Category: Computers
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The Windows upgrade
An upgrade maybe painful: Vista as a fakir chair. Source: Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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Color-blindness and software specification
Do you happen to know that 5% of all male population is actually affected by some form of color-blindness (females are much less prone to it). It means that plenty of activities that tend to rely on color identification by the user is significantly flawed for about 2-3% of the user population. This can become…
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Intel/AMD, at war again
July will be another month of price wars for Intel and AMD (after a very bumpy April). Both announced that they would shoot prices down once again in July trying to grab a larger market share (for AMD) or trying to asphyxiate the competition (for Intel). AMD will start at the beginning of the month.…
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UltraMon, dream utility of multi-monitor for Windows
Windows has supporting multi-monitor desktops for quite a long time. However, this could easily improved as many users noticed. UltraMon is bringing a masterful solution to this situation. Plenty of little improvements in terms of Intelligent task bar extended to all monitors Management of screen savers Management of desktop backgrounds Additional window icons If you…
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1 Tera-pixel!
1000 millions of pixels, that was good enoug. 1000 billions of pixels is better! But it’s really a technical challenge. Before we can see the first 1 Tera-pixel digital photo camera (don’t wait for it), Aperio defined an extension to the TIFF image format allowing to create such a large image. Even better, they demonstrated…
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DirectX 9 or DirectX 10?
There are many computer gamers who wonder whether they should switch to the newest PC game technology standard from Microsoft. The question is not without merit. As a matter of fact, according to grpahics card manufacturers (starting with AMD-ATI and nVidia) and Microsoft, DirectX 10 brings a lot of major improvements to video quality. But…
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PC components, price changes?
The latest news from the PC component price frontline are quite disturbing as they seem contradictory. It is now confirmed that the small LCD displays (17″ and 19″, including for laptops) are now nearly on allocation [1]. Prices are seriously going up. The analysts predict that this is a long term trend. There is a…
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New LCD screen: Dell 2407WFP
Other notable characteristics: Integrated flash memory card reader. Multiple video inputs (DVI-D/HDCP, S-Vidéo, Composite, Component). Integrated USB concentrator. I finally cracked and bought a new screen to replace my main working display. I chose a Dell 2407WFP to have a large work surface (1920 x 1200 in 24″), a wide form factor (useful to push…
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LCD TV prices won’t go lower than that
In our series of market predictions, here is an article at The Guru of 3D (titled “LCD TV prices hit bottom“) that explains why, according to iSupply industry analyst, the LCD TV sets won’t go much lower in the near future. This rebound of LCD bare screens prices will probably have an impact on wide-screen…