http://www.onlinecamera.com/news.htm News from the webcameras world en-gb Wed, 18 Oct 2004 15:00:00 GMT http://www.onlinecamera.com/images/logos/logo2.gif http://www.onlinecamera.com/news.htm http://secunia.com/advisories/14553/ Thu, 10 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Sowhat has reported two vulnerabilities and a weakness in Active Webcam, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and detect the presence of local files. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/business_telegraph/story.jsp?story=619794 Mon, 14 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT EyeSpyFX, the Londonderry company pioneering webcam technology, is being showcased at the world's biggest technology exhibition, held in Germany this week. EyeSpyFX gained a place among a select group of the 10 most innovative smaller business in the UK to be featured on a special technology display at the international event that runs in Hanover until Wednesday. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120048,00.asp Mon, 14 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT In the home of the future, a smart medicine cabinet will warn you when you grab the wrong pills, your cellular service may power your landlines, and your infant will be able to see your face even when you're many miles away. Products and services enabling such technological marvels--some of them wildly futuristic and others more imminent--were on display in a huge mock home that promises to be one of the major attractions at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA) largest annual trade show, which opens here today. http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/031505ado.html Tue, 15 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT USC fans can now watch the minute-by-minute construction progress of the Galen Center by going to the live web cam at usctrojans.com. The Galen Center, a multipurpose events center scheduled to open in the summer of 2006, will be the home of the USC men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as cultural, campus and community events. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050317/NEWS01/503170369/1002/NEWS Thu, 17 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Mariah and Kaver, peregrine falcons that have successfully produced a dozen offspring in the past three years, have been spotted flying (and courting) near the Eastman Kodak Co. headquarters building on State Street. http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=66532&s=cpr Thu, 17 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Oh yes, we still have a lot of Typhoon products left to review! But instead of keyboard and mouse reviews, which most of you just Alt-F4 almost every time, today's Typhoon is a Webcam - the Webshot II USB 300k cam. http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesnews2005/news20050320-01.html Sun, 20 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Today at CeBIT, Logitech Chief Executive Officer Guerrino De Luca discussed four key trends linked to the company's growth strategy -- mobility, the digital living room, Internet communications, and cordless peripherals -- and announced an expanded relationship with MSN. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12621409-1242,00.html Tue, 22 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT An RTA surveillance camera monitoring eastbound traffic on the M4 at Huntingwood, near Eastern Creek, has been home to this huntsman for at least two years. State Transit radio operator John Gowans who works in the RTA Transport Management Centre, spotted the spider out for a crawl a few months ago. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb220910.htm Tue, 22 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT The Doritos corn chip that some say resembles the Pope Mitre hat has reached the 25,000 viewer mark on auction site eBay. The chip, listed last weekend by The Chadwick family of Salem, Mass. has had quite the publicity campaign which includes the chips own website (www.PopeHatChip.com), a webcam and now a theme song. http://www.devon24.co.uk/exmouthjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=EXJOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24 &tCategory=newsexj&itemid=DEED Wed, 23 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Sailors, surfers and seafarers are being given an advance glimpse at Exmouth's wave behaviour with the launch of a new webcam to monitor the coast. The National Coastwatch Institution has installed the high-tech kit to keep an eye on sea conditions from Orcombe Point to the Exe estuary. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=15346634&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=you-re-clicked--name_page.html Wed, 30 Mar 05 15:00:00 GMT Two suspected burglars were quizzed early yesterday after police were alerted by a man watching a webcam 12,000 miles away. Andrew Pritchard, of New South Wales, Australia, was viewing on the internet live footage from the high-tech camera installed at Exmouth, Devon. He was about to log off at 3.30am BST when he saw two men get out of a car and apparently test the shutters of The Octagon kiosk on the resort's promenade. http://www.annointed.net/Article860.html Mon, 04 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Pope John Paul the II has died. Will you come and join the thousands who have gathered to say goodbye to the pope. Over 40,000 have filled St. Peter's Square to pray and say Goodbye. You can join them live via Video Cam this is really exciting. http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/04/05/0240236.shtml??tid=215&t2id=188&t3id=106 Tue, 05 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Tonight, Ole Andre Vadla Ravnes of the Farsight project (LGPL), which 'is an audio/video conferencing framework specifically designed for Instant Messengers' for the GNU Linux operating system, finished coding a release candidate of libmimic, 'an open source video encoding/decoding library for Mimic V2.x-encoded content (fourCC: ML20), which is the encoding used by MSN Messenger for webcam conversations. http://www.excal.on.