New York Times

In an Editors’ Note dated July 8, 2009, the New York Times removed pictures from a picture essay in The Times Magazine and an expanded slide show on NYTimes.com entitled “Ruins of the Second Gilded Age” that it deemed to have been digitally manipulated.

Google Chrome

Google has announced that it is developing an open source operating system to run on netbooks. The Google Chrome OS is due next year and is based on the Linux operating system. Google’s goal is allow popular applications such as word processing and spreadsheet to run on browsers (simple versions of both already run on Google Chrome).

[ via Forbes - Google Strikes Back ]
- Google Blog site
- Google Chrome OS – FAQ

Canon EOS Rebel T1i / 500D

Focus Numérique [Fr] has published their review of the Canon T1i / 500D [Specs], "un reflex terriblement séduisant " with 15.1MP resolution (on a 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor), an extra large 3.0-in. high resolution (920K dots) LCD, Integrated Cleaning System, 9-point Phase Detection AF, Live View, PASM, Shutter Speed range of 30 – 1/4000 sec. plus Bulb, Continuous 3.4fps, and RAW file format.

[ Canon EOS Rebel T1i Quick Price Check ]

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Imaging Resource has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS [Specs], a compact ultra zoom digital camera that is "a versatile photo companion" with its 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 12x wide-angle optical zoom (28-336mm equiv.), optical image stabilization, 3.0-in. LCD (230K dots), HD movie (1280×720) @ 30fps, PASM modes, Smart AUTO, Intelligent Contrast Correction, Motion Detection, Blink Detection, Face-Detection, and Face-Detection Self-timer.