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Engadget HD giveaways: win another Philips 42PF9631D 42-inch plasma! {Engadget HD}
Oct 11th 2006 8:33PM Don't have a cablecard. Need one (along with a real TV)
Ask Engadget: who likes their Bluetooth mouse? {Engadget}
May 5th 2006 12:23AM I use a Logitech V270 travel mouse. It uses 2 AA batteries, so it's a bit high, a bit heavy, and a bit big, but the batteries last for over 3 months with constant 8+ hours/day usage. It has the standard bluetooth lag which I find annoying, but better than using a touchpad or eraserhead.
Japanese researchers invent completely transparent material {Engadget}
May 2nd 2006 11:23PM Does this mean they'll never have any pictures of it that aren't from an electron microscope?
Big Red One digicam debuts at NAB {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2006 6:14PM Anybody else look at that and think "Terminator?" Wow.
Pixel noise said to create unique camera "fingerprint" {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2006 4:36PM Josh,
Some form of noise reduction is used in almost all consumer digicams, including dark frame subtraction for cameras that support shutter speeds over 1 second. Now, I'd imagine this kind of processing could "see through" standard jpeg or dark frame processing, particularly as dark frame results in just as unique a signature, even if your eyes do not perceive it as "noise."
However, the article is correct in that a single filter, such as a noise->median at lowest radius, would obliterate any identifying noise characteristics. Even more, as some perviously mentioned, simply resizing the image for web would do the job with 100% confidence.
Only criminals who upload original-sized 5-10MP pictures need worry, and if they're already doing that, there's probably more than enough information in the EXIF alone (which they would not be aware of) that would tie any shot back to their camera (Name, time, shooting settings, shutter actuations, etc.).
Samsung GX-1S DSLR reviewed {Engadget}
Apr 22nd 2006 9:30PM The $64,000 question: How many times can Pentax rename the *ist Digital and still call it a new camera? With names such as Konica-Minolta and Mamiya bailing from the biz, I wonder if Pentax may be next?
The 10 worst in-game quotes {Joystiq}
Apr 20th 2006 8:18PM What, nothing from Parapa?
Bush: government research developed iPod {Engadget}
Apr 20th 2006 2:09PM I bursted out laughing before I even got to the ipod part"
"The government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression..."
Anybody else wonder if Bush has any clue what these three technologies even are?
"Sure. Signal compression. It compresses. Compresses signals. Gets 'em real packed in there. Part of our stratgery. Always was."
Apple's ad sinks to such great lows {Engadget}
Jan 21st 2006 6:07PM Wow. OK, for all you non-lawyers out there, this really doesn't have anything to do with which product fits which video better, or if/where the song was previously used. It's about ownership of rights and (intellectual) property.
If you bought a limited edition painting from an artist (say, #2 of 10), you couldn't really be upset if 9 other people bought the other copies of the same work. But if you commissioned the artist to create a logo for your company, then that logo belongs to you, not the artist, and another company cannot buy the same logo from him and use it as their own.
