July 2009 Archives

July 7, 2009

Yahoo, NFL players union settle lawsuit (AP)

AP – Yahoo Inc. and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over use of players’ statistics, photos and other data in Yahoo’s popular online fantasy football game, but details were not immediately available Tuesday.

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July 14, 2009

Samsung Launches Ergonomic Camcorder, Cameras (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – On Tuesday, Samsung introduced its first pocket HD camcorder, the HMX-U10. In addition, the company also announced two standard-definition camcorders and two digital cameras.

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July 15, 2009

Sony Ericsson, AT&T Unveil Two Phones (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – Sony Ericsson has landed a big carrier pick-up on AT&T with the C905a Cyber-shot, an 8.1-megapixel camera phone. The company also unveiled the W518a Walkman phone.

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July 16, 2009

Sony Ericsson Hopes To Recover with Camera Phones (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Sony Ericsson is hoping to boost its sagging handset sales through the launch of two new camera-enabled mobile phones on AT&T’s national network, beginning Sunday.

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Sony Ericsson Launches 8.1-megapixel Camera Phone (PC World)

PC World – Anyone looking for a camera phone that packs a little more punch than the obligatory low-end cameras found on most phones these days will undoubtedly gravitate towards the new C905a Cyber-shot.

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July 23, 2009

Yahoo Acquires Xoopit; Should You Care? (PC World)

PC World – Late yesterday, Yahoo announced that it had acquired Xoopit–a company known for its photo management tools–and said it plans to integrate the service as a new feature in Yahoo Mail. Xoopit is the company behind My Photos, a third-party application for Yahoo’s e-mail service, but Xoopit is perhaps best known for its file management Firefox add-on for Gmail.

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Yahoo! swoops for Xoopit email photo finding firm (AFP)

Yahoo! said Wednesday it would buy Xoopit, a San Francisco startup specializing in finding and organizing photos buried in email inboxes.(Xoopit)AFP – Yahoo! said Wednesday it would buy Xoopit, a San Francisco startup specializing in finding and organizing photos buried in email inboxes.

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New Gmail Users Cut Off as Yahoo Acquires Xoopit (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Yahoo has confirmed that it will acquire San Francisco-based Xoopit, which won the Yahoo Open Hack contest in 2008 and powers Yahoo Mail’s My Photos application. The app finds photos in a user’s in-box, including both file attachments and URLs that link to photo sites like Flickr or Picasa Web Albums.

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July 27, 2009

SiRF Unveils Next Generation GPS (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine – SiRFstar IV offers faster GPS lock-in and reduced power consumption, and is optimized for cell phones, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics devices.

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July 28, 2009

Canon’s profits plunge 84.5 pct in first-half (AFP)

Canon's Vixia HF S10 high definition camcorder. Japan's Canon Inc. said Tuesday its net profit tumbled 84.5 percent in the first half of 2009 from a year earlier, hit by sluggish sales of compact digital cameras and other electronics.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP – Japan’s Canon Inc. said Tuesday its net profit tumbled 84.5 percent in the first half of 2009 from a year earlier, hit by sluggish sales of compact digital cameras and other electronics.

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