8 posts and columns on National Geographic

Deep Diver James Cameron Talked Ocean Geekery Way Back at D8

in News on March 26 at 10:43 am PT

His love of the sea goes on (and deep this time).
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Insert Lame "Mama Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away" Reference Here

in News on June 22, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

With 70 percent of the its revenue now coming from digital sales and the unstoppable transition from analog to digital all but complete, Eastman Kodak is retiring Kodachrome. Seems “a fraction of one percent of Kodak’s film sales” just wasn’t enough to keep the venerable old color film around for a little while longer.
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Insert Lame “Mama Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away” Reference Here

in News on June 22, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

With 70 percent of the its revenue now coming from digital sales and the unstoppable transition from analog to digital all but complete, Eastman Kodak is retiring Kodachrome. Seems “a fraction of one percent of Kodak’s film sales” just wasn’t enough to keep the venerable old color film around for a little while longer.
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Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD

in The Mossberg Solution on November 25, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT

This Thanksgiving, families across the country will gather around the television just as quickly as they gather around the turkey. And with good reason: Many people will be staring at beautiful high-definition TV sets.
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Will StumbleUpon's New Web Look and Feel Give It Web Wings?

in News on September 30, 2008 at 9:01 pm PT

While rumors of its impending re-sale have apparently been greatly exaggerated, what’s true about StumbleUpon is that its new Web-centric look and feel and a new partnering program represent a major shift for the online discovery service. The San Francisco-based company, which was founded in 2001 and sold to eBay last year for $75 million, is announcing tonight that users will no longer have to register or download its toolbar to “stumble” the Web. The move is being made because most Internet users are increasingly loath to install Web plug-ins, a requirement that naturally has slowed the growth of StumbleUpon’s service.

SnagFilms Finds Virtual Theaters for Documentaries

in Personal Technology on July 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm PT

SnagFilms is a great idea for getting documentary films in front of more people, writes Walt Mossberg. It’s a new service that allows anyone with a blog, a Web site, or even a page on a social-networking site, to open a virtual movie theater and show these documentaries, free.
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