Category: Science & Geeks
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All (known) bodies in the Solar system larger than 200 miles in diameter
Alan Taylor created a nice representation of the largest bodies of the Solar System (it takes into account the new classification used since last Summer). A really good job of Photoshopping many images together in order to produce what could easily become a landscape poster if somebody decided to print it.
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Monster DSLR comparison guide
Reviewed cameras Canon 30D, 5D, Digital Rebel XT (350D), Digital Rebel XTi (400D), 1D Mark III , 1Ds Mark II Nikon D200, D2Hs, D2Xs, D40, D40x, D80 Fuji FinePix S5 Pro Olympus Evolt E-510, E-500, E-410, E-330 Pentax *ist D, K100D, K110D, K10D Samsung GX-1L, GX-1S, GX-10 Sigma SD-14 Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 This is not…
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Io is still the prefered destination for volcano watchers
Io, a Jupiter satellite, has long been the only place -out of good old Earth- where presently active volcanoes could be observed presently. It fascinated me even when the satellite was joined by other bodies in the Solar system. Today NASA confirms us that Io is still the best place where you should go and…
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April 22: Start of the QuadCore price war
AMD is preparing its new QuadCore solution with the intent to fight back against the Core Duo CPU line from Intel (currently AMD does not have a sensible QuadCore solution, while Intel QX6800 is nearly alone on the high-end market). The code name is Barcelona. It should come out in the middle of the year…
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Shocking news: Cheetah attacks BBC reporter
Simon King, BBC presenter of Big Cat Diary, was recently attacked by a cheetah. It is a very unusual behaviour for an animal who tends to be easily afraid by large animals like a human. Read it all on BBC (video here). I am not unhappy that it did not happen to me last time…
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Prints fade resistance test
PixInfo.com, The hungarian web site prefered by photographers of the world, juts published a new comparison article. This time, they wanted to check how digital prints fade after one year of exposition to sun light. They stopped at 11 months (shame on them!) but the results are speaking in impressive words. The English article (You…
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STALKER experience
You wanted to know what this PC game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, is worth? After a few hours of gaming I tell you all about it. Minimum requirements: The informations given by THQ are mostly right. With an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, 1Go of RAM and an ATI 9800pro graphcis card, it is perfectly palayable…
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Dark chocolate is good for your arteries
This is the scientific finding reported in LiveScience. Go and eat more chocolate. It won’t be perfect for your waste line, but it will be good for your health!
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Photoshop CS3: Tomorrow
The 27th of March should be launch day for the newest Adobe Photoshop graphics product line: Creative Suite 3 or CS3. Be prepared for more details from Adobe, but the products will not be shipping before the second trimester (and Q2 may mean just before Summer). There will be new features and the important support…