So why are we (the government) spending millions of dollars protecting intangible property while every day virii, worms, bots and other malware are being distributed via email and http servers, social networks and advertisers? There's a huge underground industry supporting worm and virii R&D in order to generate income from sources ranging from advertising revenue all the way to identity theft and credit fraud. Sources distributing this malware are easily identifiable, and could quite possibly be contained if only the primary distribution points could be shut down rather quickly. Likewise, a more proactive approach to unsolicited email advertisements (spam) would make it less cost effective for spammers to distribute malware. To me this is a much bigger impact, more victims and far more important than busting someone for sharing a copy of "Son of the Mask." That movie sucked anyway, and Jamie Kennedy looks nothing like Rocky Dennis.

I've been purchasing Wide Dynamic Range cameras for 3 years now for my company. They make for fantastic surveillance cameras. By the way, WDR is even more dramatic than HDR (though this is only theoretical, as there's no industry standard definition of HDR vs WDR). I think this is only new in that multiple high-resolution full-motion cameras have been used in conjunction with one another to create a very high quality video stream in HDR, whereas the surveillance cameras I've purchased are only 4CIF and I only record about 4-8fps with them, certainly not high resolution or full motion.

HDR/WDR is fantastic technology, and its niche has been in surveillance, but very few people even in the surveillance industry have recognized the benefits. WDR allows you to see vivid facial features in extreme backlit shots or excessively dark environments.