Technology opinions and digital photography
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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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Canon EOS 40D, the tests
After rumour time, here is reality for the Canon EOS 40D. There are more and more tests (starting with previews) of this nice digital camera. Imaging resource (English) DC resource (English) Steve’s Digicam (English) DPreview, review, Phil Askey, October 2007 (English) DPreview, preview (English) Chasseur d’Image (présentation) (Français) The Digital Picture (English) Outback Handbook: Canon…
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Become colorblind!
As more than 5% of all males have some sort of colorblindness (see also my previous post about colorblindness and software specification), it is important to ensure that software is usable by that large group of users. Here comes Color Oracle, a freeware application that will let you test your software design against various sub-types…
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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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Canon 30D: It’s the end
At least, the end of life of the ageing Canon EOS 30D should be announced on Monday 21st in Canada (along with a similar fate for the G7). There is a very high expectation that this will also mean launch of the Canon EOS 40D. Complementary note: In the UK, LCE would have started taking…
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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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