Wednesday, December 22, 2004

So when are we going to have digital picture frames formatted for panoramas? erik The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > State of the Art: Digital Picture Frames Reviewed: "...the ultimate digital camera accessory: the digital picture frame, a flat-panel screen designed exclusively for showing digital photos. " 5:58:59 PM

2005 Predictions by Thom Hogan: "Well respected photographic writer, Thom Hogan, has just published his annual predictions for the follow year in Photography at 2005 Predictions by Thom Hogan. There are some interesting developments in the air if he's right! - New Nikon DSLRs..." (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 5:53:00 PM

Beta: Adobe Camera Raw 2.4 beta: "The Photoshop CS plug-in for raw image files adds support for the Nikon D2X, Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 and MAXXUM 7D, and the Canon EOS 20D, PowerShot S70, PowerShot G6, and EOS-1Ds Mark II." (Via MacInTouch.) 5:40:01 PM

The New York Times > AP > Technology > European Court Rules Against Microsoft: "BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- A European Union court ruled Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. must immediately divulge some trade secrets to competitors and produce a version of its flagship Windows operating system stripped of the program that plays music and video." (Via NY Times.) The ability to bundle anything it wants into Windows has been a huge competitive advantage for MS. This ruling establishes a precedent that MS may not be allowed to bundle any application it wants. And this ruling directly affects QuickTime and QTVR, since it specifically orders MS to address the media player bundling. 6:25:58 AM

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