Monday, March 1st, 2010
But the network faces a delicate balancing act: the immediacy and cost-savings of such 'backpack' reports versus technical, ethical, editorial and quality issues. Dan Harris, an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, has a firsthand grasp of how digital journalism could transform the future of network news.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Another CES unveiling: Kodak will have a new entry to their consumer-grade digital camera line–Slice, available in April 2010. The 14MP camera will feature a widescreen 3.5″ color touch screen and built-in facial recognition software in order to instantly tag and search for your friends from your customized database. Up to 20 unique faces can [...] Filed in categories: Digital Cameras , News ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Nikon Coolpix S560 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Vibration Reduction VR Zoom with 2 7 inch LCD Graphite Black Take a great picture no matter the conditions. The Nikon Coolpix S560 has many features that help you do just that. For example, for fast-moving subjects, there’s Face Priority AF, a face-finding technology that quickly finds and focuses on up to 12 faces in a group portrait. Blink warning will let you know when your subject’s eyes are closed
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Up until quite recently camera manufacturers for the most part have been happy to make marginal upgrades to their compact cameras by simply offering more. More megapixels, more zoom, more scene modes, and more faces in face detection AF modes. Lately though, things have begun to change, either because of technological hurdles, or the onslaught of the iPhone and similar, which make compact cameras less and less necessary, or perhaps they’ve actually begun to listen to what consumers really want.
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
In Japan this week during CEATEC (an IT and Electronics exhibition that runs from October 6-10, 2009) Sony's PS3 console made an appearance with an interactive digital advertising demo for onlookers. During the demonstration, the PlayStation 3 displays various visual effects on the screen, including water and fire, with the hand movements of the people captured on cameras used to modify them along with recognizing and highlighting their faces. To quote, roughly translated: "The 'Interactive
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
I’ve been having a lot of fun with this whole Sony Dads project . It isn’t even the equipment that they loan us to play with that is most fun for me. I like the stories they are asking us to tell without giving us many guidelines. They are like the bumpers on a bowling alley. They set them up for you, but then you use them as you see fit. Personally I’m using these as inspiration to try out new things and get creative again. This go around we were tasked with something they were calling 100 F
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
The 8-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD850 IS combines several classic features of the Digital Elph line with new perks garnered mainly from a new image processor. The Digic III image processor brings with it face detection technology that can recognize up to nine faces at once, as well as technology that reportedly keeps pictures cleaner. The SD850 IS had an initial price of $399, but can now be found online for about $50 less. Canon PowerShot 850 compact camera – Image stabilizer Compact camera
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
A new feature added in firmware v20.115 to the N86 8MP’s camera is Face Detection. This software feature scans and looks for facial features and focuses on those area to make sure they are in focus once the image is taken. You can see that it’s working by the focus brackets that are dynamically adjusted in relation to location of the faces on screen. This is the same feature found in many digital cameras. The feature is enabled by default and can be turned off in the camera settings. As you c
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Last update 28 September’09 – Review @ About.com Olympus Stylus Tough-6000 announced January 7, 2009 is a dual image stabilization (combines mechanical and digital image stabilization) 10 megapixel shockproof, waterproof, freezeproof, and dustproof compact digital camera. Other features include 3.6x wide optical zoom (28-102mm), high angle viewing 2.7 inch HyperCrystal III LCD, TAP control menus, advanced face detection tracks up to 16 faces, xD-Picture Card and microSD Card compatible, c
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Written by Ellen Buckman If you’ve been to our website or received an e-mail from us in the past few months, you are probably familiar with our three favorite words: THIS. PLACE. MATTERS. The This Place Matters campaign, sponsored by Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, called for the public to submit photos and videos of the places that matter to them and their communities. The response was tremendous—more than 1,900 photos have been submitted so far! I was fortunate enough to be ask
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