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Photos Tell Who, What; New Card Can Tell Where
Photos Tell Who, What; New Card Can Tell Where
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Photos Tell Who, What; New Card Can Tell Where

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

(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:...

Stolen Gadgets Call Home With Pictures of Thieves

New technology lets cameras, phones, computers automatically email owners

(Newser) - Technology letting cameras and other gadgets automatically contact their owners is thwarting thieves, Reuters reports. GadgetTrak software, for example, lets stolen BlackBerrys send data from thieves’ SIM cards to their rightful owners and allows Macs to shoot and send video of robbers. In other cases, emailed data not intended to...

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