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Submission + - Row over altered US Army photo

Submitted by djupedal on Thursday November 20, 2008 @03:05AM

djupedal writes: BBC online reports...

The Pentagon has become embroiled in a row after the US Army released a photo of a general to the media which was found to have been digitally altered. Ann Dunwoody was shown in front of the US flag but it later emerged that this background had been added.

The Associated Press (AP) news agency subsequently suspended the use of US Department of Defense photos.

"For us, there's a zero-tolerance policy of adding or subtracting actual content from an image," said Santiago Lyon, AP's director of photography.

Submission + - Okla. ambulances debut sirens that you can feel

Submitted by djupedal on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @12:17PM

djupedal writes: MSNBC/A.P.: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27676244/ "Booming like a 1980s video game, the Howler can even make liquids ripple — Oklahoma's largest ambulance company will become the first ambulance service in the nation to outfit its entire fleet with new Howler sirens, designed to emit low-frequency tones that penetrate objects within 200 feet — such as cars — to alert drivers."

Submission + - Complaints pour in after digital TV test (msn.com)

Submitted by djupedal on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @06:28PM

djupedal writes: "Even if all goes smoothly, next February's digital television shift is likely to generate hundreds of thousands of complaints from television viewers around the country.

A major problem during a test run in Wilmington, N.C., was the inability of over-the-air viewers to receive new digital signals, according to figures collected after the test."

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