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Kodak distances itself from failed Bitcoin scheme

17 Jul

The Kodak-branded ‘Kashminer’ Bitcoin mining scheme announced at CES has apparently collapsed, with Eastman Kodak distancing itself from the company behind it.

This is distinct from the Kodak-branded ‘Kodak Coin’ cryptocoin and ‘Kodak One’ IP blockchain scheme announced by Wenn Digital Inc at CES.

Eastman Kodak is saying that the Kashminer scheme, where investors could effectively rent Bitcoin mining hardware which would be located at Rochester NY, and use Kodak’s on-site power station for cheap electricity, was never actually a licensee of the Kodak name. This is despite the hardware appearing on Kodak’s stand at CES, bearing the company’s name.

The company behind the Kashminer says that the US Securities and Exchanges Commission had prevented the scheme from going ahead

The Kashminer scheme was immediately ridiculed at the time, since its promised consistent rate of return would appear impossible, given the increasing difficultly of ‘mining’ that is inherent to Bitcoin.

The BBC is reporting that Spotlite – the company behind the Kashminer – says that the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) had prevented the scheme from going ahead. It says it is now looking to establish a Bitcoin mining system in Iceland.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Meitu: harmless selfie app du jour or data mining scheme?

21 Jan

Meitu is an Android and iOS app made by China-based developer Xiamen Meitu Technology Co., Ltd. The app adds cartoonish embellishments and facial feature distortion reminiscent of Japanese anime to selfies, and for some reason, became widely popular with Western users this week. Meitu is by no means new – it’s been around since 2008. But if you went to sleep last night blissfully unaware of its existence, chances are you saw someone’s Meitu selfie somewhere on the internet when you woke up.

Meitu brings a couple of things to the table. First, you can use the app as it’s intended and apply effects to your own selfies. Take a selfie, add a silly filter, post to Facebook and everyone has a good laugh about it. But Meitu’s effects can also be applied to other photos – cue much merriment and silliness on the internet. You can even keep feeding it the same image and re-applying filters until it no longer recognizes a human in the picture, which raises all sorts of existential questions.

But as quickly as it came into the spotlight, spoil sports put the brakes on when they looked closely at the app’s code. CNET published an article cautioning users against downloading the app, citing privacy concerns. Twitter user and self-described ‘security pessimist’ @FourOctets posted an alarming message that the app was sending each user’s unique phone identification number to a server in China. Jonathan Zdziarski, a security researcher, also tweeted some of his findings after combing through the iOS version of the app.

It all sounds pretty alarming, but Zdziarski doesn’t actually see anything particularly malicious about Meitu. Or at least, nothing unique.

Another Twitter user theorizes that the app’s maker is just complying with new Chinese laws.

So what do you think? Is Meitu nothing more than a data-mining scam? Or are you comforted by the fact that all of your other apps are spying on you anyway, so what’s the difference? Let us know in the comments.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Beta: try out our new ‘light’ color scheme

06 Apr

We’ve been working behind the scenes for the last few weeks on one of the most-requested changes to DPReview.com – the option to switch to a lighter color scheme with white background. Today we’re pleased to be able to launch the first phase of this project as a public beta. It doesn’t yet include every page on the site (we’ve concentrated on the text-heavy articles, news, homepage and reviews sections), but we will continue to work until we have as near to 100% coverage as possible. Please try it out and let us know what you think!

To try the new color scheme simply click on the toggle at the very top of the page (above the main menu bar) – your choice will be remembered until you revert to the old (black) color scheme using a cookie.

As of today the new color scheme has been enabled for the homepage, all news pages, articles and reviews, some index pages and search results, for desktop and mobile users. You’ll also note that we’ve made the default body text font a bit bigger too, which should help readability. 

The new theme has not yet been implemented for several popular sections of the site including Forums, Product Pages, Profile pages, Galleries & Challenges. We will continue to refine the design (some pages are still pretty basic) and to work towards full coverage over the next month or so.

Please try out the new look and let us know what you think, and send us any bugs you find, using the ‘report a issue’ link at the top of the page.

Edit: we’ve already had a lot of feedback from users asking us not to get rid of the black background. Before doing so, please read the following, very important, paragraph:-

Note that we will not be retiring the ‘classic’ (black) theme – if you like your color scheme you will be allowed to keep it. This is a new user OPTION. Sending us feedback saying ‘don’t get rid of the black background‘ is a waste of your time… We’re not getting rid of it.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Adobe Camera Raw 9.5 introduces new color scheme

18 Mar

Camera Raw gets a new look with version 9.5, available now. The update introduces a color scheme that brings Adobe’s Raw conversion software in line with Photoshop and Bridge. ACR 9.5 also extends support to a dozen new cameras, including the Nikon D5/D500 and Canon EOS 80D, fixes a handful of bugs and adds support for new lenses like the Sony FE 85mm F1.4 and 24-70mm F2.8 GM. Get the full details at Adobe’s Lightroom blog.

Camera Raw 9.5 direct download for Windows and Mac

DNG Converter 9.5 download for Windows and Mac

Bugs Fixed in Camera Raw 9.5

  • Fix crash/hang in Camera Raw and DNG Converter on some Mac systems when saving multiple images.
  • Fix corruption issue that would prevent DNG images originally created by Parrot Bebop Drone devices from being opened after metadata updates.
  • Pressing the Option/Alt key while click-dragging on a perimeter handle of a Radial Filter will adjust only that side of the filter. This change in behavior was made to match Lightroom’s behavior. Previously, Option/Alt-clicking on a Radial Filter in Camera Raw would delete that filter.
  • Camera Raw Filter now displays the histogram and RGB color readouts using the assigned color space of the corresponding Photoshop document. Previously, Camera Raw Filter always displayed its histogram and RGB color readouts using the ProPhoto color space.
  • Improve quality of Boundary Warp for some panoramas.
  • Fix bug where EXIF metadata for SIGMA 50mm f/1.4 ART lens on Canon was incorrectly identified as Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 9.5

  • Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • Canon EOS 1300D (Rebel T6, Kiss X80)
  • Nikon D5
  • Nikon D500
  • Olympus PEN-F
  • Olympus SH-3
  • Panasonic DMC-CM10
  • Panasonic DMC-GF8
  • Panasonic DMC-ZS100 (DMC-ZS110, DMC-TZ100, DMC-TZ101, DMC-TZ110, DMC-TX1)
  • Samsung NX3300
  • Sony Alpha a6300 (ILCE-6300)
  • Yuneec CGO4

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Kodak sells film and kiosk businesses to UK pension scheme

01 May

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Kodak hopes to sell its consumer film and processing kiosk businesses to its UK pension scheme, to allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move pays off the company’s biggest debt – an estimated $ 2.8bn it was expected to have to pay to the pension scheme over the coming years. The pension scheme is reported to be paying $ 650 for the Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging units the company announced it would sell last August.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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[MODIFIED] Yahoo Mail – Change the Color Scheme and Theme

02 Sep

Change Yahoo! Mail’s theme to one of your liking.

Tired of the look of Yahoo! Mail? You can choose from color variations, or more complex themes including “Classical” (music), “Dandelion”, “Mountains” and “Space Shuttle Discovery” (shown in the below screenshots). To make the change:

1. Click the “Options” link at the top-left of the Yahoo! Mail page….

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