Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Io is still the prefered destination for volcano watchers
Io, a Jupiter satellite, has long been the only place -out of good old Earth- where presently active volcanoes could be observed presently. It fascinated me even when the satellite was joined by other bodies in the Solar system. Today NASA confirms us that Io is still the best place where you should go and…
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April 22: Start of the QuadCore price war
AMD is preparing its new QuadCore solution with the intent to fight back against the Core Duo CPU line from Intel (currently AMD does not have a sensible QuadCore solution, while Intel QX6800 is nearly alone on the high-end market). The code name is Barcelona. It should come out in the middle of the year…
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Life Magazine dies on paper – reborn online
This is certainly neither the first nor the last paper magazine lost, Life Magazine was a major landmark in the landscape. At the center of its fame, was the excellent quality of its photographs. Time announced that they would publish online the 10 million images of Life Magazine (no date yet). It should be a…
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Shocking news: Cheetah attacks BBC reporter
Simon King, BBC presenter of Big Cat Diary, was recently attacked by a cheetah. It is a very unusual behaviour for an animal who tends to be easily afraid by large animals like a human. Read it all on BBC (video here). I am not unhappy that it did not happen to me last time…
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Prints fade resistance test
PixInfo.com, The hungarian web site prefered by photographers of the world, juts published a new comparison article. This time, they wanted to check how digital prints fade after one year of exposition to sun light. They stopped at 11 months (shame on them!) but the results are speaking in impressive words. The English article (You…
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The boars were bisons
Two Swiss hunters recently killed two bisons in Bealrus. Aged 57 and 63, they were arrested because the bison is an endangered species and is protected in Belarus (as in many other locations). Their excuse: “Sorry Judge. We thought they were boars…” Now, it seems that being dead drunk is becoming a fairly good excuse…
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STALKER experience
You wanted to know what this PC game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, is worth? After a few hours of gaming I tell you all about it. Minimum requirements: The informations given by THQ are mostly right. With an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, 1Go of RAM and an ATI 9800pro graphcis card, it is perfectly palayable…
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Dark chocolate is good for your arteries
This is the scientific finding reported in LiveScience. Go and eat more chocolate. It won’t be perfect for your waste line, but it will be good for your health!
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Photoshop CS3: Tomorrow
The 27th of March should be launch day for the newest Adobe Photoshop graphics product line: Creative Suite 3 or CS3. Be prepared for more details from Adobe, but the products will not be shipping before the second trimester (and Q2 may mean just before Summer). There will be new features and the important support…