Camcorder manufacturers are releasing fewer tape-based consumer camcorders each year, in favor of models that record to other digital media, such as flash storage. This is great, right? After all, tape can break, it isn’t as portable, and it is easier to copy a file from a format like a flash storage card to your computer, right? Not so fast. As much as it would seem that new storage media would run circles around tape, tape still has benefits that other storage media can’t yet match. After the break, we’ll explain why, but also discuss why these benefits won’t last. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik. Read more
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Any 40-something is quite comfortable with “old media,” such as newspapers, magazines, and television. If you’re like me, though, you’re also fascinated with “new media,” such as social networks on the internet. You’re probably wondering how all of this eventually will shake down when the dust settles. With many traditional news outlets experiencing financial difficulties, in what form will we get our news in another ten years? Lately, we’ve had some events transpire that show some of the pitfalls with gathering information from “new media,” if it comes from the wrong source. Read more
Many of you have spouses who love tech just as much as you do. That’s not always the case, though. Some of you are in a relationship with a somone who just doesn’t understand your fascination with shiny toys. It doesn’t have to be that way, as there are some tech items that even non-tech geeks can love. Read on after the break for five of them.
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