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    Holiday Shopping Guide: Digital Camera 101  Nov 15, 2009
    Some inexpensive digital cameras are waterproof, like the $300 Pentax Optio W80. Some inexpensive digital cameras are waterproof, like the $300 Pentax Optio W80 ... In general, you ll do well to stick with a major brand, such as Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, and Sony. (Fox News)

    Hoya's Hamada Targets $1 Billion Health-Care Takeover After Pentax Deal  Oct 27, 2009
    An acquisition of a health-care business would help President expand the companys most-profitable , and build on a strategy that led to the 2007 purchase of endoscope maker Pentax ... Hamada, 50, formerly president of s Japan unit, took over day-to-day operations at Pentax, Japans oldest maker of single-lens reflex cameras, in April 2008 and oversaw the closure of the companys last domestic digital-camera factory ... Partnership For Pentax. (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    Shooting the boss ... and getting paid for it  Aug 18, 2009
    Shooting the boss (and getting paid for it) - CNN.com. Shooting the boss (and getting paid for it). (CNN -- Tech)

    Designing an Internet for kids  Aug 18, 2009
    CNN talks with the founder of a kids' version of YouTube. Kid-specific sites, browsers and software try to make the Web safe for children. (CNN)

    Designing a kids' Internet  Aug 18, 2009
    Designing an Internet for kids - CNN.com. Designing an Internet for kids. (CNN -- International)

    Green Christmas?  Aug 17, 2009
    Environmentalists hope UN talks tough on climate change - CNN.com. Environmentalists hope UN talks tough on climate change. (CNN -- International)

    Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone  Aug 15, 2009
    Wallet of the future. Your mobile phone - CNN.com. (CNN -- Tech)

    China pulls back on private computer filters  Aug 15, 2009
    China: Filtering software will not be required - CNN.com. China: Filtering software will not be required. (CNN -- Tech)

    Peace, love and an Aussie face: that was the summer of '69  Aug 13, 2009
    On Saturday, August 16, 1969 - the day Carlos Santana and the Who played memorable sets - Rusten climbed a scaffold near the stage and started taking pictures with his battered Pentax. His image of the young, beatific crowd (above) was used on the poster for the Woodstock movie; a defining image of a era-defining event. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Optiscan shares double on new deals  Aug 3, 2009
    Optiscan will no longer manufacture generation 1 product for Hoya and will receive royalties on all generation 1 product manufactured and sold by Japan-based Hoya through its Pentax brand ... Previously Optiscan's target market was limited to Pentax's market share (estimated by Optiscan at less than 15 per cent) with penetration controlled by Pentax's sales processes and subject to the traditionally slow take-up in the early adaptors stage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Pentax K-7: Overcome the elements easily  Jul 10, 2009
    com - Pentax K-7 Overcome the elements easily. 7 Day News Archive. (Channelnewsasia.com)

    * [TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS]  Jul 8, 2009
    From left: Hewlett-Packards PhotoSmart Premium printer; the Disney NetPal netbook from Asus; Pentaxs waterproof Optio W8 camera; and the Sony Vaio NW, a Blu-ray equipped notebook computer ... Pentax adds to the lineup of swimming snap-shooters with its new Optio W80, which can withstand a dunk off the deep end down to 5m ... Pentax has been poolside since 2003, when it introduced its first waterproof camera (the Optio W80 is an update of last years Optio W60). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    ChronicleCNET Reviews  Jun 16, 2009
    Pentax K20D (with 18-55mm lens) ... The bottom line: Pentax's 14MP K20D is a great choice for a midlevel camera and offers a lot of bang for the buck. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Computer Virus Strikes U.S. Marshals, FBI  May 23, 2009
    (4:14)The Palm Pre gets priced without a contract, The Pentax K-7 D-SLR records HD video, and you can pull those old Nintendo controllers out of the drawer. (1:35). (CBS News)

    Danvers Business Agenda  May 2, 2009
    D., chairman, president and CEO, Microline PENTAX, Inc., will discuss From Traditional Open Surgery to High-Tech Scarless Surgery: Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instrumentation. Boulnois was also managing director and chief investment strategist at Fernwood Investment Management, an investment company focused on managing alternative investment portfolios across a wide variety of major art sectors, as well as venture-related opportunities in the art market. (Danvers Herald, MA)

    Technology: Picture Perfect  Apr 12, 2009
    Pentax Optio P70 179; PentaxImaging. com. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Sports auction raises money for local hospital  Apr 5, 2009
    Some of the premium items that were up for auction were Dave Matthews Band concert tickets, Carmelo Anthony autographed basketball, four tickets to a 2009 Yankees home game at the new Yankee Stadium, a Ted Williams autographed baseball, and a Pentax Optio E60 digital camera. Steiner Sports provided many of the items for the auction. (Daily Orange, NY)

    Canon EOS Rebel T1i Digital SLR Wit...  Mar 26, 2009
    In lab testing* the 50D performs well in noise tests and holds its own against the Pentax K20D, the other 15megapixel DSLR with an APS-C size sensor. The question is how good does Canon want to make the T1i. (Suite101.com)

    Facing foreclosure  Mar 12, 2009
    By ARRISSIA OWEN TURNER. Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:47 PM PDT. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)

    Is it Windows 7 or KDE 4?  Feb 7, 2009
    I use a Pentax K100D,Both of these programs are commercial, and offer Windows, Mac and Linux versions. In fact, when BibbleLabs sell you a license, you are allowed to install and run a BibblePro on you Windows, Mac AND Linux machines. (ZDNet.com.au)




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