The good: The Panasonic HM-TA20 has a comfortable, rugged design, easy operation, and just enough features to keep it competitive. The bad: For a rugged minicamcorder, the TA20’s screen and lens are largely unprotected. It has a narrow lens, and there’s no 720/60p resolution option. The bottom...

The pairing of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 with processors from companies like Qualcomm and Nvidia is expected to spawn a new kind of low-cost laptop, according to IHS-iSuppli, possibly threatening Intel’s overwhelming dominance in laptops. “After more than 30 years of domination by a...

At first glance, the Samsung SH100 ($200 as of July 13, 2011) looks like a run-of-the-mill, low-priced touchscreen camera. It’s built for very casual snapshooters, and its core specs aren’t exactly mind-boggling: The SH100’s 14-megapixel CCD sensor may have been an impressive feature a few...

The compact Olympus Pen E-PL1 occupies a middle ground between a point-and-shoot camera and a digital SLR. Our reviewer liked this camera, recommending it as a good buy for novice photographers who want to learn more about using manual camera settings, but aren’t ready to step up to a DSLR. (Read our...

Back in April, Toshiba announced two new Camileo pocket video cameras for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Those are now available in the U.S. The B10 is your basic candy-bar style minicamcorder with a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, 2-inch LCD, Mini-HDMI output, and a removable battery, which is quickly...