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Adobe to fix Flash flaw that allows webcam spying
Adobe is working on a fix for a Flash Player vulnerability that can be exploited via clickjacking techniques to turn on people's webcams or microphones without their knowledge.
By Lucian Constantin | 21 October, 2011 01:18
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Window shopping goes high tech with gesture recognition
German researchers have given a new meaning to window shopping. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute showed a prototype that lets shoppers learn more about what's in a store display window when the store is closed.
By Nick Barber | 04 September, 2011 18:47
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Pickup in lens orders points to more tablets with cameras
A Taiwanese producer of plastic lenses said on Wednesday its March revenues shot up because of a surge in orders from tablet PC makers, indicating that cameras will be installed on devices due for release later in the year.
By Ralph Jennings | 06 April, 2011 18:45
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OmniVision introduces world's smallest 1080p HD camera
OmniVision Technologies has introduced its OV2720, which it claims is the world's smallest high-definition (HD) CMOS image sensor. It's intended for notebooks, netbooks, and webcams. For the uninitiated, OmniVision develops camera technology for phones, laptops, webcams, and video cameras.
By James Mulroy | 19 May, 2010 04:23
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Irate parents in Pa. say schools use 'peeping tom technology'
The parents of a Pennsylvania high school student have asked a federal judge to bar school district personnel from switching on cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops, calling the security feature "peeping tom technology."
By Gregg Keizer | 22 February, 2010 00:21
Features about webcams
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New technology guards food from feral animals
Two Queensland-based researchers have just finished working on an animal management system prototype, developed over the past six years, which uses computer software to tell the farming livestock from wild animals.
By Kathryn Edwards | 28 April, 2009 10:42
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The wild, wacky world of webcams grows up -- kinda
A decade ago, it was a clever novelty: a webcam pointed at an office water cooler. The first one is still online, at www.coolercam.com, broadcasting a fresh picture every 10 seconds.
By Lamont Wood | 22 September, 2008 08:51
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