LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 26, 2008 – With the demand for digital SLR cameras reaching unprecedented levels, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is answering the call with the announcement of the next evolution in advanced amateur digital SLR photography, the EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera with 15.1 megapixel resolution and Canon's new DIGIC 4 image processor. Designed to offer extraordinary quality and image control for the advanced photographer with a passion for the art, the Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR camera includes an expanded ISO range, improved noise reduction, and in-camera photo editing features. Canon has loaded the EOS 50D camera with a number of enhancements and some trickle-down technology from Canon's professional Digital SLR cameras, as well as a new Creative Auto Mode (CA) that gives users more creative flexibility to make image setting adjustments conveniently without the need to be a photo expert.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 17, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today introduced the expansion of the ever-popular ultra-zoom SX-Series, the PowerShot SX10 IS digital camera. The new digital camera features a wide-angle (28 mm - 560 mm) 20x optical zoom lens, an Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS), Canon's new DIGIC 4 image processor and a smooth, curved grip that fits in the hand comfortably. This compact camera is capable of capturing long-range shots of soccer field action from the bleachers or sunsets from your hotel balcony easier. Photographers can now quickly zoom in close enough to capture facial expressions and details from far away.

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Aug. 27, 2008) – Nikon Inc. today announced the D90, a digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera that redefines the creative boundaries of digital photography allowing photographers to easily create stunning still images and High Definition (HD) movie clips with sound—with the same camera. A host of Nikon core technologies were leveraged to develop the D90’s scope of versatility, calling on years of photographic and optical expertise. Whether consumers are graduating from an advanced compact digital camera or are a seasoned D-SLR enthusiast, the Nikon D90 emphasizes brilliant image quality and versatility with its exclusive advanced Scene Recognition System, intuitive creative controls, blazing fast performance and the industry-first ability to create HD movie clips at 720p in the new D-Movie mode.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. -- Sony today announced the latest addition to its high-zoom camera line, the 9.1-megapixel Cyber-shot(R) DSC-H50 digital camera. It is the ideal choice for people looking for high zoom, high-resolution and speed.

One service they lacked was digital distribution -- they used to have a deal with SnoCap, but as we all know, SnoCap SUCKED.  (Poor service, something like a 50% commission fee for all sales, etc etc.)  But now, ReverbNation offers digital disctribution!  Here are some key details:

• RETAILERS INCLUDED: iTunes Worldwide, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, and Amazon.
• ARTIST ROYALTIES: Artists keep 100% of the royalties (ReverbNation doesn't take a cut; actual payouts vary by retailer).
• PRICING:  $34.95 per album per year (Compared to $41.73 for TuneCore, and $55.00 for CD Baby).
• MANAGEMENT TOOLS:  Detailed sales stats provided, and ReverbNation's promo tools are plugged in.
• ISRC & UPC #: Both can be created for you if you don't have one.
  

A few things the service can't do - thought this is the case for most distributoin services:

• SINGLE DOWNLOADS: Can't accept and upload single songs (You can upload a single song, but you would have to pay the "album price" to do it).
  
• PRICE CONTROL: Can't control song pricing.
• SOUNDSCAN: Sales are not reported to SoundScan.
• PHYSICAL GOODS:  You can't sell CDs or merch through this service.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 17, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the newest addition to its top-of-the line PowerShot G-series digital cameras. The PowerShot G10 digital camera offers serious amateur shooters and professional photographers several essential ingredients for a flagship model, including Canon's new DIGIC 4 image processor, 28mm Optical Image Stabilized lens and RAW mode. This trilogy of style, performance and image quality is an ideal professional complement for anyone seeking the photo quality of a DSLR, combined with the convenient size of a point-and-shoot.

A EU Collision Attack

Researchers from California, teams from the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and teams from the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland presented a paper Tuesday at the 25C3 security congress in Berlin. They showed that they were able to generate two messages with one digital signature, similar to the process of an older digital-certificate system, using an algorithm called MD5.

A user who visits a Web site whose URL begins with https usually sees a locked padlock in a browser corner, indicating that the site employs a digital certificate issued by one of several trusted certificate authorities. The browser verifies the certificate, using one of several algorithms, including, for some sites, MD5.

The MD5 digital-certificate system is still in use by many sites, and could enable third parties to create fake certificates and fool a browser into thinking it was visiting a secure site. A more modern and secure digital-certificate system is used by many sites.

The vulnerability was first identified four years ago by Chinese researchers, who had created a collision attack by generating two different messages with the same digital signature. But the amount of computing power needed to generate a fake certificate was considered a huge obstacle to anyone attempting to take advantage. By one estimation at the time, a desktop computer would need more than 30 years to generate such a fake...
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