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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas (AP)

Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

In this screen shot provided by Microsoft, Photosynth, Microsoft's new online tool for presenting a collection of related digital photos, is shown.  Users can upload their pictures and sit back while the software matches pixels and arranges the image. Viewers can 'walk' around the collection in an experience that melds online photo gallery and video player. (AP Photo/Microsoft)AP - Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows — and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50.


IAC completing split into 5 publicly traded parts (AP)

Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

AP - Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp completed its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday — a move intended to give each business more focus and value than the previously cluttered whole.

Apple tries to de-bug iPhone (USATODAY.com)

Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

USATODAY.com - Apple acknowledged that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags that have caused a global firestorm for the new iPhone 3G.

Sony to launch new high-resolution PSP (AFP)

Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

A Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console is displayed in Tokyo, 2007. Sony will launch a new PlayStation Portable in October with a high-resolution screen and a built-in microphone that enables it to be used as a telephone.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Sony will launch a new PlayStation Portable in October with a high-resolution screen and a built-in microphone that enables it to be used as a telephone, the company said Thursday.


US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit (AP)

Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

In this  June 7, 2006 file photo, a model  plays tennis with Nintendo Co.'s new family video-game console Wii by swinging its controller as a tennis racket during a press conference in Tokyo. Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)AP - Nintendo’s hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.