Archive for January, 2009

Digital Scrapbook Freebie - CU Overlay Set 5

Hope you enjoy this set of commercial use overlays.  I made these from my own texture pictures.  My 8 year old daughter has been taking hundreds of them for me and is quite the photographer!  I think it’s time to get her a nice camera.  She took some really artsy shots as well.  While on the subject of cameras… I am looking for a nice point and shot to carry in my purse.  Anyone have any suggestions??  I’d like to keep it under $200.These are all 12×12, 300dpi, jpegs.  They are CU, so use them h

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Fastrax Partners with SiGe to Power its Software GPS Solution

Fastrax has entered into an agreement with SiGe to enable the former power power its Software GPS solution using the later product called SE4120. The SE4120 provides high navigation sensitivity and allows GPS functionality to be customized for a variety of electronic devices and applications. Fastrax's product optimizes the functions that require the most processing power and memory in GPS solutions and obtains the best performance on every platform, depending on available processing power and

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Concord 3045 Digital Camera

Concord has dedicated itself to manufacturing of digital cameras. With the Concord 3045 Digital Camera; they are out to cater to those people who are now transiting from traditional cameras to digital cameras. Though small and compact this gizmo is packed with most of the basic functionalities required for taking good snaps.Concord 3045 3MP Digital Camera comes with a picture resolution of 3.1 mega-pixels. This resolution is enough to produce images with certain finer details. The in-camera inte

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DAMfest09 - The Events!

« There’s No Business Like Sanskriti Business!! | Home | Akhtarnama » DAM 09 is here, and the digital entertainment world receives its second annual tribute from the hills of Lavale. Here is more than a sneak peek at what is in store for the three days of digital madness:DAY 1:The day begins innovatively with the crisp snap of clapboard by the chief guest declaring the festival open.SEMINAR I: THE DIGITAL BUSINESSThe Digital medium is no longer confined to individual and small budget filmmakers

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Review at What Digital Camera

Reviewing cameras can be a tricky thing, and sometimes really good cameras can make writing a seemingly objective review even trickier. Such appears to be the case with What Digital Camera’s review of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II where I find the con to be mildly amusing:ISO 25,600 unusable, banding at high ISO’s, chromatic aberrations fail to be removed, users may have preferred faster burst rate and/or more advanced focusing system to the inclusion of video mode-What Digital CameraYes, ISO 25,600

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January 31, 2009: I’ll take a DVD, an eight-track cassette, and a tincture of laudanum

So here’s something interesting I came across the other day (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDMXKb0oqb34&refer=home). According to the article, fourth quarter shipments of DVD’s fell 32% in the U.S. and Canada: “The drop is the biggest since the industry-funded researcher started keeping track in 1997.” It goes on to blame the consumer shift toward digital media services like iTunes and Netflix, echoing what many have been saying with regard to the apparent drop in televisio

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iPod Touch and the Worth of iPod Touch Downloads

by Davion W Technology has seen one of its biggest boosts during the 1980s. Since then, electronic gadgets and devices, such as cell phones and laptops, digital cameras and media players, and the like have been coming out, getting a lot of popularity. After Apple launched iPod, now comes the iPod Touch. Mp3 players have been in such a great demand. Music is every teen’s life and hearing music has been an important thing to some people. Mp3 players give this necessity to them. But, an iPod Tou

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NHRA World Finals: Top Fuel Final Round

2008 NHRA Auto Club World Finals at Pomona Fairlplex. Top Fuel Dragsters Larry Dixon in far lane and Rod Fuller in the near lane. Dixon is the winner! For all results go to www.nhra.comSorry for the not-so-good quality. This was taken on a digital camera rather than an actual video camera.Social Bookmarking Digital Photography Success - At last! How to take the digital photos you've always wanted, and finally have them turn out like a professional photographer has taken them. January 31, 2009 ·

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Sony Q3 FY08 Results Absolutely Devastating

Sony said Thursday its net profit plunged 95 percent in the October-December quarter, as the holiday shopping season provided no respite for the struggling electronics giant and tepid sales of TVs, digital cameras and cell phones hit its bottom line. The Japanese manufacturing icon said its usually dependable electronics division posted its first-ever operating loss in the fiscal third quarter. Look at Sony’s Q3 FY08 results presentation here.“From the second half of September last year, there h

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CIID - Tangible User Interfaces

The Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design has an educational line that runs a master course at the Danish Design School. Dave Mellis works there, Massimo was teaching a basic Arduino course some months ago, and I just finished a short position as advisor for their Tangible User Interfaces course. It has been an intense four weeks period where I helped out with the conceptualization of projects, and their technical realization. The course responsible -Heather Martin- was also one of the bra

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