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Amateur bloggers spice up Singapore's food scene (AFP)AFP - With a big digital camera slung around his neck, Leslie Tay could easily have been mistaken for a professional photographer as he took shots of sizzling grilled pork chops on a table. Full text |
Plustek Announces First U.S. Photo Scanner (PC Magazine)
Kodak has 2Q loss, ending consecutive up quarters (AP)
Is This HTC's First Windows Phone 7 Device? (PC World)
Panasonic Debuts New Rugged, 'Bright-Lens' Cameras (PC Magazine)
New Scanner Helps Consumers Digitize Photos (PC Magazine)
US Panel to Investigate Patent Complaint Against Smartphones (PC World)
Stellar Battery Life May Be Droid X's Best Feature (PC World)
Sprint to get its second 4G Android phone (Ben Patterson)
Verizon, Motorola Introduce Droid X (PC Magazine)
Facebook, Flickr Tie-Up Pushes Flickr Activity to Newsfeed (PC Magazine)
NewsFactor - A day after Google launched its Nexus One Android-based smartphone, Dell and AT&T announced another first -- Dell's first mobile handset for the U.S. The new Android phone, which has yet to be finalized, is based on the Mini 3 phone Dell sells in China. That phone is a 3.5-inch, 640x360, touchscreen phone with a three-megapixel camera. Full text
PC Magazine - Casio's new camera shoots in high-speed to create slow motion video; it also captures 30 9-megapixel images in one second. Full text
PC World - Slots that support faster SDXC flash storage cards are reaching consumer electronics devices, which could boost the performance of devices like camcorders and digital cameras, multiple companies said on Tuesday. Full text
AP - Eastman Kodak says electronics maker Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay the photography company an undisclosed sum to settle a patent dispute over digital-camera technology. Full text
PC World - Kodak recently came out with a newer model, the impressive Zi8 (which retails for $180), but the Kodak Zi6 Pocket Video Camera, a longtime favorite, is on sale at OfficeMax for $100 with free shipping. This all-around great camcorder was one of the first to feature HD (it shoots in three video modes), and it captures 3-megapixel still images. The simple-to-use Zi6 also has a crisp, roomy 2.4-inch screen, and it captures vibrant colors well. Full text
AP - Shares of online photo services company Shutterfly Inc. climbed 3.4 percent Thursday after a Janney Montgomery Scott analyst upgraded the stock to "Buy" from "Neutral." Full text
PC World - Sixth Avenue Electronics has the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS25S for just $152.28 (plus free shipping), if you enter coupon code "BONUSBUY." The 12.1-megapixel camera boasts a 5X optical zoom, a 29mm wide-angle Leica lens, and a 3-inch LCD. Full text
PC World - Epson's new PictureMate Show snapshot printer is unlike any model we've seen, for one reason: Full text
PC World - Abe's of Maine is offering a Canon EOS Rebel T1i digital camera in a bundle for $800.95, which is a pretty good deal when you consider what you get. The Canon EOS Rebel T1i is a 15.1-megapixel DSLR that comes with a standard 18mm-to-55mm lens. It also shoots full 1080p HD video at 20 frames per second, and 720p video at 30 fps. Full text
AP - OmniVision Technologies Inc., which makes chips for digital cameras and webcams, said Monday it moved to a profit in its fiscal second quarter as sales rose by 12 percent. Full text
