Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Brussels – A colourful building
YouTube link In the center of Brussels (near Rogier metro station), Dexia, a French bank opened its new building. 38 levels, 100,000+ LEDs and you get one of the most colourful urban vista in the world. At night. Source: CreativeReview.
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows
A good 2-part tutorial from C|net. Dual-Boot Windows and Linux, Step 1: Get Ubuntu Dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu Linux
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IPv6 starts tomorow
For most of us, IPv6 has been a little more than vaporware. But in order to fight the upcoming lack of Internet addresses (as IPv4 addresses are more easily known), there is this new protocol, IPv6. It is steadily progressing and tomorrow, February 4th, several of the major international routers of the Internet backbone will…
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Jaguars are not worth it, in the US
It’s really sad, but jaguars are on the brink of extinction nearly everywhere in the American continent. Normally, this should justify to start a few positive actions to protect them. But not for the American administration. According to Nature: The US government will not attempt to save jaguars from extinction within the formal system of…
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13 dual core CPUs: AMD is loosing it
According to a nice comparison article facing Intel and AMD on dual core CPUs (at XBit Labs), Intel is now the best supplier for processors: at the same price, its CPU are more powerful, except for games where the cheaper AMD ones are leveling the ground. AMD, wake up!
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner – network vulnerability risk
everybody told you about it, Boeing is preparing a new medium range jet airplane that will do everything but coffee: It is nice, it is light, it eats 25% less fuel, it is less noisy. But it has two problems: Boeing was forced to announce a dealy for the first deliveries (EADS-Airbus is not the…
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Snow plowing train video
YouTube link
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Sony & Sigma on long tele zooms
Today’s launches in Las Vegas have the advantage of offering good opportunities to make interesting comparisons. First comes to my mind the opposition of two high-end tele-zooms that should interest the enthusiast photographer looking toward sports, wildlife and even portrait: Sigma APO 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G (SAL70300G) Tous les deux…