Energizer Holdings Inc. and the Department of Homeland Security’s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team have jointly announced the discovery of a security exploit in the company’s Duo charger software distribution. According to US-CERT, the application - which provides an indication of battery charge level on an attached PC - includes a backdoor that listens for incoming connections on TCP port 777. Once connected, a remote computer can access files and directories or execute programs without the local user’s knowledge or authorization. While the battery status software wasn’t included in the product…
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Mar
07
2010
Energizer Duo charger security exploit discovered
Feb
26
2010
Canon issues a raft of software updates
Canon USA Inc. has today issued a wide variety of software updates, both for its digital SLRs and for its compact digital cameras. The precise selection of updates varies by camera model and operating system, but includes the company’s Digital Photo Professional, EOS Utility, WFT Utility, Picture Style Editor and Original Data Security Tools applications. Almost all of the company’s EOS digital SLR models receive software updates, as do four of the company cameras. Updated software includes Digital Photo Professional…
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Feb
25
2010
Imaging-Resource Interview: Masashi Imamura and Naruhiko Odashima, Sony
Imaging Resource Publisher Dave Etchells and Senior Editor Shawn Barnett interviewed top Sony executives at PMA 2010. Responding to IR’s questions were Senior Vice President and Corporate Executive Masashi ‘Tiger’ Imamura, and General Manager of Imaging Product Planning Naruhiko Odashima. Read the interview below to learn why back-illuminated sensor technology may make less of a difference in SLRs than some have been expecting. Imamura also revealed…
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Feb
25
2010
Imaging Resource Interview: David Lee and Steve Heiner, Nikon
Imaging Resource Publisher Dave Etchells and Senior Editor Shawn Barnett interviewed David Lee, President of Nikon Inc., and Steve Heiner, Senior Technical Manager, Nikon Inc. at PMA 2010. Read the interview to find out whether Nikon’s interested in the mirrorless-interchangeable-lens market, how the Aston Kutcher campaign has done for the company, and why Nikkor optical quality has taken a quantum leap in the last few years. Dave Etchells, Imaging…
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Feb
24
2010
Imaging Resource Interview: John Knaur and Peter Ewen, Olympus
Dave Etchells and Shawn Barnett caught up with John D. Knaur, Senior Manager, Digital SLR and Peter Ewen, Director, Product Marketing, Digital SLR, both of Olympus Imaging America Inc. to have a chat about Olympus, the state of Micro Four Thirds, and what implications the growing competition from Samsung, Panasonic, and now Sony might have on the fledgling market for small SLD cameras. Dave Etchells, Imaging Resource: What do you see for Micro Four…
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Feb
22
2010
Canon U.S.A. Introduces Three New imagePROGRAF Large Format Printers
Latest Models Feature New LUCIA EX Ink Set, Improved Quality and Performance LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 22, 2010 Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and advanced office solutions, today answers the increasing demand for large format prints in the photographic, proofing and graphic arts market with the introduction of three new imagePROGRAF large format models - the 44-inch imagePROGRAF iPF8300, 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF6350…
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Feb
22
2010
DIMA elects new officers; Phil Gresham elected president
ANAHEIM, Calif. Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA), a member association of PMA, elected 2010-2011 officers at the 2010 DIMA Official Business Luncheon today at the annual conference in the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. The officers elected are President Phil Gresham, Fotofast, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; President-Elect Lee Varis, Varis PhotoMedia, Los Angeles, Calif.; First Vice President Joshua Litwin, Memento…
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Feb
22
2010
PSPA elects new officers; Mark Schoenrock elected president
JACKSON, Mich. Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA), a PMA member association elected 2010-2011officers at the PSPA 2010 Official Business Session today at its annual convention in the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. The officers are President, Mark Schoenrock, Lifetouch National School Studios, Eden Prairie, Minn.; President-elect, Bill Glover, Strawbridge Studios Inc., Durham, N.C.; First Vice…
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Feb
22
2010
PIEA elects officers; Marcia Rubenstein now president
JACKSON, Mich. Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA), a PMA member association, announces Marcia Rubenstein, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, Calif., assumed office as PIEA president, succeeding Carole Lichty-Smith, Cincinnati Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio, who moved to the post of past president. Jason Leath, Rye Country Day School, New Rochelle, N.Y., was elected president-elect of PIEA. He will become president…
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Feb
21
2010
Pentax announces limited edition silver K-7
Hoya Corp. has today announced a rather handsome-looking special limited-edition version of its Pentax K-7 prosumer single-lens reflex digital camera. The Pentax K-7 Limited Silver takes the existing K-7 body, and replaces several of the black body panels with silver-finished panels. These include the top and bottom panels, plus the upper surface of the popup flash strobe, and the panel comprising the bottom of the viewfinder prism and lens mount surround. The rear panel surrounding the LCD display retains its black finish, as do the textured hand…
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