Canadian Press - TOKYO (AP) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (NYSE:MC) swung back into the black during the latest quarter and saw its profit for the fiscal year more than double on healthy sales of plasma display panel TVs, digital cameras and other gadgets.
AP - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. swung back into the black during the latest quarter and saw its profit for the fiscal year more than double on healthy sales of plasma display panel TVs, digital cameras and other gadgets.
AFP - Canon says it is well on track for a record full-year after net profits rose to an all-time high in the first quarter on healthy sales of digital cameras and printers.
AP - Fuji Photo Film Co. said Thursday it sank into losses for the latest quarter on restructuring costs as people abandon film cameras for digital cameras.
AP - Booming digital camera and color copier sales lifted Canon’s net profit 16 percent in the first quarter to a record 108.3 billion yen ($942 million), keeping Japan’s top precision equipment maker on track for a seventh year of record earnings.
Reuters - Canon Inc. said on Thursday its quarterly
operating profit rose 18.7 percent, helped by strong sales of
digital cameras and a weaker yen, and it raised its full-year
forecast to above market expectations.
TechWeb - Images sensors may leave unique noise patterns, which can be used to tie digital pictures to the camera from which they were taken and help snare child pornographers.
TechWeb - Images sensors may leave unique noise patterns, which can be used to tie digital pictures to the camera from which they were taken and help snare child pornographers.
NewsFactor - You’re sitting in a Starbucks, sipping a cappuccino, and flipping through the Bermuda vacation photos you took with your digital camera. With the press of a button, you e-mail a sunny beach shot to your best friend — on the other side of the country.
NewsFactor - The multimedia phone landscape got a little more crowded with the announcement by Nokia on Tuesday that it plans to release three new phones in its popular N-Series line. The new phones, which will hit store shelves this summer, are designed to do it all, potentially displacing the appeal of standalone digital cameras and even portable-media players like the iPod.
PC Magazine - Casio’s sleek new Exilim EX-Z1000 boasts a whopping 10-megapixel CCD. But is 10 megapixels too much of a good thing?
Reuters - Canon Inc. is expected to post a solid
rise in quarterly profit on robust sales of digital cameras and
color copiers and a weak yen, keeping Japan's top precision
equipment maker on track for a record year.
Reuters - The world's largest
cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will unveil new multimedia
phone models, including an N73 camera phone, at an event in
Berlin next week, sources close to the company told Reuters.
Reuters - Dutch company Philips Electronics
on Wednesday said it sued Eastman Kodak Co. ,
claiming several of Kodak’s cameras infringe on a patent
related to the compression of digital images.
PC Magazine - Philips Electronics claims several of Kodak’s cameras infringe on a patent related to the compression of digital images.
PC World - Svelte digital camera offers a big LCD, but only average images.
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. is experimenting on technology that would make it possible to take a picture of an object with a camera phone, and then use the image to do a search of a Web-based database for more information.
TechWeb - Microsoft Corp. is experimenting on technology that would make it possible to take a picture of an object with a camera phone, and then use the image to do a search of a Web-based database for more information.
TechWeb - In one week all eyes will turn toward the Las Vegas Convention Center to see the latest media gadgets and tools at the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show.
NewsFactor - The Sony Cybershot DSC-S600 inhabits two worlds with ease. This entry-level 6-megapixel camera provides plenty of features geared to the digital-photography newcomer, and plenty of bona fides to impress the veteran shutterbug.
