http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Once again it's that shopping time of year and if digital photography is on your shopping list, here is a roundup of accessories to kick off the season. http://www.physorg.com/news177842413.html Electronics Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:40:58 EST news177842413 (AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. http://www.physorg.com/news174651459.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:50:02 EST news174651459 (PhysOrg.com) -- The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct St. Peter's Basilica. But now the city, including these landmarks, can be digitized in just a matter of hours. http://www.physorg.com/news172241228.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:47:50 EST news172241228 (AP) -- Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. http://www.physorg.com/news170503534.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:06:11 EST news170503534 In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores? http://www.physorg.com/news168849498.html Technology Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:40:01 EST news168849498 Yahoo! said Wednesday it would buy Xoopit, a San Francisco startup specializing in finding and organizing photos buried in email inboxes. http://www.physorg.com/news167569412.html Technology Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:04:24 EST news167569412 (PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), based at QUT. http://www.physorg.com/news166347730.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:43:26 EST news166347730 Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater mask. http://www.physorg.com/news165775869.html Electronics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:03 EST news165775869 (AP) -- Coming soon to a campus near you - the Google tricycle. http://www.physorg.com/news164652913.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:42 EST news164652913 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Apple iPhone is one of the most versatile smart phones around today and it's about to get better. The news of what the next generation iPhone will be like is traveling fast. http://www.physorg.com/news162548771.html Electronics Tue, 26 May 2009 09:26:35 EST news162548771 Samsung Electronics today announced the release of the SPF-87H Photo Frame. With a slim screen depth of 23 mm (.91 inches) and 1 GB of internal memory, the SPF-87H can store up to 3,000 photos, while being powered only by a USB cable. With an MSRP of only $129, the SPF-87H is now available Fry`s Electronics and Amazon.com. http://www.physorg.com/news162489841.html Electronics Mon, 25 May 2009 17:04:44 EST news162489841 (AP) -- Google said Wednesday it will reshoot all photos in Japan for its Street View service after residents complained the 360-degree panoramic images provided a view over the fences around their homes. http://www.physorg.com/news161507393.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 08:10:24 EST news161507393 A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women. http://www.physorg.com/news161438802.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 May 2009 13:07:28 EST news161438802 (AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission. http://www.physorg.com/news161279231.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 16:47:23 EST news161279231 (PhysOrg.com) -- When a child goes missing, law enforcement agencies often digitally alter old photos to show how the child might have aged. In one of the first laboratory studies to test the effectiveness of these photographs, researchers at the University of Arkansas came away with troubling findings and more questions for an ongoing study of computerized age progression. http://www.physorg.com/news160329102.html Other Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:53:19 EST news160329102 The White House posted hundreds of pictures on online photo-sharing service Flickr on Wednesday chronicling President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office. http://www.physorg.com/news160312994.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:23:57 EST news160312994 (AP) -- In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders. http://www.physorg.com/news159344083.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:14:56 EST news159344083 (AP) -- The way it came on the scene, it could have been a rare perfume or a designer handbag, undaunted by the roiling economy. http://www.physorg.com/news156490658.html Electronics Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:38:14 EST news156490658 One of the main reasons people buy Apple computers is because they come with fabulous software for managing your photos and creating movies. http://www.physorg.com/news156066688.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:52:36 EST news156066688 (PhysOrg.com) -- These days you can take a photograph with almost every mobile phone. However, using this sort of photo to protect confidential data and send it safely is something new. Ileana Buhan, a PhD student at the University of Twente, Netherlands, has been researching this new way of employing biometrics. She receives her doctorate from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science on 23 October. http://www.physorg.com/news143906402.html Technology Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:02 EST news143906402 A pair of Penn State researchers has developed a statistical approach, called Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures in Real-Time (ALIPR), that one day could make it easier to search the Internet for photographs. The public can participate in improving ALIPR's accuracy by visiting a designated Web site (http://www.alipr.com), uploading photographs, and evaluating whether the keywords that ALIPR uses to describe the photographs are appropriate. http://www.physorg.com/news142698659.html Technology Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:30:59 EST news142698659 The Digital Foci IMT-063 Image Moments 6 digiframe features a 5.7 inch 640 x 480 display with LED backlighting, two tone chrome finish, 450Mb of internal storage, support for memory cards, and USB 2.0 connectivity. The frame also plays back audio and video files. http://www.physorg.com/news142526188.html Electronics Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:36:28 EST news142526188