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Tech camp for kids: Some kids prefer video games and computer programming to sports and nature, and the ID Tech Camps were created with that set in mind. CNET's Kara Tsuboi drops in on a summer session at Stanford University to watch these future tech masterminds hard at work on their summer vacations.; Tags: Tech, Programming, Development Tools, Games, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, News, kara tsuboi, id tech camp, stanford, computer graphics, web, design, video, summer, camp, digital, final cut pro, robotics, science; Videos 2008-07-09
A new way to improve computer graphics: Computer scientists at the University of California in San Diego UCSD have developed a fog and smoke machine for computer graphics which dramatically cuts computing costs for generating bright images. They've used 'photon mapping' algorithms, a subset of the more computationally intensive ray tracing algorithms -- and with better results....; Tags: Algorithm, Light, Computer Graphics, Image, Computer, Engineering, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Vacation Screensaver (zip): Revolutionary art of the 21st century that has paved a road for a new use of computer graphics technology. These screensavers are built using technology similar to the one found in real dynamic paintings and they will display a mesmerizing slideshow of dynamically generated images. The dynamic painting technology developed...; Tags: Screensaver, Computer Graphics, Computer, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-11-29
Otherland Screensaver (zip): Combines the beauty of conventional paintings with the real-time graphic capabilities of the modern computers. These screensavers are built using technology similar to the one found in real dynamic paintings and they will display a mesmerizing slideshow of dynamically generated images. The dynamic painting technology developed by San Base and...; Tags: Screensaver, Computer Graphics, Technology, Computer, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-11-29
Photos: Hobbyists heed TechShop's siren song: TechShop offers people the opportunity to build 3D models from computer graphics, embroider T-shirts, or carve toast with a laser. by CNET News.com; Tags: Computer Graphics, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-11-05

Images: Self-shifting digital paintings: Artist and engineer San Base creates abstract, highly textural images whose shapes and hues continually morph over time.Artist San Base, who was born in Russia and lives in Canada, has combined his training in fine arts and computer engineering to meld painting with algorithms. He devised his "Dynamic Painting"...; Tags: CNET News.com, Art, Image, Computer, n:Base'; Image galleries 2007-08-28
Tile Builder (exe): Tile Builder is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for creation seamless patterns. It will be useful for web designers, artist and computer graphics enthusiasts. It allows you create fantastic patterns by one touch. Run Tile Builder, choose one of 17 tiling method, press Apply and you receive incredible result! Our plug-in has...; Tags: Computer Graphics, Pattern, Plug-in, Tile Builder, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-03-14
Tile Builder Art Pack (zip): 100 free patterns and 25 masks generated by Tile Builder. Tile Builder is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for creation seamless patterns. It will be useful for Web designers, artist and computer graphics enthusiasts. Run Tile Builder, choose one of 17 tiling method, press Apply and you receive incredible result. Our plug-in...; Tags: Computer Graphics, Plug-in, Tile Builder, Productivity; Software downloads 2006-08-24
Effects (zip): Effects is the image-editing software. With its powerful tools Effects provides facilities for digital photo-editing, advertisement production, creating Web-publications. The program is targeted at digital photo camera also mobile telephone camera users, computer graphics designers, Web-designers. The main features: High-quality home photo-printing (especially for low-resolution photos), Red-eye correction, Simple selection...; Tags: Computer Graphics, Image-editing, Tool, Effects, Productivity; Software downloads 2006-01-23
MoodBook (exe): MoodBook is a tiny Windows utility that brings art to your desktop and sets a tone for your daily mood and emotions. With MoodBook your desktop looks like an art gallery changing art expositions either automatically, at regular time intervals, or manually, with a click. Each exposition has either a...; Tags: Computer Graphics, Exposition, MoodBook, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2006-01-23

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Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux: Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...; Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Kernel, Mandrake, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated): Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...; Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops: Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop: Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideGood riddance to bad rubbish.Too bad he took others with him.Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideThis is very sad. There was no reason for him to take other people's lives.Much sadder then you think. Much SadderAs an avid computer enthusiast, owning...; Tags: INTERNET, apparent murder-suicide, Escapee, murder-suicide, Spam King; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year: Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this yearIE totally irrelevant for geeksMany computer-savvy people are forced to use IE at work, but once they get home they do everything on Firefox. For the home desktop, IE is increasingly irrelevant and visually unattractive. Once you've used Fox with its countless pretty...; Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Fox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Microsoft to show off spherical Surface next week: During Microsoft's annual Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, the company will finally show off semi-publicly the spherical Surface computer that has been rumored for the past few months. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Multi-touch, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-24