SanDisk has announced a new range of flash drives including the company’s fastest, slimmest and highest-capacity USB products. The USB 3.0-enabled SanDisk Extreme USB flash drive can transfer, store and share large files up to 10 times faster with speeds of up to 190MB per second.According to a press release, the drive can transfer smaller files almost instantaneously and … [Read more...]

Canon has set up its digital camera production in Brazil by establishing Canon Industria de Manaus Ltda., located in the state of Amazonas. The D-camera market in Brazil is regarded as the fourth largest one, following U.S.A., China, and Japan. An increase in demand is expected in light of hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympiad in 2016. Canon intends to tap the … [Read more...]

It is reported that Olympus and Sony will enter into the final negotiation for the financial tie-up which Olympus has been considering in order to raise the equity ratio to about 10% from the current 4.6%, and to strengthen its digital camera business. The decision is expected to be finalised next month. Industry watchers see Panasonic and Sony as the most likely candidates … [Read more...]

Though the motion was contested by Apple and FlashPoint Technologies, Eastman Kodak Company has obtained the required approval from the Bankruptcy Court to conduct an auction to sell its Digital Capture and Kodak Imaging Systems and Services (KISS) patent portfolios. In a press release, Kodak mentioned that Apple and Flashpoint had asserted “ownership” interests in a small … [Read more...]

Legendary progressive photographer Sunil Janah, who documented the Bengal famine of the 1940s with his black-and-white camera and shot to instant fame, died recently in the US. Janah’s photographs of the famine published in the party journal People’s War brought him instant fame because of the horror that he captured on his camera. In fact, he went on to become one of the … [Read more...]