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...some, it's a neat new gadget; for others, the return of an old friend. The Lomo has had a cult following since the mid-'90s, after a group of Austrian students came upon the camera made by a Russian military factory, bought the distribution rights and set up[an error occurred while processing this directive] a company, the Lomographic Society, to sell it all over the world. Small, sturdy and cheap, it was perfect for experimental photography. The results were unpredictable, often blurry and psychedelic, but always fresh. Over the past decade, the Lomographic Society has developed all sorts...
This is the up-side of new technologies, where anyone can inform the public and play a journalistic role, simply by whipping out her new recording gadget. Immediately the scope of incidents that can be “reported” grows exponentially, and it seems, as a necessary corollary, justice is more likely to prevail. It might sound a touch romantic, but cases like Tabatabainejad and Cardenas are grounds for optimism...
...years, the best way to get news fast has been through RSS readers, small programs or sites that pull the latest headlines from your specified list of favorite news sources (like, for instance, Time.com's Gadget of the Week). When you visit a news site, Both new browsers let you quickly add feeds-constantly changing lists of news headlines-to their own favorites (or bookmarks) menus with a click or two. Firefox gives you an additional option, allowing you to add feeds to your own custom RSS website on Bloglines, Google Reader or My Yahoo...
...Gadget of the Week...
...whether you're a potential target of arrest? "Do you think you're followed?" he asked, barely audible over the air-conditioning. I had to stop crunching on a butter cookie to hear him. "Hmm, maybe? But I don't think so," I said, wishing for a James Bond gadget-watch that would beep if I was. My answer must not have been reassuring, because when it came time to leave, he avoided walking out with me. "I'll just wrap up here," he said, pretending to shuffle some papers with a wary smile. Such is life in Tehran...