Pretec has unveiled the 666X CF, a CompactFlash card that is four times faster than a traditional CF card.

With speeds of 100MB per second, only 33MB per second slower than the theoretical maximum speed for CF cards, the 666X is housed in a metal case to make it 10 times more durable than most CompactFlash...

As the financial crisis deepened this winter, several stock photo agencies were forced to restructure or close.

Following its $96 million purchase of the Jupiterimages agency in February, stock photo conglomerate Getty Images laid off 110 employees, 5 percent of its total workforce, in March and closed several Jupiterimages branches in the United States.

Getty says it plans to maintain all Jupiterimages offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and will retain the Jupiterimages brand worldwide...