Steve looks at the world of digital photography from a few different angles. He starts with two options of digital cameras from Panasonic's Lumix series. The DMC-G1 DSLR for the serious photgrapher and the DMC-FX150, a point and shoot camera with a lot of options. He also shows you some options when it comes to organizing you photos better. Windows Photo Gallery is a free program that comes with every Windows PC and is where most people end up storing their photos, Steve shows you how to add tags to make searching and finding those photos a breeze and also how to publish and share your photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. Steve also looks at Creative Memories Photo Manager, which a pay for management system that is great for scrapbookers.

Printing has entered the wireless age. Steve demonstrates how easy it is to setup a printer on your wireless network with the HP PhotoSmart C6300 and the HP PhotoSmart C8180 printers. There is no longer a need for cables to be strewn about your office. And now you can connect multiple computers to the same printer even from different parts of your house.

Steve also shows off HP’s Photobooks, the perfect way to share those precious moments. 

In this edition of Urban Upgrade, we show you how to choose the perfect HDMI cable for your system.

Original Airdate: February 16, 2008

Do you have all of your files spread out over a number of different computers? Now you can stream your media to all your computers with HP’s MediaSmart Server. The MediaSmart Server makes it easy for you and your family to share photos, music and videos, and back up all your important files, whether you’re on a Mac or a PC.

Steve shows us the business side of Voice Over IP (VOIP) with Vonage. He explains how using the Internet for your phone line can translate to big savings for small business.   

On Tech Toys, Caroline shows us how to take a step beyond standard old photo frames with new digital photo frames. You can scroll through your photos manually, or run a photo slideshow automatically.

Original Airdate: January 12, 2008

Original Airdate: December 15, 2007

Original Airdate: December 8, 2007

Original Airdate: December 1, 2007

Just in time for the holidays. Steve looks at “Ship in a Click” a new service by Canada Post that allows you to buy postage and fill out all your shipping forms online including customs forms. You'll never have to wait in those long line ups at the post office again. Steve also looks at Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Photo Gallery. On Tech Toys, Caroline checks out the iMep, the ultimate all in one portable multimedia entertainment player.

Back at Samsung’s HD Display Suite in Toronto, Steve gets into the nitty gritty of DLP, LCD & Plasma technology, plus HDMI connectors. Thinking of getting the best audio for your gorgeous HD picture? Feeling grossed out by the germs collecting in those bits of a muffin you munched over the keyboard?

Core Duo

Steve can hardly contain himself extolling the virtues of Apple’s new Core Duo iMac with Intel inside. iLife ’06, its suite of integrated media tools such as iWeb, iTunes and Garageband, allows you to share the media that Apple has always helped you create and manage. Have fun creating a photocast for family and friends with your favourite digital photos, recording a podcast with sound effects and music, then publishing them to a web site – while the iMac does all the work crunching html in the background.

Video Eyewear

Caroline may be seeing the future with Digital Video Eyewear from Icuiti. Watch movies on a video iPod, notebook computer or portable DVD player in privacy and even in 3D. She’ll also give you tips on tracking changes to collaborative documents in Microsoft Word.