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There was a largely euphoric reaction online in the hours after Microsoft reversed its policies for the upcoming Xbox One game console, which had restricted resales of used games and required a constant Internet connection.A Facebook message about the changes gained over 75,000 likes in three hours. On gaming forums and sites like Reddit, most hailed the reversal as victory, though some said the incident would still drive them to rival Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4.But others mourned new cloud-based features that Microsoft will eliminate as part of its policy changes. As originally planned, the new Xbox would have allowed digital games to be shared with ten friends and family, allowing others to log in and play the titles. A cloud-based system also meant that software would be available from any console, even without a physical disc, and downloaded titles could be shared and sold."It sounded pretty awesome to me, far better than the current physical media dominated model," wrote a user on Reddit.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Genius has released a new USB webcam, the 400-CMS016. This plug and play USB webcam has a 3MP CMOS image sensor, a USB 2.0 connector and can capture 720p HD video at 30fps. The 400-CMS016 is available now for 1,980 Yen / $20 (one ear headset included). [Product Page]

With more than a billion monthly active users, it's easy to imagine that most of the data travelling over Facebook's networks is delivering photos, status updates and "likes" to its end users, but that's far from the case.The social network moves about 1,000 times as much data between the servers inside its data centers as it does from its servers out to end users, company executives said Wednesday. They talked about the challenges that this creates for Facebook and the network technologies it's developing to overcome them."Our traffic going from machine to machine far exceeds the traffic going from the machines out to our end users," said Jay Parikh, vice president of Infrastructure Engineering at Facebook, in an on-stage interview at the GigaOm Structure conference in San Francisco.That's because of all the processing work Facebook does on the back end to figure out what information it needs to send to end users. The systems analyze data, rank results, and perform a myriad of other tasks to generate the pages Facebook delivers to users' smartphones and Web browsers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Twitter has bought Spindle, a search technology company that informs users about what's happening with local businesses and organizations around them.The deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, could help Twitter beef up its efforts to keep users "in the loop." The company has been rumored to be working on its own location discovery feature to surface certain tweets posted by people nearby.Spindle's technology was based on delivering social updates from businesses and other sources to users. For example, Spindle users could use interactive maps to see where things were happening nearby and also set alerts to receive notifications from specific places.Spindle, which has been based in Boston, aims to "help people discover valuable social content they couldn't otherwise find," the company says on its website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Meet the EIZO team at Native Digital's colour management training course.

Get to grips with your Nikon 1 or learn to shoot seabirds on two Nikon workshops.

Today it's the turn of the arctic tern as we list a few tips on how to photograph them.

The Lytro camera had a Wifi chip inside, but until now, it was not activated/enabled/usable. This changes now. Lytro has a new software update that enables the Wi-fi feature and to make the most out of it, they have also launched an accompanying iTunes app. Details via Pop Photo and Engadget and Tech Crunch Gear and Lytro blog and Lytro support. For some Lytro photo-edutainment, Lytro has a YouTube channel showing Lytro in real world use. The Latest Instant Rebates: Fuji X System (stackable, ends 6/29/13) and Nikon DSLRs (stackable, ends 6/29/13) and Canon DSLRs (ends 6/22/13) For the latest camera specials, check the Cameras Deals blog with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisydeals.com For the latest Camera Reviews, check the Camera Reviews stream with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisyreviews.com For the latest Lens Reviews, check the Lens Reviews stream with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisylenses.com For Stock Updates on hard to find cameras, check the Stock Status mini site Republication of this RSS feed on any website or blog or app is prohibited and violates the terms of use of this RSS feed. This text comes from the RSS feed of 1001noisycameras.com. This full-text RSS feed is provided as a service to our loyal readers for their personal use. Republication fees start at $1000 per month and will be billed to violating websites.

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If you happen to be looking for a Sony NEX mirrorless camera and also an Android tablet, then your stars may align on this combined purchase deal at Adorama. You pay $688 with free shipping (price shown in shopping cart) and you get the Sony NEX-5R with 18-55mm along with the 7-inch 32GB Google Nexus 7 Android tablet. The NEX-5R w/18-55 currently goes for $600 at authorized Sony dealers, while the 32GB Nexus 7 goes for $250 at reputable dealers. Research the camera using the list of completed NEX-5R reviews. You can cross-reference mirrorless camera prices as of mid-May-2013 using the Mirrorless Price Chart (mid-May 2013). The Latest Instant Rebates: Fuji X System (stackable, ends 6/29/13) and Nikon DSLRs (stackable, ends 6/29/13) and Canon DSLRs (ends 6/22/13) For the latest camera specials, check the Cameras Deals blog with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisydeals.com For the latest Camera Reviews, check the Camera Reviews stream with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisyreviews.com For the latest Lens Reviews, check the Lens Reviews stream with full text RSS feed and easy to remember url noisylenses.com For Stock Updates on hard to find cameras, check the Stock Status mini site Republication of this RSS feed on any website or blog or app is prohibited and violates the terms of use of this RSS feed. This text comes from the RSS feed of 1001noisycameras.com. This full-text RSS feed is provided as a service to our loyal readers for their personal use. Republication fees start at $1000 per month and will be billed to violating websites.