Archive for the 'Memory' Category

Canada wants to tax memory cards

Here's something that might affect photographers and all those who purchase memory cards in Canada: the Canadian Private Copying Collective, a copyright group, wants to tax all memory cards sold in the country in order to protect copyright holders like the music artists. They're pushing for a tax of $0.50 for 1GB of storage (or ...

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YesVideo wants to put your videos and pictures on Blu-ray

If you are like me, then you have photos and videos on computers, SDcards, cameras, and anything that can take video or do still shots, like the smartphone. Imagine if you could put all of your archived video and stills onto the highest definition video files that we have, the Blu-ray. ...

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Sony MRW-F3 USB Card Reader

Once upon a time photographs were stored on a camera's film that then had to be developed. Now a days, this is no longer the case as an increasing number of photographers are making the switch towards digital cameras. However, without memory cards digital cameras would be virtually useless (minus build-in storage) and without card ...

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How memory cards are made

We frequently post news on new memory cards here on IA, and Lexar, one of the makers of SD, CF and other cards (and USB drives), have released a factory tour video of how they make their memory chips. Lexar also supplies countless other memory card makers with chips and technology.

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Eye-Fi Presents Upgrade To Customers In Europe

Hey there, dear readers! If you currently own older Eye-Fi cards and are interested in getting them updated for hotspot access at the same price as Eye-Fi Pro/Explore X2 users, then today's your lucky day. Previously created for the X2 series of memory cards, Eye-Fi's hotspot plan enables customers to use their cards ...

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A New, Slim SD Card Reader From Elecom

Elecom has developed a new, silm SD card reader that's designed to be easily attached to your computer. Known as the MR-C25, this device can even be left attached to your PC when you're putting it away. It can be mounted conveniently to the side of a laptop and it also swivels to ...

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Sony Features A New SDXC Card And Memory Stick Reader

Ah, it seems that Sony is not quite done offering memory storage options to the good people of Japan. This time, the company is featuring a new SDXC card and memory stick reader called the MRW-F3. The device is equipped to handle USB 2.0 interface. If you happen to be a current ...

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Sony Launches A New Class 10 SDHC Card In Japan

Sony has developed a new class 10 SDHC card scheduled for upcoming launch in Japan. In case you didn't know, Class 10 is a new speed specification standardized by SD Card Association. Furthermore, it's part of SD Card Specification Ver.3.0 to meet the requirement for higher resolution successive shooting and large-sized HD video ...

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Canon Unveils The Cross Media Station

Are you looking for a more convenient way to manage your memory cards, download images from your photo library and keep battery packs fully charged for your camera equipment? If you answered yes, then you might be interested in Canon's new Cross Media Station, which was unveiled at the Canon Expo back in September. ...

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SanDisk’s 32GB microSDHC Memory Card Goes Down In Price

Recently, SanDisk's 32GB microSDHC memory card became available on Amazon for less than a hundred dollars. It's currently priced at $89.73, which is considerably lower than the original retail price during its initial launch. According to Engadget, you can find this memory card being offered for the same price over all the World ...

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