40MP Pentax 645D Camera Will Be Japan’s In May, And Ours Soon After [Cameras]

It’s not a micro four thirds, but Pentax has lifted the lid on the 645D medium format camera , which will be available this May for close to $10,000. Why so expensive, you ask? There’s that 40MP Kodak sensor for starters. It’s also got a SAFOX IX+ autofocus system with 11 sensor points, a Pentax original Real Image Engine, 14 bit A/D converter, and is the ultimate kick-around camera, with 70 seals making it dustproof, weather resistant and cold-proof
Sony Ericsson X10 unboxed by — who else — Sony Ericsson
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Empire Building: Visualizing Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo [Charts]

It’s no secret that Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo are always expanding their reaches, slowly but surely adding new products and services into their line-ups. The New York Times ’s Nick Bilton took a step back and surveyed their empires. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see how much these four behemoths overlap, and I doubt anyone will be surprised when these companies continue to fill in this grid in 2010. Looking at the empty spaces reveals where we might look for these companies to grow.
Leaked: OS 5.0.0.545 For The BlackBerry Bold 9700

What a great start to the day. We’ve known for some time this OS was floating around out there, even heard that this one had hit “Gold Candidate” for release to carriers. Now, thanks to a CrackBerry forums member who wished to remain anonymous you can now check out the release yourself. As always, be sure to back up your data before you load this one onto your device gold candidate or not, things could go awry. Standard disclaimer can be found below.
Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE Streams Content to Four Devices Over Powerline Networks [Zinnet]

Sometimes Wi-Fi just doesn’t do the trick when streaming something to several devices. Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE system will cover you there by allowing you to stream things over a powerline network to four ethernet devices and at up to 200Mbps. It’s pretty simple: You plug an ethernet bridge into a wall outlet and connect it to a modem
Verizon selling Casio Brigade on the downlow?
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