The biggest battle may be over whether a beefed-up variant of the Delta IV packing more power and certified safe enough to carry astronauts is an appropriate candidate for NASA's next-generation heavy-lift launcher.

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The camera-focused (no pun inteded) Cyber-shot series will be enjoying a bumper crop itself: a successor to the K800 is allegedly already in the works, "Sofia, " packing a 5 megapixel shooter, UMTS, and QVGA recording, while a possible Handycam-branded M600 variant would obviously reign supreme for its video capabilities.

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