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Crave Talk: Internet radio is everything DAB should have been

Crave DAB slapped us in the face with indentikit versions of existing mainstream analogue stations, and a handful of pseudo-independent niche interest stations crippled by bit rates that would embarrass a ringtone.

Tags: stations, face, rate, rates

12 May 2006, 11:28

Hands-on with the Pentax Optio A40: 12-megapixel pet

Crave The 3x optical zoom lens has a 35mm equivalent to 38-114mm, with face detection and optical image stabilisation built in. Is it that cute little face, with the flash for a winky eye? There's just something cuddly and lovable about the Pentax Optio...

19 March 2008, 10:40

Photos: Real sciencey words about Fujifilm's FinePix S8100fd

Crave The S8100 is a 10-megapixel superzoom with an 18x zoom lens -- more on that in a minute -- with image stabilisation and face detection. Pay attention -- here comes the science words: face detection works by triangularating a subject's eyes and...

27 June 2008, 11:03

Why can't I: Book volunteering opportunities online?

Crave There's plenty of information online about volunteer opportunities, but to organise it you need to leave the comfort and convenience of the digital world -- phone calls, letters and face-to-face visits are still the modus operandi for most...

Tags: face, opportunities, visits, volunteers

29 June 2006, 9:24

The Queen visits Google's London headquarters

Crave Her whirlwind induction continued with a face-to-face meeting with the less than regally named daveyboyz, aka David Bass, and other UK YouTube superstars Peter Oakley and Lauren Luke. The Queen joined the Web 2.0 generation yesterday when she...

Tags: channel, youtube, visit, face

17 October 2008, 9:26

Fujifilm FinePix F100fd: 100 not out

Crave With some manufacturers still struggling to make a face-detection system that actually works, Fujifilm is already on face detection 3.0. Like the system introduced to Canon's latest IXUS, face detection 3.0 features automatic red-eye removal and...

Tags: fujifilm, face, detection, eye

29 January 2008, 16:28

Photos: Canon Digital IXUS 980 IS and 870 IS hands on

Crave It also powers face detection, which has improved its ability to spot faces turned at an angle to the camera, or in profile. Face selection and tracking stalks a subject around the frame, while a new servo autofocus continuously adjusts focus on...

17 September 2008, 16:41

Mac Expo London: Wild photos!

Crave This Apple fan delighted in morphing her face into all kinds of strange forms using Apple's PhotoBooth software. Google Earth was on display, and a bit of software called SketchUp, which really is worth taking a look at if you're into new 3D design...

27 October 2006, 12:44

Fujifilm F50fd: Solid gold easy action

Crave Mechanical image stabilisation shifts that 12-gauge sensor around, and we're also excited about face detection. This isn't face detection 1.0 -- mother of pearl -- this is face detection 2.0 -- garnet!

11 October 2007, 10:36

Robots at CES: WowWee or just so-so?

Crave When Crave placed its massive collective hand in front of RoboQuad's face, the chirpy little creature flinched back. The kids at the WowWee stand occasionally managed to fly this around the show floor and catch it again, but most of the time it...

Tags: face, spider, robot, floor

16 January 2007, 11:15

Photos: Hands-on with the Fujifilm FinePix S1000fd

Crave The face-detection system can find up to six faces at a time. It will then stay locked on to track that face around the frame. Face detection is also used to spot eyes and correct red-eye from every face in the frame, if necessary.

26 June 2008, 11:29

LG KC780: A trimmer 8-megapixel camera phone

Crave Other camera features include face detection, in case you don't know what a face looks like; smile detection -- so that the second your grandma cracks a smile it takes a picture; and beauty mode, in the event that your mates are all ugly.

Tags: lg electronics, lg, face, megapixel

14 October 2008, 10:38

Samsung S760 and S860: Ain't no party like an S Club Party

Crave Both new entries to the S series boast image processing and intelligent face-recognition technology -- as opposed to really stupid face detection, we suppose. This starts with the autofocus spotting a face and focusing on it, at which point the...

Tags: samsung, face, megapixel, optical zoom

5 December 2007, 10:09

BenQ E1000: Talking tough

Crave Other more typical features on the BenQ E1000 include a 3x optical zoom, shutter and aperture priority, and face detection. If the Big Job is BA Baracus, the E1000 is the Face. By far our favourite press release of the last week comes from BenQ...

Tags: benq, noise, screens, job

15 August 2007, 10:36

Terratec Noxon 2 Audio: The best thing EVER

Crave It allows you to browse stations by country, genre or popularity via the accompanying remote control, and if you find something you like, you can press the smiley face on the remote to save it to your favourites list, or the sad face to banish it.

Tags: terratec, radio, mini, fi

5 May 2006, 9:47