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Acer teases tablet with highest screen resolution yet

LAS VEGAS--Not content to rest on the laurels of its recently announced A200, Acer today unveiled a new Iconia Tab tablet, featuring a screen resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels (1080p).

Typically, tablet screen resolutions top out at 1,280x800 pixels, but thanks to the faster speed of quad-core processors (Acer didn't reveal which quad-core CPU the new tablet would be using), look for high-res screens like this (and even higher) to become a trend over the next year.… Read more

Sony Alpha A700 gets firmware update

Sony has released a firmware update to its 12MP Alpha A700 DSLR. The update, version 4, adds two features that had been requested by users in several Internet forums. There is now a choice of +/-2.0EV, 3 shot EV bracketing, in both single and continuous modes. Also it adds the choice of "Off" to the high sensitivity noise reduction. Along with the added features, some improvement have been made such as improved auto white balance accuracy, improved high ISO picture quality, and improved communication consistency between the camera and the vertical grip.

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Underexposed blog: Links of the day

BBC NEWS | Egypt 'to copyright antiquities' including pyramids - Looks like people trying to sell pictures of the pyramids or sphinx will have to reckon with the Egyptian government. The Generational divide in copyright morality - The New York Times - David Pogue on the latest generation's opinion about copyright. Technology in 2008 | The Economist predicts 3 big trends for 2008 - I'm skeptical Linux on the desktop will catch on too much, and Linux already won long before the SCO Group's legal attack fell apart, and Ubuntu doesn't deserve quite that much credit. Otherwise interesting … Read more

Peering at the Sony A700 SLR

I've offered detailed views of Canon's EOS 40D and 1Ds Mark III and of Nikon's D300 and D3, so it's time to follow suit with Sony's new SLR, the A700.

The A700, the second in Sony's Alpha line of SLRs that stem from its acquisition of the Konica Minolta's camera assets, is a higher-end sequel to the A100. It will be available in October for about $1,400 with no lens, $1,500 with a 18-70mm lens and in November for about $1,900 with a 16-105mm lens.

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Sony's Alpha for Amateurs

Although it made its unofficial debut under glass at last winter's PMA show with naught but "Sony's amateur dSLR" to identify it--and an equally and still mysterious big brother by its side--Sony's Alpha DSLR-A700 finally gets a name, a price, and some specs today.

The long-awaited (at the very least by Konica-Minolta diehards) midrange dSLR incorporates Sony's latest 12-megapixel CMOS chip. Unlike most other sensors, this new model performs its analog-to-digital conversion on its chip, rather than in the imaging pipeline, which Sony claims delivers better control over image noise.

I had a chance, … Read more