Category: Science & Geeks
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U of Chicago blows a white dwarf star in 3D
For the first time, researchers simulated the explosion of a white dwarf. White dwarf stars pack one and a half times the mass of the sun into an object the size of Earth. When they burn out, the ensuing explosion produces a type of supernova that astrophysicists believe manufactures most of the iron in the…
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EU tax on digital photo cameras?
According to Digitimes listening to Taiwan industry sources, Europe would be about to introduce a customs tax of 4.9% specifically for digital cameras including the ability to record videos. A small price increase to expect in June or July this year on imported cameras (Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc.) but it would not involve Digital…
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The best sensor cleaning for Digital SLR cameras
Those who are lucky to read Chasseur d’Images, French photo newspaper (on real pulp paper), European leader on this market, will remember that they just read a comparison of the sensor cleaning of Olympus E-series, Sony Alpha-100, Canon 400D, Pentax K10D and K100D. Important conclusion: It’s better than nothing, but there’s only the Olympus able…
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Photoshop supports HD Photo format
HD Photo, this is th new name of the image format from Microsoft that they want to replace JPEG, PNG, Raw and GIF. It was previously known -at launch time- as Windows Media Photo and it is now fully integrated into Windows Vista. Adobe Photoshop will support this format through a plugin to donwload from…
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Spring time on Mars
To celebrate Spring 2007, here is a small video gem: http://www.youtube.com/v/yjiGH9QNiU0
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STALKER has arrived
Here it comes! I had told you about it. Now many users on the web are tlking about this FPS game, Stalker – Shadow of Chernobyl. Some examples: PC IGN (English) GamePro (English) GameSpot (English) Bit-Tech.net (English) Inpact virtuel (French) Globaly, the opinions are VERY favorable on most aspects (playability, quality of images, gamer immersion,…