Digital Photo City

Kodak sues Samsung, LG over camera patents (AP)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:41:42 +0000

AP - Eastman Kodak Co. said it is suing South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. for infringing various digital-camera patents it obtained between 1993 and 2001.

Lens Maker Sigma Buys Foveon's Sensor Tech (PC Magazine)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:24:19 +0000

PC Magazine - Lens maker Sigma Corp. said Tuesday that it has acquired Foveon, a three-layer high-resolution digital-camera sensor maker.

Trends & Innovations - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:31:36 +0000

Investor's Business Daily - Scientists have developed a software program that can duplicate a key from just a photograph of the key. They say this should teach people to think of keys as sensitive visual information, especially given that cheap image sensors have made digital cameras pervasive. The researchers at Univ. of Calif., San Diego, used just a cell phone camera photo of a key in one demonstration. In another demonstration, they used a photo taken from 200 feet away with a telephoto lens.

Motorola's ZN5 Is a Camera with Phone Functions (NewsFactor)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:01:56 +0000

NewsFactor - Motorola has launched a new mobile-imaging handset that combines imaging, software and online storage technology from Kodak with a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone. Designed to let users click and instantly share photos in several ways, the Motozine ZN5 was to become available Monday from U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile.

Kodak 3Q profit spikes, but full year seen weaker (AP)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:08:07 +0000

AP - Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday its third-quarter profit more than doubled, driven by sales of digital cameras and inkjet printers, but warned of a shortfall in full-year operating earnings and revenue that will likely result in targeted job cuts.

Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:47:26 +0000

Investor's Business Daily - A new service called My Mobile Witness lets users turn their camera phones into personal protection tools. The service is designed to help users when they are in a situation that has them on edge, such as letting strangers into their homes. Users take a photo of that person with their phone and send it to My Mobile Witness. The free service gives the message a time stamp and stores it in its digital vault. If a user ends up getting into trouble, the service gives police access to the message. Owners of a real estate firm developed the service after they got worried about their agents' safety.

Analysis: Solving Noise in High-Res Images (PC Magazine)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:25:22 +0000

PC Magazine - The PhotoPlus show in New York is around the corner, and Michael Miller is looking forward to checking out the new higher-resolution cameras. But more megapixels can also mean images can include a lot more visual noise. How do the professionals solve the problem? Miller explains.

Sony halves profit forecast on yen, electronics (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:26:29 +0000

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) slashed its annual operating profit forecast by 57 percent to far below market expectations, citing a firmer yen and tough price competition in the flat TV and digital camera markets.

MySpace-HP picture alliance (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:39:18 +0000

AFP - MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.

CEA Predicts 'Okay' Holiday Tech Spending (PC Magazine)

Yahoo! News: Digital Photography — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:38:21 +0000

PC Magazine - With the economy tanking, credit limits shrinking, and 401(k)'s dwindling, will consumers tighten their belts this holiday season when it comes to digital cameras, MP3 players, video games, and other gadgets? Probably not, the Consumer Electronics Association predicts.