EDMONTON - Technology never stops finding new ways to get more out of our digital cameras, wireless phones, video games and the Internet. Here are a few over-the-top ways your digital lifestyle can be pumped up.

Kodak and photography may be synonymous, but the photo giant's transition from film to digital was challenging. Kodak's drive to make digital cameras a trendy fashion statement has its newest eight-megapixel V803 digital camera come in eight fresh colours, such as Pink Bliss, Cosmic Blue and Mystic Purple.

If you haven't heard of Nintendo's Wii video gaming console, you are probably living a sheltered life. The Wii uses a wireless motion sensor to control game action.

If you know how to swing a baseball bat, tennis racquet, fishing rod, sword or golf club, then check out the three-in-one controller sports kit from Asidtech.com, available at BestBuy for $34. It turns the Wii remote into sporting items including a golf club -- perfect for EA's just-released Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07. The attachment helps you hold your club properly. The Wii senses how fast you swing, including follow-through and whether you've sliced the ball.

It downloads at 25 Mbps, several times faster than a standard Internet connection, and uploads at one Mbps. You get a 150 GB per month download limit.

I was able to download full-quality DVD movies in 20 minutes, about the same time it takes to download an MP3 song with a phone modem connection.

If all you do is go online for e-mail, chatting, surfing and occasional downloads like software updates and songs, then stay with normal cable or DSL speeds.

Shaw might be ahead of the game here, but my one-month trial gave me a view of life in the Internet fast lane. The service is available in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver and www.shaw.ca.

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