Monday, May 30, 2011

How much longer can photographic film hold on? (AP)

How much longer can photographic film hold on? (AP)

How much longer can photographic film hold on? (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Kodak employee, Dan Vandelinder, loads medium format film for packaging during a product change in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday, May 26, 2011. With the film market shrinking by more than 20 percent annually, analysts foresee Kodak offloading its still-profitable film division sometime in the next half-dozen years as it battles to complete a long and painful digital transformation. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - At Image City Photography Gallery, Gary Thompson delights in pointing out qualities of light, contrast and clarity in one of his best-selling prints — a winter-sunset view of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan peak shot with a hefty Pentax film camera he bought in 1999 for $1,700.

Hackers post phony Tupac story on PBS website (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

This frame grab of the PBS website shows a screen that appeared Monday, May 30, 2011, as PBS officials confirmed early Monday on its official Twitter account that the website had been hacked. (AP Photo)AP - PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network's website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent "Frontline" investigative news program on WikiLeaks.

Indy 500 Warmup: World Record-Setting 332-foot Truck Jump [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:08 AM PDT

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China's LinkedIn plots local recipe for growth (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:57 AM PDT

Reuters - In a country where being connected is seen as crucial, Ushi, China's answer to LinkedIn, expects explosive growth over the next few years in the world's largest Internet market.

Council 'gets Twitter data' after court battle (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:44 AM PDT

Homepage of the microblogging website Twitter. An English local authority said it had forced Twitter to hand over users' details after it took the US microblogging site to court in California, in what is believed the first case of its kind in Britain.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - An English local authority said it had forced Twitter to hand over users' details after it took the US microblogging site to court in California, in what is believed the first case of its kind in Britain.

Intel unveils laptops that include tablet features (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Intel unveiled a new category of laptops that it says will include the best features of tablets as the world's top chipmaker struggles to find its footing in the exploding market for mobile gadgets.

Jenga tops Android Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Appolicious - More great games have found their way onto Android this week, proving once again that the OS is finally becoming an excellent source for quality titles. From the Xperia Play-specific Backbreaker 2: Vengeance, to the Tegra-powered Riptide GP, this week's best Android games will keep you busy with their eye-popping graphics and smooth gameplay. And if your device isn't so new or fast, fear not, there's plenty of other quality titles to try including something special for your kitty.

Rumor: Twitter to launch photo-sharing service (Digital Trends)

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:16 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Twitter is about to unveil its own photo-sharing service, according to a TechCrunch report. Citing “multiple sources,” the report says the service could be up and running as early as Tuesday.

Samsung to stick with Google for its tablets (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:55 PM PDT

Samsung Electronics will depend on Google's Android mobile-device software to run future versions of its tablet computers, a senior Samsung official has confirmed.(AFP/File/Roberto Coloma)AFP - Samsung Electronics will depend on Google's Android mobile-device software to run future versions of its tablet computers, a senior Samsung official said in an interview published Tuesday.

KAMI RETRO HD tops iPad Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Fans of 1980's Broadway musicals (Little Shop of Horrors, anyone?) and pixelated arcade gaming will fall for KAMI RETRO HD. Try not to take a tumble in this stunner, positioning fans, springs, and other objects across each level, helping your ever-faithful troops make their way from one end to the other. Along the way, man-eating plants are just waiting for a snack.

Nvidia Kal-El promises quad-core mobile graphics (Digital Trends)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Nvidia’s Tegra graphics processor might be the current top-dog for graphics in the universe of Android devices, but Nvidia has already outlined its plans to dominate the mobile graphics arena for years to come. Last February, the company announced its forthcoming Kal-El quad-core mobile graphics chip, and now the company has provided an update on its progress, releasing a demo video of Kal-El’s real-time lighting and physics capabilities on a HoneyComb Android tabletâ€"and all the lighting and physics are calculated in real time, rather than merely playing back canned video animations. The video is called “GlowBall,” and features a glowing ball lighting up and moving through a 3D “creepy funhouse” environment.

Samsung asks court for next-gen iPhone and iPad (Reuters)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:21 PM PDT

An employee of Samsung Electronics explains as a monitor shows the company's main factory at its showroom in Asan, south of Seoul, May 13, 2011. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - Samsung Electronics has asked a U.S. court to force Apple Inc to hand over its next-generation models of the iPhone and iPad in the latest volley in a series of patent infringement suits between the two technology companies.
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