Nvidia breaks the 20,000 mark

Posted by C. Robert Dow and Jon Peddie on January 19th 2009 | Permalink
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“In computer graphics too much is not enough”—Jon Peddie 1980

The new GTX 295 dual-GPU AIB from Nvidia is a beast—period. The $499 (MSRP) AIB has a pair of die-shrunk 55nm GTX 280 chips and the GPUs run at 576MHz while the memory is clocked at 999MHz.

Canon PowerShot XS10IS; Learning to live within limitations

Posted by Kathleen Maher on January 9th 2009 | Permalink
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Kathleen Maher

If there is any activity guaranteed to teach you that you usually get what you pay for, it’s buying cameras. I don’t know how many times I have succumbed to a cheap camera when what I really wanted was the top-of-the-line camera.

The HP MiniNote 1000 XP for the road

Posted by Kathleen Maher on January 9th 2009 | Permalink
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Kathleen Maher

A few companies have embraced the netbook, or mini notebook—some perhaps against their better judgment. If you talk to these companies, they will tell you that the mini-note class is not intended to replace a regular laptop or a desktop—it’s intended to be an on-the-go computer. Their low-power processors are designed for long battery life, as opposed to the kind of heavy-duty processor you might need for image and video editing. And, if you start thinking that you don’t really do that much video editing and only a little bit of image editing, you are thinking in directions that Intel and the computer OEMs don’t really want you to go.

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS/1000D Companion; by Ben Long; published by O’Reilly

Posted by Kathleen Maher on January 9th 2009 | Permalink
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Kathleen Maher

The Canon Digital Rebel is the most popular digital SLR camera on the market. In fact, it’s fair to say that Canon has created the entry-level dSLR market—Nikon and its fans may disagree, but Canon has built the field, taken the ball, and run with it.

Double your refresh, double your fun

Posted by Jon Peddie on January 9th 2009 | Permalink
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The stereopsis experience. To get a flicker-free stereoscopic image, you have to have 120 Hz refresh with a single screen, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a single LCD, plasma, DLP, ventricular display, or a CRT. Anything less is a compromise that will cause eye fatigue and send you away, probably not to return.

VillageTronics ViBook

Posted by Jon Peddie on January 9th 2009 | Permalink
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We’ve tested almost every product VillageTronics has made since their first PCMCIA card with an embedded Trident graphics chip in it, back in late 2001. The company has maintained its product position and evolved it, as the company itself has evolved. The newest product, the ViBook.