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Wireless data transfer standard for SD/SDHC/etc announced at CES, January 9, 2012
The SD Association has announced at CES/PMA via press release that they have reached an agreement on a wireless SD/SDHC/SDXC/etc data transfer standard based on the popular 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless standard. Sometimes committees work? :) How will this impact current... Continue

New Lexar Professional 1000x (UDMA 7) CompactFlash cards, January 5, 2012
Vroooom goes Lexar with its new 1000x Professional UDMA 7 CompactFlash memory cards. They will be available in 16GB to 128GB increments and priced as flagship products. Press release parade at Galbraith, PDN Pulse, et al. Continue

Five SD manufacturers announce new DRM initiative for SD memory cards, December 20, 2011
Just as the internets are ablaze with #SOPA talk, a quintet of electronics manufacturers (Panasonic, Samsung, Sandisk, Sony, Toshiba) announced they are working on a new DRM scheme for SD memory cards - they call it a "next generation secure... Continue

New XQD memory card format is announced by CompactFlash, December 7, 2011
Just when we thought we had digested the memory card soup, the CompactFlash association has announced a new dish, the XQD memory card, more compact than CompactFlash but not quite SD. They promise speed! Press release parade at CNet News,... Continue

Also (new Sandisk cards and w/EyeFi, Sandisk Vault, Q ecosystem, etc), September 14, 2011
And now lettuce toss the latest news salad and see what ends up on the plate! Lightning round begins nao... + Europe: new Sandisk Extreme Pro SDXC (UHS-1, 95MB/sec) memory cards. Sandisk is also co-branding/co-selling Eye-Fi SDHC memory cards -... Continue

Also (new JVC hybrid, new GEs, new Toshiba Flip-stick, Kodak celebration, SD15, etc), September 2, 2011
And now let's round up some of the other happenings from the last few days. We have new cameras from GE, a new hybrid from JVC, a Flip "competitor" from Toshiba, and more... + new JVC-PX10 stills/video hybrid with stills... Continue

Nom, nom, nom, that's the sound of the Leica M9 eating memory cards, August 4, 2011
This is probably red meat for Leica haterz, a $7000 camera that is apparently "eating" Sandisk Ultra/Extreme memory cards! Pop Photo summarizes the situation, including a recent blog-post by photographer Gil Lavi who experienced the situation first hand. The L-Camera-Forum... Continue

Reviews Etc (brief SD1 hands-on, Leica V-Lux 30 vs Panasonic comparison, etc), May 26, 2011
And now, let's take a look at the latest reviewalia. Today's action includes a brief hands-on with the Sigma SD1, full-size sample comparisons between the new Leica V-Lux 30 and Panasonic TZ20/ZS10, and more superzooms and compacts. Leica V-Lux 30... Continue

Epiphany at Flickr HQ: 90-day waiting period before deleting account data for good, May 26, 2011
I never thought this day would ever come, but it did! The giant spider that resides below the Flickr HQ and makes all the important decisions has finally changed its mind! Now when flickr deletes an account, there will be... Continue

Reviews Etc (Panasonic G3, GH2, Canon 320EX vs 430EX II, superzooms, etc), May 23, 2011
Time for another review round-up. There's Panasonic G3 action, an enlightened Canon civil war, more superzoom action, a DIY Olympus XZ-1 macro adapter, and mo(i)re! Lens review updates continue to be behind schedule. Mirror-Nyet + Panasonic G3 review at Trusted... Continue

First waterproof 64GB SDXC memory card promised by Kingmax, April 26, 2011
How many times have you lost your memory card to water? How many times did it drop in your drink? How many times did it start singing in the rain? ;-) Taiwanese company Kingmax is trying to prevent most of... Continue

Speculation: Does high-end laptop with CFast slot mean cameras with CFast are coming?, April 15, 2011
A couple of days ago HP announced a new trio of high-end EliteBook laptops. The HP Fan Site went through the new laptops with a fine-toothed e-comb and discovered that one of the three, the 8560w, has a CFast slot.... Continue

Eye-Fi will enable X2 cards to easily connect directly with tablets and smartphones (also: new 8GB Mobile X2 card), April 14, 2011
And now time to catch up with ...yesterday's news :) Eye-Fi is trying to push the mobility envelope with storage with the new Mobile X2 memory card, and its "Direct Mode", which allows direct upload of your images from the... Continue

Newsbytes round-up (Nissin, 4K video, DXO, Aperture, ACDSee Pro, etc), March 23, 2011
Time to recap some of the latest newsbytes. There's too many, so we took them out of the upcoming review round-up to keep it at a more manageable/readable size. We break them down old-school, in hardware and software. Hardware +... Continue

Reviews Etc (D7000, K-r, NEX-3, GH2, XZ1, ISO comps, etc), March 15, 2011
Time to round up some of the latest reviews from the photo-blogo-sphere. Lens reviews as usual can be found at the Lens Reviews mini-site, and M43rds-related reviews at the M43reviews.com mini-site. Shockingly both mini-sites have managed to remain disciplined and... Continue

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