Category: Science & Geeks
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Windows 98 is dying
We’ve been warned. Win98 is now nearing its official demise. In July Microsoft will stop supporting it altogether. My machines still using it will have to move to a more recent Windows or Linux.
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HDCP/HDMI broken, or nearly broken
The technology supposed to protect the equipments aimed at digital TV with a semi-secret protocol using techniques borrowed from the military in order to ensure that only approved devices can see the previous digital data of our movies, seems to be on its way to be broken and is already the target of very serious…
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Canon EOS 30D
When looking for a digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) photo camera for prosumer (mid- to high-end consumer application for the enthusiast), you necessarily notice the recent Canon offer. The Canon EOS 30D is a nice beast of a camera looking a lot like the EOS 20D, that was already a success and that merely was…
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Pages moved, inform the user but don’t tell
Actually, on my web site, a number of pages have been moved around in the last year. Additionally, some pages are now located so deeply in the site structure that access paths are quite convoluted. The solution seems to go through the use of server page redirection. In Apache (the web server roumazeilles.net is based…
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Suse Linux 10.1 is nearly ready
Or so it seems! This Linux distribution, famous for being very user-friendly and targetting the normal user and providing desktop applications that can be considered more normal than the usual GNU/linux distro, is readying its launch of version 10.1. On its road, Release Candidate 1 was just made available. Previous versions were somewhat worryingly fragile.…
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Still some back-focus problems on the Dynax/Maxxum 7D?
Some people had encountered focusing problems (usually back focus) at the launch of the Dynax/Maxxum 7D. But it seems that this is not finished as I just received an email from somebody suffering from it on a brand new digital camera.
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Sigma lenses and Nikon D200: upgrade needed
Sigma just announced that customers that use their lenses on the Nikon D200 should upgrade some of their Sigma lenses if they are part of the list below: Fixed focal lenses 28mm F1.8 DG ASPHERICAL RF Zooms 20-40mm F2.8 EX DG ASPHERICAL 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO 24-70mm F2.8 EX ASPHERICAL DF 28-70mm F2.8 EX…
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Free download of Word
Since this question is regularly asked here in the recent weeks, I decided to answer directly. Easier than pirating Microsoft Word, nicer, faster than finding a hacked warez version without a virus, a Trojan horse, you just have to go to OpenOffice. I can’t repeat it enough: Forget Microsoft Office, don’t try to copy this…
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Nikon D200
The Nikon D200 seems to be the real high-end prosumer digital camera from Nikon. Different reviews for this fabulous Nikon camera: DPReview Imaging Resources Digital Outback Photo Definitely a nice body for an enthusiast. Maybe a bit on the heavy side (830g instead of the already heavy 760g of my own Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D), it…