Casio Japan has unveiled a compact camera that takes pictures with the speed and accuracy that you need, to capture the moments you cherish as they happen. Able to start and be ready to for photos in less than one second, the Casio Exilim EX-ZR300 has 24-300mm lens and 16-megapixels for you to use as you will. In addition to the ability to snap shots at .26 second intervals or video at 1080p 30fps, the new ZR300 camera supports Toshiba Flash Air SD technology allowing you to effortlessly create wireless backups. ($TBA)

The new pint sized entry into 3D motion control by a company named Leap Motion seems to have taken the online tech world by storm. 4 out of 5 tech websites agree that the new Leap device has the potential to give motion control technology a much wider use than video games. Boasting accuracy close to one hundredth of a millimeter, the Leap tracks multiple movements, can chain devices together and is smaller than an iPod. Compatible with Windows and Mac OS X, you can pre-order the USB peripheral for $70.

For you office types who have been longing for the Full HD resolution of the big game screens at your home, the ViewSonic Pro8300 Business projector should meet your demanding presentation needs. Full 16:9 widescreen ratio, 3,000 lumens and a 4,000:1 contrast ratio. If those specs are pure gobbledygook, just know that as of today the ViewSonic Pro8300 has the best projection quality for industrial graphics, presentations and multimedia. And when you and your arch nemesis go to battle with your slideshows both of you can plug into the Pro8300 thanks to dual HDMI, VGA and PC inputs. Now you can argue over which idea is better with ease and sophistication.

The SC-AP01 is the new Apple AirPlay speaker announced by Panathsonic that wirelessly streams music from your iPhone, iPad or iPod. Effectively allowing you to keep your device nearby, where it belongs. Making substantial progress from their innovative and industry first bamboo speakers in 2006, the Panasonic SC-AP01 speaker uses Nano Bamboo technology creating rich audio through the use of renewable materials. Aside from the eco friendly aspect of the SC-AP01 speaker, the bamboo based technology creates a three dimensional sound field providing you with sonic clarity and equal depth from any virtually direction. The Panasonic Airplay speaker SC-AP01 is expected to launch later this year in Japan $TBA.

If you are split on deciding whether you need to get a new smartphone or to go with a new tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Note makes your decision that much easier. With a massive 5.3-inch HD touchscreen, the Samsung Note is large enough to be a small tablet, yet small enough to be a phone (just barely). Equipped with the latest network specs to handle 4G LTE, HSPA, EDGE and Wi-Fi, the Galaxy Note is ready for all of your data and multimedia needs.

Powered by a 1.4GHz Dual Core chip, the genre bending Android device comes with 16GB of memory (expandable with a microSD card), an 8 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixels for the front, accelerometer, digital compass, Samsung apps, handwriting recognition software, access to Android Market and more. And in case your digits get numb you can skip the touchscreen and use the Samsung S Pen to write any notes you need to take the old fashioned way.

Further expanding into the touch mouse market, Logitech deftly combines their skills for aesthetics and function with the Logitech Touch Mouse M600. Designed for comfort and performance the M600 wireless optical mouse fits comfortably in either hand allowing for ambidextrous use and has a wide touch surface allowing you to use gestures easily. The M600 also uses Logitech Flow Scroll software that gives the wireless mouse a scrolling capability that rivals your favorite quick scrolling smartphone. That being said when the M600 hits the market you will be able to right click, left click, swipe, browse and scroll horizontally or vertically with just a touch for less than eighty bucks. Logitech Touch Mouse M600

Recently introduced to the global audience, Blue Microphones Tiki USB Microphone is billed as the first USB mic that accurately mimics the intelligence of human hearing. How is that possible you ask? The technological wonder workers over at Blue Mics have figured how to gear components of the portable USB microphone to focus on sounds you desire recording and to minimize sounds you don’t, through noise cancellation, voice isolation and auto-mute.  Small enough to fit in your pocket, the Tiki mic is the perfect add-on component for recording audio when a portable voice recorder, iPad or other tablet are not enough for the task. Now you can record and listen to those all important multi-hour lectures in CD-quality sound.

With an eight megapixel camera bolstered with Carl Zeiss lenses to help you capture all those important moments, a 4.3-inch AMOLED screen for all the media you can possibly consume, WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth and a 1.4Ghz Snapdragon processor with an updated chipset to handle LTE all wrapped in a soft to the touch polycarbonate frame, the Nokia Lumia 900 is first Nokia Windows Phone with 4G LTE.

The Nokia Lumia 900 is a great looking phone, but are looks enough to return Nokia to glory? Just in case its looks do not convince you to buy, Nokia is said to be giving the Lumia 900 an aggressive price with the hopes of making the new Microsoft Windows 4G phone appear even more attractive and thus more likely to get into your hands.

JVC is determined to make you the next James Cameron. The JVC GY-HMQ10 (the JVC 4k) is said to be the world’s first 4K camcorder. With the Falconbird LSI chip leading the way and 10x optical zoom, the personal movie maker can capture, record and play video at a resolution four times that of an HD TV. Send video to monitors or projection with near zero latency, and while you are at it, stuff two hours of video on a single SD card. If 4k video is not your thing just yet, the JVC 4k can also deliver your action sequences in full HD (1920 x 1080). The 8.3 megapixel imaging camcorder with the full color touch screen will be ready for your dramatic moments, heroic adventures and money shots by March for $5,000.

A light has gone out in the world. Steve Jobs the man who help transform the world into the technological wonder that it is today has died. I felt a flush over my body when I received the news. To say I feel sadness would be remiss, because sadness is not a word capable of describing my feelings regarding this moment in our lives. This is a demarcation line in modern history.

This generation has been fortunate enough to receive the benefits of Steve’s imagination, ingenuity and passion first hand. With the foundation Steve laid future generations will undoubtedly reap rewarding harvests thanks to his ability to harness together the ideas of brilliant people and bring them to the world.

No doubt his family, friends, loved ones and competitors will miss him. A husband, a father, a friend and a fierce competitor who battled adversity, confronted competition and challenged the status quo. Steve changed an industry he also participated in building, redefined business and how we think about it and helped to set ablaze millions of minds across the globe, with ideas of what is possible when you still believe in your dreams and you have the tenacity to go after them.

Let us not simply mourn this day of losing the man we called Steve Jobs, but let us rejoice in the life of Steven and his enormous contributions to all of us. Friend, foe, every race, every creed and all in-between, some of us directly and others indirectly have benefited from his presence in the current era. Coming generations are fortunate to have his legacy to peruse and his shoulders to stand on as an able and firm foundation to help them reach their goals and to face coming endeavors yet untold.

Steve, thanks for your time here.