PENTAX Medical launches MagniView optical zoom technology for …

Optical Zoom technology with HD+ and i-scan combine to deliver a new standard for daily gastroenterology practice The new MagniView range PENTAX Medical are pleased to announce the launch of their brand new MagniView range, combining up to x136 optical magnification with HD+ and i-scan – supporting clinicians with amazingly…

Posted on: September 27, 2013 11:00 am

As regulators wrestle with e-smokes, the tobacco industry is changing fast

THE vapoteurs who gathered on a windy island in the Seine on September 19th brandished e-cigarettes in one hand and flyers inciting the populace to defend them in the other. On October 8th the European Parliament is to vote on a proposal to regulate the devices as if they were…

Posted on: September 27, 2013 11:00 am

Win a Canon EOS 1100D digital camera

The vastness and splendour of the Grand Canyon draws photographers of all abilities and inclinations. Photograph: Antony Nagelmann/Getty Images Travel and photography go hand in hand. Whether you want to shoot revellers at Burning Man, the faces of past presidents at Mount Rushmore or the characterful cabbies of New…

Posted on: September 27, 2013 11:00 am

Google hat dem Fotobereich von Google+, alias Picasa Web …

Google hat dem Fotobereich von Google+, alias Picasa Web …Google+ erhaelt verbesserte Raw-KonvertierungGoogle hat dem Fotobereich von Google+, alias Picasa Web Album, einen neuen Raw-Konverter spendiert. Damit eignet sich der Cloud-Speicher nicht nur als Web-Galerie, sondern auch als Fotoarchiv.

Posted on: September 27, 2013 11:00 am

Miley Cyrus’ Nikon N80 SLR is Currently Bidding at Over $90K on eBay

We hate to contribute in any small way to the Miley Cyrus hoopla/shenanigans/ruckus (pick your poison) but when an old 35mm SLR that would normally go for about $60 starts bidding at almost $100,000 we can’t help but take notice. The camera in question is an old 35mm Nikon N80…

Posted on: September 27, 2013 6:00 am

Photoshop Touch gives images the full treatment on the go

There the times when you simply can’t (or don’t want to) hop on your computer to edit or put special effects on a photo. But that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with a shot you’re not totally in love with. You can give your photos almost that full-on Photoshop treatment with…

Posted on: September 27, 2013 6:00 am

Kodak Alaris Will Keep the Kodak Legacy Alive, Has ‘No Plans’ to Stop Selling Film

Now that Eastman Kodak’s bankruptcy woes are over and the company has switched its focus primarily to commercial printing, its name probably won’t show up here as often as it once did. But that doesn’t mean that the Kodak photographic legacy is dead. One of the steps Eastman Kodak took…

Posted on: September 26, 2013 4:00 pm

University of Limpopo overhauls print facilities with Konica Minolta

The University of Limpopo in South Africa has signed an agreement with Konica Minolta to overhaul its existing print facilities and management system to better control print environments and reduce costs, as well as increase document security, workflow and mobility. Konica Minolta South Africa will renovate UL’s printing facilities and…

Posted on: September 26, 2013 4:00 pm

Apple’s iPhone isn’t waterproof, no matter what the Internet says

Waterproofing is a growing trend among smartphone manufacturers, but despite what you may have seen on social networking sites, it’s not a feature of Apple’s new iOS 7 software. But that’s exactly the gist of a fake ad circulating the Web, which is trying to prank users into dropping their newly…

Posted on: September 26, 2013 4:00 pm

Bernie Madoff’s Giant Screw: Is Photoshop A Proper Rule 403 Remedy?

Yesterday, Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued a curious evidentiary decision. In the fraud trial of several aides to Bernie Madoff, the judge ruled that prosecutors will have to Photoshop out a decoration from pictures of Madoff’s office. Lawyers for Daniel Bonventre argued that photos of the decoration, a four-foot statue…

Posted on: September 26, 2013 4:00 pm