Category: Science & Geeks
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WordPress and moving from PHP4 to PHP5
Some advice provided by Donncha for those who would like to move from PHP4 to PHP5 on a server supporting WordPress exploitation. Nothing big, but it is always good to check the items she points at: Location of PHP.INI Update to mysql and gd libraries Compatibility with WP-cache
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Maze solution using Photoshop
It may not be the easiest way to produce the solution to a magazine maze test, but you can do it with Photoshop, using the magic wand. Increase contrast. Select the right wall of the maze using the magic wand. Menu Select > Modify > Expand 4 pixels. Create new layer. Fill with Red. Menu…
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News from the P2P front line
It has been quite some time that I did not write about the P2P news. They start popping up everywhere and it is time to talk about the wonderful things happening right under our eyes. First, the Internet users start to find again -in Europe- some protection since a decision from the European Justice Court:…
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Special sleeping bag
After the socks with fingers, here comes the sleeping bag with arms and legs: Selk-bag.
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Canon EOS 40D: Amazon spills the beans
After months of intense speculation and many rumours, Canon is finally ready to disclose all the details about its long-expected Canon EOS 40D (the sequel to the successful 20D/30D Digital Single Lens Reflex – SLR). Details published by Canon nearly simultaneously: Canon EOS 40D But it’s Amazon which has shown all the details by starting…
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Nikon D300: 14MP?
After the recent information (or rumour) that Sony is actually preparing a 14-million-pixel digital SLR camera under the name of either Alpha 200 or Alpha 300, and taking into acount that Nikon is in tight partnership with Sony since the Nikon D200, it is time to ask what resolution will come out of the next…
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DRAM price trends: Up or down?
This is quite surprising. After about a month of DRAM memory prices going up (this was quite surprising), the market analyst DRAMexchange tells us that this is now the end and the prices will fall again. Apparently, despite the vows of manufacturers like Nanya whose CEO is confirming that he would not try to limit…
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My Clié is dead, long live Palm T|X
After a few years of good faithful service, my Sony Clié PDA suicided by jumping from the corner of a table flat on the carpeted floor. It survived but is seriously maimed (the screen is partly blackened and operates only very partly). Disappointed by the lack of faithfulness from my grey little friend, I went…
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After the Sony Alpha 100: Alpha 200 or 300?
A rather interesting post on the Dyxum forums tells us more about the future of the digital single lens reflex cameras at Sony (provided that we believe what is still only a talk between Internet users who say they know). The first item is about the name of the future cameras: There’s no more Alpha…