plans
Aircel Wi-Fi is a chargeable service and will be charged at rate of Rs.15 per hour with 30MB data download limit .
Currently Aircel Wi-Fi is running on Free trial mode till 20 Feb. 2011 .
How to connect to Aircel Wi-Fi Service :

1. For using the Aircel Wi-Fi service you will need an Aircel Pre-paid or Postpaid mobile connection.
2. After you have reached the Wi-Fi hotspot, you need to switch ‘on’ the Wi-Fi option of your laptop or mobile.
3. Search for the available network or refresh the available network list. You will see “AIRCEL_SPECTRANET” option on the list of networks available.
4. Click on AIRCEL_SPECTRANET network and click Connect.
5. Once you are connected to the network, open any browser and type www.google.com.
6. The AIRCEL SPECTRANET page with an option to sign up would be displayed.
7. On clicking the new user sign-up option, you would be required to enter your 10-digit Aircel mobile number.
8. After you have submitted the mobile number, you would be sent an authorization password through an SMS to your mobile.
9. Enter the authorization password on the webpage on your mobile or laptop and click Submit.
10. After you have submitted the authorization password, you would be charged for your plan and you would be sent your user ID and password on your mobile phone through an SMS.
11. Use the user ID (your mobile number) and password received to log in to your AIRCEL SPECTRANET account and now you can browse the Internet for 1 hour. Please do not close the AIRCEL SPECTRANET window till the time you are browsing.

Aircel Wi-Fi Features:

• 50,000 Wi-Fi zones across India
• Choose your plans as per your need
• Secure access to protect your data
• High speed access @ 512kbps
• Unlimited downloads in each session

Aircel Wi-Fi Zones
Check here to find thw Aircel Wi-i zones in your city .

Login into multiple Google accounts in same browser

Google Multiple account login

Till now only single Google account login was possible at any time in a Browser.If you had set the “remember the password” option and are lazy like me to enter the password every time you want to check your mail,you might be using Firefox,Chrome,Safari,and IE for all your different GMail accounts.I always found it cumbersome to open my different GMail account on different Browsers and use one different browser for each of my GMail account .
Google has now enabled the option of signing in to multiple Google accounts simultaneously from the same browser.This option can be enabled by going to the Google accounts page and enabling the option : “multiple sign-in”. If you don’t see the option, it should be soon available.



After changing the Multiple sign-in option to “on” after clicking on the “change” link, Google informs that this is an advanced feature and that it will only work for Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sites, Google Reader, Google Voice, App Engine and Google Code. When multiple sign-in is enabled, a drop-down is displayed next to your email address at the top of the page, so you can quickly switch to a new account.
“If you use multiple sign-in, the first account you sign in to will be your default account. If you visit other Google products that don’t support multiple accounts after you’ve signed in, you will automatically sign in to your default account for that product. If you sign out of any Google product while signed in to any account, you will be signed out of all your Google Accounts at once.”

BlackBerry PlayBook In INDIA

The new BlackBerry PlayBook is a 7-inch BlackBerry Tablet with Multi-touch capacitive display screen and featuring 1GHz processor,Dual Camera (front 3MP and rear 5MP) ,Micro USB, Micro HDMI,Full HD video support,Multi-tasking,WiFi n ,and 1GB RAM .It will compete with other tablets like Apple’s iPad  and Samsung Galaxy tab .3G option is not available in the current model.It will be available in the future models.It weighs merely 400gm .
                                 

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet detailed features and Specs :

