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The end of celluloid reel films is near, warn industry insiders

The end of film is closer than it seems - at least, as far as actual celluloid distribution of movies is concerned. As the movie industry prepares for an almost-entirely digital future by the end of this year, does film have any future for theaters at all?

Brother helps Kodak cut some fat, picks up Document Imaging business for $210 million

Brother's acquisition of Kodak's Document Imaging business, pending court approval, will add scanners and scanning software to their portfolio. The sale is part of Kodak's effort to raise cash in order to exit bankruptcy protection.

Explain Yourself! Disposable camera

Explain Yourself! corners the worst tech in our lives and demands to know: WTF?! This week: We wonder why the disposable camera is still hanging out at the checkout stand.

Now that their Kodachrome has been taken away, what’s next for Kodak?

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the financing Kodak secured, paving the way for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 by mid-2013. But, what's next?

Rising from the ashes, Kodak cameras to live again (sort of)

Kodak has entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with JK Imaging that will see new cameras 2013, including mirrorless and mega-zoom models.

Economics, not digital, is what’s killing off analog film

We always knew digital photography would overtake film, but it's economics and chemistry that are burying it.

Apple and Google team up to buy Kodak’s patents

While Kodak continues the bankruptcy process started during early 2012, Apple and Google join forces to snag Kodak's imaging patent library.

Kodak wins approval to sell patent portfolio

Bankrupt Kodak has won approval to auction off over 1,100 digital imaging patents - over the objections industry titan Apple.

Until 2006, Kodak had a nuclear reactor, weapons-grade uranium, in its basement

Kodak had, for 30 years, a fully functioning nuclear reactor, packed with 3.5-pounds highly enriched uranium, stored in a basement bunker at its facilities near Rochester, NY.

Kodak to sell its photo-sharing site to Shutterfly

Eastman Kodak Co. has been offered $23.8 million by Shutterfly to transfer over the Kodak Gallery online photo service.

An ode to the Kodak cameras that would have been

The death of Kodak's camera division is the end of an era for photography, and the end of the line for two cameras that likely will never launch: the EasyShare M750, and the PlayFull Zi12.

Kodak quits the camera business

It's the end of an era: Kodak will stop making digital cameras, camcorders, and digital picture frames and be out of the photography business by the middle of the year.

Weekly Rewind: SOPA blackout raises awareness, Facebook launches Open Graph, Apple takes on textbooks with iBooks 2

This week we experienced widespread Internet panic following the SOPA protect blackout, saw the launch of Facebook's Open Graph, and learned about Apple's plans to revolutionize educational textbooks.

Kodak: legendary photographic company files for bankruptcy

Kodak announced late Wednesday that it had filed for bankruptcy, with a loan from Citigroup enabling it to continue to operate.

Kodak’s new smart camera paves the way to a cloud-based future

Kodak continues its EasyShare line but shows off more investment in cloud-based applications. Is this part of a transition to keep the company alive?