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Leica grabs bragging rights with `fastest' lens (AP)AP - Before camera manufacturers one-upped each other with the number of megapixels, they one-upped each other with the zoom range of their lenses. And before that, in the 1960s, the "speed" of the lens, its ability to gather light, was the big selling point. Full text |
New Nintendo DS portable will come with camera (AP)
Dell AIO Printers Designed for Home, Workgroups (PC Magazine)
Pentax Announces Entry-Level DSLR, Accessories (PC Magazine)
Leica Unveils Next-Gen M8 Digicam (PC Magazine)
Google-Led Android May Shake Up Market (Investor's Business Daily)
New Nikon SLR camera shoots high-def movies, too (AP)
Nikon D90 Adds High-Def Video Recording (PC Magazine)
Olympus Unveils Tap-Controlled Digital Camera (NewsFactor)
HP closes $13.9 billion purchase of EDS (Reuters)
Canon Patent Sheds More Light on Fuel-Cell Plans (PC Magazine)
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T), maker of PlayStation game gear and Vaio PCs, posted a small rise in quarterly operating profit and cut its outlook as weaker markets eat into its investments and a firmer yen hurts overseas sales. Full text
Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp posted a 6 percent rise in quarterly operating profit thanks to strong digital camera sales, but it cut its annual outlook. Full text
Reuters - Panasonic maker Matsushita (6752.T) reported a 22 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on brisk demand for its digital cameras and flat televisions, and it stood by its annual outlook that falls short of market expectations. Full text
Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp posted a 6 percent rise in quarterly operating profit thanks to strong digital camera sales, but it cut its annual outlook. Full text
AP - The final cost of Eastman Kodak Co.'s four-year overhaul is in: $3.4 billion to close aged factories and eliminate 29,000 jobs as it raced to convert the bulk of its century-old business from silver-halide film to digital photography. Full text
Canadian Press - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE:EK), wrapping up a four-year digital makeover, hauled in a much higher US$215 million profit in the fourth quarter, lifted by a 15 per cent bump in digital sales and a jump-start in the lucrative inkjet printer market. Full text
Canadian Press - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co., the world's biggest photo film manufacturer, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings surged on higher revenue as it stakes out a bigger position in digital photography. Full text
Reuters - Eastman Kodak Co said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose, driven by sales of digital products such as inkjet printers. Full text
AP - Eastman Kodak Co., the world's biggest photo film manufacturer, said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter earnings surged on higher revenue as it stakes out a bigger position in digital photography. Full text
Canadian Press - ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The boom in digital photography triggered a series of aftershocks at Eastman Kodak Co. as one after another of its aged factories was dynamited. Full text