Do you really need all those megapixels on your digital camera? Canon’s Roger Machin discusses the ins and outs of the megapixel push, and how it affects some of the company’s latest cameras, including the EOS 7D, and the Powershot 590 and G11.

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Unicorn Multimedia today announces Colorbuster 1.0, an addictive new puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Colorbuster is a new take on a Commodore 64 classic game. Players guide Hect0r the robot through an old space station. The challenge is to clean up energy crate blocks by sliding them around the game board. This simple, yet testing game can puzzle any gamer. This classic game remake features up to 50 different levels of tricky puzzles.

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CAZE today released Zero 5 UltraThin case, the World’s Thinnest transparent case for iPhone 3GS/3G. Zero 5 is an enhanced version of the very favorable 0.7mm air jacket case. It has improved the thickness and the chrome edge protection. The case thickness was cut down from 0.7mm to 0.5mm and was extended to protect the chrome edges of an iPhone. It’s available in clear and black and bundled with two screen protectors.

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Twitter tweeted out a message today about a special Halloween feature if you Tweet “#trick” or “#treat.” It was difficult to figure out at first, but if you tweet either from your Twitter home page (this is key, you can’t enable the feature when you are on a client), your home page background will go Continue reading →

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Nobody wants to be the kid who only gets invited to birthday parties because his mom calls up the other mom and asks. Everyone knows that only succeeds in making you even more unpopular.

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The wait is over. Twitter’s new Lists feature is now available to all users, project lead Nick Kallen has just confirmed through a tweet. The functionality has been in testing for weeks now with a select group of users, and a couple of weeks ago, opened to a wider audience. As recently as yesterday, only Continue reading →

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VHS doesn’t want to die nicely it seems, as the format is still hanging around the likes of DVD and Blu-ray as evident by the JVC DR-BH250 which is full well capable of recording in VHS and Blu-ray physical formats apart from copying over other digital content onto its 250GB hard drive. Expect the JVC Continue reading →

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Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla just released the first official beta of Firefox 3.6, featuring built-in support for themes (Personas), improved performance, and more. Early adopters, your download is ready. Last week we saw a test build of this release, but if you were waiting for the slight upgrade in early adopter usability, the official beta is here. Continue reading →

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Vampire lollipops? Arcing electricity? Animatronic ghouls? We’ve got that and more in today’s roundup of Halloween DIY projects. Come for the pumpkin with laser-beam eyes and stick around for the melon brains. If you’re feeling extremely industrious, you might crank out a few of these props and goodies in time for Halloween tomorrow. Even if Continue reading →

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Readers offer their best tips for backing up Google Calendar in two clicks, easily ejecting removable media in Windows 7, and staying warm without overpaying for heating. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our Continue reading →

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While we’ve featured one or two ways to avoid crying while cutting onions in the past, this tip requires absolutely no preparation and should keep your eyes clear next time you’re cooking. Photo by Jennifer Dickert. Instead of going through a lot of trouble to avoid the waterworks, weblog Daily DIY says you can stop Continue reading →

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Mac only: Open-source window manager Afloat updated to version 2.0 today, with complete support for Snow Leopard and a couple new features, such as pinning to the desktop and resizing windows from anywhere using keyboard shortcuts. We’ve talked about Afloat before, but ever since Snow Leopard’s release, it and many other InputManager-based utilities no longer Continue reading →

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Reader The Royal Rebel’s Windows desktop is ready for Halloween—complete with spooky wallpaper, a Halloween countdown, and a to-do list written on a tombstone. The only thing more frightening is that it could bluescreen anytime. The desktop is a combination of: Rainmeter with Enigma by Kaelri Century Gothic2 by TaipanSnake Launchy HUD.vision by Mepu RocketDock Continue reading →

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We give a lot of attention to XBMC here, and with just cause. It’s an open-source, cross-platform, highly-customizable media center solution that outperforms just about every commercial option out there. Here’s how you can make it even better. If you’ve played around with any commercial media centers or extenders, you’ve probably quickly realized how clunky Continue reading →

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