Fujifilm X-S10 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Fujifilm X-S10: Hybrid done right — a bargain-priced mirrorless camera for video and stills

Fujifilm has consistently made high quality mirrorless cameras. Ergonomics are typically better than average. As are the menus and available lenses. And, of course, Fuji's image and color science, especially the Eterna film simulation, is flat out amazing. Still, its camera range, at least from what I've seen in the...
Fujifilm X H2S mirrorless camera video thoughts

Slick Fujifilm X-H2S mirrorless camera now available for pre-order on Amazon

Attention shoppers: Your shiny new Fujifilm X-H2S is almost here. The mirrorless camera was recently announced by Fuji and by my estimations it's been impressing the camera cohort. Now you can pre-order the Fujifilm X-H2S on Amazon. The camera is expected to ship next month, just in time for wedding season no...

Google’s Android G1 Smartphone from T-Mobile Marks a New Era of Powerful Mobile Computing

A lot has been written this week about the launch of the HTC G1 smartphone (aka Dream), the first to run on Google's brand new Android platform. I agree with most of the early views: aesthetically it's no iPhone, the price is great, it creates another "open" versus "integrated/closed"...

West Coast home prices, are we hitting bottom soon?

The latest issue of Money Magazine asks a question most U.S. homeowners are wondering, "When will home prices hit bottom already?" (April 2009, pg. 65). Whether it's for sheer interest, refinancing a loan or a desire to buy or sell, the question piqued my interest while flipping through the...

Motorola Droid: More early thoughts

Early thoughts on Motorola Droid on Verizon continued. Solid phone. Not quite iPhone killer (again nothing will until someone can match iTunes): I've been using it since Friday when I picked it up from Verizon store. The transfer from AT&T to Verizon was seamless; Verizon staff were excellent. I entered my Gmail...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says 60,000 Android devices shipping daily

There were no product announcements by Google at MWC. However, during his keynote, CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned that Google along with their partners are now shipping 60,000 Android devices daily. That works out to over 21 million units per year, and would place Google in the fourth place after...

Tablet sales to eclipse Netbooks by 2012, but why?

It's a perfect storm of cultural transformation: social networking, micro-communication, and a societal premium placed on content consumption.
Bing Facebook announcement - Mark Zuckerberg

With Facebook, Microsoft Bing extends influence of social recommendations

Is search more fun when you bring your friends?

Chip Wars: Intel Sandy Bridge vs. NVIDIA Tegra 2 at #ces

With Sandy Bridge, Intel has machined the graphics processor onto the same die as the computer's main processor.
Canon T2i with kit lens

Rack and Stack: Canon Rebel T2i, T3i, EOS 60D

T2i is a trusted friend to Stark Insider as I use it for all our videos now. I cringe when I look back to some of the old shaky Vixia footage.