SanDisk names two to board
SanDisk Corp., Milpitas, Calif., appointed two industry and technology leaders to its board of directors, with immediate effect. The new board appointees are Kevin DeNuccio, currently vice chairman of Redback Networks, a subsidiary of L.M. Ericsson, and Dr. Chenming Calvin Hu, currently the TSMC distinguished chair professor of microelectronics in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences [...]
Sinar Bron adds California Sunbounce
Sinar Bron Imaging, Edison, N.J., has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with California Sunbounce , and is announcing three new products: The Sun-Sniper camera strap, the Sun-Mover collapsible reflector, and the Sun-Bouncer Camera Flash Bracket.
RIT’s 25th Big Shot photograph
A longtime Rochester Institute of Technology event highlighting the spirit of community and volunteerism while generating a spectacular nighttime photograph heads to Washington, D.C., next month. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian will be the subject of RIT’s 25th Big Shot photograph on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Big Shot photography project relies [...]
In memoriam: Ad Klein Woolthuis
Ad Klein Woolthuis, founder and president of Technotape International BV, Baarn, the Netherlands, died July 24 after a very short illness. Early in his career, Klein Woolthuis joined the Beiersdorf Group, where he first gained experience with industrial tapes. He later became sales manager for the Finimat Co., and in 1983 founded Technotape B.V. Along [...]
ArcSoft shipping TotalMedia Theatre 3
ArcSoft Inc., Fremont, Calif., is collaborating with Sensio Technologies Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to ship TotalMedia Theatre 3 in Aspen 3-D Media Servers GL 1000 and GL 3159. Arcsoft says, by incorporating Sensio S3 Decoder, TotalMedia Theatre now allows a 3-D movie watching experience at home. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre can now decode and display 3-D [...]
Wilton Brands restructures
Wilton Brands Inc., Woodridge, Ill., announced its parent company, Wilton Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries reached an agreement in principle with their largest creditors, JGF Credit LLC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, regarding a comprehensive restructuring of Wilton Holdings’ capital structure. The parties agreed to a continued period of forbearance during which they will [...]
LifePics, Ritzpix.com, and AAFES announce new, discounted online photo service for U.S. military personnel
LifePics, Boulder, Colo., has teamed with Ritzpix.com and Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) to offer U.S. military service men and women a discounted online photo service. The new service provides U.S. military personnel with a place to store and share their digital photos with friends and family around the world, as well as [...]
RIT heads to Smithsonian for 25th Big Shot Photography Project
A longtime Rochester Institute of Technology event that highlights the spirit of community and volunteerism, while generating a spectacular nighttime photograph, heads to Washington, D.C., next month. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian will be the subject of RIT’s 25th Big Shot photograph on Sept. 26. The Big Shot photography project relies [...]
New round of beta testing begins for ACDSee software
ACDSee Pro 3 and ACDSee Pro for Mac have both entered second beta phases, says ACD Systems International Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The second beta test of ACDSee Pro 3 digital imaging software began Tuesday and continues to Oct. 30. The company says more than 10,000 photographers worldwide contributed feedback during the first beta [...]
MIT Media Lab researcher Ramesh Raskar explores computational photography at 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference
The state of the art in advanced imaging takes center stage as Ramesh Raskar of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presents the latest developments in the field of computational photography at the 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, Nov. 10-12, 2009, at the Monterey Conference Center in Monterey, Calif. Computational photography exploits plentiful, low-cost computing [...]
