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Photo: ToastyKen/Flickr LOS ANGELES—Federal regulators considered testimony Wednesday here at UCLA Law School on whether to allow citizens and filmmakers to legally crack DVD encryption meant to protect the discs from being copied. Filmmakers, video mixe Full Article at Ars Technica

Smoke plumes from the Sunflower Fire, burning near Payson, Arizona on May 14, 2012. (Photo by Melissa Hincha-Ownby via Flickr). CROWN KING, Ariz. , May 18 (UPI) -- Windy conditions were expected to be the biggest challenge to firefighters during the weeke Full Article at United Press International

Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, Israel. (Image by dview.us via Flickr). NABLUS, West Bank, May 18 (UPI) -- Molotov cocktails were thrown at Israeli troops guarding 1,500 Jewish worshipers near Nablus, West Bank, but no injuries were reported, officials said. Th Full Article at United Press International

For a pocketable camera, the 14-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 ($350 as of May 15, 2012) is about as loaded as they come. The trait that will jump out at you--literally, if you're facing the camera--is the Lumix ZS20's 20X-optical-zoom lens (24mm to Full Article at PC World

There are many ways to look at the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress , since it embraces about 100,000 images. Michael Carlebach’s new book, “ Bain’s New York: The City in News Pictures, 1900-1925 ” (Dover Publication), which chr Full Article at The New York Times

The lowly photo slideshow is not dead yet, or at least that’s the hope of the team at Tel Aviv-based EasyHi, which is debuting its new product Slide.ly today, backed by $1 million in seed funding. The company aims to pick up where Slide.com (acquired by Full Article at TechCrunch

Flickr announced a redesign recently, introducing larger onscreen displays for high-res images. The photo sharing site launched what it calls its "liquid layout," stating that "Large sizes + Low compression = Beautiful photos." Since Flickr uses less com Full Article at TechNewsWorld

Smoke plumes from the Sunflower Fire, burning near Payson, Arizona on May 14, 2012. (Photo by Melissa Hincha-Ownby via Flickr). CROWN KING, Ariz. , May 16 (UPI) -- Firefighters worked to keep a fire near Crown King, Ariz. , from reaching terrain where it c Full Article at United Press International

After refreshing the uploading tool (and throwing in some better editing functions ), Flickr's decided to work on its looks. Its latest design update will now show a high-resolution version directly from a picture's main page. The size will also adjust i Full Article at Engadget

Facebook Twitter Linkedin Share Share Close Reddit Tumblr Digg E-mail Print Some interesting items that the tech reporters and editors of The New York Times found on the Web on Tuesday. See more here. A Camera App That Gets to Know Your Friends’ Faces Te Full Article at The New York Times

Almost everyone uses Facebook, but almost everyone agrees that the social network has quite a few problems. Chances are, most Facebook users have encountered some feature or flaw—from overarching privacy concerns to assorted interface annoyances—that mad Full Article at Macworld

Google's Picasa (free) continues to impress with the smoothness with which it lets you import, organize, and perfect your digital photos. I've praised the app in the past for its leading integration with its online component, Picasa Web Albums in previou Full Article at PC Magazine

Drowning in news & information overload? ChannelCaster organizes and curates the stuff YOU care about, solving this problem for good! –CNET The iPhone and iPad are amazing for staying up-to-date. But there’s so much content Full Article at Macworld

Wow, Pinterest’s porn section is fairly tame. I was just curious about the type of not-so-mommy-friendly content that might be popping up on what’s now the third-most popular social network after Facebook and Twitter. (Also I’m bored). After all, Tumblr Full Article at TechCrunch

FG/CH News May 11, 2012, 4:04 am By THE LOCAL eyenowrite via Flickr We have a new Flickr pal named eyenowrite who sent us this picture of a Clinton Hill mural. See? You send it, we publish it! Join our Flickr group and get snapping today. Now today is go Full Article at The New York Times

Drag and Drop Search is a free Chrome extension that offers an elegant solution to a common problem: Searching on the website that will give you the answers you need. Google is a great engine, but there is no reason to go through it for everything. If yo Full Article at PC World

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. Visions of the iPad as a modern-day Etch A Sketch h Full Article at Engadget

Yeah, yeah, we all knew that Rovio was doing gangbusters with Angry Birds series, but here's a little number to put it all into perspective: one billion. That's how many times the slingshotting birds have been downloaded, when you add up all of the title Full Article at Engadget

FG/CH News May 7, 2012, 4:28 am By THE LOCAL Nathan Osterhaus Our Flickr pal Nathan Osterhaus sent us this picture of Park Avenue (Brooklyn version) in the rain, and we loved it so much we decided to lead our page with it today. Thanks, Nathan. We start Full Article at The New York Times