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Yahoo Finance posts a list of common-but-easily-missed tax deductions that stems from an interview with the head of the IRS.

Dpreview is pleased to announce the launch of a new section dedicated to testing and reviewing digital SLR lenses. Designed to offer the same class-leading testing standards as its legendary camera reviews, dpreview’s new lens reviews are the result of months of intense research, development and testing, including the development of new test charts and [...]

The 50th birthday of the LEGO brick is in January 2008 and there is plenty to celebrate. Children all over the world have played with LEGO bricks for the past 50 years, and LEGO is still right at the top of many wish lists – just as it always has been. Industry and trade associations [...]

Whether you’re tackling a poster-size photo collage or just getting your holiday snapshots ready to mail out, getting a good rate on digital photo printing can net you some real savings. Digital print comparison site PrintRates.com makes it simple to see who’s get the best print-and-mail prices.

Nokia and Trolltech just announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech. The latter is a recognized software provider with world-class software development platforms and frameworks. In addition to the key software assets, its team will play an important role in accelerating the [...]

Flyback, the project has been working on developing an rsync-based GUI solution for Linux with Time Machine as the model. FlyBack is a snapshot-based backup tool based on rsync It creates successive backup directories mirroring the files you wish to backup. FlyBack creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date. [...]

EOS 450D. Featuring a 12.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor, EOS Integrated Cleaning System, 3.0” LCD with Live View mode and a new 9-point AF system, the model presents consumers with an unprecedented level of image quality and versatility at this end of the market.

In Linux, there are three main search commands: find, locate and whereis. Each is a little different in terms of how and what they search. So when it is appropriate to use one over the others?

USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter allows users to easily connect any 2.5-, 3.5- or 5.25-inch HDD / optical drive to a computer via USB, enabling folks to transfer critical data or backup an internal drive altogether without having to hunt down some snazzy external chassis. Notably, the adapter plays nice with IDE, ATA and SATA [...]

Filelight creates an interactive map of concentric segmented-rings that helps visualise disk usage on your computer. It is like a pie-chart, but the segments nest, allowing you to see not only which directories take up all your space, but which directories and files inside those directories are the real culprits.
Currently it only runs on unix [...]