Category: Science & Geeks
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Next comes the QuadCore
For a few months already, we had dual-core CPUs. Try forecasting the next marketing step for Intel and AMD. Any idea? Right! They are rushing to prepare CPUs hosting four cores in the same package (usually dubbed QuadCore). AMD goes to a solution on its socket F: Three versions clocked at 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz and 3.0GHz.…
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A quote for a business jet trip
You were wondering how much it could cost you to rent a business jet for your next private trip. Just go to http://www.avion-affaires.com/. They present you the opportunity to request an online quote. You’ll see! This is no so expensive (!) after all: I believe that I did not find anything under 10,000 euros for…
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Sony batteries really blew it
Lithium-Ion batteries from Sony are currently in the eye of a major communication tornado. Everything that could go wrong is going wrong. We had heard of the exploding DELL portable PCs; This was followed by a major recall of batteries. Then, we heard that the Apple iBooks were also subject to the same: explosions and…
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Pentax K10D – Revealed!
Pentax finally let everything loose about its new high-end Digital SLR camera, the K10D. Summed up, the beast has enough to fight directly the Nikon D200, the Canon 40D and other Sigma SD14 or Sony Alpha A100 (the latter being somewhat left behind, but it is widely available since last July). Of course, it got…
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Canon 40D crushes 30D prices
Sometimes, I like to browse what is appearing in the ads. Today, I noticed that the announcement of the new Digital SLR from Canon, the 40D replacement for the 20D/30D line, is driving prices down for the 30D. If you want a good price, you can check by yourself, but I found the following offers…
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A blog on the Earth surface
It is said to be a good idea for any web site to use geolocalisation services. So, I added the little map you can find at the bottom right of the pages of this site (since today). It shows a map of Paris around our location. What do you feel about this? A good idea?…
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Universal: All the music free to download
I guess that such a title had you think that you would find the address of a pirate web site. But Universal announced the signature of a two-year deal with SpiralFrog : all the Universal catalog in free legal download. Two things are included in the deal (to explain it): The whole thing will be…
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CSS tips and tricks: Organize your code
If you are like me, organizing your CSS code is as difficult as understanding it. The Blog Herald has one neat post with tips about organizing and writing your CSS. I don’t know if it is perfect, but it already looks quite good.