Let's be honest here, it's been a long while since we've seen anything cool from Fisher... but this little 5.4 oz tapeless camera-camcorder might be a sign of change. The FVD-C1 can capture up to 60 minutes of near DVD quality MPEG-4 on a single 512MB SD card and it's 5.8x optical zoom makes it worth carrying around as a 3.2 megapixel digital camera. Swing by your local Sears store to check it out, it will set you back about 800 greenbacks.

CNET News.com has an article on Microsoft's new iPOD killer that is slated to be released soon. I'm not really interested in the hardware (for this entry), it's the download approach Microsoft is attempting that I like... for as little as $10 a month, you could download hundreds of thousands of songs, instead of paying $.99 for each song at the iTunes Music Store. I think this model is the best way to combat all the illegal downloads for both audio and video. Make it cheap and accessible enough so it doesn't make sense download the assets illegally. [CNET - Microsoft's iPod killer?]

Sony has unveilved the S700, it uses an innovative swivel-open design that allows use of the phone in three ways... photo shoot, browse, and talk, or text and email. The back side of the phone looks like a traditional Sony digital camera, its 1.3 megapixel CDD with 8x digital zoom is nothing close to what you get with a dedicated digital camera, but good enough for a phone. Images can be stored on a Memory Stick Duo, making transfers to a computer easy. The S700 can also stream and capture video clips... seems like Sony is also taking PMP (Portable Media Player) seriously, since this device can playback video files off the Memory Stick as well, it's limited (only MPEG-4), but a sign of what will be coming. Bluetooth and IR is still standard and an updated polyphonic ringtone system now has up to 74 voices. A couple more notable features are the 2.3" touchscreen and MP3 audio playback. The only thing I don't see mentioned for this model is a FM tuner. No pricing information yet, but this phone is expected sometime in Q4 of 2004.

With the DVJ-X1, we can no longer say that video killed the radio star. Pioneer is taking traditional DJing to the next level with the DVJ-X1 digital video turntable. The DJV-X1 can playback DVDs, CDs, and VCDs so real-time digital video scratches, loops and instant cues can be made while the audio and video stays in perfect sync, even when they're being reversed. Now a DJ (or DJV, as Pioneer is calling them) can not only control the audio but the video experience, paving for a new era of entertainment at clubs and parties.

Geez, computer are getting smaller and smaller... Mini-ITX.com has photos of an EPIA N prototype from CeBIT 2004. The motherboard measures 12cm x 12cm and is fanless with Serial ATA, S3's Unichrome Pro graphics, built-in MPEG-2 decoder, MPEG-4 acceleration, and 6-channel "VIA Vinyl" Audio. This isn't an early April fools joke... you need to check out the photos at Mini-ITX.com right now.

A couple weeks ago at Microsoft's annual TechFest, Microsoft unveiled a new technology their Research Division is developing, it's called the SenseCam. It's a device that keeps a record of your life and is designed to be worn around the neck and automatically takes up to 2,000 images a day, producing a visual diary of your life. Think photoblogging to the extreme.

Microsoft thinks that it can be used with other technologies such as face-recognition software so it can possibly link faces to names someday.