I own a 2000-vintage, non-digital 8mm Sony camcorder.  We don't use it very often, but I do have a fair amount of footage I'd like to transfer to my computer.  How can I do this without resorting to expensive video capture hardware?

I found this device while looking for solutions; would this do the trick?  TIA for advice and suggestions.

Forget traffic jams.  Soon you may be able to use your nav system to avoid getting carjacked:

Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. will start a new system this week warning motorists when they are driving close to crime hotspots.

Based on information from the police, drivers will get an alert through Honda's on-board navigation system about areas where cars have been damaged, stolen or broken into in the past, Honda said in a statement.

For now it's only available in Japan, which doesn't strike me a country with a rampant auto-theft problem.  But I can also envision motorists in Detroit circling endlessly on the Interstate, trying to find one surface street that doesn't pass through a crime-riddled neighborhood.