Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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The name of the new Nikon will be D80
At least, that is what appears from the paper/features comparison done on this dutch web site between the Nikon D80 and the Sony Alpha A-100.
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AMD will slash double core pricing
You want to buy a microprocessor, you were thinking about a double core CPU? Think twice before opening your wallet right now for one of the new new Intel Dual Core 2 Duo (certainly the best product for the time being – it will be available before the end of the month): AMD prices will…
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Click Monkeys: Google Ads fraud for you
Advertisments shown by Google on web sites (like mine) are subject to various types of frauds. For example, there are site owners who rush to click their own ads in order to increase their earnings (sometimes using software packages or robots, even if this is prohibited by Google whatever mean you use). There is also…
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AMD/ATI – Matchmaking in the Summer
The rumour has just been launched by TheInquirer.net: AMD, the microprocessor manufacturer could buy ATI, the designer of system chipsets and graphics chips. Of course, questions are still open before the public proposal (on Monday) to the shareholders (for example, “where will AMD find the needed money?”). But the merger would bring significant advantages to…
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Tips about Jewelry photography
Stock photography in general, and more specifically taking pictures of shiny little objects like jewels, has always been a difficult task for the amateur and professional photographer alike. Usually, we would look for help from the side of pro photographers. But, I found good advice from jewelers… and plenty of it. Among the tips from…
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Beautiful China
These photos of China are some of the most beautiful that could be found. Simply one example taken out of the long list of these strongly colored images:
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Peeping at the new Nikon
Everybody already knew that September (with the Photokina) would be seriously animated by the arrival of a lot of new products in the market of digital SLR cameras (DSLR = Digital Single Lense Reflex). Sony already presented its Alpha A100 (available in the best stores online and offline in few days only). Nikon starts to…
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WordPress statistics – Follow-up (Google Analytics)
I previously presented here my opinion about several tools to collect statistics for a web site (Alexa.com, Performancing metrics, Webalyzer). Then, I started by writing about the existence of Google Analytics, the still-in-beta-test offer from the American search engine giant. But I could not test it because Google did not provide an invitation to the…