| Olympus SP-570UZ Digital Camera Is Like DSLR, But Not Quite
When you take a look at the spec sheet of the newly revealed SP-570UZ digital camera from Olympus, you can't help but let your jaw drop. And then you drool a little. After that, you realize that it's not really a digital SLR, but it's got enough going for it that the Olympus SP-570UZ might be a perfect solution for consumers who want a little more from their picture-takers. For starters, you'll notice that this cam comes equipped with a lens that offers 20x optical zoom, totally destroying similar offerings from Canon and Sony that only do 12x optical. It's also got a 10 megapixel sensor, dual image stabilization, face detection, shadow adjustment, and perfect shot preview. Around the back, the Olympus SP-570UZ treats you to a large 2.7-inch LCD, as well as access to a series of manual controls.
ESS Technology to go private in $58M sale
Digital video company ESS Technology Inc. agreed to be bought by Imperium Partners Group LLC for $1.64 a share, or about $58 million in cash. The deal, which should close in the middle of this year, will make Fremont-based ESS (NASDAQ: ESST) a private company. It requires shareholder approval. Imperium, based in New York, is an asset management firm started by Jeffrey Devers and John Michaelson. The ESS board has approved the merger and advised shareholders to vote for it. .
A Journey Through The Local Pinup Revival Scene
In a suburban basement in Parkville, women are taking off their clothes. They're ducking behind a sheet strung up by the minibar and wriggling out of thongs and elasticized bras, only to clamber quickly into the fortified lingerie of a previous generation--girdles, cinchers, bustiers, corselets, all as stiff and formidable-feeling against the body as the designation "foundation garments" implies. Nearby there's a rack of fur shrugs, cinched-waist dresses, feather boas, and half and full petticoats, their hems hovering over a jumbled pile of strappy platform heels and winklepicker pumps ranging in vintage from the Truman to the Kennedy administrations. Underneath the velvet Elvis painting to the right sits a card table arranged with delicately scented silk hair flowers, ersatz tiger lilies, and hibiscus blooms as bright and Technicolor luscious as the illustrations on vintage produce crates.
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Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. "We hired CodeWeavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine," Dan Kegel, of Google's software engineering team and the Wine 1.0 release manager, said on Google's open-source blog. "Photoshop is one of those applications that desktop Linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we're happy to say they work pretty well now... We look forward to further improvements in this area." .
Assessing the MacBook Air
Back from the podcast-a-day-pace set during Macworld Expo , we devote a fair amount of attention in this post-Expo Macworld Podcast to one of the bigger announcements to come out of this month's trade show—Apple's MacBook Air. Jason Snell has spent the past week with the ultra-thin notebook—look for his review at Macworld.com later Wednesday—and he joins Macworld.com executive editor Philip Michaels, senior news editor Jonathan Seff, and Macworld Lab director James Galbraith for a roundtable discussion about what's to like and what's not to like about the MacBook Air. But first, I turn my attention to another tech trade show—PMA, the major gathering of the professional photography industry. Frequent Macworld contributor Ben Long joins me for a PMA preview. Download Episode #113 • AAC version (20.6 MB, 42 minutes) • MP3 version (19.4 MB, 42 minutes) To subscribe to the Macworld Podcast via iTunes 4.9 or later, simply click here.
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