Another new feature for 2012 is a zoom microphone that changes the focal point to match the picture so that what's seen can be more clearly heard.
In Creative mode, the Zoom is at the full 8X, and you can tap on the viewfinder to set the point around which the picture can be refocused.
The decline in U.S. unemployment to the lowest point since January 2009 complicates the political picture.
The valuation picture has improved to the point that we may consider an upgrade in the coming weeks.
In case it wasn't already clear how small the Android-powered console is, the folks at Ouya included the picture you see above to further illustrate that point -- the thing is really small.
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The real point is that I was attempting to paint a picture of where technology was headed and what the world of capability of information technology would look like around the end of the first decade of this century (and then at the end of subsequent decades).
Throw in a rushed development process that recycled areas to the point of nausea and you get the picture.
But it is the starting point, the big picture, the tiny bundle of information that gives users the context to appreciate and understand the most challenging and rewarding works of journalism.
The technology also has a social networking function: while Ms Carden has difficulty dialling telephone numbers she can easily point to a picture of her friend Emma on the screen which will start a video call.
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There's no representation from Africa or Asia, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences point out that the purpose of the category is to identify great cinema, not to distribute nominations evenly throughout the world's film-makers.
Those who wish to paint a less alarming picture point out that success in battle requires the integration of new equipment with existing capabilities and doctrines, many of which remain deficient.
To some extent, the skeptics have a point but that is not the whole picture.
In fact, we should expect Navman to start offering guided city tours whereby you can download an itinerary of coordinate-tagged photos for your destination city -- just tap the picture and hit "go" to navigate to a point-of-interest.
At a certain point, voters seem to have lost interest in the message and, now that the long-term budget picture is doing much better while the economics of austerity has come under fire, the issue is gaining even less voter traction.
With Kodak and others starting to support Wi-Fi, perhaps more ad hoc picture sharing can take place at the point of capture.
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However, I'd point out that Windows 8 gives you a choice the first time you open a picture or video of switching to the traditional desktop viewers.
But before getting lost in the fallout it would be useful to take a step back and consider the broader picture, which is how a school with presumably good intentions could get to this point, how its sense of priorities and values could become so skewed it took the public airing of a videotape for people in charge to do the right thing.
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