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Dads, grads, men, women, young and old, all of them want an ultracompact digital camera. The basic specs: five megapixels, a 3X optical zoom lens, a thin body and a face with a surface area hardly larger than a credit card. Sony's T1 set the bar a year and a half back, but by now the field is littered. Sony has since replaced its T1 with two models, the T33 and the improbably slim T7, and everybody from Casio and Canon to Fujifilm and Kodak has a similar product. Now Nikon is making its first foray into Ultracompactville with...
...TALL Rather than stretching its cars, GM is experimenting with higher rooflines and flat, ultracompact engines to give its entry-level sedans, like the one above, extra space to haul cargo and people. Larger, lighter wheels, below, help add stability...
...Administration fumbled the case of Wen Ho Lee too. The report doesn't name him, to keep the ongoing investigation dark. But he is the Los Alamos scientist suspected of divulging the sensitive data on the ultracompact W-88 warhead, revealed in 1995. It was not until mid-1996 that the FBI began to ask discreet questions and 1997 when agents went to the Justice Department for permission to search his computer and tap his phone. In 1997, Justice blocked FBI attempts to search Lee's computer, citing a lack of probable cause. The FBI asked again; Justice said...
Canon took skills learned in its other business fields and used them in cameras. Though the company produced 4.8 million cameras last year, up 9% from 1982, the majority of its revenue comes from office equipment, including copiers, electronic typewriters and word processors. In 1982 the company introduced the ultracompact Personal Cartridge Copiers, priced at $1,000 and designed for homes or small businesses. Says Canon President Ryuzaburo Kaku: "We find ourselves with even a giant like IBM as one of our competitors. We know we must never be tardy in taking advantage of new technologies...
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