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Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:00

The Perils of Cloud Computing

What would happen if your future arrived too early? If you got the keys to your first car when you were eight? Landed your first big management job at 15?

I’ve been asking those questions while playing with the Cr-48 laptop, the first implementation of Google’s cloud-based Chrome operating system. After a few months with it, I feel like it’s important, but I also think it’s from a future we’re simply not ready for.

Mark Cronell, un vétéran de l'US Air Force, a perdu la vue depuis plus de 20 ans et grace à la technique, il peut voir ses amis pour la première fois. Un moment très émouvant pour lui.

Mark Cronell, a veteran of the US Air Force, lost his sight for more than 20 years and thanks to technology, he can see his friends for the first time. A very emotional moment for him.

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Tous ceux qui ont joué avec une caméra vidéo connaissent ce phénomène. Mais le résultat change d'un appareil à un autre. Dans tous les cas, on peut s'amuser pendant des heures jusqu'à être hypnotisé par l'écran.

Everyone who has played with a video camera familiar with this phenomenon. But the result changes from one device to another. In any case, we can have fun for hours to be hypnotized by the screen.

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While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?

The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.

Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...

Apple Announces iCloud, Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote

A cloud. Photo Karen Ka Ying Wong / Flickr

Apple has confirmed maybe the worst kept secret in Silicon Valley: it’s been working on a cloud service, and will announce it at the June 6 Worldwide Developers Conference.

So now we know annual developer’s conference will unveil “iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering,” but we don’t know yet what it is, or what exactly will reside at the domain name it may have bought for $4.5 million in April.

Thursday, 19 September 2013 05:41

WebBuzz du 19/09/2013

Pour Ceux qui n'aurait pas eu le loisir de voir en direct l'opération de redressement du Costa Concordia, voici une petite scéance de rattrappage et en moins de 2 minutes. Même si l'opération a l'air simple, elle cache beaucoup de technicité et de professionnalisme.
For those who would not have had the opportunity to see live the recovery operation of the Costa Concordia, here's a little time-laspe and in less than 2 minutes. Although the operation looks simple, it hides a lot of technical expertise and professionalism.

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Avec le nombre de photos disponibles de plus en plus croissant sur internet, des chercheurs de l'université de Washington ont eu la bonne idée de réaliser des time-lapses d'endroits souvent photographié. Voici quelques exemples ...

With the number of photos of increasingly growing on the internet, the Washington University researchers have had the good sense to realize time-lapses of often photographed places. Here are some examples ...

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Bientôt la fin des remontées mécaniques ? c'est peut être le cas avec cette essai réalisé avec un snowboard équipé de 2 petits moteurs de fusées (sans doute des moteurs de fusées miniatures) qui semble trés concluant (en tout cas ... en descente) ...

Soon the end of the ski lifts? this may be the case with this trial with a snowboard with 2 small rocket engines (probably miniature rocket engines) that seems very conclusive (at last  ... following the downhill) ...

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Thursday, 13 February 2014 07:36

WebBuzz du 13/02/2014

Les logiciels libres sont souvent critiqués car ils n'offrent rien de concret. Voici un petit exemple de ce que l'on peut faire en détournant une imprimante 3D et l'utilisation des logiciels open source. Si l'aventure vous tente, voici la notice de montage.
Free software is often criticized because they do not offer anything concrete. Here is a small example of what can be done by diverting a 3D printer and use of open source software. If you're feeling adventurous, here are the installation instructions.

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Les demandes en mariage sont toujours surprenantes, certains les préparent et organisent pendant des mois éclipsant presque l'événement lui-même. Mais la meilleure façon de faire n'est elle pas celle de cet homme et d'être capable de vraiment surprendre sa future femme ?

Marriage proposals are always surprising, some prepare and organize for months almost eclipsing the event itself. But the best way to do it is not one of this man and to be able to really surprise his future wife?

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