Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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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…
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Nikon D300 according to Chasseur d’Images
Chasseur d’Images, the first European photo magazine published the rumoured/forecasted characteristics of the upcoming Nikon D300 (or would it be Nikon D200x?): Will come end of July Same good viewfinder as D200 Same chassis as D200 Weather protection Sony sensor APS-C of 12/13 Mpixels (possibly improved over the standard Sony version) New chip for better…
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky, the promotional videos
GameTrailers brought back fro mthe E3 game fair a whole bunch of videos of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Clear Sky, the FPS video game that presents the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Shadow of Chernobyl with its best elements. Here is an example, but I think you should also follow the link to find some more (even HD…
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Mac GrandPerspective to see disk space
Some time ago, I had spoken here of SequoiaView, a Windows utility to visualize the space used by files on a hard disk drive (a great way to prepare for freeing space on a hard drive choking full of hundreds of GB of data). Today, I found a free utility doing about the same task…
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Prices falling for CPUs
Now, we had announced them: Summer sales. AMD started with nearly all its CPU products, Intel followed immediately, AMD announced that they would not go further for now. Today, Intel does it again for quad-core processors (but prices are already so high that you need breathing assistance to observe them in the rarefied air of…
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BibliOdyssey, a quality library
BibliOdyssey is a web site about art in antique prints. You love books, you love quality books, you must stay tuned to BibliOdyssey. Today, I just want to point to one single impressive post there: Drawing on the Renaissance.
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Audacity: The musical utility
For the music lovers, the sound amateurs, the podcasters, Audacity is a tool out of the usual: despite its cheap price (it’s free) it has near professional features.