Trends & Innovations - Monday
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Investor's Business Daily - Scientists have developed a software program that can duplicate a key from just a photograph of the key. They say this should teach people to think of keys as sensitive visual information, especially given that cheap image sensors have made digital cameras pervasive. The researchers at Univ. of Calif., San Diego, used just a cell phone camera photo of a key in one demonstration. In another demonstration, they used a photo taken from 200 feet away with a telephoto lens.
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Kodak posts lower 2Q profit, revises outlook
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AP - Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 14 percent as digital inkjet-printer investments and higher costs for raw materials offset a hefty tax settlement gain. It also warned that full-year operating earnings will come in at the lower end of its previous forecast, sending its already depressed stock down nearly 12 percent.
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Attention to lighting can make a huge difference in your photos
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USATODAY.com - It's the middle of summer, and you have a brand-new digital camera, but your pictures aren't looking as stellar as you had hoped. Perhaps there are huge shadows under the eyes of your subjects, or a whole lot of squinting faces. It doesn't have to be that way. We checked in with Scott Kelby, author of the best-selling, two-volume The Digital Photography Book, for five basic lighting tips that can dramatically improve anyone's pictures - even those made with the most inexpensive point-and-shoot cameras.
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New Camera Mimics Design of Human Eye
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NewsFactor - Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have announced the development of a camera based on the biological design of the human eye. While it won't make a 10-megapixel digital camera obsolete, it may be a huge breakthrough in bioengineering.
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Trends & Innovations - Friday
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Investor's Business Daily - A new service called My Mobile Witness lets users turn their camera phones into personal protection tools. The service is designed to help users when they are in a situation that has them on edge, such as letting strangers into their homes. Users take a photo of that person with their phone and send it to My Mobile Witness. The free service gives the message a time stamp and stores it in its digital vault. If a user ends up getting into trouble, the service gives police access to the message. Owners of a real estate firm developed the service after they got worried about their agents' safety.
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CEA Predicts 'Okay' Holiday Tech Spending
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PC Magazine - With the economy tanking, credit limits shrinking, and 401(k)'s dwindling, will consumers tighten their belts this holiday season when it comes to digital cameras, MP3 players, video games, and other gadgets? Probably not, the Consumer Electronics Association predicts.
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Fujifilm Announces 10-Megapixel Glam Cams
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PC Magazine - It's hard to believe that 10-megapixel resolution is available in point-and-shoot cameras. Fujifilm, however, has unveiled the geek-chic FinePix Z200fd, the newest model in the sleek, ultra-compact Z-series.
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Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) slashed its annual operating profit forecast by 57 percent to far below market expectations, citing a firmer yen and tough price competition in the flat TV and digital camera markets.
AP - Nintendo's hit DS portable machine will come with a digital camera that will allow players to mix images, scribble on photos and create new faces, the Japanese game maker said Thursday.