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Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • G80, G84: nVidia solutions for 2007

    The year 2007 will be DirectX 10 graphics solution year. It will be significant because of the arrival of new video games arriving in Spring 07 that will be compatible with this new standard (don’t forget that Vista is only requiring Direct X 9 compatibility to support its spiffy new 3D graphics interface, Aero). Most…

  • Economic indicators

    While trying to prepare a set of economic indicators for my more official job (I’m not earning enough money from this web site to stop working and just type posts for this site), I have been pushed into looking at what indicators are available to describe the economic outlook in Europe in order to evaluate…

  • Bones and silk by Natalie Shau

    When you see most of the images of Natalie Shau, you will probably think about Tim Burton’s Corpse bride. However, there is something more. We can start from colorful fantasies like “Empty dreams” below, then move to darker images. Then, I invite you to discover her black&white photographic portraits that will lead you into a…

  • Best posts of 2006

    It is now the time to look back at the year 2006 and to check what you really liked in the Roumazeilles.net web site. So, here are the posts viewed the most in the past year. Is it a surprise? Canon 40D crushes 30D prices, at least, that was the rumour. But the prices went…

  • ENIAC is 60!

    The computer that really started the revolution of our societies, ENIAC, officially turned 60 in 2006. Before closing the door on this year, I wanted to celebrate this birthdate with its museum. All that without forgetting that those of us who are more than 40-year old saw the birth of pocket electronic calculators. With ENIAC,…

  • Happy New Year 2007

    While 2006 closes slowly, I want to thank all the visitors of Roumazeilles.net. I want also to wish you an excellent year 2007. I hope that you will walk into a new year of light, photography, technology, software and computers for your greatest pleasure and for your sheer happyness. Be sure to share those wishes…

  • Exclusively for Linux lovers

    Exclusively for Linux lovers

    Sorry for those of you who are not in love with GNU/Linux and Unix (exclusively in their command line version), but I could not resist to this: From xkcd.com

  • Stolen memory

    Direct from Taiwan: A truckload of DDR RAM has been stolen in Taiwan. Manufactured by Hynix, this is a job of no less than 306 millions dollars! Source: DigiTimes.

  • Canon EOS 40D in March 2007

    Let’s try a prediction (I was about to say prevision). While the end of 2006 was clearly marked by the lauch of digital cameras to attract some of the less wealthy to digital single lens reflex cameras (or D-SLR) with new products like the Canon 400D (Rebel Xti) or the Nikon D40, I can foresee…