• Web without limits
  • Ideal for games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers
  • Full Adobe Flash 10.1 enabled
  • Built-in support for HTML 5
  • No-compromise, beautiful rendering of text, graphics and video
• Ultra-portable, super convenient
  • 7″ LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution
  • 5.1″ x 7.6″ x 0.4″ (130mm x 194mm x 10mm)
  • 0.9 lbs (400g)
  • Built-in microUSB connector
  • Multi-touch capacitive screen
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• BlackBerry Tablet OS
  • Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology – it’s what the World Wide Web runs on
  • On-screen keyboard
  • True multi-tasking
• Video-conferencing
  • Crystal clear HD display
  • Rich stereo sound
• Best-in-class media
  • 3 MP high definition forward-facing camera
  • 5 MP high definition rear-facing camera
  • Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
  • 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
  • Micro USB, Micro HDMI, and DLNA media streaming
• BlackBerry essentials
  • Pair BlackBerry PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone* via secure Bluetooth connection for full access to:
  • Push technology
  • Email, calendar, BBM™, tasks, documents and more
  • BlackBerry security and data efficiency
• Groundbreaking speed
  • Full computing power in a tablet format
  • 1 GHz dual-core processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • Symmetrical dual-core processing
• Highly secure & efficient app platform
  • Rapid development environment
  • Reliable BlackBerry Tablet OS, powered by QNX technology
  • Supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry 6, WebKit, Adobe Flash®, Java and Adobe Mobile AIR
• CIO and enterprise ready
• Out-of-the-box compatibility with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• Seamless pairing for a secure window into your BlackBerry smartphone
• 3G access via existing BlackBerry smartphone service plan
• Corporate data access
• Secure and manageable

The new BlackBerry PlayBook Price in India will start from around Rs.25,000.

Customize Internet Explorer 9 using TweakIE9

Microsoft just released their Final IE9. Here a free tool to optimize and Customize your Internet Explorer 9. Using TweakIE9 you can take full control over your IE9 Browser. TweakIE9 is a application that can customize Internet Explorer 9 User Interface, Startup Behavior, Downloads, and Security Settings. You can also set custom home pages and add entries to start menu.

Features of TweakIE9

• Can create a custom home page
• Start IE9 in Inprivate Mode by default
• Enable the menu bar at the top
• Show small icons in the toolbar
• Show or hide the status bar
• Set the number of rows of tabs
• Choose to start IE9 settings
• You can pin the shortcuts to taskbar in Windows 7 for easier access.
• Configure the download manager
• Can Restore IE9 to default settings

Download TweakIE9 (Supported by IE9 only)

5 Forward Thinking Presidents

Dealing with the technology of the day is part of the President’s job description, but some have looked to the future more resolutely than others. Today being President’s Day, here are five Commanders in Chief who gave their geek constituents stuff to actually geek out about.

Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson’s belief in the power of technology extended far beyond Presidential policy. He invented an improved plow himself and was the architect of a navy with leaner gunships. He ran the nation’s first patent office as Secretary of State and his home at Monticello was packed with experimental furniture and unique gizmos. There were few aspects of his life that weren’t informed by his idealistic belief in the power of ideas.

Dwight Eisenhower: In addition to making nuclear dominance a national priority, Eisenhower oversaw the creation of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, a vast network of state-to-state roadways that have shaped the country economically and culturally. The freeways helped accomodate an increasingly automobile-dependent society but were also posited as an essential infrastructure for matters of national defense.

John F. Kennedy: “We choose to go to the Moon,” he told the nation, and that’s just what we did. With a helpful push from Cold War paranoia, Kennedy kickstarted our fledgling space program and in 1962 announced the ambitious goal of putting a man on the moon before the decade’s end. After seven years of frenzied innovation and tireless engineering, the dream became a reality.

Jimmy Carter: After an oil crisis in 1977, Carter formed the Department of Energy to oversee energy-related policy and research as well as the management of the nation’s nuclear weapons. The department now funds more scientific research than any other federal agency. Prior to his presidency, Carter served as a submariner in the U.S. Navy, working with nuclear-powered subs before he was honorably discharged. Nuclear-powered subs! C’mon that’s awesome.

Ronald Reagan: Though Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a system of space-based weapons designed to protect the United States from nuclear attack, was criticized as being unrealistic—an early proposal called for nuke-powered x-ray laser satellites—it did set the stage for researching and funding defense technologies that are essential today. And how can you not secretly geek out on a Presidential project known to most of the country as “Star Wars.”

Samsung Corby II S3850: 3.14″

Seeing the immense success of Samsung Corby handset, the Korean manufacturer has now come up with Corby II S3850. The features seem to be pretty similar to its predecessor. However, there is slight orientation in its design, making the phone look more glamorous. Also, the support for WiFi and a bigger screen makes it a lot better than Corby.

The new Corby 2 features a 3.14 inch QVGA screen, which is a lot as compared to Corby`s 2.8 inch.  The phone comes with Samsung`s Social Media Hub software, which allows you to manage various social networking sites, messengers from a single place.

