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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Top 10 "Riskiest" Online US Cities of 2012 Presented by Norton

Norton teamed up with independent research firm Sperling's BestPlaces to uncover the nation's top 10 cities that have the highest number of cybercrime risk factors.

This year marks the second time Norton and Sperling's BestPlaces have collaborated to highlight the various factors that contribute to potential risk.

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Lytro's Light Field Cameras coming in 2012, start at US $399

By Gadjo Caedenas Sevilla

It is the most innovative development in photography since the digital camera. Lytro's light field cameras are shoot-now, focus-later devices taht are devoid of manifold buttons and kilometric menu screens we've all come to associate with modern digital cameras. This is point-and-shoot simplicity at its most basic, yet you get photos that are always focused because you can go ahead and focus them later on in software. These very unusual and very uniquely designed cameras start at US $399 and wont ship until 2012.

While this is an exciting development in digital photography, we're thinking the initial price point might be a little steep for the general public. Also, announcing a product and having it ship many months later is a bit of a buzzkill, specially for something so new and unusual.

Motoring: Chevrolet Cruze exceeds 50,000 units sold in US

For the first three months of 2011, the Chevrolet Cruze is on track to exceed 50,000 total sales in the US. The Chevy Cruze is proving to be an extremely popular choice among car buyers due to its features and fuel economy.

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