Technology opinions and digital photography
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More than 1.4 millions pages seen in 2007
Thanks to all visitors! This year 2007 saw a near-doubling of the number of visits and the start of new article categories. Arguably, you were pleased, but we’ll try to make it even better. I start immediately. Happy new year 2008.
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Black-collared Hawk
Click on the thumbnail images to enlarge them Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis, Buse à tête blanche).
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Mere poster or optical illusion
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Limpkin in Pantanal, Brazil
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Limpkin (Aramus guarauna, Courlan brun). Shot in Brazil, October 2007.
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Warner is third to remove DRM with Amazon
We learned this week that Warner Music and AMazon are going to gang in in order to sell DRM-free MP3 files. This is the third music major to stop and listen to its customers who did not want to suffer the indignity and incovenience of this kind of digital rights protection. EMI and Universal had…
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Build a Macintosh clone for less than $800
This is the definitely interesting story from LifeHacker. It’s difficult and long but you can get Leopard running on a PC-made-a-Mac. Source: Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800 [Hack Attack].
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Lightzone is back for Unix/Linux
Do you remember my newsbit about LightZone for Linux? Unfortunately, you may also have noticed that some time later, LightCrafts had stopped distributing it. However, after a petition on the forums, things changed again and version 3.3 beta of LightZone for Linux is again available for download. It is still difficult to be sure if…
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This year wishes come from scammers, too
Visibly, in 2008, scammers and spammers start early: The sheer number of emailed wish cards seems to have increased to very high levels. Only one advice: If you receive a “best wishes” electronic card from somebody that you don’t know, don’t even spend time (and computer security) checking it. It’s most probably a mean to…
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Dollar going low, blogger earning less
As the US dollar drops in Stock Markets, there are some unexpected victims. As many other companies whose customers pay in US dollars, many bloggers using advertising services are being paid in US dollars (or in Euros converted from US dollars). While the green bill currency was dropping through the floor, bloggers earnings dropped too…
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