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The Windows Phone codenamed "Mango" release brings new camera APIs for developers to preview the live camera stream, capture videos, seamlessly integrate with the camera's hardware buttons.In this episode of Inside Windows Phone, Shamik Bandyopadhyay (Program Manager for camera on the…

A team at MIT are developing a new technology that is sure to delight spies the world over – it’s a camera that can see around corners, according to Tech Watch.The technology, three years in development and still a long way from the market, utilises a short burst of high intensity laser light to…

Remember last year when we told you about the SenseCam, the small, wearable camera that records your whole life? Well, it’s here now. Originally a Microsoft Research project designed to help those with Alzheimer’s disease, the small camera created by researchers at the Cambridge Lab is worn on a…

Originally a Microsoft Research project designed to help those with Alzheimer’s disease, the wearable SenseCam camera is now going into production. This small camera, created by researchers at the Cambridge Lab, is worn on a lanyard around the neck and takes photos whenever movement is spotted or a…

Microsoft just unveiled the latest in their line of LifeCam devices, the LifeCam Cinema HD. This is no basic webcam by any means as it offers 1280 x 720 HD resolution at 30 frames per second. That makes it the first consumer webcam support this level of HD, in fact. (It will also lead to some…

There’s a new video series available on our sister site, Channel 9, that delves into the tech behind Virtual Earth. The series is called “Behind the Maps,” and it will show you how the data and imagery in Virtual Earth goes through the whole process from camera to web and beyond. You’ll learn about…

With Microsoft's software driving an online videoconference session, and the RoundTable camera placed atop a conference table, remote participants will see the face or faces of the active speakers as they assume the floor. Participants who may grow weary of the angle changes during heated…

The new video for "Oceans" from the "Fresh Wine for the Horses" album by former Catherine Wheel lead singer Rob Dickinson is shot completely on a Nokia N93 camera phone. It's unbelievable how great it looks! The  video is directed by Mike Hodgkinson who I spoke to on…

Major Nelson, the mac daddy of XBox Live, gives me a sneak peek at the new Xbox 360 dashboard update.  From queued downloads to streamed music to the new Xbox Live Vision cameras. This is your one stop shop.By the way, when you hear "released today" in the video... umm...…