Category: Software
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LCD color calibration
I recently installed on my main Windows-PC computer a (rather old) LCD display from Hyundai: ImageQuest Q17. I wanted to improve significantly the correct color calibration. Fortunately, I could get a Pantone ColorVision SpyderPro for the weekend. It was only a matter of minutes to setup the sensor and run the calibration process. Everything goes…
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PDF Creator, not working with Vista
I had been advising to use PDF Creator to produce PDF files from any program under Windows. It appears that the product does not work with Vista. Even worse, sometimes, it seems that its mere installation is breaking havoc in all Vista printing and when it happens, it may be difficult to uninstall. Just wait…
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Which forum for WordPress?
I am currently wondering whether I could add forums to roumazeilles.net (you can give me your opinion on this). It would extend the possibility of commenting posts with even more freedom since people could even talk to each other on issues choosen quite freely. Requirements For this,I started to check what solutions are available for…
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Office 2007 only loves French
We’re French, we’re finding this funny. Microsoft just confirmed that the installation of MS-Office 2007 rudely removes all non-French Outlook Express spelling checkers (why keep the French one?). I guess most non-French speaking people don’t like it since Microsoft does not seem to have a solution.
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WordPress 2.1.1 – Important security advice
If you have installed WordPress v2.1.1 (precisely this version), you should urgently download the version 2.1.2. A cracker succeeded in inserting a malicious code in the downloadable copy of this version and it means that your web site may be open to a vicious attack. Do not wait and check the WordPress web site.
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Recent posts about RAID storage
RAID storage is using several hard disc drives together to improve the reliability (sometimes the performance) over what can be done with one single disc drive. The recent posts here: Creating a RAID-1 on OpenSUSE Testing RAID-1 on OpenSUSE Software RAID: a question of light
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Free online Photoshop
Adobe has been observing the desktop application market and specifically seen Google challenging Microsoft with its online Google desktop suite (spreadsheet, text processor, agenda, etc.). They determined that they want to go the same way in order to ensure a bright future for the Photoshop line. Currently, Adobe has already split its market niche between…
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A game for Friday afternoon
Thanks God It’s Friday! To celebrate this important event of the week, I offer you a special game: throw a ball of paper into the waste basket of your cubicle. It will soon be time to go back home.
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Best performance / noise ratio
As previously announced here, PowerColor just announced the launch of a graphics card based upon the AMD-ATI X1950 pro chipset in a totally silent version (PowerColor X1950 SCS3) that should immediately be awarded the title of the most powerful slinet grpahics card in the world. This is no small thing seeing the difficulty to cool…