Digital Photography

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. narrowed its third-quarter loss to $43 million, lifted by vigorous inkjet printer sales, lower costs and a big licensing deal with a digital-camera business. Full Story »

Canada’s Research in Motion took the wraps off its new BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone, and updated version of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 that features an improved camera, more memory, and the same “premium” design and finish that RIM hopes will appeal to media-savvy mobile users eager who view smartphones as social and entertainment tools rather than stodgy QWERTY-equipped tethers back to a corporate headquarters. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 features a five megapixel camera with image stabilization, HSDPA support for high-speed mobile broadband, a 2.44-inch 480 by 360-pixel display, and (of course) the signature BlackBerry QWERTY keypad for mail and messaging. And the Bold 9780 is the first BlackBerry to ship with RIM’s latest BlackBerry OS 6, featuring a WebKit-driven Web browser, revamped interface, and social media tools. Full Story »

TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc's (7751.T) strong quarterly results show the world's largest maker of digital cameras is reaping the benefits of cost cuts and managing to counter the impact of a strong yen. Full Story »

Yahoo Mail users can now update their Twitter and Facebook status, as well as viewing photos and videos inside their inboxes. Full Story »

There’s something about digital cameras that makes people want to take pictures of everything – and most of those are really bad pictures. Here are some shooting and editing tips that will save you time and maybe even keep you from that horrible moment where you realize you have a memory card entirely full of useless photos. Full Story »

A big year for camera and printer fans: The small but powerful Sony Alpha NEX-5 and the feature-packed Panasonic DMC-LX5--as well as camcorders from Sony and Panasonic and printers from Epson and Canon--entered the PCWorld 100. Full Story »

Shutterfly is introducing an app for the iPad, the photo-sharing company announced on Thursday. Full Story »

We at GeekTech have seen some pretty interesting things machined, including chess pieces, iPhone cases, and even car brakes. But a digital camera? French Hacker Denis MO over at Collection Appareils designed and machined his own functioning film single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. Full Story »

Microsoft and AT&T; had a trio of handsets to show off at its big Windows Phone 7 presentation Monday, including devices from HTC, LG and Samsung. Among the various highlights: a big and bright AMOLED display on one handset, a slide-up surround-sound speaker on another and 5-megapixel cameras all around. Full Story »

Today might have marked the formal launch of Windows Phone 7, but Finland’s Nokia isn’t going to let Microsoft have all the thunder: the company has just unveiled the Nokia C7, the company’s second smartphone based on the Symbian^3 operating system. Like most high-end Nokia devices, the C7 is packed with features, including a 3.5-inch AMOLED display, an 8 megapixel video-capable camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless networking, assisted GPS, and HSPA Cat9 wireless broadband theoretically capable of up to 10.2 Mbps per second. And, like so many other high-end Nokia devices, it’s being launched in Europe, with no word on when—or even if—it might land in North America. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - When a huge mudslide swamped a Chinese town in August, killing at least 1,500 people, word first reached the world thanks to a digital camera-wielding, 19-year-old micro-blogger who idolises Lady Gaga. Full Story »

Yahoo has implemented new features in its search engine intended to make finding photos, videos and entertainment information simpler and more engaging. Full Story »

Panasonic unveiled its first cell phone to carry its Lumix digital-camera brand name on Tuesday. Full Story »

Panasonic is expanding its Lumix digital camera brand to cell phones and will unveil its first "Lumix Phone" at next week's Ceatec electronics show in Japan, the company said Friday. Full Story »

If you've ever looked into the windows of a babyGap or GapKids storefront and thought to yourself: "Wow, my child is way prettier than all of these kids photographed in the window front, it's too bad I'm too lazy to take a quality portrait on my digital camera, and upload it to Gap's website for its annual babyGap and Gap Kids Casting Call contest," today is your lucky day -- if you own an iPhone, that is. Full Story »

NEW YORK - One project strapped dozens of digital cameras to kites and balloons and sent them above the Gulf of Mexico to document the oil spill. Another will, hopefully, fly a smart phone into the upper reaches of the atmosphere so it can send photos and video back down. Then there's the young woman from California who's set sail around the world, without the backing of corporate sponsors. Full Story »

We've already got the Captivate for AT&T;, the Epic 4G for Sprint, and the Vibrant for T-Mobile — all three of which come armed with eye-popping 4-inch displays, slim profiles, speedy 1GHz processors, and five-megapixel cameras — and now Samsung’s set to finish its lap of the four big U.S. carriers with the Fascinate, due in the coming weeks for Verizon Wireless. Full Story »

It may not boast the hottest features of the latest Android superphones — no 8-megapixel cameras, HD recording or video chat, for example — but with its new, BlackBerry-style QWERTY keypad, the Motorola Charm still represents something of a first. Full Story »