This week’s collection of iOS apps are all about tracking hurricanes. The first is for iPhone and offers tons of features for tracking weather news, maps, and animated radar images. The second is perfect for iPad users, taking full advantage of the larger screen and also comes with tons of storm information to explore.
Originally posted at The Download Blog
Hewlett-Packard created a small sensation with the fire sale of its TouchPad tablet. Now it’s adding to the appeal of a $100 tablet with an offer of free apps.
Originally posted at Nanotech – The Circuits Blog
The FX90 is a simple ultracompact that can use your smartphone to upload to Facebook and YouTube.
The FZ150 might look the same as its predecessor, but one significant change inside might make this the megazoom to beat.
Last month, Panasonic’s Lumix FZ47 made some (rather subtle) waves with its full manual video mode, lettering you control aperture and shutter speed while capturing in 1080i. Now, the company just announced its higher-end FZ150, which replaces last year’s FZ100, adding 1080p AVCHD capture, a stereo mic with noise cancellation, and a 12 fps burst mode. Image-related improvements include a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, 25-600mm (24x) f/2.8-5.2 Leica lens with nano surface coating, faster autofocus, a new Venus Engine FHD Pro processor, and sensitivity up to ISO 3200. The FZ150 retains its predecessor’s 3-inch LCD and 0.2-inch EVF — both also present on the FZ47. There’s also a new side-lever control, letting you adjust zoom and focus with secondary levers positioned just to the left of the lens. Panasonic’s latest superzoom cam will ship in late September with a $500 sticker price. PR after the break.
Gallery: Panasonic Lumix FZ150
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Video-friendly operation and more compact designs are the highlights of the Lumix X lenses.
New LX5 firmware from Panasonic is designed to improve the autofocus performance and image stabilization, among other things.
For many photographers, in-camera WiFi may be an attractive feature before you leave the store, but confusing setup and limited functionality reduce its appeal once you actually go and try to use it. Panasonic sets out to better take advantage of wireless connectivity with its Lumix FX90, adding Android and iPhone app support for transferring pictures and video directly to a mobile device, then uploading them to Lumix Club — a cloud-based photo-sharing service — and on to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. You can also share photos directly from the camera — a dedicated WiFi button launches a menu prompting you to select a sharing service — but app support brings the added benefit of your phone’s data connection. Beyond those new wireless features, the FX90 includes a 12 megapixel CCD sensor, 5x, 24-120mm optical zoom lens, 3-inch touchscreen, and 1080i AVCHD video capture. The FX90 will ship this fall with pricing yet to be announced, but jump past the break for the full rundown from Panasonic in the meantime.
Gallery: Panasonic Lumix FX90
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Anyone who’s used Panasonic’s 14-42mm Micro Four Thirds zoom lens has probably noticed its relatively bulky design, especially when compared to Olympus’s counterpart. Today, the company announced a new lens that offers the same zoom and f/3.5-5.6 aperture range in a housing less than half the size when closed, and still noticeably smaller when extended. The first of two optics in Panasonic’s premium X-series — the second is a 45-170mm f/4-5.6 zoom — it’s been billed as the world’s smallest digital interchangeable power zoom lens, thanks to its internal zoom motor which lets you adjust the focal length using a side-mounted rocker — the design is similar to the zoom toggle included with the company’s new FX150 superzoom. Priced at $399, it also includes a metal lens mount, instead of the plastic mount used with the existing $199 14-42mm lens.
That second 45-170mm zoom ($449) can replace Panasonic’s 45-200mm lens ($349), and while the size difference isn’t as dramatic is its smaller X-series sibling, it’s still noticeably smaller and lighter. Both lenses include optical image stabilization and feature nano surface coatings, designed to reduce ghosting and lens flare. The 14-42mm lens will ship in October in black and white (for use with silver bodies), and the 45-170mm zoom will ship in September. They’ll only be compatible with the GF-2, GF-3, and G3 at launch after downloading a firmware update — Panasonic is leaving it up to Olympus to release supporting firmware for its own cameras be compatible with all G-series cameras at launch, without the need for a firmware update. Jump past the break for more details from Panasonic, and check out the gallery below — complete with side-by-side shots for both lens classes.
Update: Panasonic issued a correction saying that both lens will be compatible with all G-series cameras without the need for a firmware update.
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This article was written on August 20, 2006 by CyberNet.
Google has finally released Picasa 2.5 Beta 3 and it has some nice new features. The most notable of the features would be the screensaver option which can be found under the Tools menu. This feature was in Beta 2 but there are some additional tweaks that you can do to it.
When you click the “Configure Screensaver” option from the Tools menu you will see the Display Properties window pop-up and it should look similar to the screenshot that I took. You can then click the “Settings” button and it will let you customize multiple options. You can choose which folders Picasa will grab photos from, have it display images from your Picasa Web Albums, and choose the visual effects for the screensaver. I think the new “Pan and Zoom” visual effect is the best.
There are also a few improvements that they have made, such as to the movie file support, but it looks like they are nearing another release. The number of changes keep getting smaller and smaller so I would imagine that the final version is right around the corner.
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