The phone has a 2MP camera just like its predecessor. There is however a better connectivity option this time with features like Bluetooth 3.0, GPRS, USB 2.0 and WiFi being present.

Corby II has a sound music player capable of playing all major file formats.  It comes with Samsung`s special TouchWiz Interface, letting you access the apps more smoothly.

The phone has a Java support as well and therefore it allows you to download various Java apps and use it on phone.

Samsung Corby II Price and Availability in India

Samsung has not yet officially announced the price of the handset. However, expect it to be somewhere around Rs. 5,000. It will initially be launched in Germany at the end of March and then will soon be available to India and other parts of the world. The device is available in attractive colours of yellow, pink and white.

My Verdict

Overall, Samsung Corby II seems to be a nice feature-packed handset.  It is good for younger generations, who basically like dealing with social networking services and  like to showoff a lot. What are your views about the phone? Do let us know your views.

Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi Tablet Available at $380

Amazon has starting taking pre-order for Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi only tablet. This new tablet can be pre-order right now for $379.99. However, they don’t mention the releasing date of this tablet.

Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi only tablet features 7-inch display with lower screen resolution (800 x 480 pixels) than Motorola XOOM, and Samsung Galaxy Tab  10.1, but in come in more portable design than both of them. The Dell Streak 7 is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, and it runs Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

The Good news is the Dell Streak 7 Tablet Wi-Fi only tablet is significantly cheaper that other Wi-Fi tablet. But this tablet is not the cheapest if compare with with the Tegra 2-based tablet with Android 2.2, such as eLocity A7 Touchscreen 7-Inch Android 2.2 Tablet. You can buy the eLocity A7 Touchscreen 7-Inch Android 2.2 Tablet under $300.

While Dell Streak 3G capable version will cost you for $449, if you are not willing to pay that much, you can choose the $199.99 one with sign up for two year mobile broad band service contract.

Nokia X2-01 Musiz Phone Full specifications

Nokia seems to be appealing towards its budget audience around the world. Especially in India, we saw the earlier budget QWERTY phone, the X2-01. Now, the Finland-based mobile giant has announced through their blog, the X1-00 music phone which also comes in the generation of the X-series handsets. 

Colourful music anyone?

For one, the X1-00 definitely looks quite attractive with the vibrant colours and a cool, snazzy design. The phone runs on a Nokia Series 30 OS and boasts of the following specifications:

• 1.8-inch display
• Memory expandable up to 16 GB
• FM Radio
• 3.5 mm audio jack

There’s no word about the connectivity options, but it’s quite possible for the X1-00 to be loaded with Bluetooth and GPRS – these being the basic features most phones have nowadays. If you noticed, the specs don’t mention of a camera and that’s because the phone doesn’t have one! The X1-00 also has an LED torch as a feature. 

Anyways, the phone is globally priced less than €35 (approx Rs. 2,125) and is expected to hit stores next month. Stay tuned for a review of the X1-00. 

Unlock password protected archives without passwords

Winrar unlock is a software which allows to extract files from password protected archives.

Winrar Unlock was designed to unlock winrar archives (including SFX) allowing you to modify the content freely.

With Winrar archive lock to prevent modification, people cannot change the content in it, cannot change the comment and so on. Through some patching of few bytes, you are able to modify your archive with ease.

just browse the file and then click start

a new filename.bak file will be created
open it with wnrar and it will show you the password then use the password to extract from the file using winrar

no installation is needed.

http://www.4shared.com/file/75417700...nlock_v11.html


for zip files there is another freeware
Zip recovery passwords
here is the download link
http://www.4shared.com/file/15235507...ery_Magic.htm
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The Best Digital Cameras in 2011

A good picture is worth a thousand words and today a good photograph is at your finger tips, thanks to the advent of the digital age in photography.  Gone are the years when you had to wait to complete the entire roll of film and get it developed to see your pictures. Today with the digital cameras available in the market, you can view your pictures as soon as you have clicked them and keep it if you like it or delete it if you do not.  Today there are number of new digital cameras 2011 available in the market that too at attractive rates. Some of the best digital cameras also come with software programs that help you edit your picture and enhance the results. So whether you are an amateur photographer or a professional photographer you will find a number of digital cameras in the market these days ranging from mega zoom cameras to touch screen cameras from some of the top camera brands.

