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Efficient High Dynamic Range Texture Compression: This paper presents a novel compression method for High Dynamic Range (HDR) textures, targeted for future graphics hardware. Identifying that the existing solutions provide either very high image quality or very simple hardware implementation, it aims to achieve both features in a single solution. The authors approach improves upon an...; Tags: Image Quality, Association For Computing Machinery, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-01
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 2): If you don't mind a little bulkiness and want the flexibility of a broad range of focal length, get Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FZ50. You have to be willing to drop some change on this 10.1-megapixel megazoom model—it will run you about $480 or more--but you'll get a slew...; Tags: Image Quality, Panasonic, Digital Camera, Camera, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2007-12-12
Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 1): Let's face it. Chances are slim that someone's gonna drop 400 bucks on you this holiday season. But that doesn't mean you can't pick up that camera you've been eyeing while you're already out braving the malls. Here's a good shortlist (in three posts) for you to pick from this...; Tags: Image Quality, Digital Camera, Camera, Canon Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Samsung adds 3D technology to its High Definition DLP TV: Samsung adds 3D technology to its High Definition DLP TVWhat about programmingLooks great, but where are you going to find 3D programming? The PC can't create a 3D signal from a 2D program. Video games, their video being created in the PC, can be created in either 2D or 3D....; Tags: image quality, DLP, 3D, 2D, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; Discussion threads 2007-07-17
The ZDNet video experiment: The ZDNet video experimentCan't vire Whitboard VideoAre you using some MS video junk?? I can hear the sound but no picture. OS SuSE 10.1 Mozilla 1.5.0.7 all the codacs I'm legally able to use.Love to be able to actully view this stuff.BTW I seem to be able to see any...; Tags: Corporate communications, video, image quality, Linux; Discussion threads 2006-10-01

DScaler (exe): DScaler is a piece of software that grabs analog, interlaced video, and deinterlaces it to make it a progressive scan feed, then allows scaling to any resolution for use on your computer monitor or projector. Analog, interlaced video are devices like VCRs, laserdisc, and game consoles output. Unlike most existing...; Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, image quality, projector, algorithm, computer monitor, video, VCR, game console, console, monitor, software, TV, game, PC, computer; Software downloads 2006-03-29
Ray Casting image quality of Different Solutions: Ray casting is one of the standard approaches for rendering images from volumetric data sets. There are multiple ways to map ray casting into an algorithmic solution. The goal of this paper is to show the different impacts in image quality due to those different realizations of the ray casting...; Tags: Image Quality, Hewlett-Packard Co., Productivity; White papers 2006-03-17
ViewSonic VP930b: As business LCD monitors go, the 19-inch ViewSonic VP930b doesn't stray far from the norm in its basic, boxy design. However, the VP930b offers useful color-calibration and asset-management software and tons of adjustability to fit nearly any ergonomic demand. Unfortunately, its poor image quality leaves us cold. For everyday uses...; Tags: Monitors & displays, ViewSonic Corp., ViewSonic VP930b, display, image quality; Product reviews 2006-02-01
Seamless Texture Generator (zip): Seamless Texture Generator is a tool for creating seamlessly tileable images from photographs quickly and easily, while retaining maximum image quality. STG will save you hours of work. It makes most textures seamless with a single click, while simultaneously correcting highlights and shadows. And for those textures, which need a...; Tags: Image Quality, Image, Seamless Texture Generator; Software downloads 2005-03-28

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Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds: Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...; Tags: Wavelength, Pollution, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Olympus E-520 dSLR debuts: Cue "The Price is Right" music -- Olympus E-520 dSLR, come on down! In today's news, Olympus announced their E-520 this morning, the replacement for the E-510. Notable improvements in the new body include sensor-shift stabilization (including an updated system with a mode that...; Tags: Body, Olympus Corp., ISO, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Pricing, Quality, Business Operations, Marketing, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-05-13
News to know: HP's to buy EDS; AMD; XP SP3; iPhone; Spam attacks: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: HP bidding for EDS; Deal would ramp up services. Dennis Howlett: HP to take out EDS: does it make sense? AMD rejiggers management; Forms central engineering group Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Integrate Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Windows Media...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Nokia Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Podcasts, Data Centers, Homeland Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Government, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Olympus announces new E-520 midrange DSLR update: Olympus has finally announced the previously leaked E-520, an update to its well-regarded E-510. Like the entry-level E-420, the E-510 is really a minor update to its predecessor. Not surprisingly, updates include most of the new features the E-420 added over the E-410, such as a bigger and better...; Tags: Olympus Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Mobile software Monday: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting: My plan was to post software reviews here every Monday, but at times my schedule and life doesn't allow me to give a full test of a software package and write up my thoughts so I missed last week. Thus, I am posting a double review this week on Mobile...; Tags: Application, Device, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Podcasting, S60, Nokia Podcasting Application, Submissions, Podcasts, Storage, Databases, Internet, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Image Gallery: HanDBase 4.0 and Nokia Podcasting applications: HanDBase 4.0 is the latest release of one of the most popular mobile database applications that works with Windows Mobile, S60, and Palm devices. There are desktop clients for Windows and Mac as well. The Nokia Podcasting application is a free podcatcher application and does not actually...; Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, HanDBase 4.0, Nokia Podcasting Application, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller, screenshots, nokia, podcasting, mobile database, windows mobile, s60, palm; Image galleries 2008-05-12
JPG/JPEG Photo Converter (exe): JPG/JPEG Photo Converter is a wonderful tool to convert many photo formats such as BMP, GIF, PNG, TIF, ICO, EXIF, WMF, and EMF to JPG/JPEG file with some useful parameters changed. It resizes the original photo's width or height, and has a convenient proportional calculator to keep aspect ratio on...; Tags: Photograph, CHENGDU WEISHU TECHNOLOGY, JPG/JPEG Photo Converter; Software downloads 2008-05-12
Htm2Pic (exe): Htm2Pic is a windows desktop program that helps you convert html pages from any URL into images in any popular image format (BMP,JPG,GIF,PNG,TIF). This tool is specially designed for batch converting a lot of web pages. Compared with other similar providers, out product is second to none with competitive price....; Tags: Htm2Pic, Productivity, Construction; Software downloads 2008-05-12
Phantom Burner (exe): Phantom Burner is a virtual CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-R drive. It not only allows you to mount disc image files as virtual CD or DVD discs, but also let you create disc image files by burning to the virtual CD-R drive, from using any disc burning software. By supporting standard SCSI commands, it...; Tags: Disc, CD-R, Phantombility, Phantom Burner; Software downloads 2008-05-12
Some PDF Image Extract (exe): Some PDF Image Extract is a easily tool to extract images from pdf files. Some PDF Image Extract can easy help you to extract images in pdf files to TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM. Easily extract images from pdf files to TIF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA,...; Tags: Adobe PDF, SomePDF; Software downloads 2008-05-12