Animal Planet is rolling out the tentatively-titled Faroe Islands Project, a spin-off to hit Whale Wars that centers on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s campaign to stop the annual pilot whale kill known as “The Grind.” In the new show the Sea Shepherds crew will attempt to stop the hunting of an estimated 1,000 long-finned […]
A post mortem examination on British singer Amy Winehouse, who died at the weekend, failed to determine how she died and more toxicology tests are being carried out, with the results expected in two to four weeks, police said on Monday. The autopsy was carried out after an inquest into the 27-year-old’s death opened and […]
Sony has stopped producing 8mm video hardware. The company expects that it will make final shipments of its two remaining products, the GV-D200 Portable Video Recorder, and the GV-D800 Video Walkman player in September. The company stopped selling video camcorders in 2008. Sony began selling 8mm video recording equipment in 1985. It continued to sell […]
Sony upgraded its Cyber-shots Monday with three new models. The TX55 is its highlight and is billed as the thinnest point-and-shoot camera with built-in optical stabilization, at about 0.48 inches deep. The camera still focuses on image quality by using Sony’s first 16.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, which should help in low light even at […]
RIM on Monday expanded its job cuts along with a shift in its executives. The company plans to slash about 2,000 jobs worldwide starting this week. Most of the initial notices will focus on North America and a handful of other countries, followed by others later on. The job cuts were already factored into the […]
Google has acquiring PittPatt. The Pittsburgh-based company is being bought for facial recognition that it has used both for basic face detection as well as live face tracking during live photo and video capture. PittPatt gave clues that its technology would likely be used for as little as basic photo sorting to “complex video and […]
MSI is readying its very low-cost Enjoy 10 Android 2.3 tablet for the US with an appearance in an FCC filing on Friday. Only labeled as MS-N0Y1 in the manual, the device has a 10-inch screen with a lower 480×800 resolution and a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 for a processor. The slate would have 512MB of […]
Samsung’s Series 3 notebook has quietly shipped out to the US. The core system, the 15.6-inch 300V5A-A03, has turned up at Amazon for about $591. It serves as the baseline with a 2.1GHz Core i3, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. Other models are also turning up, including the 14-inch NP300V4A-A01. It carries […]
Mobile device chipmaker Qualcomm on Monday said it has purchased a part of GestureTek, a company that calls itself the world leader in computer vision control. The privately-held, California-based company is expected to contribute to future chips for smartphones. Qualcomm purchased parts of GestureTek’s business meant for smartphones and left behind those related to public […]
AT&T started off the week with promises that much of its Android smartphone line would get Android 2.3. Starting with the just-live Atrix 4G update, every regular subscription (Post Pay) phone would get the OS. The Inspire 4G was next with an August upgrade, but the Samsung Captivate and Infuse 4G, the LG Phoenix, and […]
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