New Digital Cameras

Given below is a list of some of the new digital cameras 2011 available in the market these days.

Olympus XZ-1

If you are looking for a high quality camera that is compact and easy to carry, then Olympus XZ-1 is the camera for you. The Olympus XZ-1 is a 10 megapixel camera with a very fast iZuiko 1.8 – 2.5 4x optical zoom lens with a focal range of 28- 112 mm. Users also have access to an array of scene modes, exposure modes, flash modes and art filters. The other features includes full manual controls, an AF illuminator, dual image stabilization, ISO 100-6400, 3.0 inch OLED display with 610k dots, HD movie recording and more. The camera also has 54.6 MB built in memory and the battery life of 320 shots. Some of the premium features includes an all new HDR Dramatic Tone, built in flash, ISO sensitivity that stretches up to 6400, and 720p HD video recording option. Olympus XZ-1 is a huge pleasure to use as the controls are resistant to being turned on accidentally. The camera also handles noise very well. The camera also weighs just 275g and it measures 110.6 mm width x 64.8 mm height x 42.3 mm depth.

Casio Tryx

Casio’s all new digital camera Tryx is one of the best digital cameras in the market this year. This new digital cameras 2011 has a rather unique design with a rotating frame that makes it possible for you to capture the image of your choice from any angle. You can also capture 360 degree panoramic shots with the panoramic picture function. Casino Tryx is a 12.1 megapixel camera with 5 lenses in 5 groups. Some of the other features of this new digital cameras includes a back illuminated CMOS sensor, high dynamic range imagining, slow motion video, 21 mm ultra wide angle lens, slide panorama and 1080 HD recording. It also has a 3 inch super clear LCD touch screen with 800k dots making it one of the best touch screen cameras in the market these days. This is definitely one of the must have new digital cameras 2011.

Samsung NX-11

Samsung NX 11 is the latest digital camera from the electronics giant Samsung and is also the successor of its popular NX 10 camera. This is one of the new digital cameras 2011 that has been announced recently. This mirrorless camera allows users to shoot with ease, thanks to its new grip design and also offers a better image quality. This camera also allows changing of lenses and has iFunction lens compatibility. This 14.6 megapixel camera has a Samsung 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 lens. This is one of the best digital cameras with a 3 inch AMOLED LCD display and the display is complemented with an integrated flash and view finder. The APS-C image sensor also ensures great picture quality. Some of the premium features of this compact camera includes its compact size and electronically controlled vertical run focal plane shutter. This is one of the new digital cameras 2011 and it weighs just 353 grams and measures 123mm x 87mm x 39.8mm.

Sony CyberShot DSC WX10

The Sony CyberShot DSC WX10 is a one of the new digital cameras 2011 from Sony and this 16.2 megapixel camera comes loaded with a number of features.  This is one of the first digital cameras in the world that includes 3D still image mode which lets you take 3D images. Other features includes built in compass, GPS, Sony G lens with 10x zoom features. Some of the other features also include an innovative Dual record technology that lets you take still pictures while capturing video, backlight correction HDR, Intelligent sweep panorama and more. The camera also offers highly improved image clarity with reduced grains, low light sensitivity and high resolution. The camera weighs 161 grams including the battery and measures 95mm x 54mm x 23mm.

Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR

Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR is one of the new digital cameras 2011 from Fujifilm. This 16 megapixel camera is not only sleek and compact but also has some of the most intuitive and advanced features too. Fujifilm FinePix F550 EXR is one of the best digital cameras with high speed shooting capabilities, GPS geotagging, full 1080p HD movie capture, high contrast 3 inch 460k resolution LCD display with 160 degree viewing, 15x optical zoom lens and other additional functions. The GPS feature also offers several additional functions that you will require for outdoor shooting. This camera also has intelligent image stabilization technology, and a mini HDMI port. The lens in the camera has a super EBC coating which helps keep ghosting and flare to a minimum thus enhancing the picture quality drastically. This is a great point and shoot camera with a very stylish look and feel. This camera weighs 215g and measures 103.5 mm x 62.5 mm x 32.6 mm. this is one of the best new digital cameras 2011 and just the right choice for you if you do not want to compromise on the quality and looks.