Olympus not looking to replace the everyman DSLR E-620, thinks PEN system fits the bill
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The E-620 from Olympus , the company’s latest attempt at an entry-level DSLR, was well reviewed upon release, said to be the best mix of performance and value of any of the company’s DSLRs released to date. However, that date is something of a problem: summer of 2009, and today’s camera fans are hungry for updates at least every year. Is a successor coming? No, according to Product Manager Toshiyuki Terada, at least not in the near-term. He believes that the “entry level SLR class can be completely replaced by the PEN system in terms of performance.” Yes, the compact, replaceable lens PEN system that’s currently found models like the E-P1 and E-P2 . Mind you, we definitely enjoyed our time with the lesser expensive E-PL1 , and all the little shooters have been impressing, but none quite delivers the DSLR feel that meaty-pawed amateurs covet. Maybe all they need is a little dose of 50 – 200mm telephoto to get over their anxiety. Olympus not looking to replace the everyman DSLR E-620, thinks PEN system fits the bill originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Joan Sutherland dies aged 83; Woman in abuse case at Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls is acquitted; Courteney Cox and David Arquette separate. (Oct 12)
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Looks like Amazon isn’t sleeping on this whole Windows Phone 7 launch shebang. The online retailer has unveiled its pricing for a pair of HTC handsets so far, with the 4.3-inch HTC HD7 costing €599 ($835) in Germany and the 3.8-inch 7 Trophy setting UK buyers back
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(CNN) — Shocking safety lapses exposed by the deadly Hungary toxic sludge spill could be repeated at thousands of industrial sites around the world unless regulations are tightened dramatically, campaigners have warned. With eight people dead so far and hundreds of villagers evacuated near an aluminium plant at Ajka, 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Budapest, experts said they believed the spillage of 1,000,000 cubic meters of toxic red sludge from a ruptured dam was a disaster waiting to happen. The WWF on Monday published a photo taken, the environmental pressure group said, in June and showing one of the pools of sludge…
Continue reading …Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores
October 12, 2010 No Comment
Best Buy has already started selling some electric scooters and motorcycles in its stores, and it’s now about to expand even further into the EV business. The retailer has just announced a partnership with ECOtality, which will be providing Best Buy with some of its Blink EV charging stations that will be installed at twelve stores in Tucson, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle by March of next year. That’s being done as part of the government-funded EV Project that ECOtality is overseeing, and Best Buy says that it may install chargers at additional stores if the initial test phase proves to be successful. Full press release is after the break. Continue reading Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores Best Buy teams up with ECOtality to install EV charging stations at 12 stores originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Summer Rayne Oakes Officially Launches Premier Sustainable Sourcing Marketplace for Fashion Designers (Video)
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Source4Style , an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers source sustainable textiles by connecting them directly with suppliers, has officially launched in public beta. Co-founders Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh announced the news at the House of Lords on October 5th and at the RITE Conference the next day. In
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All Images by James Bowden via: www.dolectures.com Since The Do Lectures wound up its fourth year of blowing minds in a Welsh Field last month we’ve been hearing extraordinary tales of sun-rise canoe trips, wild disco dancing in a mobile library and Tim Berners-Lee turning up as the surprise guest. Now
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Photo: Ralf Nau/Thinkstock Is your ‘do’ getting a pretty douse of formaldehyde? If your favorite hair treatment is the Brazilian Blowout –favored by celebs like Jennifer Aniston and others willing to drop up to $500 for shiny, frizz-free hair–then it may be so. Last week, the Oregon Health & Science University’s Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology released
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “The strike is the weapon of the oppressed, of men capable of appreciating justice and having the courage to resist wrong and contend for principle.” -Eugene Debs speaking to striking engineers and firemen during the Pullman Railroad Strike of 1887 “Ugh! Hideous and cheap looking. I will never shop there again.” -Just one of tens of thousands of online comments when Gap revealed their new logo When thousands of people went online protesting GAP’s new logo claiming they would go on strike and boycott the clothing chain, it parodied an earlier era regarding America’s Labor Movement. In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New…
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Truly epic casemods grace the humble pages of Engadget from time to time, but here’s a spoonful of liquid awesome you might actually be able to try. Using an off-the-shelf fan controller, servo motor and Arduino board, plus some water-cut styrene parts he farmed out to an online shop, user SXRguyinMA outfitted his NZXT Tempest Evo case with a rad robotic cooling system. When the Arduino detects the temperature changing, it automatically actuates the servo to raise or lower the louvers accordingly, and the rig features a pair of supercapacitors that can store enough power to close the vents even if power is lost. There’s also the all-important little red button to instantly make jaws drop. Video after the break, full worklog at our more coverage link. Continue reading DIY casemod features fins, automatically vents your rig DIY casemod features fins, automatically vents your rig originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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