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Intel Core Duo 2
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Continue reading →: Intel Core Duo 2Intel reveals roadmap details, aggressive architecture refresh strategy. Well, Intel is definitely working hard, their update to the first Intel Core Duo is coming faster. Here is the new schedule for the new Intel Core Duo 2 family: * Server chip (codenamed Woodcrest) ships June. * Desktop (codenamed Conroe). July.…
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Basic Camera setup
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Continue reading →: Basic Camera setupSo, what did I what’s the final recommendation on what to get, here is where and some places. These places by the way are already obsolete a week later so go to pricegrabber to get the correct latest prices. Here is the basic dSLR setup: * Canon Digital Rebel XT.…
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Continue reading →: Why does sand ripple?
Rick asked me, why does sand ripple. bq. Wind ripples in the sand show how close the frontiers of science can be. The exact mechanism is not well understood. Sand doesn’t really fly in the wind. Grains bounce along in a process called saltation, and bump other grains into the…
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RoboForm Password Manager
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Continue reading →: RoboForm Password ManagerI can’t take it, there are just too many passwords to remember and it isn’t very secure. “Roboform”:http://www.roboform.com/ is something my buddy Bill uses to automate this. I’m a believer now, it is sure convenient to have something that knows various passwords and that has a master. It also fills…
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Fujifilm Finepix F11 and xD Cards
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Continue reading →: Fujifilm Finepix F11 and xD CardsWell, the xD is kind of a strange format that only the Fujifil FinePix F11 (“DCViews”:http://www.dcviews.com/reviews/Fuji-F11/Fuji-F11-review.htm) uses as far as I can tell. By the way, that is a great review of the F11. Amongst other things it does note that the camera sometimes overexposes. A small -1/3EV correction can…
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The perfect compact camera
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Continue reading →: The perfect compact camerafinepix f11 – Froogle. For pure quality, the Fujifilm FinePix F11 is probably the best. You can’t get it in the U.S. because the big brands like Sony and Canon have blown it out of the market. The huge advantage is it can take very low noise pictures to ISO…
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Fast Compact Flash Cards
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Continue reading →: Fast Compact Flash Cards“Rob Galbraith”:http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=6007-7699 did actual in camera testing with the Digital Rebel XT to see what were the fastest cards. For most of these, the RAW write speed wwas the most affect with the Sandisk Extreme III 1GB and 2GB having identical performance at 4.888MBps write JPEG and 6.26MBps RAW. It…
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Canon 430EX vs 580EX
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Continue reading →: Canon 430EX vs 580EXCanon Speedlite 430EX Flash Review. Once the decision on Camera is made, then there is a high and low flash model. You really do want a flash in most circumstances particularly indoors where bounce flash is very useful. The net is that the 580EX has a guide number of 190…
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5
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Continue reading →: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5DCRP Review: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5. The H5 is just coming out in June. First reviews are in a week or two. There is some excitement about this camera since it is $500, 7 megapixels, 12x zoom and only weighs 1.3 pounds. I’m kind of expecting that it will be like…
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Fast SD Cards
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Continue reading →: Fast SD CardsNow that there are 10MB (aka 66x), 20MBps (aka 133x) and even 22MBps (aka 150x) cards, its a challenge to figure out what to buy. Core Sound — PDAudio® System has done some benchmarking, but most folks don’t do reviews of SD cards. There is also an issue with older…
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