Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Nikon cannot count
At the launch of the Nikon D300 camera, we learned that it would have an LCD screen of 900,000+ pixels. This seems quite impressive, however, it is a bit misleading. Once again a company decided to count dots on the screen instead of pixels. So, this screen is only a VGA (307,000 pixel LCD). If…
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Vertigo on the top floor
As if climbing up was not enough to create vertigo in some sky-scrappers, here comes an Italian architect, David Fischer, proposing to have a tower whose floors would rotate independently in a 68-floor tower. This is in Dubai. This is not decided yet. But the local lack of architectural restraint make it very believable. Thanks…
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A pro camera at Olympus: E-3
The newest pro SLR camera from Olympus appeared shortly in Korea. So, you may find a few interesting bits at: slrclub.com bbs.danawa.com Really not much to see, but this was probably not a mockup.
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Nouvelle fonctionalité : articles similaires
You may remark (or may not) the appearance of a new feature on this web site: on each individual post page, there is now a little list of similar articles. It is intended to help you discover new articles that you may not know but are related to the post your are reading at this…
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Panasonic DMC-L10
Panasonic had previosuly said that they wanted to seriously join the croud of camera manufacturers with a medium- to high-end Digital SLR. But up to now they did not disclose much. But now, there is more to taste it: a preview of the Panasonic DMC-L10 at DPreview, an analysis at PopPhoto.com and a Panasonic Press…
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Top colors in movie posters
It is quite common for movies to have nearly the same colors even if they present completely different features. In this context, there is a study titled “Dark and Fleshy: The Color of Top Grossing Movies” presenting in details the color spectrum of Hollywood blockbusters.
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Linux boot sequence in image
The bootchart utility is able to produce a simple PNG image of the boot sequence of your GNU/Linux configuration. Installation is a snap: sudo apt-get install bootchart The result is a nice little thing like:
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12 monochrome laser printers
12 monochrome laser printers compared by Tom’s Hardware. These are not the printers that grab all media attention, but a mere B&W laser printer can reduce significantly your printing budget and they come at really low prices.
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Acer: After Gateway, why not Packard Bell?
Acer, the Taiwanese PC company that so many people don’t know (because they tend to sell a lot of OEM computers under the name of more well-known brands) has been reaching 3rd rank in the PC makers by buying US PC maker/seller Gateway. They seem to be looking into a possible buy of Packard Bell…