Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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CryEngine 2, the motor behind Crysis
For the technically inclinded gamers, Crytek published an interesting PDF file providing information about CryEngine2, the graphics real-time rendering engine/motor behind Crysis, their upcoming First Person Shooter (FPS) game. It’s a bit deep, but you may learn a thing or two about what makes your prefered game tick. Along with the graphics technology data, you…
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Price of LCD panels falling through the floor
Following the current trends about LCD panels is quite interesting. Currently, on professional trade publications like DigiTimes, we keep hearing one simple message: The price of the LCD panels is falling down in 2007, except for small sizes. Essentially, it translates into: the LCD TV sets and screen displays are going to see plumeting prices…
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Grand Canyon soon to open its sky walk
We started talking about it already long ago. Today, the glass path in the sky will soon allow you to walk suspended over thousands of feet of empty air in the Grand Canyon. Grand opening: 28th March. Source: Grand Canyon & Hualapai nation.
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New Leopard species found in Borneo
This is not every day that in the midst of announcements of more disappeared species we learn of the apparition of one of them. These days, the news of a species discovery is flowing through the ranks of nature scientists. The clouded leopard of Borneo is now considered as separate from the the other feline…
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623 marine blue mega-pixels
In the context of a campaign to protect whales from intense hunting and killing all over the world, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society created a gigantic image representing a life-sized blue whale that you can check in details from your computer. A good half giga-pixel of blue whale – to observe with a magnification…
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Paris without a speed ticket
C’était un rendez-vous is a short film from Claude Lelouch that turned into a short visit to Paris jail after publishing it in 1876. Speeding through the streets of Paris as seen from the bumper of a Ferrari sports car equipped just for the occasion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLC3-BciWlk Lelouch never revealed who was the driver. The speed…
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OpenOffice nearly compatible with 2007
OpenOffice, the free desktop suite competing directly against MS Office, reached an important milestone with the availability of version 2.2, Release Candidate 3. This time, we believe, the officiel release of v2.2 is near. Some of the most sensitive improvements were expected by the users: Calc should improve notably the management of dynamic pivot tables…
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. requirements
I admit I have been surprised when I recently read the official recommended requirements from THQ for their upcoming FPS game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Shadow of Chernobyl: Minimum Requirements None given, but compatible with DirectX 8 (as well as DirectX 9). Recommended Requirements CPU: AMD Athlon 64×2 4800+ or Intel Core 2 Duo Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator…
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Waiting for Crysis, Ballad of the Black Mesa
For all of you lovers of the FPS games, here is a musical hommage to Half Life 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTbL5elVXrU