Why the Chromebook will revive HP
HP is diversifying from Microsoft’s Windows by supporting Chrome OS solutions. This will revive Hewlett-Packard (HP) Hewlett-Packard is shifting its strategy in the world of computing. Without a position in mobile smartphones, HP needs to strengthen its core business in personal computers to remain a key player. The world of…
Can Eastman Kodak Rise Again?
Anyone who has an affinity for American business icons as testaments to this country’s long-standing fondness for the free enterprise system cannot help but rejoice. Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) has returned back to the Big Board, after bankruptcy. But it’s not the mighty company once it was. A big chunk…
Olympus OM-D E-M1: Mirrorless Perfection for Serious Photographers
Mirrorless cameras aren’t supposed to be this good. Yet, somehow, Olympus has made a compact interchangeable lens camera so marvelous and drool-worthy that I don’t even know where to begin. If there’s a mirrorless camera that can replace a DSLR, it’s probably the OM-D E-M1, the successor to last year’s…
Nikon’s latest teaser for its retro DSLR shows the camera, however briefly (video)
Frustrated that Nikon’s teaser videos for its retro full-frame DSLR have shown precious little of the camera you’re supposed to be lusting after? You can relax now. In the company’s fifth and final clip (after the break), there are a few fleeting glimpses of the design in question. The body…
Spec Sheet: Olympus’ new Stylus 1 point-and-shoot takes on the top superzoom …
A lot of products come out each week we don’t highlight all of them, but all of them make it into The Verge Database. In Spec Sheet, a weekly series, we survey the latest product entries to keep track of the state of the art. Olympus unveiled the Stylus 1 Olympus…
Kodak Wins $76 Million in Patent Dispute with Ricoh/Pentax
You might not thing there was much economic clout left in the Kodak brand, but apparently it still carries some weight in the courtroom. The one-time photography monolith recently won a $76 million judgement from Japanese electronics conglomerate Ricoh to settle a dispute over patent licenses and royalties.Kodak alleged in…
10 crazy Android devices that make your phone look boring, from fridges to bikes
The most popular platform for smartphones and tablets has been creeping into other devices. We can see the sense in an Android TV or laptop, and there’s nothing that odd about an Android gaming console like the OUYA, but Android doesn’t belong in everything. The market is all set to…
Real life water babies! Adorable pictures of toddlers exploring an underwater …
Lucy Ray, 33, from Greenwich was a news photographer for 10 yearsLeft to start own underwater photography business By Deni Kirkova PUBLISHED:08:12 EST, 1 November 2013| UPDATED:09:35 EST, 1 November 2013 When we get to adulthood we have a tendency to hold our noses, cover our eyes with goggles and plug our ears when we go…
Models mix with fish in Red Sea photo contest
ELIAT, Israel A gust of air ruffled her white wedding dress before Hagar Cohen dived into the Red Sea, high heels sparkling in the sun as she disappeared beneath the waves. Minutes later the 33-year-old Israeli diving instructor, moonlighting as a model, was posing on a sunken missile ship 20 Italian…
Hardin-Jefferson has playoff opportunity
After winning a combined six games the past three seasons, expectations for the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks were profoundly low heading into the 2013 season. Fast forward to this Friday’s match-up against the district leading Silsbee Tigers (6-1, 4-0) and optimism is soaring at the school as Hardin-Jefferson (5-3, 2-2) is in great…
