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.

Steve looks aback a few of the best graphics products featured on the show. HP's Scanjet G450 can help you scan and restore old photos including those in slides. Steve looks at Apple Aperature to help with your photo editing needs and if you want to change to photos into art, Epson's large format printers are the way to go. They can print on a variety of surfaces including canvas. You'll need to backup all those fabulous photos too, Snapfish is a great place to backup and share you photos.

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: March 8, 2008

On this episode of Dotto Tech, Steve demos the HP C6280. This little multi- functional printer has a dual layer paper tray, so you can have both photo paper and regular paper loaded at the same time. Now you won’t print your documents on your pricey glossy photo paper by mistake. 

Not sure if your computer is safe and secure? Steve shows us the ins and outs of Symantec’s latest version of Norton Internet Security. Prevent identity theft and stop those viruses before it starts. NIS is the security system that let’s you keep your computer clean, without you having to do all the dirty work. 

Original Air Date: January 19, 2008

Original Airdate: December 22, 2007

Tis’ the season for sharing and Steve looks at ways to stay connected. Steve looks at Epson’s P-3000 Multimedia Viewer. With its 40 gig Hard-drive and 4 inch viewing screen it makes storing and showing off your digital photos a dream. Epson’s PictureMate Snap makes printing and sharing photos easy and the best part is you can take it anywhere.

Keeping in touch has never been easier as Steve looks at the ultimate in face to face communications with a pair of LG TU500 video capable cell phone that are available on the Rogers network. Steve also shows off Video chat on Windows Live Messenger.

Wedding Bells

From planning to reminiscing, Steve shows you the many ways technology can fit into the modern wedding. Visit online gift registries like bridalfaircanada.com for tools that will help the wedding run smoothly on time, and on budget. Steve explains how you can create and print your own personalized invitations, wine labels, guest book and thank you cards with a variety of kits, and HP’s Photosmart Series of portable printers & all-in-ones. Caroline points out the finer points of custom label-making in Microsoft Word. For the weak-kneed speech maker, Microsoft’s PowerPoint presentation software comes to the rescue.

Tech Toys

In this episode’s Tech Toys segment, Caroline brings you the Canary Digital Hotspotter, and Notebook Chill Mat from Targus.

Microsoft Student

We are going to take you through one of Microsoft's newest products. Microsoft Student is the shortest path from a blank page to an A+! First up is a Microsoft Student is actually a collection of tools, some familiar and some brand new. The most familiar tool to most people is Microsoft Encarta, Student comes with a full version of encarta along with book summaries, a graphing calculator and many web based research and companion tools. A must have for the kids who want to get a head start on their homework.