Tuesday, June 5, 2007

About Canon: Press Room > Press Release

About Canon: Press Room > Press Release: "CANON U.S.A. SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR MELVILLE, N.Y. SITE FOR NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 4, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced that the Company has finalized an agreement to purchase 52 acres of land in Melville, New York, to build a new, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters and remain on Long Island. The purchase of the land was made from The Holiday Organization, a Long Island-based commercial and residential real estate developer, and the Tilles Companies."

Friday, June 1, 2007

Linux.com | Hugin developer launches photographic distortion correction database

Linux.com | Hugin developer launches photographic distortion correction database:

The lead developer of the Hugin panorama-stitching application, Pablo d'Angelo, has proposed a new open database for collecting camera lens information that could be used to correct systematic distortion in photographs. The database would be populated by user-submitted calibration data and some data donated from a competitor, but the exact format and licensing of the database are still under consideration. One developer's suggestion would make proprietary software that uses the database pay for the privilege.