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Olympus dropping basic P&S digital cameras (V series) to focus on Interchangeables, May 17, 2013
A move that was previously discussed during the Olympus financial crisis has now materialized. Olympus is dropping the basic P&S digital cameras from their line-up, their V-series of entry-level digital cameras. It does not say that Olympus will abandon all... Continue

Pixiq.com is Dead, Killed by Owners, All Content Gone!, May 10, 2013
Pixiq.com was an ambitious attempt by Sterling Publishing (Barnes & Noble) to build a popular photography mega-blog owned by traditional corporate media. Apparently the owners decided to abruptly end the experiment and pull the plug. When you visit the Pixiq... Continue

Internet Sales Tax Starting To Look Inevitable (passes US Senate with 69 votes), May 6, 2013
The Internet Sales Tax is starting to look inevitable. The bill passed in the US Senate with 69 votes, which are enough to override a Presidential veto (not that there was a threat of a veto on this bill; most... Continue

New UK Law is a potential disaster for photographers of all levels (orphan works right grabs), April 29, 2013
A new law by the UK government is a potential disaster for photographers as it gives a generous "orphan works" permission for exploitation of photography for commercial work assuming one performs a "diligent search" and cannot find the owner of... Continue

Attention Shoppers: National Internet Sales Tax for the US is coming [update: vote to proceed is 74-20], April 22, 2013
Attention shoppers! The Senate is debating a new bill that would set the foundation for a National Internet Sales Tax for the United States of America. The debate, as of the time of writing, is happening live now in the... Continue

Kodak selling scanning business to Brother for around $210m, April 15, 2013
The unbundling of Kodak continues with news now that Kodak is planning to sell its scanning business to Brother for around $210 million USD. The deal is pending Bankruptcy Court approval with a June 2013 approval estimate. Details via Engadget... Continue

Adobe loses CTO to Apple, March 19, 2013
Adobe has just lost its CTO (chief technobabble officer), Kevin Lynch, to bitter rival Apple. News coverage of this development at Techmeme. A couple of provocative posts on this development at Apple Insider trying to figure out why the dickens... Continue

WebM (VP8) gets closer to becoming the PNG of video after Google pulls out checkbook, March 9, 2013
Eager to see progress in the adoption of WebM aka VP8 as the web video format of choice and perhaps tired of playing hide and seek with the patent holders, Google pulled out the checkbook and licensed MPEG-LA patents. Patents... Continue

Sony-Olympus deal becomes official today, Sony their biggest shareholder, February 22, 2013
The previously agreed upon deal between Sony and Olympus has become official today, with Sony becoming the biggest shareholder in Olympus with around 11.5% of the voting rights. Details at Amateur Photographer UK et al. Continue

Patent Hustlers: Nikon to pay Microsoft for Android related patents, February 21, 2013
As strange as the headline may sound, it is true. Nikon has signed an Android-related patent licensing deal with Microsoft and Microsoft goes out of its way to point out in the press release that "Microsoft will receive royalties from... Continue

Adobe reduces Creative Cloud prices in Australia after Government takes interest, February 12, 2013
Companies have been able to use the excuse of too many miles away to charge higher prices for physical goods, but when you have digital monthly subscriptions delivered over the internet with similar price premiums, it raises eyebrows. Government eyebrows.... Continue

M&A: Panasonic and Fujitsu merging their LSI chip design and R&D, February 10, 2013
We conclude the Noisy Business Minute with a merger of business units. Panasonic and Fujitsu will merge its LSI chip design and R&D divisions and they are looking for Japanese Government funding to help fund this new merged entity. Via... Continue

Nikon cut forecasts last week, stock crashed (and still sliding now), February 10, 2013
Since we are on the topic of business, Nikon announced last week that they would fall quite short of their previous net income forecasts and that made the invisible hand of the market jittery. So the invisible hand of the... Continue

Interview with analyst: Sony focusing on Imaging Sensor Technology expansion in 2013, February 10, 2013
CNBC (the business TV channel) has a 4-minute video interview with analyst Mykola Golovko of Euromonitor International discussing the future of Sony. He distills it to this: Sony will focus and expansion their Imaging Sensor technology in 2013 as their... Continue

Lynny Lenses (similar to Lensbabies) removed from Sale by Maker for Legal Reasons, February 7, 2013
Lynny Lenses, a maker of selective focus lenses in the product category occupied by Lensbabies decided to pull all their products from sale due to legal reasons. A brief statement on their website (page down below the giant picture) is... Continue

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