Galaxy S4 camera found to outperform iPhone 5, Lumia 920

A French firm that specializes in camera optics and image sensor analysis has found the camera on Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone outperforms the iPhone 5 and Nokia’s Lumia 920. DxO Labs ranked the Galaxy S4′s camera as the second highest rating among smartphones it tested. The firm praised the 13-megapixel...

yahoo.com (3 hours ago)

Hands-on review: Updated: Ricoh GR

IntroductionRicoh had a reputation for producing superb 35mm film compact cameras such as the GR I and GR21 that found favour with enthusiast photographers. However, despite producing high quality images, the company's digital compact cameras such as the Ricoh GR II and Ricoh GR IV haven't really attracted the same...

techradar.com (1 day ago)

The Flaming Lips – review

Touting a sombre, just-released album, and having cancelled their first show because frontman Wayne Coyne fell ill, the Flaming Lips look set for a fraught return to the London stage. But in the wake of the devastation inflicted by a tornado on the band's hometown, Oklahoma City, the atmosphere is subdued. "This is...

guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)

2013 - Whats new at Nikon

New for 2013 at Nikon are the following optics:Nikon introduces an all-new ACULON optics family with seven fixed power and two zoom models, every adventure can now be enhanced with an economically priced quality optic.The ACULON A211...

examiner.com (4 days ago)

Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration's scandals | Ana Marie Cox

There's something already dangerously smug about the way that the Republican Party – and the media, for that matter – have described the past two weeks as the White House's "worst weeks ever". There have been some exceedingly bad weeks over the past five years, including the one in April that began with the Boston...

guardian.co.uk (7 days ago)

Fiber optics headquarters to occupy new 10-story building in Allentown

Lancaster-based United Fiber & Data will occupy a new 10-story building behind the Butz Corporate Center in the 800 block of Hamilton Street in Allentown.    

mcall.com (7 days ago)

Review: Updated: Panasonic GH3

IntroductionPanasonic's Michiharu Uematsu tells us that the company consulted around 100 Panasonic GH2 users, including professional filmmakers, post-production workers and broadcasters, to hear what they would like to see in its replacement - the Panasonic GH3. Between them they managed to produce a fairly long...

techradar.com (8 days ago)

Laser Scanner Can Detect Someone Watching You A Kilometer Away

A new device protects soldiers by detecting and locating optical glass. U.S. defense contractors spend a lot of resources developing robots that help the Pentagon’s various services keep an eye on their enemies, but San Diego-based Torrey Pines Logic is developing a small robotic sidekick that helps friendly forces...

popsci.com (9 days ago)

When Harry Met David: British Prince and British Prime Minister Team Up in New York

Promotional campaigns are all about optics and symbolism, so it’s safe to assume that the organizers of the May 14 “Britain is Great” event in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District hadn’t noticed a large sign proclaiming “Prince Lumber” near the entrance to the venue. One of their two guests of honor, Prince Harry, had...

yahoo.com (9 days ago)

Nokia Confirms The Flagship Lumia 925 For T-Mobile U.S: 4.5″ AMOLED Screen, Metal Edges, Extra...

Fresh from last week’s Verizon Lumia device launch, Nokia has taken the wraps off a new smartphone in its Windows Phone-based Lumia range at an event in London today. The Lumia 925 is its first flagship for T-Mobile in the U.S. This means that following the Lumia 928 launch on Verizon, and factoring in Nokia’s...

techcrunch.com (10 days ago)

The front line of fibre optics

BT and Sky may be squaring off in the market for high-spending sports customers, but a more unseemly spat has...

thetimes.co.uk (14 days ago)

Optics: Bat Species Evolves to Suck Nectar Mid-Flight

One species of bat has evolved a way to eat while flying.    

nytimes.com (14 days ago)

Syria blames Internet outage on technical problem

A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said Wednesday.

azstarnet.com (16 days ago)

Syria blames Internet outage on technical problem

A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said Wednesday.

miamiherald.com (16 days ago)

Syria blames Internet outage on technical problem

BEIRUT (AP) - A problem with a fiber optics cable was responsible for an Internet outage that cut off civil war-ravaged Syria from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said Wednesday.    

boston.com (16 days ago)

