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- Five tips to better beach pictures
- When you hit the beach this summer, most likely you'll be bringing your camera. But beach photography doesn't have to be simply pointing your camera at some water and sand and pushing a button. There are also some logistical things to worry about, such as lighting and timing. Here are...
- Tags: Beach, Photograph, Camera, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-07-03
- Tips for photographing fireworks
- Some of the most difficult events to shoot are fireworks displays. Even with automatic settings on a point-and-shoot camera, chances are very high that the photo will look dark, the fireworks will be blurred, the photo will look poorly composed, or all of the above. With Independence Day this weekend,...
- Tags: Photograph, Camera, Fireworks, Digital Photography School, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Privacy, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Nokia launching 12-megapixel camera phone
- Recently I wrote about a study that still finds camera phones sorely lacking behind regular digital camera technology. Well, Nokia is stepping up its game with the launch of a 12-megapixel camera phone later this year, according to PhoneReport. This follows up 12 MP model announcements from Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson....
- Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Camera Phone, Digital Camera, Camera, Camera Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards Compatibility
- FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards CompatibilityI did the same thing and had to revert back.Firefox 3.5 broke the only 2 extensions I use. Adblock Plus and dictionary search. It displayed it in the upgrade box as being incompatible but chose a clean install since I save the profiles on a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- News to know: Firefox 3.5; Lenovo; Blackberry Tour; Chambers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Benchmarking Firefox 3.5 Testing Firefox 3.5 ... mind your add-ons! Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.5 released, more...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Canon cutting 700 jobs in Japan
- Despite news that we might have hit bottom, not everyone has recovered yet. Canon Inc. is cutting 700 jobs in Japan, specifically within chip equipment operations. While the company says it will move some workers to other jobs within the company, that's still a huge shift. Canon reps say that the...
- Tags: Job, Canon Inc., Chip-equipment, Recruitment & Selection, Semiconductors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Point Grey debuts new 1.3 megapixel USB 2.0 camera model
- Canadian digital camera manufacturer Point Grey announced a new model to their Firefly collection today. The Firefly MV is both Firewire and USB 2.0 compatible. The compact camera, retailing at USD $325, is targeted towards microscopy, bioscience, medical and visualization applications. Capable of shooting a 752x480 image at...
- Tags: USB 2.0, Image, Camera, USB, Firefly MV, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- News to know: Windows 7; Dell; IT salaries; Enterprise 2.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Photograph, Salary, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Promote Systems debuts remote control for DSLRs
- Promote Systems has released the Promote Control, a remote control for digital SLR cameras. Targeted towards both amateurs and professional DSLR users, the microprocessor-based product allows photographers to control multiple aspects of their camera, including exposure bracketing and time-lapse mode. Additionally, it can put the camera into Bulb mode automatically when performing bracketed exposures...
- Tags: DSLR, Remote Control, Camera, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Camera phones haven't outpaced regular digital cameras - yet
- Ontela, a Seattle-based company that provides technology infrastructure to wireless companies that allows consumers to unlock the photos in their camera phones, released a research report today that finds camera photo uploads are still fewer than those from digital cameras. That might not seem like much news, but considering how frequently...
- Tags: Phone, Camera Phone, Digital Camera, Photograph, Camera, Camera Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Platform Computing: Herding Clouds
- After the post Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services appeared on ZDnet, I had the opportunity to speak with Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing. Although the plans were for me to speak with Platform prior to the post going live, scheduling problems made that impossible. So, the focus of...
- Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- DXG unveils new site, offers discounts to celebrate
- Camcorder maker DXG unveiled a new website with an online store today. To celebrate, they're offering customers a 10% off coupon code (“DXG10â€) on all DXG products purchased through the site through July 5. Along with the discount code, DXG is offering up a value pack for...
- Tags: Camcorder, Photograph, Camera, DXG, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Sony settles digital camera lawsuit with CalTech
- Sony Corporation has finally settled a a patent-infringement lawsuit that was filed by the California Institute of Technology CalTech over patents on digital camera technology. While the exact terms of the settlement weren't made public, CalTech reps said that the situation was "resolved" in a filing in Los Angeles on...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Lawsuit, California Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- News to know: Yahoo, Windows 7, Palm, AMD, Blackberry Tour, Netbook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Bartz to Yahoo shareholders: Change is coming; We're not Google Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- RCA starts shipping EZ209HD
- After being announced at CES earlier this year, RCA has started shipping its Small Wonder EZ209HD. The 720p HD mini-camcorder captures video at a resolution of 1280 x 720 in H.264 format. Thin enough to fit in your pants pocket, it's quite a powerful little device...
- Tags: Hour, Mode, Flash Memory, Corporate Communications, Memory, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Adobe publishes Lightroom 2.4, Camera Raw 5.4 updates
- Adobe has released updates to its photo management software programs Photoshop Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4, which both provide support for additional digital camera raw image file formats. The update supports 31 additional camera models, including Canon's Digital Rebel T1i and Nikon's D5000. A full list of supported models...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Lightroom, Camera, Updates, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- News to know: Vizio; Apple-Psystar; Buffett; Facebook status; Palm Pre; AT&T
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sean Portnoy: Vizio spills the beans on its Internet TV plans Sam Diaz: Court allows Apple-Psystar case to resume...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., AT&T Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- General Imaging starts shipping new touch-panel GE E1250TW
- General Imaging, the licensee of GE branded cameras, began shipment of its GE E1250TW today, after debuting on Home Shopping Network last week. What's so special about this camera? The 3.0-inch LCD touch-screen allows for swiping, rotation and zoom, among other features. However,...
- Tags: General Electric Co., Imaging, Camera, Keyboards, Document Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Components, Rachel King
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
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