Photo industry braces for another revolution | Underexposed - CNET News.com

Photo industry braces for another revolution | Underexposed - CNET News.com:

"'If light field photography becomes much more prevalent, which we believe will happen over time, we think will be much more convenient to have it built into your camera,' Connor said in a recent speech at the 6sight conference on digital imaging. 'We're trying to be a catalyst to get this to happen.'

Adobe's plenoptic camera lens can help create a 3D representation of a scene.
(Credit: Adobe)

Adobe also is working in the new domain. It's been showing a prototype camera with a 'plenoptic' lens--one made of many smaller lenses. A computer processing the subimages, each with a slightly different perspective, can reconstruct 3D attributes."

Slashdot | Cyber Storm II Set To Begin

Slashdot | Cyber Storm II Set To Begin:

"Cyber Storm II, set to run from March 11th until the 14th. The exercise will test the security of the US, Australia, the UK, New Zealand, and Canada. The organizers' goals are to test preparedness and responsiveness in relation to real-time threats"

Angry Chinese woman sets 400 phones on fire - Engadget

Angry Chinese woman sets 400 phones on fire - Engadget:

"it's a crazy, mixed-up world we live in. If we aren't worrying about global warming or peace in the middle east, we have to be on the lookout for scorned women setting large quantities of mobile devices on fire."

number to identify every citizen in Japan.....Slashdot - Firehose

Slashdot - Firehose:

"an 11-digit unique number to identify every citizen in Japan, and the data covers name, address, date of birth and sex.

The system has actually been in place for a while now, with most of the japanese citizens being oblivious there is a network"