Monday, 18 August 2014

Sony Alpha 5100 is the smallest APS-C camera with a built-in flash


If you've been holding out on purchasing an Alpha 6000 because you don't need an electronic viewfinder, Sony's got a mirrorless camera just for you. 

Internally, the Alpha 5100, which replaces the NEX-5T, is nearly identical to its pricier counterpart, with a 24.3-megapixel sensor and a BIONZ X processor. 

You also get a 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 power-zoom lens, bundled with the camera for $700 ($550 for the body only), and the same hybrid focusing system, letting you acquire a subject in as little as 0.07 seconds.

It excludes an EVF, but the A5100 does have a 921k-dot display (with touch functionality this time) that flips forward 180 degrees for self-portraits. 

There's also built-in WiFi, XAVC S video capture and a top sensitivity of ISO 25,600. It ships next month in black and white.

- Engadget 

Surprise! Even North Koreans download porn


Yes, the internet does exist in North Korea -- it's just that most users are trapped within the country's virtual confines,unable to access most websites outside their ISP's walled garden. 

According to BitTorrent monitor ScanEye, though, some do get to bypass the country's security and end up downloading various TV shows, as well as (to nobody's surprise) American and Japanese porn.

Aside from the inevitable pornography, the 178 downloads traced from North Korea include Top Gear, Britain's Biggest Hoarders, HBO documentary Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden, and even games like Angry Birds and Far Cry 3. 

All these activities were traced from a single neighborhood in Pyongyang (NK's capital), where you can find the headquarters of the country's mobile network provider.

Because the country's citizens aren't free to do many, many things, and internet connections there are usually very slow, one can't help but wonder: who downloaded all these, and how did they do it? It's likely impossible to be 100 percent certain whether these downloads, some from as far back as February 2012, really did originate from the country. 

For all we know, there could be another explanation for those IPs. It could also just be a fearless foreignerdesperate for his dose of car and human porn... or the Supreme Leader himself, looking for something to do on weekends.

- Engadget