Technology opinions and digital photography
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No ATI/nVidia board is HDCP compatible
It has just been confirmed that currently the existing graphic cards on the market will not be able to play High-Definition DVD. Even when they display an HDCP-compatible label. As said on Darknet.com:
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DRM creeps into our hard drives
The Trusted Computing Group announced it will be publishing a specification describing how hard disc drives will include Digital Rights Management (DRM) to support the Trusted Platform that is being pushed in preparation of PCs that will be completely secured against free flow of information and to avoid hackers and pirates to steal information. This…
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Trusted Computing Platform – Not for the consumer
Trusted Computing Platform is an initiative that is going to help the media companies (music, movies, etc.) securing the media they sell in a strong way. Essentially, it’s intent is to keep everything encrypted to avoid users to have a direct access to it. This approach promises to stomp out pirates. The problem is that,…
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Nikonians
Nikonians is the name of an English-speaking web site about digital photo cameras holding the yellow brand mark. New, forums, galleries, everything.
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1 Million Free and Legal Music Tracks
After all, it’s not only a matter of downloading a lot of MP3’s from the web. Sometimes, if you avoid the top-50 list of songs, you could be finding a lot of tracks that will be satisfying your thirst for music in a legal way: Many artists offer their music for free and this is…
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WSPR will tell you the power of your PC
This is a rather good surprise for the normal users of PC. Microsoft is rumoured to prepare a rating to evaluate if a PC will be able to provide a good, bad or excellent experience with Windows Vista. A PC rated 1 will be providing a minimal experience, a PC rated 5 will be near…
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Nikon goes 55nm
Nikon Precision just announced the delivery of equipment to etch silicon at the 55nm level. A major step in the direction of ever more integrated circuits.
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Photograph of the week
There are many web sites showing a photograph per week, but I usually do not find a single reason to come back the following week. In general, the quality level is rather poor, when it is not frankly low. But this time, I found a shiny gold nugget (Photo.net). The photograph of the week is…
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NikonCafe.com, a forum for the Nikon lovers
If you own a digital photo camera from the Nikon brand, you will certianly be interested in finding the forums of NiconCafe.com. All subjects are freely discussed (hardware gear is currently more about Nikon D200 and other digital single lens reflex cameras or lenses that would be attached to them than about compact digital cameras…
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