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=627&Itemid=2 Wed, 06 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT One could say that Don Sinclair and Holly Small are literally teaching computers to tango. The two York professors have teamed up to create an interactive dance studio, a performance space controlled by computers that is being used for a new course aimed at York's dance and fine arts cultural studies students. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4417845.stm Thu, 07 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT For those who cannot face the crowded streets of Windsor but want to watch the royal wedding, tuning in via the web could be the answer. http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/04/08/news/local/news09.txt Fri, 08 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT The best part of LeeAnn Prescott's birthday this year was seeing her mom and two sisters ... standing on a street corner in Pocatello, 11 hours away from Prescott's home in Beaverton, Ore. They were waving at the Webcam that's mounted on top of the Idaho State Journal building. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050412/sftu135.html?.v=4 Tue, 12 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Three endangered peregrine falcon chicks hatched today in a nest atop Pacific Gas and Electric Company's building in downtown San Francisco. The proud peregrine parents laid the new eggs on the ledge of the high rise in early March. PG&E and the scientists from PBRG recently installed a webcam to keep an eye on the peregrines and their offspring. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=628992 Wed, 13 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT It's not every day that you get rescued by a group of voyeurs that you've never met. But when Bev Holzrichter found herself badly injured and unable to move, it was webcam watchers who saved her life. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3251301a28,00.html Wed, 18 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Telecom plans to turn cellphones and smartphones into webcam viewers to encourage the uptake of wireless data services. Solutions development manager Gary Rogers says the telco will demonstrate software at the Converge conference in Wellington on April 27. The software will let people view video footage from public webcams or cameras attached to a PC in their home or business. http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20949~2823225,00.html Wed, 18 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT A Webcam is offering computer users a bird's-eye view as crews complete the city's new "green" transit headquarters - a environmentally friendly facility that includes offices erected from straw bales, officials said Monday. http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/04/19/isweet/index.php Thu, 19 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT If Apple's iSight doesn't fit the bill for your PowerBook or iBook, maybe Harmonic Inversion's iSweet will. It's a FireWire-based webcam that the company said is designed specifically for Apple PowerBook and iBook laptop computers. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050420/phw056.html?.v=2 Fri, 20 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) today announced that it has gone batty for Earth Day, launching a live webcam of Pennsylvania's largest bat colony, just as the 15,000 little brown bats and 30 to 100 endangered Indiana bats return to their summer home and maternity ward in the attic of a 19th century church in Canoe Creek State Park. http://www.net-security.org/press.php?id=3105 Sat, 21 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT TIREAL company today announced the release of TIREAL WEBCAM GUARD 1.1, the latest version of safety application for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP. The powerful motion detector on the basis of the usual Web Camera for protection of private houses, apartments and offices. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05113/493235.stm Mon, 23 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Pennsylvania's largest bat colony can be seen on a live Webcam feed from Canoe Creek State Park in Blair County. http://services.press.net/pressnet/communitynewswire/index.jsp?story_id=858212&setStyle=mlStory&returnStyle=heading.cnw Mon, 23 Apr 05 15:00:00 GMT Royal Marines today abseiled down 200ft cliffs to install a webcam which will give nature lovers a bird's eye view of a seagull colony near Exmouth. They also fitted a microwave transmitter to beam images of the kittiwakes nesting at Sandy Bay around the world on the internet. http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2005/may05/20050503_elvis.html Tue, 03 May 05 15:00:00 GMT The latest money-making idea from Elvis Presley Enterprises is the inclusion of a webcam from The King's bedroom window. Now, everyone can see what Elvis used to see from Graceland. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200505030107.html Tue, 03 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Customers of an Internet service provider who can't go to see the 250 denizens at Suzaka City Zoo can watch the animal action through the magic of real- time Webcam broadcasts. In March, the zoo began broadcasting via the Tokyo-based @NetHome Co.'s broadband service using live Webcams installed near or in the cages of its animals. http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=2a06d480-bf9b-45f1-a0da-7659a14abd54 Tue, 03 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Vancouver, B.C. residents can now watch the export of raw logs online via a new webcam on the Western Canada Wilderness Committee's website. The camera shows ships and barges loading raw logs at the Fraser River Port in Surrey and includes a counter that tabulates the number of logs being exported and the number of jobs being lost. http://www.techweb.com/wire/networking/162600182 Thu, 05 May 05 15:00:00 GMT LogiTech Thursday launched a low-cost video conferencing and chat hardware kit that includes a Webcam and audio headset with microphone for under $30. QuickCam Chat, which retails for $29.95, includes a 640-by-480 pixel resolution Webcam that sits or clips on the top of the monitor, and a bundled headset. