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- Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens
- The Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens adds image stabilization to the company's older kit lens, though otherwise it and its predecessor are basically the same. It's compatible with all Canon EF-S digital camera bodies, such as the EOS Rebel XSi and EOS 40D, but it won't fit on the EOS...
- Product reviews 2008-06-02
- Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 ones
- Researchers at the University of Rochester have encoded a 20-second clarinet solo in a file smaller than a kilobyte. This is about 1,000 times smaller than regular MP3 files. But the sound is almost as good according to the scientists. The system works by 'recreating in a computer both the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Your turn: Readers choose their 10 favorite Windows programs
- Two weeks ago, I published a list of my 10 favorite Windows programs of all time. The response was overwhelming and refreshingly enthusiastic. As the title made clear, that list reflected my personal preferences; I certainly don't expect all my choices to be essential for every Windows...
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Expect OpenXML win for Microsoft at ISO
- It's the nature of the system, admits Andy Updegrove, legal advisor to the Linux Foundation. The format of Microsoft Office will likely become an official International Standards Organization standard at the end of this month. (Picture by Dan Bricklin, taken at the Harvard Faculty Club...
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- GSim (exe)
- A visualisation and processing tool for (solid-state) NMR data. Historically GSim was started as an extension of SIMPLOT which would be able to represent 2D NMR spectra along with 1D. But later several processing functions and import filters for some commercial file formats have been added. Currently Chemagnetic/Varian Spinsight, Bruker...
- Software downloads 2008-01-02
- FourierScope (exe)
- FourierScope - program for a construction of a radio signals and their spectral analysis. The program is intended for the students of radio engineering specialties and all who is interested in the spectral analysis of signals and is intended first of all for training and familiarization with spectra of signals...
- Software downloads 2007-12-17
- Singularity Summit 2007: Open source Singularity
- "If the singularity is in fact near, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for making it happen in a way that spreads its benefits and minimizes its dangers -- in short, making it happen in a way that lets us be good ancestors.,"...
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- Solar powered Wi-Fi? Solis Energy says 'why not?'
- Solar powered Wi-Fi? Solis Energy says 'why not?'WiMax - It is our democracy and well being, Solis EnergyLets get real, prior to and after a hurricane the towers for connectivity will be down, at least temporarily. Plus unregulated WiFi will not be available to the common man as it gets...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- iSense? Got'em? SASPO? IEED?
- A research engineering company like the one we're imagining would typically be founded by a senior researcher whose name earns the funding request its DARPA audience and one or two graduate students who see the underlying research as a potentially profitable way of combining their PhD work with service...
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- New Google Patent would use media keywords to trigger social network connections
- Published just this morning, a new Google Patent application entitled Social and Interactive Applications for Mass Media would trigger instant connections to user's social networks based on a type of audio recognition of key phrases the user encounters in broadcast or multimedia applications they are watching or listening to.By mapping...
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- New version of ColdFusion aimed at .NET, Ajax crowd
- New version of ColdFusion aimed at .NET, Ajax crowdColdFusion Was Dying??What evidence do you have for your statement that ColdFusion was dying? CFMX 8 Scorpio has been in development by Adobe for over a year. So for at least the past year, Adobe's commitment to CF has been...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- Spitzer Image Gallery (widget)
- Spitzer Image Gallery displays the latest image and provides a browsing feature to view all of the available images from within Spitzer Image Gallery. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August...
- Software downloads 2007-05-02
- Google news and views, Web 2.0 showcase: NEW at Digital Markets!
- Readers of this Digital Markets Blog know I am passionate about two things:Google and Web 2.0!To complement my ongoing, in-depth, exclusive reporting and analysis of all things Google and Web 2.0, I am authoring two new series going forward:1) Web 2.0 Showcase and 2) Google News and ViewsWeb 2.0 Showcase...
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Contextual ads seen as IPTV profitability model
- You may have heard of Jeremy Allaire. Hes CEO of Brightcove, largely a company that hosts high-quality IPTV shows.Were not talking goofy YouTube content here. Most of the marquee IPTV content on Brightcove is generated by content creators who might have worked out of their garage a year or two...
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- SignalScope (zip)
- SignalScope is audio signal analysis software designed to work with Mac OS X-compatible audio hardware. It functions as a real-time spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope. Select any audio input device available in Mac OS X and choose from all input signal formats supported by the current audio device. User-definable full-scale voltage...
- Software downloads 2007-03-15
- News to Know: Adobe Apollo; Ray Ozzie; HP control freaks
- Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves. Microsoft still trying to answer Googles wake-up call. Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group. Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit.Mitch Ratcliffe: The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience.Gallery: Five years...
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- GooTube lookout: Jeremy Allaire debuts "Aftermix" as part of a re-tooled Brightcove
- Shortly after Adobes senior vice president and chief architect Kevin Lynch gave an overview of the companys roadmap for its Apollo platform here at the companys Engage event, developers who are working with the platform took turns at the podium to demonstrate what theyve done. So far, the most impressive...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Jeremy Allaire - Brightcove's Aftermix
- Jeremy Allaire demoed their new video editing application, Aftermix at Engage. It a Flex 2/Flash Player 9 application that looks like its going to make a pretty big splash in the budding video editing suite. One place Aftermix seems to have a big boost is that it ties closely with...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Cee? a Friday pop quiz!
- Cee? a Friday pop quiz!Isn't life grand?Those researchers who broke the terrahertz barrier should celebrate! Yes, they should plan a party. Go to the store, pick up a case of beer and catch a cab. OOoops the hack is a muslum and will not transport you with your alcohol! You...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- Microshutters for the Webb Space Telescope
- In case you dont remember, the Webb Space Telescope will replace Hubble, probably after 2011, and should be able to catch phenomena which happened 13.5 billion light-years ago (read more for a Hubble vs. Webb comparison). At these distances, the instruments onboard will need to be more precise than ever....
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
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