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Six tips for flash photography

Flash tipsIf you can, don't pose your subject too far away from a backdrop. Simple point and shoots are looking for overall exposure. If some of the scene is a distant backdrop that returns very little flash it will overexpose the foreground to brind the average up. Too many washed...

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Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Inside a Microsoft data center

Inside a Microsoft data centerWow, on topic AND not brimming with anti-MS FUD!Will wonders ever cease? Good job Robin.Don't blame me. . . .My brand new Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 v.1 wouldn't let me!Other than that, love the keyboard.Cheers,RobinIs that all it takes?Are you saying that for a...

Tags: Keyboards, Data centers, Robin, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft data center, keyboard, data center

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Sproing 1.0 (Mobile)

Try your hand controlling a spring in this puzzler that combines classic match-three game play with a sense of urgency as an accelerating clock counts down the seconds until the ceiling crushes you from above. In Sproing you use your spring to launch multi-colored pieces towards the sky. Match three...

Tags: Mobile, Ceiling, Piece, Apple iTunes, Jason Nemeth, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-02-25

Jumpman (Windows)

The concept of Jumpman is to take all the things that have become possible in games in the last 29 years-- physics, 45 degree angles, a z axis-- and bring the new technology into an early-80s-style platformer while at the same time changing the platformer's basic nature as little as...

Tags: Ceiling, Microsoft Windows, Wall, Andrew McClure, Construction, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-20

Archibald's Adventures (Mobile)

Test your skills and wit in more than 160 uncanny levels! Archibald offers gameplay with both action and puzzle elements with gradually rising complexity. The player starts as a boy on skateboard, but soon he will roll in robotic vehicle capable of riding on walls and ceilings, he will fly...

Tags: Mobile, Ceiling, Wall, Archibald, Construction, Transportation

Software downloads 2009-01-24

Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the (bandwidth) ceiling [Video]

Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the bandwidth ceiling [Video]Pulses of DCHow will they be monitoring all on their subscribers?Everybody goes through the Comcast computer system and they end up faster than AT&T?Aren't they in trouble with the FCC?RE: Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the...

Tags: Corporate communications, Channel management, Comcast Corp., video, Web

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Wireless networking finally hits the ceiling

Wireless networking finally hits the ceilingMy home Wifi cost $120For the router/hub/firewall, a second AP/hub/printserver, and 2 USB Wifi NICs for desktop computers that did not have Wifi built in. The 3 laptops in the family all came with Wifi onboard. For an upgrade, I will spring $30 for an...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Desktops, ceiling, wireless networking, wireless, network

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Wireless networking finally hits the ceiling

With the advent of multiple input multiple output MIMO technology that's used in Draft N (and some later 802.11g) products, wireless range isn't as big an issue for new networks as it has been in the past. But if you're running an older 802.11g network as I am in a...

Tags: Network, IEEE 802.11g, Ceiling, Wireless Networking, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Public Relations, Networking, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Comcast sets 250GB ceiling

Comcast sets 250GB ceilingRE: Comcast sets 250GB ceiling[i]"..Comcast won't be releasing any programs that will let you easily monitor your bandwidth usage.."[/i]doesnt that directly violate the FCC order requiring Comcast to be fully transparent with their customers? To me this is still leaving them in the dark. IF they want...

Tags: INTERNET, Corporate communications, Comcast Corp., ceiling

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Photos: A look inside the green, high-tech Genzyme Center

This platinum-level, LEED-certified green building uses building automation for daylighting, fresh air and to lower energy costs.Biotech company Genzyme went green when it built its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Called Genzyme Center, the 4-year-old building is a Platinum-level LEED-certified green building, the highest level possible. (LEED stands for Leadership...

Tags: That', photograph, atrium, building', Genzyme Corp., mirror, daylight, motor, hawk, sensor, roof, ceiling, foe, coal, tile, wind, burst, sunlight, Cambridge, automation, certification, collaboration, Germany, wall, leadership, U.S., environment, computer, network

Image galleries 2007-08-22

Photo: Flying robot

Is it an escaped ceiling fan? Nope. It's a remote-controlled flying reconnaissance robot.

Tags: Robots, robot, ceiling, photograph

Image galleries 2006-05-17

Photo: Flying robot

Is it an escaped ceiling fan? Nope. It's a remote-controlled flying reconnaissance robot.

Tags: Robots, robot, ceiling, photograph

Image galleries 2006-05-17

Hairy feet dancing on the ceiling

Will we ever climb rocks without falling like flies walk on walls or ceilings? The Society for Experimental Biology briefly reports that German researchers who studied flies dancing on the ceiling think it's doable. After using optical sensors to look at flies under microscopes, the researchers think it's possible to...

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Blog posts 2006-04-07

Unreal Tournament 2004 DM 1on1 Tangora map (Windows)

This is a custom one on one deathmatch map for Unreal Tournament 2004, and is a finalist in phase 3 of the Make Something Unreal contest. The map takes place in a dark, wet building with exposed earth on the floors, vines hanging from the ceiling, and more.

Tags: Ceiling, Florian Oswald, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-07-16

Additional Resources

Castle Of Magic Free for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

In Castle Of Magic Free for iPhone be prepared for anything as you try to save your friend from the clutches of the horrifying magician Nefastax. Master numerous magical powers, discover beautiful enchanted worlds, stand up to the wildest monsters, transform yourself into powerful creatures, and even walk on the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Gameloft, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Averatec D1130 All-in-One

The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133

Product reviews 2009-10-30

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

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Product reviews 2009-10-30

3D Jeepers Creepers 2.0 (Windows)

Animated 3D Creepers walk, crawl and slowly rise as an eerie fog slowly moves across bubbling green slime while spooky MP3 music plays. Spooky green glow backlights a Creeper that periodically walks behind the grate. The biggest Creeper randomly rises at the front of the scene. Keep an eye out...

Tags: 3D, Password, Password Protection, MP3 Music, Animation, Microsoft Windows, MP3, Unique 3D Screensavers

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

A pair of physicists have shown that if processors continue to accelerate in accordance to Moore's Law, we'll hit the wall of faster processing in roughly 75 years. The curtain will eventually come down for silicon in today's manufacturing methods once engineers can no longer further shrink...

Tags: Processor, Physicist, Speed, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Data center pilot helps Toyota reduce electricity demand by 10 percent

Simply by visualizing where hot spots and cooling inefficiencies existed and moving to address them, Toyota Motor Sales USA has been able to reduce the electricity demand requirements it puts on its local utility. During a five-year pilot program with IBM and Southern California Edison, Toyota was...

Tags: Data Center, Toyota Motor Corp., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-13