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Ahead of our full review, here are 24 sample JPEG photos taken with the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 75mm f/1.8 lens, mounted on an OM-D E-PL5 body. The Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 75mm f/1.8 is a fast telephoto portrait lens for the Micro Four thirds system, retailing for £799. Read the preview »

Ahead of our full review, here are 21 sample JPEG photos taken with the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f/1.8 lens, mounted on an OM-D E-PL5 body. The Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f/1.8 is a fast 35mm equivalent lens for the Micro Four thirds system, retailing for £449. Read the preview »

Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based hosting services in two regions, one near Tokyo and one in the Kansai region further south. Redundancy is a priority in earthquake-prone Japan, where the use of online services usually skyrockets after natural disasters."By using two sub-regions, customers will be able build configurations with domestic disaster recovery, and performance will be improved," said Yasuyuki Higuchi, President of Microsoft Japan.Azure competes in Japan with offerings like Amazon's EC2 infrastructure and local cloud providers such as Sakura. Microsoft is a trusted name in corporate Japan but Azure has a reputation for being slower than rival offerings.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Adorama has the Refurbished Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX VR II Lens available for $209.00 with free shipping. Compare at $396.95 new.

The Color Splash For iPad app allows you to create black and white images, with a touch of colour, Daniel Bell trys it out.

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Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries.The Kindle Fire HD has been the best-selling item for Amazon since it was launched, and Amazon is now hoping to copy that success around the world. The tablets are available for preorder on Amazon.com from US$214 and $284 respectively, and will start shipping on June 13.The 8.9-inch display on the larger Kindle Fire HD has 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution, while the resolution on the smaller 7-inch model is 1280 x 800 pixels. Both models have either 16GB or 32GB of storage.Amazon is all about its content ecosystem, so the availability of the tablets is closely linked with the Appstore becoming available in more countries as well, according to Peter King, director of tablet strategies at market research company Strategy Analytics.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is in danger. The police have abandoned searches in progress and stopped accepting new search requests, according to an announcement on a government website Monday. The changes took effect on Friday.Such "searches in the interests of the family" were conducted under an administrative procedure almost a century old, introduced to help families separated during the upheavals of World War I to find missing relatives, according to the French Ministry of the Interior.Requests for the searches have fallen considerably in recent years, and are now most often used to find those behind on alimony payments, the Ministry said in a letter to police chiefs announcing the changes last month. The letter instructed them to refuse further requests, adding: "You can direct people towards social networks on the Internet, which offer interesting possibilities."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Canon has launched a new “through-the-line” campaign using the creative theme ‘Power to your next step.’ Read more and comment »