Monthly Archives: August 2008

GlacialTech Inc. of Taiwan introduces its LED-BR40, a Light Emitting Diode bulb designed to replace equivalent 80W BR40 globes and lamps available in markets today. The LED-BR40 uses lower wattage compared with the original product (840Lux for the high brightness globe at a distance of 1m) with much less heat radiation than traditional light bulbs, …

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Photo above shows an electronic eye camera, developed by scientists at Northwestern University and University of Illinois. It’s a digital camera that has the size, shape and layout of a human eye. The curved shape is meant to greatly improve its field of vision, much like a human eye, bringing the whole picture in focus. …

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Worldwide shipments of camera phones will jump from over 700 million units in 2007 to surpass 1.3 billion in 2012, according to a new report from InfoTrends. The report – titled Worldwide Camera Phone Forecast: 2007-2012 – indicated that the growth will be driven largely by the Asia-Pacific and ROW (rest of the world) regions, …

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Kingston Technology Co., Inc. has released the DataTraveler Mini Slim USB drive boasting a small form factor in a stylish package. The new flash drive is available in black, blue or pink colors with gray bottom casing. Kingston said the new USB drives make a great fashion accessory by easily connecting to a keychain while …

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New money is coming in for wireless memory card maker Eye-Fi as it secures Series B funding of $11 million from investors. The round of investments was led by TransLink Capital, with new funding from LMS Capital and participation from existing investors Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures. Eye-Fi says it will use the investment to …

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Before Aperture and Lightroom, Photo Mechanic was the workflow software. It was, and still is, the real photo management application to turn to when handling tons – hundreds or thousands – of photos at a time.If you’re a professional photo editor whose job involves selecting photos and not selecting pixels, Photo Mechanic is your friend. …

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Sunpak of Japan is introducing its RD2000 flash, a new compact and full featured digital SLR flash for Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras. It has a guide number of 65 (ISO 100/feet), can swivel 180 degrees left or right and can tilt up to 90 degrees for indirect lighting. The RD2000 features five EV adjustments …

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There’s a new Noise Ninja, Version 2.0, for Apple’s Aperture image editing and photography workflow application. The Noise Ninja plug-in for Aperture allows users to use its powerful noise reduction technology right in the Aperture workspace. Software maker PictureCode says Noise Ninja often yields a two-stop improvement in effective image quality, while preserving important image …

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Epson today launched two new multimedia viewers, the P-6000 and P-7000, boasting larger drive capacities, faster download speeds and an advanced LCD screen with brilliant color precision. Epson says the new photo viewers are ideal as back-up and viewing solution for photographers on extreme assignments in the tropics or the Arctic. One new feature that …

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