Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak to you and I) will learn the outcome of its patent fight with Apple and RIM today, a case that has the U.S. International Trade Commission reviewing whether iPhone and BlackBerry violate Kodak’s patent on an image preview feature in camera phones. Bloomberg reportsthat the case could secure a combined $1 billion in royalty payments from the two companies, Kodak Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Antonio Perez said, stating that Kodak “deserves to win,” in an interview in New York yesterday....

In the post-CES gadget apocalypse, you might already be considering the purchase of one of those fancy models that you saw on the floor or in a video. The sad truth is that many of them aren’t yet available. The ones that are? They’re likely not much better than what’s already on the market. So why not save a few bucks, pick up something that’s already widely available and get a great gadget in the mean time?...

Kodak stock sinks 45% after alleged insider trading halts its pharma pivot The SEC is reportedly investigating Kodak Kodak awarded millions of shares to company execs Kodak shares rampaged by more than 1000% last month after it secured a $765 million government loan to fund its transition into making basic ingredients for drugs. As you can see on the chart below, the last time Kodak Eastman stock rallied this hard was back in 2018....

Kodak announced its new product at this years CES conference, a new printer in the Spring that will allow people to print their own 3D images and photos, bringing your otherwise boring family snaps to life. The feature, which is yet to be named, will be added to Kodak’s ESP C310 model and will likely retail for around $100 when it launched in the Spring. It will ship with two sets of paper 3D glasses, allowing those close to the printer to enjoy the 3D beauty of your photographs....

Swiss startupKooabais doing some interesting things in the realm of image recognition, and its latest move is its biggest yet. The company’sPaperboyapp is designed to connect printed media with the digital world. It allows users to snap a photo of an article and then share the online version with friends directly from the app, or archive it for later reading. If offered by the publisher, additional online content related to a printed article, such as videos or image galleries, can be accessed through the app....