Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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DRAM price trends: Up or down?
This is quite surprising. After about a month of DRAM memory prices going up (this was quite surprising), the market analyst DRAMexchange tells us that this is now the end and the prices will fall again. Apparently, despite the vows of manufacturers like Nanya whose CEO is confirming that he would not try to limit…
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Canon 30D: It’s the end
At least, the end of life of the ageing Canon EOS 30D should be announced on Monday 21st in Canada (along with a similar fate for the G7). There is a very high expectation that this will also mean launch of the Canon EOS 40D. Complementary note: In the UK, LCE would have started taking…
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My Clié is dead, long live Palm T|X
After a few years of good faithful service, my Sony Clié PDA suicided by jumping from the corner of a table flat on the carpeted floor. It survived but is seriously maimed (the screen is partly blackened and operates only very partly). Disappointed by the lack of faithfulness from my grey little friend, I went…
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Read a musical score like a pro orchestra
Major works of classical music are written on musical scores that can be superb (not only musically, but also graphically). Unfortunately, it is often impossible -for those who had not the proper education- to keep reading a score while music plays.
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After the Sony Alpha 100: Alpha 200 or 300?
A rather interesting post on the Dyxum forums tells us more about the future of the digital single lens reflex cameras at Sony (provided that we believe what is still only a talk between Internet users who say they know). The first item is about the name of the future cameras: There’s no more Alpha…
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Panoramas for train spotters
Panoramic photos that will naturally attract pathological train lovers. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 By Branislav Kropilak.
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Canon EOS 40D. It’s near!
This time, we are nearing the full confirmation that the Canon EOS 40D will be present in the photo stores on September 2nd. Some US Internet users tried to collect direct data and learned that the camera is expected in stock at Best Buy (pre-orders would be accepted from some brick-and-mortar stores) at this date…
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Spirals
A few images collected all around the place to celebrate this nice form. by davesag by gadl by Martin Sweeney by whatdavesees by gardawind by s e u s s by Pascal by blue fam by optik by roddh by NeverB4Breakfast by purefinder by tom Q by 0olong by [ Petri ] by fdecomite Collected…
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Maximum temperature acceptable by a CPU
Even if you don’t go the the extremes of CPU overclocking, you may sometimes wonder whether your CPU is too hot or not. For example, my own Athlon XP 2600+ currently displays 62°C. Is it too much? Chris Hare comes to our help with his table of CPU characteristics. You will find there (among other…