Sunday
May132012

Panasonic to take record $10 billion annual loss

Bad news for Panasonic as reports from Reuters and PCWorld state that Panasonic has fallen victim to the flagging TV business which has also put rivals Sony and Sharp in the red.  Panasonic expects to suffer a 10 billion annual loss, the report states.

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Sunday
May132012

Review: Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone  

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Nokia's Lumia 900 Windows Phone is currently the best device running the Windows mobile OS. For Nokia, it is a flagship product and a showcase of their focus on design and engineering. Winner of CNET's "Best of CES 2012" Award, the Lumia 900 is a highly anticipated device that's showcasing the result of Microsoft and Nokia's smartphone union.

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Saturday
May122012

WinOnX 1.3 runs Windows programs on Macs, without Windows

One of the advantages that modern Macs have is that you can install Wintows on them in order to run Windows-specific applications or programs. This is is possible by using  solutions like Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels and VMware Fusion and then installing Windows to run alongside Mac OS. Now, there's apparently another option for running Windows apps on a Mac and it is called WinOnX.

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Saturday
May122012

Leica's M Monochrom is an $8000 camera that only takes B&W shots

Black and white photography is particularly dramatic with all the mood and shadow it conveys. Leica has gone ahead and created a high end digital camera that shoots only black and white photos and it costs a whopping $8,000. There's no punchline, but this does present some interesting questions. Like why not just offer users the option to switch to black and white option when they want to colour-free images.

Leica has actually created a camera  dedicated  black and white sensor without a colour filter that lets in more light. The camera can also add three toning colors to its monchrome output or its uncompressed DNG files can be edited using the included copy of Photoshop Lightroom. A full version of the mono processing software Silver Efex 2 is also included.

Here are the specs:

  • 18MP CCD monochrome sensor (24 x 36mm)
  • No anti-aliasing filter
  • No color filter array
  • ISO 320-10,000 (with a 'Pull 160*' option)
  • 2.5" 230,000 dot rear LCD
  • Supplied with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro 2

Source:  DPReview.com