Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2BK HD Camcorder

Unless you’ve been living in Xanadu, you know that there has been an interesting convergence happening in the camcorder world.  Flip HD camcorders brought a new level of minimalism and ease with their cameras.  However, that convenience came at the price of optical zoom and image stabilization.  Now, Sanyo rides in on its white horse waving the Xacti VPC-PD2BK as the cure for your ills.  But is it?

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Canon Powershot S95 Camera

Last time I checked, digital cameras were ridiculous.  Yep, they still are.  I mean seriously, even the compacts, like the upcoming Canon Powershot S95 give you so much for the money it makes me want to cry.  Waaaah.

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ProcessTamer Keeps Programs in Check

Warning: there is a swf file below fold that will autoplay sound.  I’m using AMP and can’t figure out how to disable autoplay…so, sorry about that.

Software is constantly pushing hardware to its limits.  Well, unless you are like most office users who utilize a quad core to do word processing and email.  But I digress.  Anyway, ProcessTamer is a great little program that keeps programs in check by lowering their priority if they start hogging all your resources.

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Kegbot Plus Kegerator Equals Bliss

Believe it or not, even geeks love to drink beer.  Yeah, I know, you imagined them putting mountain dew in a sippy cup in their mother’s basement.  Think again inferior human, it’s time you behold Kegbot.

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Photojojo Phone Camera Lenses

The lenses on most cell phones are dreadfully inadequate.  Of course, there are others solutions out there, but Photojojo (besides having a funny name) have a nice setup going.

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Can-Am Commander 1000x Pricey and Cool

Can-Am touts the stuff with their new UTV Commander 1000x.  Yeah, it retails for around $14.5k, but it really does deliver the goods, starting with a 976cc, V-twin, liquid-cooled, SOHC, 8-valve (4-valve/cyl) engine.

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Secret Knock Mechanical Iris Pretty Sweet

Not much to explain here.  Watch the video:

Light Touch Projection Screen Touchable

Well, I have previously posted on the virtual laser keyboard.  Now Light Blue Optics one ups it with a device that can do multiple things via projection – that is touch sensitive!

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MIT’s Beyond 3D Tangible Media

I have to admit that I got kind of sick of watching videos of touch displays.  But MIT’s Beyond idea is very, very slick.

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Nasty Microsoft Windows Shell Shortcut Parsing Vulnerability Zero Day Found

Here we go again.  Someone has found a nasty way to exploit your Windows machine.  The vulnerability is currently being exploited by W32.Temphid malware.  The issue seems to be in the way that windows parses .lnk shortcut files.  Here is M$’s take on it:

“The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the user clicks the displayed icon of a specially crafted shortcut. This vulnerability is most likely to be exploited through removable drives. For systems that have AutoPlay disabled, customers would need to manually browse to the root folder of the removable disk in order for the vulnerability to be exploited. For Windows 7 systems, AutoPlay functionality for removable disks is automatically disabled.”

There is no current patch.

You can, however, disable displaying icons for link files, and kill this potential exploit.  via US-Cert:

Note Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the “Changing Keys And Values” Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or view the “Add and Delete Information in the Registry” and “Edit Registry Data” Help topics in Regedt32.exe.

1. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit in the Open box, and then click OK
2. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler
3. Click the File menu and select Export
4. In the Export Registry File dialog box, enter LNK_Icon_Backup.reg and click Save
Note This will create a backup of this registry key in the My Documents folder by default
5. Select the value (Default) on the right hand window in the Registy Editor. Press Enter to edit the value of the key. Remove the value, so that the value is blank, and press Enter.
6. Restart explorer.exe or restart the computer.