Eastman Kodak Co, which invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known...
Polaroid instant cameras once created craze among photographic enthusiasts. People were astonished to find their photographs coming out of the cameras instantaneously instead of going through the labs. Now the...
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Xerox is celebrating a half-century of "makin' copies" and frustrating office workers everywhere. Since its debut 50 years ago, the Xerox photocopier has revolutionized office work, allowing instant reproduction of...
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KODAK Celebrates Life of Oldest Film Icon in its Portfolio-Newer KODAK Films and Digital Cameras are Preferred Choice for Today’s Photographers"ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 22 -- Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year,...
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Kodak has offered a $5,000 reward to locate the ultimate Megan Fox fan, the 'rose boy' that was snubbed by the star in London, England last week. Kodak considers it a 'missed connection' and they want 'rose...
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St. Bernard Project co-founder Liz McCartney has been selected as CNN's "Hero of the Year", on their Thanksgiving special hosted by Anderson Cooper and taped earlier this week.McCartney left a lucrative career in...
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" Kodak Zi6 pocket video camera - Lots of people love the Flip video camera for its smallness and ease-of-use but Kodak looks like they may one-up the Flip with the Zi6. The real attraction of the...
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"The Swedish company Hasselblad's announcement of the launch of Hasselblad H3DII-50, featuring a new Kodak 50-megapixel sensor, has pushed the available resolution in digital cameras to a new high. Such high resolution goes beyond the needs of most consumers but...
Will it be a 'No Country' sweep? Will 'Juno' win big? Will 'There Be Blood'?Sunday night the Hollywood stars will be out in full force for the most highly anticipated red-carpet gala in the business of making...
"Did Mallory & Irvine make it to the summit of Everest?
I've posted quite a bit on this blog about the enduring mystery of Everest pioneers George Mallory & Andrew Irvine, and have been fortunate enough to take an active role in the story, going to Everest in 1999,...
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that The Daily Show host (and my future husband) Jon Stewart, will return to host the Oscars in 2008. This will be the second time Stewart hosts; he...
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NewScientist.com has uncovered a recently filed patent application from
camera and imaging technology giant Kodak that outlines a compelling
new application of RFID: ingestible tags that act as monitors for
health characteristics within the human body. Read the full story at...
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"In Search of George Mallory
by Ben H. Swadley
Sunday, May 2nd 1999.Conrad Anker stood in somber awe looking at a frozen body some 27,000 feet above the rest of the world and only 800 feet away from Everest's...
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"If digital photography represents a
difficult challenge for Kodak, it represented a near impossible one for
Polaroid. In October 2001, after years of falling sales and drastic
cost cuts, the firm filed for bankruptcy. Although the company was
eventually purchased in July...
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