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Kodak’s Secret Nuclear Reactor

Tom Wyrick — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:10:42 +0000

If a company in your town had their own nuclear reactor full of uranium, you’d think it would be under constant guard and well known by residents, right? It turns out the Eastman Kodak company kept just such a reactor a secret for over 30 years in Rochester, New York. Its existence was revealed only […]

How The Mighty Have Fallen: Kodak To Stop Making Cameras

Paul Hurwitz — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:25:41 +0000

Last month, the Eastman Kodak Company filed for bankruptcy and in an effort to survive has made a not so surprising announcement that it’s killing off the entire part of its business that sells digital cameras, digital frames, and pocket video cameras in hopes of saving $100 million a year. Kodak brought cameras to the […]

Olde Tyme Techcitement: I’m Gonna Getcha With A Kodak Disc

Matt Algren — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:53:47 +0000

Time for Olde Tyme Techcitement, where we take a look back at technology relics. It’s basically your grampa talking about the good old days, but sooner and totally more reasonable than dumb boring stories about how all this used to be farmland. It’s hard to believe 30 years have passed since Kodak attempted a revolution […]

Investors Like Kodak’s New Portrait

Tom Wyrick — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:35:24 +0000

Eastman Kodak stock trades sharply higher yesterday as the company made public a restructuring plan. Kodak plans on dividing the company into two basic segments: consumer and commercial, with both reporting to a “chief operating office” led by the company president and the chief operating officer. They, in turn, report directly to the CEO, Antonio […]

Kodak Develops Plans For Bankruptcy

Tom Wyrick — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:37:12 +0000

Photography giant Kodak appears to be headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in coming weeks, leading people to ask the obvious questions “How?” and “Why?” to the long-standing company. One popular theory blames the rise in popularity of cameras built into cellphones as the culprit. John Paul Titlow of ReadWriteWeb argues photography was a specialized hobby […]