| Smile! Aerial images being used to enforce laws By FRANK ELTMAN 2010-08-14T16:17:49ZRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipalities update property assessment rolls and other government data with it. Some in law enforcement use it to supplement reconnaissance of crime suspects.... hosted.ap.org |
Point-and-shoot Cameras Go Ultra Wide In the past two years, a new trend has emerged in point-and-shoot cameras: ultra wide-angle lenses. Photographers salivate over these 24mm equivalent wide-angle... Point-and-shoot camera - Wide-angle lens - Camera - Photography - Arts feeds.pcworld.com |
A week without Facebook? Pa. college tries it out By KATHY MATHESON 2010-09-16T17:47:58ZHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania technological college with fewer students than many Facebook users have friends is blacking out social media for a week.... hosted.ap.org |
Following film and TV, music takes stab at 3-D By MESFIN FEKADU 2010-10-04T12:38:08ZNEW YORK (AP) -- At the beginning of the re-emergence of 3-D, the focus was on film, with movies like "Avatar" paving the way for the technology to become an integral part of the cinema experience.... hosted.ap.org |
Amazon 3Q profit jumps 16 percent, but costs rise By RACHEL METZ 2010-10-21T23:08:42ZSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. saw earnings grow in the third quarter as shoppers bought more goods and services, yet costs also rose because the company is having to build new centers to fulfill those orders. Shares fell in extended trading.... hosted.ap.org |