Technology opinions and digital photography
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West African black rhinos declared extinct
A scientific study recently suggested that these animals that were present in West Africa no longer exist in the wild and the species went extinct in this part of the world. Actually, the expected last animals failed to be found in Northern Cameroon. Consequently, the West African black rhino sub-species has been tentatively declared extinct.…
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MSDN is free (to download)
This monstrous library choke full of information for the developer of Windows applications and (preferably, but not only) using Microsoft development tools was – up to now – only available in a paying subscription. This was a strong limitation for those developers not serious enough to invest in such a tool. Microsoft decided to change…
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Microsoft invents paying beta test
You thought that they wouldn’t dare: From the 2nd of August, Microsoft is going to charge 1.50$ per download of the beta version of Microsoft Office. Yes! Now, there are so many crzay people willing to test a bug-ridden version of Microsoft Office that the firm from Redmond can make them pay for this privilege.…
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Nikon dumps D50
Probably to prepare the arrival of the D80 digital SLR, Nikon started to send the price of the D50 down. People interested should be looking for under-275$ offers that are starting to appear on all price comparison search engines. I suggest that the best location to look for them are the targetted ads appearing on…
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The name of the new Nikon will be D80
At least, that is what appears from the paper/features comparison done on this dutch web site between the Nikon D80 and the Sony Alpha A-100.
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AMD will slash double core pricing
You want to buy a microprocessor, you were thinking about a double core CPU? Think twice before opening your wallet right now for one of the new new Intel Dual Core 2 Duo (certainly the best product for the time being – it will be available before the end of the month): AMD prices will…
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Click Monkeys: Google Ads fraud for you
Advertisments shown by Google on web sites (like mine) are subject to various types of frauds. For example, there are site owners who rush to click their own ads in order to increase their earnings (sometimes using software packages or robots, even if this is prohibited by Google whatever mean you use). There is also…
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AMD/ATI – Matchmaking in the Summer
The rumour has just been launched by TheInquirer.net: AMD, the microprocessor manufacturer could buy ATI, the designer of system chipsets and graphics chips. Of course, questions are still open before the public proposal (on Monday) to the shareholders (for example, “where will AMD find the needed money?”). But the merger would bring significant advantages to…
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Tips about Jewelry photography
Stock photography in general, and more specifically taking pictures of shiny little objects like jewels, has always been a difficult task for the amateur and professional photographer alike. Usually, we would look for help from the side of pro photographers. But, I found good advice from jewelers… and plenty of it. Among the tips from…
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