Category: Tech
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Drag off-screen window back into view
Windows tip I recently had the problem of an application (DreamWeaver) which had hidden a Windows dialog box. When opening it, it was out of view. But how to drag it back? It appears that this is rather easy (if you know how). First, you use your keyboard: Ctl-Space to open the system menu of…
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Sony Alpha 900 seen in the wild
You never can hide anything from the keen eyes of the Internet photo lovers. The Sony Alpha 900 has been seen used with the Carl Zeiss 16-35mm f/2.8 lens. Notice the small trapezoidal LCD screen on top of the camera body, the nice position of the drive and exposure buttons on top of the grip,…
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Chrome is not a browser
How could we ignore the launch of Chrome, the new browser from Google? Every is babbling about it, everybody tried it (it can be downloaded here). But after one test run, I believe that I should explain something. Yes, this is a marvellous browser because it takes most of the good things from FireFox, Opera…
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36-hour autonomy for the iPhone
or how to ensure the best possible battery autonomy of an iPhone: 36 hours of operation. As a matter of fact, the iPhone battery seems to be its weak point as it seems. But Guy Kawasaki explains us that -for the best part- it comes from some options that eat a lot of power (WiFi,…
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Burj Dubai = gigantic
Burj Dubai is the name of a Dubai construction zone current being modelled. It will host the most surprising series of buildings of astonishing proportions. The most obvious one is the Burj Dubai tower aiming for world record in the middle of 2009. But there will be also this huge fountain which will be dwarfing…
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Nikon D90 at Target
Indirect confirmation of what we told previously here about the future replacement for the Nikon D80. This new photo camera was “seen” (more or less) on the Target.com web site where a single page is describing it as: Nikon D90 12.3MP Digital SLR w/ 18-105mm No photo, no detailed technical features, but the title confirms…
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Nikon D90
Hardly believable, scoops about the Nikon photo camera that should quickly replace the Nikon D80 are popping all over the place with the active support of Thom Hogan, reknown expert for the photo brand. We already knew that it would be named Nikon D90 which is not surprising. But little details are pouring on us…
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Canon at the Olympic Games
The current rumour is that top hats from Canon Japan are currently travelling to China to support the imminent launch of one or two new SLR cameras for the brand. It would be the replacement for the Canon EOS 5D (the most repeated name is now Canon EOS 7D, but who knows) and the successor…
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The most agile robot on Earth
Usually, robots you see in real life are hardly able to move around or to behave… like a robot. This one is all the more impressive. It moves, it walks, it runs on four legs adapting itself to nearly any kind of rough terrain as well as a mule, a dog, or a man (on…