Virgin America airlines, long the darling of airlines, seemed to have lost its innocence this past week-end when Flight 404 stranded passengers on board for an excruciatingly long 4.5 or 7 hours (depending on whether you are asking the company or the passengers) the tarmac.

A new law is coming into effect to prevent just this kind of passenger mistreatment by airlines with a maximum of 3 hours on the tarmac allowed before airlines must release passengers (with refunds or overnight hotel stay, etc.).

Read the article and watch the video at: abc News.

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Samsung NX10

“The Samsung NX10 does indeed succeed with its primary mission, delivering lower noise than the Micro Four Thirds competition.”

We’ve added a new Samsung NX10 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DigitalCameraInfo has published their review of the Samsung NX10, a Digital Interchangeable Lens (DIL) camera with 14.6MP on an APS-C CMOS image sensor, 3.0-in. AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) display screen (614k-dot), VGA EVF (921k-dot), Smart AUTO, PASM, Scene modes, Smart [Dynamic] Range, Supersonic Dust Reduction, and HD movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps with mono sound.

You can read the full Samsung NX10 review at: DigitalCameraInfo.

Canon PowerShot A3100 IS

“Canon’s PowerShot A3100 IS is an easy-to-use entry-level digicam that anyone can operate.”

We’ve added a new Canon A3100 IS Review to our Reviews Matrix.

Steve’s Digicams has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot A3100 IS, a 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD) entry-level digital camera with a 4x optical zoom (35-140mm equiv.), a 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), optical viewfinder and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps.

You can read the full Canon A3100 IS Review at: Steve’s Digicams.

Why is Apple banning the sale of protective screen film from its retail and online stores? Users of the iPod and iPhone have been purchasing screen film as protection for the devices’ plastic and glass display from scratches and damage. There’s been no report of the iPad and iPhone touchscreen being negatively affected by the protective film on top. Wonder if this has anything to do with the iPad’s new touchscreen?

[ via iLounge ]

Ricoh GXR

“[The Ricoh GXR/S10] produces compact camera image quality.”

We’ve added a new review of the Ricoh GXR [QuickPrice Check] to our Reviews Matrix.

DPReview has posted their review of the Ricoh GXR, an “interchangeable unit camera system” that swaps both the lens and associated image sensor as an integrated unit. There are a number of units available and each unit is, for all practical purposes, a different camera. DPReview reviews the S10 which has a 24-72mm (35mm equiv.) F2.5-4.4 VC optical zoom lens with a 10M (1/1.7-in.) CCD sensor, sensor-shift image stabilization, and PASM modes. The camera has a 3.0-in. high resolution (920,000 dots) LCD.

You can read the full Ricoh GXR S10 Review at: DPReview.

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It’s simple, it’s clear and it’s contentious. ICANN’s decision to broadly widen the number of top level domain, that is. Canon has given notice that it is ready to ditch .com and gather all its web properties under .canon by late 2011.

Does it mean that no one else will be allowed to register a domain name ending in the top level domain .canon? Yep, the privilege of obtaining a top level domain name all to yourself [uh, sorry, only companies or organizations need apply] will set you back by about US $185,000 for now.

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In a Kafkaesque turn of events, Microsoft has announced that the new Internet Explorer 9 will not work on computers running Windows XP.

ROTFL.

It is undoubtedly a ploy from the Redmond giant to get you to upgrade to Windows 7. Official excuse is that IE 9′s graphics capability is intimately tied to Windows 7′s graphics engine on your computer for faster graphics experience. Not too smart tying a browser to an OS, not too smart at all. So, can we expect IE 10 to be tied to Win 8, etc. forcing users to upgrade OS everytime they want to use the latest IE browser? Wonder if Microsoft will be facing monopolisitc legal issues again?

But, fret not, all you have to do is to simply switch to the friendly Red Fox browser, aka Firefox, a free open-sourced browser made by lots of smart volunteer developers and the de-facto industry standard browser today. If you are not running a browser that is W3C standards-compliant yet, why not do it today? Your Web experience will be markedly improved!

Why, if you are currently viewing this site in IE, try doing it in Firefox for a pleasant surprise.

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Sony PM5 Bloggie HD Pocket Camcorder

“Pocket-friendly camcorder with Full HD resolution and rotating lens. Score: 4.5/5”

We’ve added a new Sony MHS-PM5 bloggie HD Video Camera [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TechRadar has published their review of the Sony PM5 Bloggie pocket HD camcorder. The Bloggie features a rotating lens that swivels 270 degrees, 4x digital zoom, SteadyShot® image stabilization (cannot be used in 1920×1080/30p and 1920×720/60p recording modes), Face Detection, and a 2.4-in. LCD. A kit option, the PM5K, includes a lens to let you capture 360-degree videos.

You can read the full Sony PM5 Bloggie Review at: TechRadar.

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