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• Volvo vehicles to pull themselves over if being driven drunk

  ​New model Volvo vehicles will automatically pull over and call for assistance if a driver is driving erratically or not focusing on the road, the manufacturer has announced.

• How Kinect tech and two watermelons could make Australia’s trains run on time

  ​In Japan they called them shiri oshi or ‘tushy pushers’, the white gloved railway platform attendants that with some strategic jostling and a well-timed shove, packed commuters onto crowded trains at speed.

• In Pictures: 17 hot new wearable computers

  From cameras to physical fitness gear, computers are getting attached to your body

• In Pictures: Top photo and video gift ideas for Holiday 2013

  Check out these devices and gift ideas.

• Android founder: We aimed to make a camera OS

  The creators of Android originally dreamed it would be used to create a world of "smart cameras" that connected to PCs, a founder said, but it was reworked for mobile handsets as the smartphone market began to explode.

• Kangan Institute weighs security, privacy with CCTV surveillance network

  Kangan Institute has tried to strike a balance between campus security and student privacy while expanding its digital CCTV network, according to Kostas Kyrifidis, a senior consultant at the Institute’s resource management group.

• WATCH: Photo and video gift ideas

  Even though most people have and use the camera on their cell phones, there are still a number of different and cool video- and photo-related gadgets available for holiday shoppers to peruse.

• Digital Video and Photo Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools]

  Like smartphones and music players, the digital video and photography category has exploded with cameras over the past few years. Rather than focusing on every model and device with an X number of megapixels, we’ve focused our attention on new ways and gadgets that incorporate photography or video in new or different ways.

• Nokia's first Windows Phone codenamed 'Sea Ray' surfaces

  Nokia has shown its first Windows Phone to the world, perhaps by accident.

• iOS 5 camera and photos features

  With this fall's iOS 5 update, Apple plans to add some new camera and photo-editing features to the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. On their own, the new tools are nothing revolutionary--most are already available in third-party apps. What will make the new camera features useful, however, will be the added convenience that comes from being able to access them from the iPhone's lock screen. The editing features will be a welcome addition to iPhone users who don't already use third-party editing apps.

• Kodak wins $1 billion victory against Apple, RIM

  A picture may be worth a 1000 words, but for Eastman Kodak the preview of a picture might be worth $1 billion in a patent battle against Apple and Research in Motion. The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday agreed to review a claim that Apple and RIM devices infringe on a Kodak patent for image previewing.

• Casio camera offers advanced GPS functions, sightseeing tips

  Casio's newest camera features precise geo-tagging via GPS, mapping technology that can display your current location, and can serve up sightseeing tips. If that was not enough, the new Casio EXILIM EX-H20G also has built-in motion sensors that make it easier to offer exact location information even when no GPS signals are present, according to Casio. The EX-H20G will US hit store shelves in November with a suggested retail price of $US350.

• Solar camera strap concept shines

  Grabbing your camera as you're about to head out, only to find it's running low on power is one inconvenience that designer Weng Jie is hoping he can solve.