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Everybody is giving flowers and chocolates as Valentine’s gift to their spouse. These two items has been people’s choice of present for Valentine’s since decades ago. But instead of these items, how about giving digital gadget for the upcoming Valentine’s Day?.

One of the digital gadgets that can be Valentine’s Day is the Flip MinoHD video camera which can be personalized with many different holiday designs. There is also the option to customized it with your own photos.

It’s compact size allow users to shoot 16:9 widescreen MPEG-4 videos at 720p at 30 frames per second. This camera also comes preloaded with FlipShare software that gives user freedom to edit and save the video and easily shre it on popular social network websites.

Videos can be replayed on the camera itself or by connecting the USB 2.0 arm and hook it to any computers. It also comes with a port on the side to connect the included cable for TV viewing. MinoHD with 4GB memory comes with a tag of $199.99 while the 8GB version priced at $229.99. Additional info can be found at www.theflip.com.

SanDisk, the popular memory card maker has came up with their own media player. The red SanDisk Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player packs a whole collection of music into a golf ball-sized device built with solid-state memory.

With the cost of microSD cards so low now compared to few years back, users can have more than one card to accomodate their playlists. It is estimated that around 4000 songs can be loaded into the 16GB card but vary to individual size of song.

One great feature of this player is a clip built onto the player allowing hands free operation of this player while enjoying the songs. The 4GB version costs only $49.99 while the 8GB costs $69.99. More info available at www.sandisk.com.

I have a friend who always complain about his laggy PC. One day I went to his house and he asked me to have a look at it and I was surprised when I found out the PC is still new, with among of the fastest Intel processor in the market and big size RAM installed.

But a closer look at the operating system, I found that the PC which primarily used as a gaming rig has been installed with a lot of applications – mostly games and freewares. There were also a lot of startup applications which caused the PC booting time longer than normal.

I also found the antivirus scanner was outdated which may become a potential risk to the machine. I updated the antivirus pattern and ran a thorough scan on all the drives in his PC. As a result, over 10 trojans were found and successfully removed. I also did some housekeeping on his list of applications and removed some unnecessary ones.

Some of the applications has actually been removed earlier but some related files still reside in the registry. I did some cleaning using one of the Best Registry Cleaners around. This application safely clean Windows registry and keep system in peak performance.

You may also install the PC Optimizer to avoid becoming the victim of slow computer operation. This tool will get rid of unnecessary files from your Windows registry in order to make your operating system runs smoothly.

Bar codes has become a trend. For decades, manufacturers and retailers have used the pattern of black lines to encode pricing and other data onto their products.

But today, bar codes are not only used in tagging merchandise, but also as a way for mobile phone users to get coupons, view ads and other information quickly.

One one the example of bar codes application in mobile phones is maps delivery and weather notifications. Universal Pictures also use bar codes to promote its coming thriller Repo Men. Later this month, The Hearst magazine will use the same technology to provide additional information to its readers. Mobile bar code technology in many forms has also recently been used by search engine Google and Yahoo.

But in Japan, this technology has been in used for years. Advertisers have been using bar codes on magazines, products, posters, business card as well as tourist sites to deliver information wirelessly.

Last Tuesday, Sony Ericsson has announced their latest addition to its eco-friendly mobile phones – Sony Ericsson Aspen. The Aspen will be the first Sony Ericsson’s phone that will run Windows Mobile 6.5.3 as its operating system.

This update to Microsoft’s smartphone operating system brings additional enchancements to the user interface which includes more interactive touch-screen menus and contrls, plus support for capacitive and multitouch movements.

Additionally, Microsoft has made some improvements to the browser which gives better surfing experience – faster load times and smoother gestures and flicking. It also has a better memory and resources management.

The Sony Ericsson Aspen will be available in some countries in second quarter of this year in a 2 colour choices, black or silver.

The Aspen will be available in certain countries in the second quarter of 2010, in either black or silver.