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If you recall, Hurricane Sandy last fall flooded data centers, forced major network hubs to run on generators, and even sparked a fuel bucket brigade to keep servers running. Well, take note: It looks like we’re in for another bad hurricane season. Federal officials said today that the East Coast could easily see a repeat of last year. Oh, and by the way, the GOES-13 satellite that helps them track Atlantic storms is offline and officials haven’t been able to get it operating properly since yesterday. The Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, will be an “above normal and possibly extremely active hurricane season,” Kathryn Sullivan, an ex-astronaut and acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said at a briefing Thursday. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Ilford has announced the release date for the Ilford Obscura pinhole camera.

From Sigma: The Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM for Nikon is scheduled to start the shipment towards the end of this month. B&H has the Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Lens for Nikon available for preorder.

Ahead of our full review, here are 21 sample JPEG photos taken with the Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens, mounted on an E-PL5 body. The Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 60mm f/2.8 Macro is a fast macro lens for the Micro Four thirds system, retailing for £449.99 / $499.99. Read the preview »

The Nikon Coolpix L320 is a super-zoom compact with an affordable price-tag. Less than £200 buys you the 16 megapixel L320 complete with 26x optical zoom, 3 inch screen and 720p HD movie recording. Read our Nikon Coolpix L320 review to find out if this budget super-zoom is worth a closer look... Read the review »

The AOP Open Awards 2013 deadline has been extended.

The Beauty Box Photo Plugin is available for Photoshop, Elements and Aperture and enhances your portrait photography. Daniel Bell reviews.

Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a New York based app agency that created Behance.

Canadian photojournalist Brett Gundlock traveled to Cherán, Mexico last year to find out how things had changed for residents in that town after they confronted a violent Mexican cartel that had been illegally harvesting timber in the area.

In a brief note on its Japanese website, Sigma has announced that the Sony and Pentax mount versions of its highly-regarded 35mm F1.4 DG HSM 'Art' lens will go on sale on 31st May. It's also announced that the Nikon-mount version of its 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM 'Sports' telephoto zoom will be available at the same time. We gave the 35mm F1.4 our Gold Award when we reviewed it back in December, for its combination of exceptionally good optics and solid build at a price rather lower than the camera manufacturers' equivalents.