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NEWS ABOUT: digital photography

digital photography stories: 19 news summaries

New Facebook App Finds Your Long-Lost Twin

Coke is to Coke Zero as you are to this friend, app promises

Oct 8, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Facebook app that promises to match you with the person in its network who looks most like you "is fun enough that it just might work," Christina Warren writes for Mashable. The app scans photos of you and photos of others who’ve signed up, and…voila!... More »

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social networking • Facebook • digital photography • application • soft drinks • online friend • Coca-Cola • Coke Zero

Digital Pioneers Scoop Physics Nobel Prize

Trio's work on light paved way for Internet, digital cameras

Oct 6, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to three scientists whose research into light paved the way for the digital age. Charles Kao received the prize for his work on the transmission of light through fiber-optic cables—the basis of modern communication networks. Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle and... More »

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digital camera • digital photography • physics • light • Nobel Prize • fiber optic cables

Fans Seek to Resurrect Polaroid Film

Group buys equipment from shuttered plant, seeks to reinvent recipe

May 26, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A determined band of entrepreneurs, scientists, and lovers of retro photography is doing its best to bring Polaroid film back from the dead, the New York Times reports. The group managed to buy the company’s old equipment just before it was dumped and is now attempting to reinvent the... More »

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photography • digital photography • photograph • photographers • Holland • Polaroid

 New Oscar Tech 
 Stalks Stars 

Audiences get closer to the red carpet than ever

Feb 21, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Thanks to the wonders of technology, you’ll be able to get closer than ever to the stars on the red carpet come Oscar night tomorrow, Variety reports. Several websites will allow users to zoom in, à la Google Earth, and magnify high-res photos up to four times. More »

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technology • Academy Awards • digital photography • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Oscars

Polaroid Files
for Bankruptcy
a Second Time

Photography icon blames fraud at
parent company

Dec 19, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Polaroid is blaming fraud at its parent company for its second bankruptcy filing in 7 years, Bloomberg reports. The instant photography pioneer says it has “ample cash reserves” and doesn’t expect to seek additional financing under Chapter 11 reorganization. But the Petters Group, which acquired the 71-year-old firm... More »

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bankruptcy • digital photography • money laundering • wire fraud • Polaroid

 3-D Map Adds Light Years 
 to Concept of Universe 

Survey used red shift to find relative distances of heavenly bodies

Oct 15, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Telescope photographs of the night sky are compelling, but it’s hard to get a feel for the heavens when you’re Earthbound. The recently completed Sloan Digital Sky Survey can help: It is a 3-D map of the area within 2 billion light years of Earth that allows the... More »

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astronomy • space • telescope • digital photography • Milky Way • map • galaxy

Flash! Here's What's New
in Photo Gear

Spy pens, 3-D cameras and new lens technologies on display

Sep 26, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest photography-gear expo on the globe, Photokina, got under way this week in Germany as manufacturers rolled out everything from state-of-the-art lenses to geotagging devices. Wired takes a look:
  1. Fuji’s FinePix Real 3D System incorporates dual lenses that capture separate images, then meshes them into a single
... More »

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technology • camera • photography • digital photography • Top Gear

 Fed Porn Probe 
 Targets Spears 
 Photo Thief 

Underage breastfeeding pics could carry pornography charges

Sep 22, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A stolen photo of teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding has turned what seemed to be a breach of Wal-Mart security into a federal case, TMZ reports. Copies of a dozen snapshots, allegedly purloined when baby daddy Casey Aldridge had legit copies made at a Louisiana store, could result in... More »

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Britney Spears • crime • digital photography • photograph • Jamie Lynn Spears • Casey Aldridge • Wal-Mart

Photo-Sharing Site Offers Ease, Collaboration

Souped-up Shutterfly is in beta and set to launch in August

Jul 30, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - With lost passwords and clunky sign-up procedures, online photo-sharing can be a bit of a hassle. But a new service from Shutterfly offers a simpler way, Katherine Boehret writes in the Wall Street Journal after taking it for a spin. Shutterfly Share still has some problems— you can’t... More »

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Internet • digital photography • Flickr • Shutterfly • Snapfish • Photobucket • web hosting • tech review • photo sharing


 Japanese iPhone
 Deters Perverts 

Loud 'shutter' sound cannot be disabled

Jul 22, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Japanese version of the iPhone 3G has one small difference from those sold elsewhere: the “shutter” sound it makes when the camera snaps a photo is always on, even when the phone is in silent mode, the Cult of Mac reports. The conspicuous sound is intended to discourage... More »

