Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Micro-change in R.net
As the most attentive of the readers will have noticed, there was a minor change to the layout of the web site. It should improve slightly the overal performance and it will allow further evolutions that may be appreciated later. If you find some technical difficulties with your browser (it shouldn’t be the case, of…
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100 applications for your USB key
Portable apps for a portable USB key. Portable Office Software Portable Email/Calendar/ToDo Programs Portable Text and Voice Messengers Portable Media Tools (Audio / Video) Portable Graphics Viewers and Image Editors Portable Browsers and Web Tools (FTP, Feedreaders, Torrent clients…) Portable Security Software Portable Games Other Portable Utilities Portable Developer Tools (Techies Only) All-In-One Packages Portable…
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The astronauts were drunk
Accoridng to a recent report from NASA (or more precisely according to a single paragraph of that report), alcohol is circulating freely among the astronauts and most specifically during pre-flight. To the point that some worried that the state of the crew may endanger the mission itself. But local management did not seem as worried…
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Tough week on the Stock Exchange floor
The stock exchanges have been subjected to hard winds this week, as it was expected by nearly all the expert analysts. I find it quite interesting that so many observers who are also actors on the market were able to forecast accurately the crisis but were not able to anticipate it enough to avoid it.…
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National flag design critique
What would happen if a designer team submitted national flags to customer countries? And listened to the ciritiques or comments? Link Via: Information Aesthetics.
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Sigma lowers SD-14 prices (by $400)
Sigma recognizing that the current pricing of its SD-14 is setting it a little out of the competitive market for digital SLR cameras, decided to drop it to $1200. Source: Popular photography.
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Linksys is dead
John Chambers, CEO of CISCO, the company that bought Linksys in 2003, informed us that the Linksys brand will soon be abandonned in favor of a new line of routers all named CISCO. The Linksys brand had been around since 1988, it had been kept because it had a higher recognition factor in the small…
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Intel’s E6420 vs. AMD’s 5600+
Competition is tough at this level (sub-$200 dual-core processors). That is the reason why TechWareLabs decided to compare both CPUs: Intel’s E6420 vs. AMD’s 5600+. This is a confirmation that prices are set to make CPUs quite comparable. There is a slight performance advantage to Intel but for a slightly higher price.
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Canon 40D as seen by Chasseur d’Images
Again, Chasseur d’Images provided its forecast/rumour collection for the upcoming Canon 40D. Since some people wanted to see the list because it may be difficult to find the magazine out of Western Europe, here is a summary: Same chassis as the 30D Same viewfinder as the 30D No specific weather protection (competitive disadvantage against Nikon…