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050507/NEWS0104/505070453/1008/NEWS01 Sat, 07 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Western Kentucky University conferred degrees to 2,167 graduates last night, with one graduate's husband watching by computer from Iraq. Jeanette Vargo graduated magna cum laude in elementary education. Her husband, Sgt. Bryan Vargo of Radcliff, is a team leader with a military police unit in Iraq. http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=downloadfile&ID=2528 Tue, 10 May 05 15:00:00 GMT onlineTV is more than just a simple Mediaplayer; onlineTV is a Multimedia Player! With the intuitive surface the users have access to different media, e.g. to 400 more as TV- and radiostations, more as 130 Webcam servers, more as 80 direct newspaper, more as 200 Musicvideo's and many more ... onlineTV lets Radiostreams comfortably recorded to WAVE or MP3 file. http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/3833.html Thu, 12 May 05 15:00:00 GMT MobileHomeCam is a software for streaming images (frame-by-frame) from web cameras on Windows Mobile devices (Pocket PCs and Smartphones). Think of it as webcam with wireless access from your Window Mobile device. http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=a1f7c6fe-4864-4ed7-b36e-e53ac2afe58e Thu, 12 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Fresh out of the embargo, here are the first details of Microsoft's next generation console, the Xbox 360. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2005-05-15-old-computers_x.htm Sun, 15 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Some good news for those with aging PCs: Rather than laying out the cash for a whole new computer, you can spruce up your existing machine with a few good accessories. New computer peripherals — such as wireless mice and keyboards, webcams, speaker systems, game controllers or a new monitor — are a fun and practical way to add some longevity to your PC. http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/news/051705_NW_da_internet_phones.html Tue, 17 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Internet phones and video chatting -- they're both technologies that are much better than they use to be. We took a look at how you can put them to use. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prweb240927.htm Wed, 18 May 05 15:00:00 GMT SY-Fi Ltd is proud to introduce a new interface called Plato2. This universal interface brings Plato, SY-Fi's most powerful development library, within the reach of every user or developer. The Plato2 can interact with every development environment that has TCP/IP connectivity. This includes web based development environments such as Java and Macromedia FLASH. http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/004112.php Thu, 19 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Since its release, the Eye Toy has been one of the most underrated options for PS2 gaming, yet it’s also been one of the most entertaining for the entire family. In its quest to reach core gamers as well as more-casual ones, Sony this summer will release its second round of Eye Toy party games, and given the peripheral’s popularity, we decided to run the next set of games through its paces. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050525/sfw068.html?.v=10 Wed, 25 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today introduced Game Star -- a fun interactive suite of children's PC games that immerses kids in the on-screen action by capturing their body movements with a Creative WebCam Instant to put them in the games. http://www.islingtongazette.com/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24 &tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED25 May 2005 11%3A25%3A35%3A663 Thu, 26 May 05 15:00:00 GMT A plan to broadcast meetings at Islington Town Hall via webcams has been thrown out by Liberal Democrat councillors. Labour councillors wanted to change the constitution to allow meetings to go out on the web. http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/5/emw244419.htm Thu, 26 May 05 15:00:00 GMT LondonsCasino.com, the live online casino site announces the launch of its unique Spin N' Win Competition. Online casino fans are offered the chance to win $3000 cash in a live free roll competition. The winner of the competition will be announced live on the website on Friday 17th June at exactly 18.00 GMT. http://www.przoom.com/view.php?id=667&type=search&auth_sess=7143280fdff0567c0f99d7025c603ad9&ref= 2e8a96fb68596f020b09922c1 Tue, 31 May 05 15:00:00 GMT Dialcom Networks, an European company developing software applications for video-communication solutions and remote team-working in real time, launches new plug-in providing high quality video capabilities to Skype ™ users. Spontania video4skype users just needs a Webcam connected to their PCs, a Skype account and a broadband Internet access. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jun/1152893.htm Wed, 8 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT EZ2 Companies, Inc. has entered into a partnership with Ezonics, a leader in webcam technology. Ezonics has been appointed by EZ2Companies.com as the sole provider of webcams for use in video auctions, and related websites. