Archive for September, 2010

By Dave on September 30th, 2010

Internet Eyes Aims To Fight Crime Through Public Viewing of Video Cameras

A new video vigilante service, called Internet Eyes, is starting up in the UK, where average citizens are rewarded for watching store video cameras on the Internet and instantly notifying store owners via text message when they see a crime, like shoplifting occur. The service is both controversial and interesting. The controversy comes from privacy [...]

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By Dave on September 28th, 2010

BlackBerry PlayBook Unveiled – Does Just About Everything An iPad Does, And Doesn’t

Yesterday RIM unveiled BlackBerry’s much-rumored iPad competitor, the BlackBerry PlayBook. Due to arrive in early 2011 and with no price set yet, the PlayBook has much of the functionality of current iPads…while also throwing in much of what the iPad lacks. For example, a dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, front and rear-facing cameras that shoot [...]

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By Dave on September 26th, 2010

Simple Test Shows Flash Is Faster Than HTML5 On Mobile Phones

For all the debate between Apple and Adobe regarding Flash and HTML5, finally a third-party…actually an individual…performed a simple test on mobile phones of an animation running in HTML5 vs. the same animation running in Flash. The results? Well, Flash does seem to run faster. The test was performed by web developer Chris Black and [...]

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By Dave on September 22nd, 2010

Nikon Announces D7000 DSLR Camera with Full-Time Auto-Focus For Video

Yesterday Nikon announced their newest DSLR camera, the Nikon D7000. What’s unique about this camera is that when shooting video in full HD, the camera has full-time auto-focus, which means as you shoot video, the camera will do all of the focusing for you. Up until now, auto-focus hasn’t been available in DSLR cameras…at least [...]

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By Dave on September 20th, 2010

New Flip Cameras To Include Wireless Mics and Mini Projectors

Cisco, the maker of the popular Flip video cameras, has announced a new line of Flip cameras due in October, called the UltraHD 2 Hour and MinoHD 2 Hour. The most notable feature of these cameras will be a new FlipPort, which allows you to accessorize the cameras with a variety of add-ons. The FlipPort [...]

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