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Wow! You know things are tough all over when a heavyweight like Canon reports a number like this one. Canon’s profitability has been hit by sliding consumer demand as well as the strength of the yen, which makes Japanese products less price-competitive overseas and eats into revenues when they are converted into the Japanese currency. [...]

A Bibble support staff (username: cvermillion) has just left a message on DPReview that there will not be a full release of Bibble 5 Professional Workflow Software before the end this month (January). To be fair to Bibble, they had only committed to deliver a public preview version of Bibble 5 no later than the [...]

In case you missed the buzz, there was a controversy over the photographer who took the photo that was the source for Shepard Fairey’s iconic Obama HOPE prints. Earlier, reports circulated that it was a photo from TIME magazine which was reversed and stretched slightly. That photo was credited to Jonathan Daniel of Getty Images, [...]

Canon is replacing its popular PowerShot A470 with a new 10.0 MP model: the extra-compact, affordable PowerShot A480. Redesigned for even more intuitive operation, the PowerShot A480 offers a new build and design that is 25% smaller than that of its predecessor. Available in a choice of silver, red, blue or black color. Flexible framing [...]

Six days ahead of the inauguration, CHANGE.GOV has released the new official portrait for President Barack Obama. It was taken by the newly-announced official White House photographer, Pete Souza. This is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera. The camera used was none other than the new Canon [...]