Intel has certainly been doing its part in helping the environment and reducing its carbon footprint.  The innovative company has also created joint initiatives to get others in the country on board.  But how do we know what the impact is of Intel's efforts?  Intel has just released its 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report and have proven that all of its efforts are making a real impact.

Canon has announced its fifth annual contest that lets you win prizes for those summer memories.  The Photography in the Park contest is underway and is accepting entries until September 30th that showcase your inspiring wildlife images from any local, city, county, State, or National park or any National Monument.  18 lucky winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd place and "honorable mentions") in two categories (teen and adult) will be awarded Canon camera prizes, while two incredibly lucky grand prize winners will be sent to the National Park of his or her choice, be put up for 5 nights in a hotel, given airfare, and take home a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a printer.

Sick of video conferencing with your family in those slow grainy images on your computer?  Panasonic has just announced the answer.  The HD technology king has developed Skype on your VIERA, which can be used to video conference right on your HD, VIERA CAST enabled TVs!  If you're the proud owner of a VT25, VT20, G25, or G20 series VIERA HDTV, you can easily activate the service, install the Skype-enabled communication camera, sit back on the couch and talk to family and friends in pure comfort (and a more natural setting for conversing!).

In addition to its new environmental logo, Kodak has also unveiled a new sustainability website to inform its consumers of Kodak's efforts in environmental and corporate sustainability.  The website is centered around three initiatives: Innovation, Stewardship, and Responsibility, and also gives us some insight into the history of the values and sustainability milestones.

Kodak announced yesterday that it has developed a new environmental symbol to "educate customers about the environmentally oriented benefits of KODAK Products and Services, and to promote the company's commitment to sustainability."  The symbol will be a green and yellow leaf and it will be used on Kodak products and marketing campaigns that are directly related to Kodak's environmental improvements and initiatives.  The environmental logo will also include the tagline "Kodak Cares" to tell customers just how important the environmental initiative is to the company.  Some of the products that will bear the logo are the KODAK Adaptive Picture Exchange, a very environmentally friendly photofinishing system, and the KODAK Printer's EnviroServices Program.

Canon announced that it has hit quite a milestone.  The digital imaging leader has hit a milestone of 40 million EOS cameras manufactured.  The 40 million milestone combines film and digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras manufactured since the EOS series introduction since 1987.  Canon even hit another milestone with the production of 20 million EOS Digital series cameras.

Some world records are broken just for bragging rights, and after the record is broken, not much can be done after that for the record breaker.  In the latest record-breaking photography news, we're seeing that the sky is the limit, and the options are endless for high-resolution photography.  GigaPan, a leader in gigapixel imaging, announced Thursday that it has broken the previous 26 gigapixel photo record with a whopping 45 gigapixel image of Dubai.  To put that in real-life terms, a photo that would take up 1200 billboards if it were to be printed.

Sprint began the Android 2.1 upgrade yesterday for the Samsung Moment.  With the update from 1.5 to 2.1 comes many new features and system improvements that come long after other Sprint phones have already been offered with the 2.1 system.

Samsung announced this week that its ST5500 camera will come equipped with Wi-Fi radio and access to Boingo software that allows users to immediately share their photos on Facebook, Picasa, YouTube, and SamsungImaging.com. Samsung is even offering three months of free access to the software, a great marketing ploy, considering users probably won't want to cancel after seeing how easy it is to not have to take the intermediate step of uploading pictures to their computers.

If you're the outdoorsy type, or perhaps lose power a lot, there's now a green hand-held gadget that does it all when it comes to power, info, and light.  Eton, a company specializing in AM/FM shortwave, emergency hand-crank and satellite radios, has announced the Scorpion, a "solar-powered, all terrain device essential for outdoor adventures."

Samsung has realized what the rest of the world has known for a while, green is the next big thing. In the next decade, Samsung will be investing $21 billion in clean energy technology. The investments will go towards developing solar cells, rechargeable batteries for hybrid cars, and LED technology. Samsung also aims to create 45,000 new jobs and generate about $45 trillion in revenue for affiliate companies.

At this week's LIGHTFAIR International in Las Vegas, Toshiba was showing off their bright future with some amazing new LED products.  Introduced as the E-Core(TM) LED line and prototypes, the new products are boasted to be the brightest, most energy efficient bulbs out there.

Canon announced its next offering in the PowerShot ELPH camera series, the PowerShot SD4000 IS Digital ELPH camera, and they put everything they got into making this one of their best offerings yet.  The SD4000 is a point-and-shoot with the first-ever HS SYSTEM, a high-sensitivity system that features a CMOS sensor and bright f/2.0 lens.  The HS system is ideal for low light situations without the use of a flash and helps reduce noise at high ISO speeds.

After "accidentally" leaving a prototype of its newest camera in a bar, speculation went wild over what the Sony NEX3 and NEX5 would feature.  It was thought that the formal announcement would come on May 11th, and what do you know, they were right!  Sony announced today the release date and feature list of its newest set of cameras, the Alpha NEX3 and NEX5.

Being a new mother, I see just how much waste disposable diapers create, throwing away sometimes 10 a day.  And I'm guessing diapers from recycled materials will not be coming anytime soon considering the absorbency and comfort required to serve its purpose.  So, what are our options for making the use of disposable diapers green?  Super Faiths, an automation firm in Japan, has come up with a way to take used, disposable diapers, adult and infant, and turn it into fuel.