Olympus issuing firmware updates for various PEN and OM-D models

Olympus recently announced the release of new firmware for the PEN E-PL5 and PEN E-PM2 which offers the following improvements: Improved stability of touch panel operation during playback and support for new VF-4 electronic viewfinder (automatic display switching by the VF-4 eye sensor is not supported)

New firmware has also been released for the OM-D E-M5, PEN E-P2, E-P3, E-PL1, E-PL2, E-PL3, E-PM1 and XZ-2 which offers support for new VF-4 electronic viewfinder (Automatic display switching by the VF-4 eye sensor is not supported). Hit jump to see how to upgrade your Olympus camera.

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft pushes out firmware update for Surface RT

Microsoft is hard at work making the Surface RT tablet better. They just pushed out a huge Firmware update that improves WiFi connectivity, fixes issues with the volume button, improves the Type and Touch keyboard cover typing experience and fixes a 'random muting' issue as well as trackpad performance issues. Included in the update is improved IE handling of Flash content from whitelisted websites as well as updates to the Defender security application. Surface RT users can pop on in to System Update to enable the updates.

Canon 7D Firmware 2.0 now available for download

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Canon has finally made available the 18.9Mb Firmware 2.0.0 for the popular 7D DSLR. Available for download here, the new firmware, which was announced in June, brings a bevy of feature upgrades. The biggest is an improved camera image buffer when shooting at the maximum 8fps, letting you shoot up to 25 RAW images or 130 high-res JPEGs before lag kicks in. Hit jump for more information.

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New firmware coming to Canon 7D in August

Canon's popular 7D DSLR is getting a whole new bunch of functionality upgrades com August when a new version of the firmware will be made available. The free upgrade will increase buffer capacify to 25 RAW images, add In-Camera RAW processing and a bevy of advanced shooting options that should improve still and video capture. Hit jump for the press release from Canon.

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