A follow-up to it's original PoV - Point of View pen-shaped web camera -- Ipevo has released a new revision that's now UVC compatible: The IPEVO Point 2 View USB Camera.This update brings cross-platform Mac compatibility as well as a higher-resolution 2MP (megapixel) sensor for even greater image clarity. A unique webcam - The P2V featured Auto-Focus with manual override ability allows tight macro close-ups few other web cams can achieve: as close as 2". Read Full Story

iPevo Technologies has released the long awaited update to thier original POV webcam for Windows. Now bringing cross-platform compatiblity and a higher resolution 2 mega-pixel sensor - the new P2V webcam stands out for one notable feature in particular. With an ultra-short focal range of 5cm /2" -- iPevo's cameras have been able to show close-up macro details that no other consumer webcam manufacturer delivers.iPevo's P2V UVC Compatible 2MP WebcamFocal Range : 2" to InfinityWith it's narrow, ... Read Full Story

Blue Microphones recently released a 2nd generation of it's driverless, cross-platform EyeBall webcam - upping the webcam's sensor from 1.3 Mega Pixels in it's first iteration to higher resolution 2 Mega Pixels in the aptly named EyeBall 2.0 web camera with up to 1600x1200 max resolution.NEW 2MP RESOLUTION CAMTop Quality Cardioid Pattern Condenser MicSupports 44Khz 16Bit 'HD' pro audioBlue has retained the unique flip-up design and POP-OUT webcam -- in what otherwise looks more like a microph... Read Full Story

For Intel Mac owners upgrading to Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard : The new QuickTime X Movie Capture will provide a free webcam recording alternative to using the somewhat buggy and limited PhotoBooth. You'll also no longer HAVE to pay for a QuickTime Pro license key as in the past to unlock video capture features. Movie Capture will additionally provide more control over output/export options - something PhotoBooth completely lacked.QuickTime X Movie Capture requires an iSight camera (b... Read Full Story

Now that the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro (ahem) ‘For Mac’ webcam is shipping, hands-on video reviews around the web are popping up. OMG! - what a SPECTACULAR performing product! The particular reviews I watched were both using and demonstrating the cam on a Windows Vista PC - - So truly there is NOTHING Apple Macintosh specific about this webcam whatsoever. That’s not suprising. This truly is a driverless UVC compliant webcam in all major aspects. It’s about time. Wh... Read Full Story

Direct from Microsoft's Developer Network -- Their documentation for Microsoft Windows 7 continues the trend of standardizing heavily towards USB Video Class implementation for web cameras:"USB Video Class Driver Overview : If you are providing a driver for a webcam or a digital camcorder, consider using the system-supplied universal serial bus (USB) Video Class driver, usbvideo.sys -- The USB Video Class (UVC) driver is a Microsoft-provided AVStream minidriver that provides driver support fo... Read Full Story

ISPQ continues to be one of the best Cross-Platform Apple Mac and Windows PC video-chat programs - whether you use it for business conferencing, Friends & Family Chat, or Adult XXX webcam fun. Now at version 8.x it just keeps getting better and better. Apple webcam users should note the official release of ISPQ v8.1 is now available for download at ISPQ’s site. Give the free trial a spin: http://www.ispq.com/ Read Full Story

Logitech's Marketing department finally WOKE UP to address the Macintosh market with the ‘new’ QuickCam Vision Pro For Mac. (Model # 960-000254) A successor to their best-selling 9000 Pro series. Features smooth voice-coil driven auto-focus down to 10cm, top-notch Carl-Zeiss lens optics, a 2 megapixel sensor delivering 720p high-definition (HD) video format (960-by-720 pixels) with it's highly regarded what they call “RightLight2” technology. Logitech’s official... Read Full Story

Most webcams come bundled with Windows-Only programs to tweak camera settings like brightness, contrast, zoom, etc. Apple Mac users should look at one of two $10 utlities from www.ecamm.com - iGLASSES or iUSB Cam which can give you far greater control over your external UVC webcam or built-in iSight, giving precise image ajustment abilities. Very useful programs - especially if you use iChat - iChatAV and PhotoBooth.For those wanting to prepare video clips for, say, uploading to YouTube: A n... Read Full Story

Thought you'd save with your regional phone company's 'Worry Free' calling plan? Where for say, $50 a month you could forget the fact that you probably only made $14 worth of calls last month, or only $23 the month before. Their 'Freedom Plan' freed you from having to do any math and realize you paid too much for you modest near and long-distance needs.Even if you have a serious case of Long-Winded Flap-Jaw yourself, or a relative who can't keep their calls short and to the point -- You can s... Read Full Story