New Scotland Yard Photographers Protest Today

New Scotland Yard Photographers Protest TodayThere’s been a lot of concern in the UK about members of the public and journalists being restricted in where and what they can take photographs of in public places.

Where previously there hasn’t been any significant limitations, there is now much concern that the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 contains a clause that allows for the arrest of people taking photos “likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.”

A definition that broad could lead to any photographer being arrested.

The NUJ arranged a mass-photo taking this morning outside New Scotland Yard, our man Mike was down there and will be reporting back shortly. has now published his Section 76 Photographers Scotland Yard Protest: Report.

Photo: Alberto OG

Lumix LX3 Review: High End Digital Compact Camera (pt. 2)

Panasonic Lumix LX3 Digital High End Compact Camera Review (pt. 2)Part one of the Lumix LX3 review gave you the tech specs, part two gets into the meat.

Look and feel
We spent an age weighing up the pros and cons of various high end compacts, finally identifying the LX3’s biggest rival as the hugely capable Canon G10.

In the end, the size advantage of the LX3 proved too compelling, with the Lumix measuring 109 x 60 x 27mm compared to the G10s pocket-busting 109 x 78 x 46mm. It weighs in substantially lighter too, at 265g compared to its rivals 350g.

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Twestival: Organising At The Speed Of Twitter

Twestival: Organising At The Speed Of TwitterIf you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months you probably haven’t heard of Twitter.

It’s a service that lets you write and post short messages that other people can read online or on their mobile devices. Some people call it micro-blogging, but that’s only because they don’t know how else to define it. It’s actually a a whole new communications channel, one that’s still firing off innovative uses of itself constantly.

Twestival is an interesting example. Its essence is a meeting of like-minded people, nothing new there, but the method and speed of arrangement is new.

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Dell Latitude XT2 PC Touchscreen Tablet Laptop Announced

Dell Latitude XT2 PC Touchscreen Tablet Laptop AnnouncedWe’re loving the look of Dell’s new Latitude XT2 PC touchscreen laptop.

Billed as the industry’s first tablet PC with multi-touch screen technology, the XT2 looks to be a real versatile performer, with its rotating multi-touch responsive screen supporting natural gestures like a scrolling, two-finger panning, pinch to zoom, rotating and more.

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Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Phone: Slim’n’Speedy

Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Phone: Slim'n'SpeedyThe new phones just keep on coming as the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona looms ever-closer, and the latest update to hit t’Internet is a fact’n’stat assault by Nokia’s new Nokia’s 5630 XpressMusic candybar-style handset.

Powered by the Symbian S60 OS and serving up nippy HSDPA and HSUPA connectivity, it’s rather a pleasing slimline slab of shiny black plastic with a natty coloured trim around the outside.

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Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition S8300 8MP Slider Phone

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition S8300 8MP Slider Phone Available in a range of damn funky colours is Samsung’s natty new Ultra Touch S8300 slider phone (called the Ultra Touch everywhere but Britain).

The two tone handset sports a 2.8 inch scratch-resistant screen AMOLED touchscreen supporting a smaller-than-expected 240×400 pixels resolution capable of showing 16 million colours.

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