Technology opinions and digital photography
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Designer of futuristic computer interfaces
You knew that Hollywood had to hire somebody to create those computer interfaces that look completely futuristic, that look so good and that look credible. Actually, Mark Coleran in one of these designers Hollywood pays (handsomely) for creating man-machine interfaces (for movies like Island, Mr & Mrs Smith, etc.) Recently, we can see, things went…
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Sony Alpha 200, to replace ageing Alpha 100
During quite some time people have been speaking of Sony Alpha 200 as the name of the new high-level prosumer digital SLR camera. But when Sony presented it, the name was Sony Alpha 700. We should have been listening a little more to the rumour. The Alpha 200 name was actually real, but it was…
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Free software shooters, for Linux
If you are a gamer (as in video games), if you like the challenge of confronting other players in FPS shootouts, if you are using GNU/Linux, you will be interested to find the comparison brought by LinuX-gamers.net: Comparison of Free Software Shooters with: Sauerbraten OpenArena Alien Arena Nexuiz World of Padman Tremulous War§ow
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Manaus, Brazil
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them This caiman is the most common crocodilian in the Pantanal (Brazil). It eats exclusively fish. It is easy to approach it just by walking to it (it lets rodents, birds and men approach very near).
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Big optical illusion
Look at the central dots. Which one is the biggest?
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Brazilian parrots and parakeets
Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala, Amazone à front jaune) Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus, Perruche moine) Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Assuredly, parrots and parakeets from Brazil are difficult to identify scientifically. Each species and sub-species is only differing from the next by a few details in feathers. Anyway, colors are pretty impressive.
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CPU performance decoding HD-video
ArsTechnica has a very interesting article showing how nVidia and AMD-ATI show different performance while decoding High-Def video. There is no clear winner. It all depends on the type of video applied.
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Make Windows XP look like Vista
You do not want to sell your first-born child to buy Windows Vista, but you’d like to be able to brag about your having all the bells and whistles of Vista. Just keep Windows XP and install the Vista Transformation Pack 8, your PC will look a little like this:
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Phenom, incompatible with existing AM2 motherboards?
This is more or less what has to be concluded from reading the articles currently published about the compatibility (more supposed than real) between the new AMD 4-core processor and the existing AM2-socket motherboards. But it seems that AMD will have to be a little more patient. This is not a very good omen for…
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