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By Tolu Ogunlesi
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the Unites States of America

By Tolu Ogunlesi
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the Unites States of America

By Tolu Ogunlesi
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the Unites States of America

From New Scientist:

Crossing a microscope with a camera gives you a micrograph, a tiny photograph that allows artists and scientists to show the beauty inaccessible to the naked eye. Every year the Small World competition run by optics giant Nikon celebrates this hidden world. This year the winners range from an anglerfish ovary to the sex organs of plants via a rusted old coin.
Winner

You take lots of photos and movies during your vacation trip, and each night in the hotel room you project them on the wall for your family -- from the same camera. That's the scenario that Nikon envisions with its announcement Tuesday of the first compact camera with a built-in projector.

Bedtime Story Companion?

The COOLPIX S1000pj can project photos or videos on any flat surface of up to 40 inches. Photos can be shown one by one, or as a slide show with music and effects. A projector stand and remote control are included.

Canon is adding another model to its entry-level D-SLR series -- the EOS 1000D/Rebel XS, whose release has been rumored on various technology blogs.

The new camera, announced Monday, includes a few improvements over the EOS Rebel XT, which it replaces, such as a 2.5-inch CMOS LCD, an increase to 10.1 megapixels, and the Live View feature. Live View enables a user to shoot through the LCD screen rather than through an optical viewfinder.

Seven-Point Autofocus System

Yahoo has been very often in the headlines these days, much to its chagrin. But the company is now setting out to make news of its own, describing an array of deals in the online advertising realm.

The deals are mostly small ones, but the all-at-once grouping suggests that Yahoo is trying to shape its own image after months of being described as takeover bait. The announcement Wednesday came a day after the investor Carl Icahn proposed that Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo, be removed over the way he handled Microsoft's bid for the company.