| Panasonic to present its 'Living in high definition' theme at GITEX ...
The company to showcase its 103 inch plasma display, Blu-ray high definition home cinema and the LUMIX DMC-L1 digital camera for the first time in the Middle East. 'High definition has been heralded as the biggest thing to happen to television since colour, and Panasonic has capitalised on this development by going a step further and launching end-to-end high definition solutions beginning with HD content creation using HD broadcasting equipment and extending to home viewing, recording, editing and storage, using HD plasma display and home theatre system,' said Yasuo Kimoto, Product Manager, Panasonic. The world's largest 103 inch plasma display that Panasonic will be showcasing at GITEX Dubai is full HD and offers crisp 1920 x 1080 resolution (1080 progressive) for unsurpassed clarity and detail.
Trail camera can be hunter's best friend
One of the neatest inventions of the last decade is undoubtedly the trail camera. The mainstream media, Internet and our e-mail box is flooded with cool, unbelievable and astounding pictures of wildlife. Trail cameras have been around for years but only in the last five has there been an explosion in their use. With features increasing as prices drop, it won't be too long before every tree in the woods will have a recording device attached. If you aren't a hunter, you might not understand the hullabaloo. Hunters, however, understand that trail cameras have revolutionized the manner in which we scout for deer or other big game. Instead of sitting for untold unproductive hours before the season just to observe the area, you can simply put out a trail camera or two and more effectively monitor the daily routine of all the deer in your area.
Two arrested, charged in Oakland man's murder
Last week, Crowder was arrested and booked in the Berkeley Jail, with bail set at $50,000, on suspicion of making death threats against another man on a Berkeley basketball court. Police said he told the man that the last time someone messed with him that man ended up dead. He then alluded to the Drummond case, Kusmiss said. "During the police interview, Crowder identified Beaudreaux as the shooter," she said. "That was corroborated by witness accounts." Beaudreaux was arrested Friday in San Pablo. Relatives of Drummond were not immediately available to comment Wednesday. After emigrating from Jamaica, Drummond grew up in Upland in San Bernardino County. He came to the Bay Area in 2003 and had been working for UPS at the Oakland airport at the time of his death.
Takahashi: Dress this cell phone according to mood
Dov Moran has a bright idea for the coming age where fashion and electronics will become intertwined. When you want a new look for an MP3 music player, put a new skin on it. If you want your phone to play cool videos, give it a jacket. And when you want to turn that phone into an alarm clock, find it a mate. Moran is chief executive of modu, an Israeli company that has created a tiny cell phone with a built-in flash memory music player that is highly modular. When you want to change the look and feel of the device, you simply slide it into another device. It's like adding a memory chip card, except it changes the identity of the new device. With it, you can change your electronic gear in chameleon fashion to suit your mood. You can, for instance, take your little modu phone and slide it into a digital camera.
New Gladewater police cameras approved
Gladewater police soon will get relief from a year-long headache from faulty patrol car cameras. The Gladewater City Council agreed this week to purchase eight new digital cameras, costing a total of about $42,000. The cameras, expected to arrive within the next few weeks, replace cameras the police department purchased about two years ago. More than a year ago, the cameras began malfunctioning, randomly deleting recordings, Gladewater Police Chief Farrell Alexander said. On a handful of occasions the Gladewater Police Department had to drop charges because there was no video. "That's happened," he said. "It's not been prevalent because a lot of cases don't absolutely require video." However, by law police must have video cameras in patrol cars, the chief explained.
Costco shines bright
Costco, however, had a 7 percent jump in December sales compared with a year ago, and that outpaced Wall Street's 5.6 percent estimate. Shares rose nearly 4 percent. Meanwhile, Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. saw a 4 percent decline in same-store sales, a key barometer in determining a retailer's health, but that was better than analysts had predicted. And Bellevue-based Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc., which typically doesn't disclose its results with other retailers, said comparable sales increased 4.8 percent for the fourth quarter. Eddie Bauer shares shot up 35 percent Thursday, its biggest gain since coming out of bankruptcy in June 2005. Nationally, the same-store sales tally of the UBS-International Council of Shopping Centers was up a meager 0.9 percent in December, worse than the original prediction of 1.5 percent.
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