Western Digital is out with a new Mac-compatible portable hard drive that pushes the capacity limits: the My Passport Studio drive packs a whopping 2 terabytes worth of digital storage.

How much is 2TB? According to Western Digital, enough to store about 400,000 photos, 240 hours of video or 500,000 songs. In other words, probably more than enough for your average consumer. The drive has a USB 2 and two FireWire 800 ports and is Apple Time Machine compatible. Expect to pay $300 for the…

Have you ever dreamt about being a Sports Illustrated photographer, or perhaps at least shooting like one?  Well, you could be one step closer to making that dream come true if you simply share some of your best sports photographs with digital storage manufacturer Western Digital.  In association with Western Digital, Sports Illustrated photographer and Western Digital D Creative Master, Peter Read Miller, will pay for one lucky (and talented) photographer to attend his annual Sports Photography Workshop in Denver Colorado from…

Okay, so we’ve heard of these monthly shoe clubs that will send you a new pair every 30 days to try out before you decide to buy but how about applying that set-up in the gadget world?

Done, as a site dubbed Ybuy.com actually lets you try out consumer electronics and home and kitchen gadgets before buying them. YBuy.com actually launched late last year  and is set up to allows members to try out a product, such as the latest earbuds an iPad or new digital camera…

As a parent with two young children, I’m innundated on an almost daily basis with their school projects. Now, I’m not the overly sentimental type so I’m usually inclined to quietly deposit these creative masterpieces in the trash after an appropriate (brief) period of public display on the fridge. My wife, however, has a lot more angst about this and even I occasionally feel a twinge as yet another hand-crafted masterwork gets dumped in with the coffee grinds (particularly when the kids catch me doing it – and they do).

During a visit…

Sony recently launched its new PlayMemories series of post-shooting solutions to enable you to view, edit and share your videos and photos on a variety of electronic devices, including LCD TVs, personal computers, tablets and smartphones.

Under the concept “Play More. All Your Memories,” the PlayMemories series is set up to provide an experience where personal content can be easily customized and enjoyed across multiple products after it’s captured.

The service consists of a Cloud storage service called PlayMemories Online along with three applications – PlayMemories Home, PlayMemories Studio…

For those of you who simply can’t enough of Disney (and you know who you are) we give you the Disney/Sakar iPad Cam. The pair recently teamed up to make the iPad a fun tool for kids to use for picture sharing. After taking pictures using the Disney embroidered 7MP camera, your child can simply attach the camera to the iPad’s 30-pin connector and easily transfer images for immediate upload to file sharing websites or to email. Additional features include a 1.5” LCD and 4X digital…

We’re all going to die (sorry to break it to you). But in this age of social networking, we are creating virtual markers and monuments to ourselves that could potentially outlive us for a long time. This video demonstrates what happens to your virtual life when your real one ends.

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While everyone is busy clicking away and capturing life’s memories in record numbers how many of us are really taking the necessary steps to preserve these images from digital disaster? With digital photography comes a whole new set of potential problems. While forgetting to backup your files could be financially disastrous for a pro, the typical snap shooter is risking losing a generation of memories if they’re not more careful  about their digital lives.

Our friends at DriveSavers, an industry leader in data recovery, has compiled a list of tips…

As part of its on-going financial shake-up, Kodak announced today that it would no longer make its line of digital frames (or cameras and video cameras).

However, Kodak will continue to support its line of inkjet printers and photo printing solutions. They also noted that Kodak Gallery would remain up and running, although if you’ve stored your images on Gallery it would be wise to inventory them and make sure you have a copy securely stored on a hard drive.

That’s the word for now.

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Elizabeth Kartchner walks you through a few tricks to give your photos a ‘dreamy’ effect in Adobe Photoshop. Check it out!

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