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jun/09/webcam/?city_local Thu, 9 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT The development of two baby robins born late last month in the Old West Lawrence neighborhood may be followed on a new webcam on www.ljworld.com. http://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/articles/2005/06/15/news/news2.txt Wed, 15 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT They will come from all over the country and will be reunited with their friends in Roswell, N.M. The sixth annual Return to the Mothership caravan will make its stop in Sweetwater June 16, one day before the start of the rally. Roswell is known to be the site of an alleged UFO siting. Lisa Linn of Durham, N.C., runs a Web site during the entire trip and into the weekend activities. Her live webcam from the road is shown throughout the trip. http://www.brookmans.com/news/june05/vd2005.shtml Thu, 16 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Brookmans Park Village Day 2005 will be beamed live worldwide again this year (Saturday 18 June) from the time the gates open to the moment the last stall closes. http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/story.jsp?story=647318 Fri, 17 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Gavin Martin has been in the studio with Franz Ferdinand as they work on their next album - via their webcam, that is. Everyone from The Beatles to U2 has done it, but is it wise to let the cameras in? http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050527.gtultramay27/BNStory/TechReviews/ Fri, 17 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT If you're a road warrior who likes to project a "James Bond" type of image through gadgetry, Creative Labs' new WebCam Live! Ultra for Notebooks is the webcam for you. http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/comments.php?shownews=3308 Mon, 20 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT ASUS Computer International (ASUS), a leading provider of high-performance notebook computers, releases its new notebook, the W5A, in Canada, the US, and Europe. The ASUS W5A's sleek, stylish lightweight design optimizes functionality and satisfaction of users plugged into business and /or personal webcam life styles. Its distinctive built-in 1.3 mega-pixel webcam is swivel mounted in the notebook's LCD case frame for 180° usability. http://www.techspot.com/download941.html Wed, 22 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Sarmsoft Web camera is an efficient, dependable, and low-cost solution for home and business. Your camera can be used as a surveillance system for home monitoring, baby watching, business security, pet watching, or just for fun. Sarmsoft Web camera allows you to keep the surveillance images private or make them available to everyone over the Internet. http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/1&1-internet-offers-free-webcam_0622053594.htm Wed, 22 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT 1&1 Internet, Inc., today announced that it is offering customers a free Logitech QuickCam Express Webcam and 1&1 EasyCam software for a limited time, with its Shared Hosting, eShop, Microsoft SharePoint Hosting and Microsoft Exchange Hosting packages. http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3641156&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection= Fri, 24 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Tauranga's long-suffering motorists are about to have the guesswork taken out of the daily grind of getting to and from work. By December, commuters will be able to use their computers to access free live pictures of the city's traffic hotspots in order to help navigate their way around town. http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200506/1120014649.html Tue, 28 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT CamUpload is a tool to capture images from a webcam and send them to a website via FTP. This new version adds proxy support and schedule options. http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200506/1120014649.html Tue, 28 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Police in Central Florida are looking for two unusual crime suspects. They didn't steal any money, but what they took was worth much more to a local pet store owner. The criminals left one big clue behind, and investigators are hot on their trail, WESH 2 News's Bill Shafer reported. Tyler Thompson, who owns two Just Puppies stores in the Orlando area, never expected his animals to be the victims. http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3157 Wed, 29 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Anyone keen to see over the builders hoardings and into Liverpool City Centre can now view it all via a web connection. It's a novel idea which if adopted by local authorities would almost certainly act like a magnet for users to visit their web sites - driving take-up. Site users would love to play with such a 'gimmick' if it was prominent on the home page. Driving web site usage upwards often needs some good (albeit corny) marketing hooks, and this is a good one. http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=92611&cat=Science Wed, 29 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT IT savvy Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will allow a sneak peek into his government's goings-on as his office goes live via webcam from next week. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5487514.html Sat, 2 Jun 05 15:00:00 GMT Decades from now, when fire departments around the world use robots to locate victims trapped in collapsed buildings, 15 high school students from Benilde-St. Margaret's in St. Louis Park can remember the part they played. They helped develop early versions of the life-saving machines. But they won't have to wait that long to make their mark. Next week they will head to Osaka, Japan, where they will be the only high school team competing in the RoboCup world championship. They'll put the four robots they've developed up against those from 25 teams from 10 countries.