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Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Upgraded to WordPress v2.0.4

    Latest news from the web site inside mechanism: I just upgraded to the latest revision of WordPress (v2.0.4). A more stable, less bugged, more secure version. I thought you’d like to know that I keep security upgrades in mind to protect both the site and its contents (including your personal data).

  • Telelens, my new buy

    I am quite proud of buying it: To add to my own little collection of photo equipment, I just bought a superb second-hand Minolta APO G High-Speed 300mm f/4 which will be mostly used on my Konica-Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7D (but presented here on my old Minolta Dynax 9xi). Quite heavy (I don’t know how people…

  • Science in Science-Fiction

    Sci-Fi usually includes a lot of science. It has sometimes been said that it is mostly bad science, but it is science anyway. The serious scientists of the Sci-Fi Science web site give us a lot of details about what we will find or what we should notice in famous SciFi novels and movies. Examples:…

  • E-passports already failing at security tests

    It did not take long: The electronic passport, that several countries actively defend (particularly the United States of America that tell us it will be the ultimate weapon against terrorists and frauders) and are preparing for full distribution, met a string of very significant problems last week in the Black Hat convention of Las Vegas.…

  • Thanks to all visitors

    Really! In 2005, you had been 80,000 visitors. But I just had a look at my statistics and it seems that in the last year (from August 2005 to July 2006), you were more than 200,000 to jump into my web site. Is it that the Internet is getting larger (more users mean more visitors…

  • West African black rhinos declared extinct

    West African black rhinos declared extinct

    A scientific study recently suggested that these animals that were present in West Africa no longer exist in the wild and the species went extinct in this part of the world. Actually, the expected last animals failed to be found in Northern Cameroon. Consequently, the West African black rhino sub-species has been tentatively declared extinct.…

  • MSDN is free (to download)

    This monstrous library choke full of information for the developer of Windows applications and (preferably, but not only) using Microsoft development tools was – up to now – only available in a paying subscription. This was a strong limitation for those developers not serious enough to invest in such a tool. Microsoft decided to change…

  • Microsoft invents paying beta test

    You thought that they wouldn’t dare: From the 2nd of August, Microsoft is going to charge 1.50$ per download of the beta version of Microsoft Office. Yes! Now, there are so many crzay people willing to test a bug-ridden version of Microsoft Office that the firm from Redmond can make them pay for this privilege.…

  • Nikon dumps D50

    Probably to prepare the arrival of the D80 digital SLR, Nikon started to send the price of the D50 down. People interested should be looking for under-275$ offers that are starting to appear on all price comparison search engines. I suggest that the best location to look for them are the targetted ads appearing on…