Syria Blames Internet Outage on Technical Problem

Syrian state media countrywide Internet outage was caused by problem with fiber optics cable    

abcnews.com (16 days ago)

State media say Internet service restored in Syria

BEIRUT - Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said. The state news agency SANA said a problem with a fiber optics cable was to blame for the second nationwide outage since a two-day blackout in...

bostonherald.com (16 days ago)

Syrian state media say Internet service restored

BEIRUT - Internet service was restored across Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said. The state news agency SANA said a problem with a fiber optics cable was to blame for the second nationwide outage since November.

bostonherald.com (16 days ago)

4 guilty in central NY fiber optics business case

stargazette.com (16 days ago)

Nokia Teases Lumia 928 as Verizon Launch Looms

Nokia hasn’t officially announced its Lumia 928 smartphone yet, but that hasn’t stopped the company from advertising the Verizon-bound flagship device. Engadget reports that the not-so-mysterious Windows Phone has popped up on a billboard (location unclear) and in a Vanity Fair magazine advertisement. Both ads focus...

time.com (17 days ago)

Materion Breaks Ground on Multi-Million Dollar Wafer Level Coating Cell

Filed under: Investing Materion Breaks Ground on Multi-Million Dollar Wafer Level Coating Cell Coating Facility for Infrared Wafer Level Products WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Materion Barr Precision Optics & Thin Film Coatings, a Materion Corporation (NYS: MTRN) business, announced today the current...

dailyfinance.com (18 days ago)

NASA Mulls How To Spend Its Inheritance

By: Mike Wall Published: 05/06/2013 07:12 AM EDT on SPACE.com NASA is sorting through a variety of possible uses for a pair of powerful spy satellite telescopes that fell into the agency's lap last year. In November, NASA asked scientists to suggest missions for the telescopes, which were donated by the U.S....

huffingtonpost.com (18 days ago)

Obituary: Philip M. Stehle / Pitt physics prof worked on Manhattan Project

Philip Stehle did scholarly research in quantum optics at the University of Pittsburgh.

post-gazette.com (19 days ago)

Lansdale gets 216K grant for fiber-optic traffic signal lines

LANSDALE -By this time next year - or possibly the end of this year - you might notice a big difference in the timing of traffic signals through Lansdale Borough. On Wednesday night, borough staff announced the receipt of a $216,000 grant that will help make the borough's traffic system one of the most...

thereporteronline.com (22 days ago)

Dear Wall Street, This Is How You Buy A $37 Million Penthouse Without Reporters Finding Out

Everyone on the Street is buzzing about Andrew Ross Sorkin's must-read piece in the New York Times on former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond.  It's a great reflective profile on the top banker who fell from grace last summer amid the LIBOR rigging scandal. It's also full of nuggets like how Diamond was able to purchase a...

businessinsider.com (22 days ago)

Lansdale gets grants for fiber-optic traffic signal lines

LANSDALE -By this time next year - or possibly the end of this year - you might notice a big difference in the timing of traffic signals through Lansdale Borough. On Wednesday night, borough staff announced the receipt of a $216,000 grant that will help make the borough's traffic system one of the most...

thereporteronline.com (22 days ago)

Kopin Corporation to Announce First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results on Wednesday, May 8

Filed under: Investing Kopin Corporation to Announce First-Quarter 2013 Financial Results on Wednesday, May 8 Company to Host Conference Call at 9:00 a.m. ET TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kopin Corporation (NAS: KOPN) plans to announce its first-quarter 2013 financial results before the market opens on...

dailyfinance.com (24 days ago)

Europe's Herschel Observatory Goes Blind, Dies

The 1 billion Euro space observatory has run out of coolant, forcing its optics offline -- It has, in effect, gone blind. Continue reading →

discovery.com (25 days ago)

New program at Oregon Tech in Wilsonville puts optics in focus

The program aims to fill an emerging knowledge gap in Oregon and across the country.

oregonlive.com (25 days ago)

ProScope Micro Mobile lets your iPhone get mega-close-ups

Optics manufacturer Bodelin is no stranger to hand-held microscopes, having previously brought us a series that can be connected to the USB port of a laptop. Given that smartphones are in many ways replacing laptops, however, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Oregon-based company has now introduced its...

gizmag.com (28 days ago)