Sanyo's Xacti HD1000 was one of the first compact cameras to shoot high-definition video. The latest in the line, the HD1010, includes a slow-motion mode and a slick face-tracking feature. The $799 camera, due next month, weighs 9 ounces and is a little bit bigger than a cell phone. It has a 2.7-inch display and a 10x optical zoom lens, and it can record video directly to an SD or SDHC memory card -- up to 87 minutes of video on a single 8-gigabyte card. The camera takes 4-megapixel still images as well.
GE's $140 PhotoPhone combines a cordless phone with a digital photo frame and takes caller ID to a new level. Using SD, xD or Memory Stick cards, you can load up to 100 digital photos into the device, which can be displayed on the 7-inch screen. When it is not in use, the PhotoPhone operates like a standard digital photo frame, displaying a slide show of all the available photographs. When a call comes in, the phone displays both the number and the photo you have associated with that number.
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Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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