Here is our regularly updated round-up of the month's news snippets from near and far, this month: August 2010:

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News from other sites - near and far.

• Mark Goldstein, photographyBLOG, publishes 43 hands-on photos of all Nikon's new products launched this week.
  www.photographyblog.com/news/nikon_d3100_hands-on/
  www.photographyblog.com/news/nikon_85mm_24-120mm_28-300mm_and_55-300mm_lenses_hands-on/
  www.photographyblog.com/news/nikon_coolpix_s1100pj_and_s5100_hands-on/
• Mark Goldstein, photographyBLOG, reviews the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX70 camera.
• Mark Goldstein, photographyBLOG, reviews the Kodak Easyshare M580 camera.
• Mark Goldstein, photographyBLOG, reviews the DMC-FZ100 camera.
• Mark Goldstein, photographyBLOG, reviews the Casio EX-FH25 camera.