cameras
RSS camerasChip sales worldwide reach record levels
News These are used in the new breed of digital cameras and media players. Global chip sales achieved a world record high in the month of November, continuing the recent resurgence in the semiconductor industry. [05 Jan 2000]
Intel sells flash memory unit for $6m
News The flash memory card market is becoming important as devices such as PC cards and portable digital cameras and MP3 players proliferate, however, Intel's flash card business only has annual revenues of about $20m, and... [04 Jan 2000]
Lexmark and Kodak team up to re-invent digital picture printers
News Last month, the two companies teamed up to offer the Kodak Personal Picture Maker that allows users to take images from digital cameras and print or store the images without the need for a PC. Lexmark International and... [11 Oct 1999]
Matsushita and Toshiba in removable storage card alliance
News The flash-memory-based cards will be capable of storing up to 256MB of video and audio data for devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants and cameras. Electronics giants, Matsushita Electric and Toshiba,... [26 Aug 1999]
Tele-medicine project to offer eclipse health cover
News Eleven centres have been wired up and provided with cameras. In the event that anyone turning up to Cornwall for the eclipse on Wednesday gets injured, technology might just be able to help. Local authorities have... [09 Aug 1999]
HP launches online store
News HP said the stores, which will operate for a six-month trial period, will only sell 'home products' - PCs, low to mid-end printers, fax/copiers and digital cameras. Hewlett-Packard (HP) has finally bitten the ecommerce... [12 May 1999]
IT giants create refugee database
News Two specialist ID card software companies, Secrit World and ScreenCheck BV have donated software, printers and cameras. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR is working with Microsoft, Compaq and Hewlett-Packard (HP)... [12 May 1999]
Marconi picks up £7m UK motorway deal
News The network includes systems which operate emergency telephones and traffic surveillance cameras, as well as equipment at police motorway control centres. The UK Highways Agency has awarded two contracts worth a total of... [06 Apr 1999]
UK government abandons key escrow
News Financial services are already obliged under FSA regulations to have cameras recording their transactions in plain text. The UK government is expected to turn its back on key escrow when it launches its ecommerce... [04 Mar 1999]
Sun's Jini gets high-profile backing
News By linking up devices like digital cameras and televisions there is a need to track and manage what is happening on the network. Sun is announcing 35 licensees for its Jini technology, including IT heavyweights such as... [25 Jan 1999]
Jobs unveils colourful iMac family
News They will use FireWire, a high-speed technology for connecting everything from storage devices to video cameras, and a 400MHz processor which Apple hopes will entice power gamers as well as professionals. [06 Jan 1999]
Nationwide hails iris recognition trials a success
News Rehberger said future developments might include giving away free desktop cameras to customers of Nationwide's Internet service provider arm. Nationwide today released the first feedback on its iris recognition... [02 Dec 1998]
Real-life ER gets Internet screening
News For 12 hours, five cameras will follow patients and procedures at the Ben Taub General Hospital emergency room in Houston, Texas. The AHN.com spokesman added: "Wireless cameras are being used to promote... [18 Nov 1998]
Microsoft settles Windows 2000 worries amicably
News His Web site features a reference guide, Encyberpedia, and live views from cameras dotted around the world. The founder of windows2000.com has decided not to press charges against Microsoft, after the Seattle giant... [10 Nov 1998]
UK headmaster in trouble over data protection
News John Mann planned to link CCTV surveillance cameras to a Web site at Portsdown primary school, so that he could look out for vandals from the safety of his home. I can understand the headmaster wanting monitoring of his... [16 Oct 1998]
