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News.blog: Microsoft quiet before iPhone 3G day

News The company has made some noise about wanting to be on the iPhone, particularly with Silverlight, but it doesn't appear the software maker has anything imminent. The other key issue is what is Microsoft going to do about the noise that's inevitably...

Tags: noise, browsing, developers, windows mobile

11 July 2008, 10:01

Adobe to open Lightroom to programmers

News For example, performance and memory errors are improved on Windows systems; tools for sharpening, noise reduction and red-eye removal work better; photographers get more control over storing images in catalogues and the software now fully supports...

27 June 2007, 10:45

Do more megapixels mean better photos?

News However, Panasonic has made drastic improvements in reducing overall picture noise without sacrificing detail, specifically in its recent improvements in the Venus Engine 3 processor for 2007 models. Image-processing chips, while more powerful and...

Tags: pixel, digital cameras, resource, digital camera

8 February 2007, 8:00

Kodak increases digital camera sensitivity

News Light sensitivity has become a serious problem in digital cameras, particularly as higher megapixel counts have increased noise levels in image sensors. Alternatively, it could let photographers shoot in low light with less image 'noise' -- the...

14 June 2007, 10:28

Apple faces lawsuit over iPod hearing loss

News The suit also seeks to force Apple to offer a software upgrade to limit the iPod's output to 100db as well as provide headphones designed to block out external noise. Patterson's suit cites US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...

3 February 2006, 9:29

Let the new sound era commence

News To prevent signal interference or noise, ECMs have to be insulated from wires and components. You can focus better on the speaker and get rid of noise," Rock said. It's time the microphone got an upgrade, according to audio chipmaker Akustica.

28 February 2006, 8:53

News.blog: Kodak boosts mobile megapixels

News To do so, some sensor circuitry must be rewired, but Kodak argues that the technology produces less noise than conventional sensors. A basic problem with image sensors is the challenge of distinguishing the light's signal -- the actual photons...

Tags: megapixel, detect, pixel, mobile phones

5 February 2008, 9:11

Canon announces new high-end SLR

News The chips process images 50 per cent faster than the Digic II and cut down so-called image noise in darker areas, Canon said. High ISO settings -- as long as they don't cripple photos with inordinate image noise -- are useful for capturing fast...

23 February 2007, 8:50

Camera shake could be no more

News And numerous plug-in modules exist to help Adobe's Photoshop with photo improvement tasks such as removing the speckles of image noise, or sharpening edges to make images crisper. The speckles of noise can look like edges to the deblurring process...

10 August 2006, 10:30

Turn that iPod down, researchers warn

News Excessive noise to blameSpeaking at Tuesday's press conference, Markey and New Jersey Republican Mike Ferguson both pledged to push for greater research and education on the issue. According to ASHA statistics, excessive noise is to blame for at...

15 March 2006, 9:35

Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2 bug claims

News I would call it just noise," said Window Snyder, Mozilla's security chief. A day after shipping Firefox 2.0, Mozilla on Wednesday largely rebutted two claims of security flaws in the latest version of the Web browser.

26 October 2006, 9:59

Photos: Nikon D80 comes into focus

News The Nikon D80 has a control for ISO sensitivity (sensitivity to light), noise reduction for extended-exposure shooting and a configurable high-ISO noise-reduction feature. Nikon released information on the much-anticipated Nikon D80 dSLR camera on...

10 August 2006, 11:08

Scientist dreams up anti-snore pillow tech

News A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring -- a computerised pillow that shifts the head's sleeping position until the noise stops. Daryoush Bazargani, a professor of computer science at the University of Rostock and the pillow's...

4 October 2007, 9:13

Media Centre and Xbox 360 joined at the hip

News That's why Microsoft is making a noise about the built in ability of the Xbox 360 to play movies, TV shows and music that are stored on a Media Centre PC in another room. The new Xbox is primarily aimed at hardcore gamers, not people who want to...

18 May 2005, 10:27

Laptop makers at CES highlight move to flash

News The NAND noise will be particularly strong at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, with manufacturers showing off the solid-state technology as an increasingly important component in mobile phones and talking up how it will find...

5 January 2006, 8:21