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Japan • iPhone • digital photography • voyeurism • iPhone 3G

PRODUCT REVIEW

Photos Tell Who, What; New Card Can Tell Where

'Wickedly clever'
Eye-Fi memory stick notes picture location

Jun 26, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add geotagging to the list of must-have features for digital photo buffs. Yep, David Pogue writes in the New York Times—no more need to note where you took pictures. The newest Eye-Fi memory card—a WiFi-enabled sliver that uploads pictures automatically—also tags photos with a location. The downside:... More »

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digital camera • digital photography • Eye-Fi • Skyhook

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Taking Analog Stuff Digital? Skip the Gadgets

Products for converting records, tapes, photos just aren't worth it

May 29, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’ve been lamenting the fate of your analog media recently, wishing you could bring records, tapes, or photos into the digital world, new devices are here to help. They just don’t do a very good job of it, laments David Pogue in the New York Times, reviewing... More »

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digital photography • record • digital music • cassette tape • digital media

 Tech Toy
 Splurges
 for That
 Tax Return

You haven't already spent that tax refund, have you?

Mar 30, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - This year, the government’s economic stimulus package will add $600 to the average $2,300 refund each taxpayer receives. That’s a sizable chunk of change, perfect for a little tech-toy indulgence, reports ComputerWorld.
  1. Casio Exilim Pro Ex-FI high-speed digital camera: Snag 60 frames in a single second,
... More »

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technology • artificial intelligence • list • digital photography • robot • digital music • green technology • turntable

 Photoshop for the Rest of Us 

Adobe releases
free, web-based
image editor

Mar 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adobe’s Photoshop has long been the standard for high-end image editing, but for Joe Q. Digital Camera, it’s too imposing, too complicated, and much too expensive. Today, Adobe hopes to fix all that, rolling out Photoshop Express, its free, web-based photo editor. The flash-based editor gives point-and-clickers a... More »

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Facebook • digital photography • photo editing • Photobucket • Photoshop • Adobe • doctored photo • Photoshop Express

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Case of circumvented Flickr privacy settings has parents worried

Feb 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The privacy settings on online photo-sharing sites aren’t always foolproof, as one Washington mother discovered. After posting pictures of her kids skinny-dipping on Flickr and marking them “private,” she found recently that they had been viewed thousands of times, the Washington Post reports. "Are creepy people... More »

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online privacy • digital photography • Flickr • privacy settings • Shutterfly • Snapfish • website

Hi-Res Pic of 'Mona Lisa' Raises Some Eyebrows

Faded pigments and poor cleaning probably obliterated the hair

Oct 18, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" has eyebrows and eyelashes, according to one French inventor, answering a long-standing question about the haunting image painted some 500 years ago. Pascal Cotte said he made the discovery using a camera that yielded a 150,000-dots-per-inch photograph, CNN reports, magnifying her face 24... More »

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San Francisco • art • digital photography • painting • infrared • Mona Lisa • Leonardo da Vinci

Post-Yahoo Photo Solutions

The WSJ examines the competition

Aug 2, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo is shuttering its popular photo sharing site in September, but never fear—there are plenty of alternative places to dock your digital pics. The Journal surveys the field:
  • Kodak Gallery is the easiest to navigate, but lacks editing tools and requires a yearly purchase commitment.
  • Shutterfly is
... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • Kodak • digital camera • digital photography • Flickr • Shutterfly • Snapfish • Photobucket • web hosting

'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Review: Web-based photo editor 'elegant' says Mossberg

Jul 28, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Extolling the new crop of slick, easy-to-use Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg singles out  "Picnik"—a new free alternative to traditional desktop editing programs. Picnik lets photogs on the go add simple edits like cropping, resizing, and color correction without installing anything. More »

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Walt Mossberg • Facebook • digital photography • Flickr • application • photo editing • Picnik • Photoshop

Kodak Sets Sights on Flashless Future

New low-light sensor could snap flagging company out of slump

Jun 14, 07 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kodak showed off a new technology today that enables digital cameras to capture clearer pictures in low light—without a flash. Kodak revealed the innovation just as the enduring photography company finishes up its long and costly transformation to digital and begins to tap into its valuable portfolio of patents. More »

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technology • film • images • Kodak • Eastman Kodak • camera • digital camera • photography • digital photography • light sensors • pixels • flash • patent

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