Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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National flag design critique
What would happen if a designer team submitted national flags to customer countries? And listened to the ciritiques or comments? Link Via: Information Aesthetics.
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Sigma lowers SD-14 prices (by $400)
Sigma recognizing that the current pricing of its SD-14 is setting it a little out of the competitive market for digital SLR cameras, decided to drop it to $1200. Source: Popular photography.
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Linksys is dead
John Chambers, CEO of CISCO, the company that bought Linksys in 2003, informed us that the Linksys brand will soon be abandonned in favor of a new line of routers all named CISCO. The Linksys brand had been around since 1988, it had been kept because it had a higher recognition factor in the small…
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Intel’s E6420 vs. AMD’s 5600+
Competition is tough at this level (sub-$200 dual-core processors). That is the reason why TechWareLabs decided to compare both CPUs: Intel’s E6420 vs. AMD’s 5600+. This is a confirmation that prices are set to make CPUs quite comparable. There is a slight performance advantage to Intel but for a slightly higher price.
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Canon 40D as seen by Chasseur d’Images
Again, Chasseur d’Images provided its forecast/rumour collection for the upcoming Canon 40D. Since some people wanted to see the list because it may be difficult to find the magazine out of Western Europe, here is a summary: Same chassis as the 30D Same viewfinder as the 30D No specific weather protection (competitive disadvantage against Nikon…
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Nikon D300 according to Chasseur d’Images
Chasseur d’Images, the first European photo magazine published the rumoured/forecasted characteristics of the upcoming Nikon D300 (or would it be Nikon D200x?): Will come end of July Same good viewfinder as D200 Same chassis as D200 Weather protection Sony sensor APS-C of 12/13 Mpixels (possibly improved over the standard Sony version) New chip for better…