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If you use a webcam on a regular basis, you’ve probably discovered that at times, the lighting adds odd effects on the image that shows up.  Sometimes overhead lighting can create dark circles when you’re plenty rested and wrinkles you’d rather not be seen.  It becomes tempting to find an adjustable desk lamp to position it as a spotlight.  At least for those that mind how their cam is making them look.  Well instead of doing that, you could pick up this web camera that has a little built-in lighting.

The camera has a total of six bright white LED lights, which would be enough to give you some nice lighting.  While still also not making you look like a ghost on your cam.  The 2MP camera is on a semi-rigid cable that allows for it to be positioned where you need it.  The camera also has a built-in microphone and can capture video at 30 fps at 640 x 480 resolution.  You can purchase the camera for .95 from Hammacher and Schlemmer.

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There have been other versions of this type thing before, specifically one from Hammacher and Schlemmer.  However, you’re likely to appreciate this version a bit better if for no other reason than it is cheaper.  Cheaper is always a major bonus.  Especially if you’re picking this up to get better photographs on items you’re attempting to sell.  The less you spend on supplies, the more profit you’ll make on your products.  This tiny studio collapses for easy storage, so when you don’t need it, it’s easily tucked out of sight.

The set includes the photo lightbox, two 35 watt photo lights, a 6 to 7 inch mini-tripod and then a zippered nylon carrier to store it all within.  The camera in the picture is of course not included with the set.  You’ll tragically have to find your own camera to use with it.  The miniature studio will keep your pictures from being blurry, diffuses lighting, creates a clean background and reduces harsh shadows that would normally be created.  The entire set will cost you .99 from Think Geek.

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Lights are usually meant to illuminate and not much else, however, this light seems to take things a couple steps further.  It hangs far above your head, spotlighting where you sit.  All the while if you peer above you’ll notice the alarming resemblance to an eye.  Giving you that feeling that someone or something is staring down at you from above.  Play an hour too many of Portal and you’re going to be cowering under your desk, wondering how GLaDOS made it into your house.  Then having the horrifying thought that you’ll never make it to the cake in the kitchen.

This light is a part of the 2009 DMY Berlin Design Festival and was created by Simon Schiessl and Felix Hardwood.  It’s, as you can see, powered by a whole lot of high-powered LED lights.  Technically, what you would think is a lamp is pretty much just a massive bulb.  You take a regular pendant light fixture and screw it in like you would a normal light bulb.  They did actually create this light and not just create something pretty in Photoshop.  However, it’s not quite to the retail point yet.

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Eye-Fi Inc., the company that brought wireless SD memory cards to thew world has updated their hardware with the Eye-Fi Pro, targeting professionals and photo enthusiasts who love the convenience of uploading images straight from their camera to their computer and the Web automatically with each shot.

Available today, the Eye-Fi Pro includes RAW image support and peer-to-peer connectivity for a direct connection between the camera and a computer, no router or Internet connection required (also known as ad hoc). Eye-Fi also announced today that all Eye-Fi card users can now select which photos or videos they want to wirelessly transfer from their camera to their computer or the Web, using the new Selective Transfer feature.

Life’s just getting more and more convenient these days, huh? We wonder whether the majority of humans will soon cease to think for themselves if things start to get more and more simplified.

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“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” won’t hit theaters globally until June 24, so for now you just have to contend with the Voltron Star Shooter camera if you’re into shape-shifting robots.

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RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630

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On Monday, Research in Motion unveiled its newest device, the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, a 3G-enabled world phone that will be available from both Sprint and Verizon Wireless later this summer. In addition, the smartphone will be sold in Canada through Bell Mobility and …

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Looking only a bit like the original Micro Four Thirds concept design Olympus floated last September at Photokina, the company’s retro interchangeable lens E-P1 debuts this year to ride the coattails of the 50th anniversary of the company’s PEN film camera. From the name, to the design, to the tagline etched on its top–”Olympus PEN since 1959″–it feels like a cross between an homage and a desperate reminder that Olympus was in the camera biz long before most digital photographers were born. That said, after a few days with a preproduction model, I think the design works, and if Olympus can pull off decent performance and photo quality (you can never tell from an early unit), it will probably carve itself a nice sized niche among style-, but not budget-conscious, enthusiasts.

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Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the Flip series digital video recorders, has a new update for its FlipShare software going out Tuesday that makes it easier to share videos without having to use YouTube, MySpace, or another video hosts.

Users can now create channels that can only be accessed by …

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I use Twitter. A lot. Twitterfon is likely the most-used app on my iPhone. I have a Twitter widget in my MacBook’s dashboard. And Twitter itself is one of my browser’s home tabs. I make sure I’ve got a Twitter client of some sort …

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