myPhotopipe.com, an online photo sharing and photo project website announced the addition of TruePhoto to their line of photo books.  The company already has a successful line of photo books, shared with a partnership with blurb.com, a book making software site.  The president of myPhotopipe.com, Pete Casabonne said of the addition, "Our new TruePhoto brand of photo books offers customers dozens of combinations of sizes, styles, and page counts -- all with that high-end look and feel that people associate with our Company."

20 years ago, Thomas and John Knoll licensed their pixel-imaging program that was originally called Display, with Adobe to create Photoshop.  The original software only displayed grayscale images on a black-and-white monitor and was given processing capabilities.    The original Photoshop 1.0 was for the Mac, and there were few key features, such as curves, levels, and a clone tool.  On February 19, 1990 the first version of Photoshop was shipped to customers.

As we mentioned previously, Apple has released their next generation photo management software called Aperture 3.  Almost immediately, there were complaints that there were bugs with the software where the software was crashing computer systems by taking all of its memory, and the facial recognition feature did not work as Apple claimed.  Apple has now released version 3.0.1 which is supposed to have worked out those problems, as well as many others. 

Pentax, a leading supplier of innovative high-technology optical products, announced strangely 24 hours after the end of PMA the launch of the Pentax Optio W90.  The camera is said to be water, shock, and cold proof; and more importantly, it has two flashes.  There is one traditional flash above the camera lens, but then a second flash that is a ring around the lens.  Pentax announced the camera after PMA, even though they showcased their products at the event.  A strange marketing move by the company, though they are still getting attention from the announcement.   

Noritsu has officially launched the D1005 Duplex Minilab, which is said to be the most versatile dry minilab yet.  The D1005 is being demonstrated at the PMA 2010 show in Anaheim this week and has already won the Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA) Innovation Product Award for launching a distinct or "first-of-its-kind" product that uses a new, innovative technology.

Ronald B. Koch was inducted into the PMA Hall of Fame on Sunday, February 21, at the PMA International Convention and Trade Show in Anaheim, California.  This is the highest honor one can receive from the association; the recipient chosen by the PMA Board of Trustees because of high achievement in the photo imaging industry.  Here's a look at the impressive history that earned Ronald B. Koch a place in the Hall of Fame.

On February 21st, PMA inducted Ronald B. Koch into the 2010 PMA Hall of Fame.  Koch was honored during the Morning Official Business of the PMA 2010 International Convention and Trade Show in Anaheim, California.   This is the highest award offered by the PMA, an association which aims to help the photo imaging community "achieve business success and adapt to new technologies."  The award recipient, who is selected by the PMA board of trustees, is chosen because of career success in the advancement of the photo imaging industry.

Photo editing software Aperture 3 was released by Apple just about two weeks ago, but customers are already complaining of problems.  The main issue customers are having is with the memory management device within the software.  As a result of the problem, as soon as the program is launched, the swap disk file size balloon comes up.  This means that the software has a memory leak that takes up most of the memory from a computer's hard drive. 

On Tuesday, February 9th, Apple released it's next generation of photography workflow software, Aperture 3.   The software is a workflow of every step of the photography process (well, except the actual taking of the picture).  The software allows you to import your pictures, organize, side by side compare different shots, retouch and enhance, share, and then print all of your photos.  There is also the option to create custom photo albums with templates that are part of the software.   The features getting the most buzz are the face recognition and GPS location  features that were previously released as part of iPhoto '09. 

Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a revolutionary way of capturing a high-resolution still image alongside very high-speed video - a new technology that is attractive for science, industry and consumer sectors alike.

After the press release from The Impossible Project was sent out stating that there is a delay in the development (no pun intended) of the instant film meant for Polaroid instant cameras, the question is: What does Polaroid do?  Along with the project, Polaroid decided to resurrect their instant film cameras and develop the PIC 1000, based on the classic Color 600 instant film camera.  The Impossible Project is focusing all of their efforts on the issue that they encountered, hoping that a 1 month delay will be enough time to say whether the project is now possible.  We're all hoping for a positive result, and that the event in New York City held by the Impossible Project will announce the success of the product. 

Back in January, we brought you the news that the instant film that made Polaroid popular (and that was discontinued in 2008) was being brought back by a group who called themselves The Impossible Project.  The group set out to reinvent instant film, seeing as some important components of Polaroid's version were discontinued and becoming too expensive.  This was no easy task.  With a time limit of one year, it seemed as though the group would be successful.  They had found that components of existing film and some new components could actually produce an improvement over Polaroid's integral film.  With excitement surrounding this project, Polaroid even decided to resurrect their instant film camera and production of the film was supposed to start at the beginning of this year.  The Impossible Project had an event planned for this month in New York City for the big unveiling.  Well, unfortunately, due to some issues, a press release has gone out stating that the event will be postponed, and until then, the future of The Impossible Project is uncertain.

Beyond the announcement of the release of the S8000 and S6000, Nikon announced an additional 6 cameras to add to the COOLPIX line.  The cameras sport most of the same cool new features that the S8000 and S6000 have, such as the anti-blur features, shift and electronic vibration reduction, and the backside illumination structure for dim lighting. 

Nikon announced on Tuesday eight new additions to their COOLPIX line.   Two cameras making the biggest splash are the S8000 and S6000, the world's thinnest in their camera class.  The camera specs boast wide angle zoom, high resolution, and improved shooting performance.  Both cameras are equipped with NIKKOR high-power zoom lenses, faster power-up time and shooting response. 

This year YPI KIDS is launching it's Project: Tomorrow series in partnership with The Home for Little Wanderers (HFLW). The Home for Little Wanderers, is 'one of the oldest and most recognized not for profit child and family service agencies in the country'.