TRICK OR TREAT - HALLOWEEN ROUNDUP EDITION


LIGHTS, CAMERA ACTION
Logitech - maker of popular webcams - is going into the camcorder business - with a line of "affordable digital camcorders." Though the company isn't straying too far from what they know as the digicams can only shoot 320 x 240 images at up to 20fps with MPEG 4 encoding making them tempting to email users rather than videophiles.

JUST ADD WATER
Rapid Prototyping (or 3D printing) is now morphing into instant manufacturing as manufacturers can create products directly from digital files, take advantage of "on demand" technology, and eliminate costly overstock. Could discount outlets be a thing of the past?

RUMORING DIFFERENTLY
IChat AV may be coming to Windows. COOL!


JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
LeapFrog introduces the LEAPSTER KIDS portable Game Console. So, instead of playing "Frogger," kids can learn how to read on the go. WAY COOL.

WHERE DO YOU WANNA GO TODAY ... IN 3D
Microsoft announces that the next generation Windows OS use more cutting edge graphics, taking advantage of a computer's graphical processing power to present graphics more like cutting edge video games.

ROTTEN APPLES
The new Panther version of OSX (10.3) can accidentally erase your external hard drives, so make sure you disconnect them before upgrading. Oops.

SEE YOU IN COURT
The RIAA is taking 80 more kids and grandmothers to court after 124 settled for their lemonade money and retirement checks.

THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL ... NOT
Researchers in Mexico have invented a new type of anti-graffiti paint.

BOOK `EM DANO
SlashDot reports that an Austalian man has been arrested over the Nigerian Scam after bilking $1.5 million out of greedy internet fools.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
Microsoft may be trying to swallow up Google.


CAN YOU SWITCH ME NOW?
CNN Tech reports that when the new rules go into effect November 24th which allows users to switch cellphone carriers and keep their phone numbers, that millions more cellphones may need to be replaced causing a looming environmental disaster as users toss their old units out.

How's that for a run-on sentence?

EXTREME MACHINE
Intel releases the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition chips on Monday, promising high performance for serious gaming.