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Never heard of her! .< 2:37:31 AM  >2 Digital Cameras That May Surpass Film. The makers of two new digital cameras claim that they surpass film's ability to capture fine image details. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology] 'Dr. Mehra of Kodak said because color film was made of layers of light-sensitive coatings, it could not match the resolution, or detail-capturing ability, of Kodak's new camera. "It diffuses the image," he said of film. But he added that film still outperformed the digital camera in areas like color accuracy and tolerance for improper exposure settings.' .< 2:25:19 AM >BusinessWeek: Jaguar Does Windows [The Macintosh News Network] .< 2:14:06 AM >US bank in $4bn clerical error. Investment bank Bear Stearns entered an order to sell $4bn worth of stocks in New York by accident[cedilla] when it really meant to sell only $4m. [BBC News | WORLD] .< 2:09:04 AM >A Heretical Astronomer Rethinking His Revolution. Philip Glass's 18th opera, which is notably fresher than his last few operas, presents Galileo's story in reverse chronology; it is the operatic equivalent of the film "Memento." By Allan Kozinn. [New York Times: Arts] .< 2:07:47 AM >Apple woos the terminal geeks. InfoWorld: “The growing number of Unix-friendly Mac users is especially apparent here at the O’Reilly Mac OS X Conference, where developers and enthusiasts have gathered to discuss the company’s new operating system. One sure sign that Apple is winning over Unix users is the abundance of laptop-totting Mac users who command their computers with a terminal window rather than a mouse.” [ranchero.com] .< 2:03:06 AM >Classical music: Why bother?. A composer and Harvard professor wonders whether his craft has been left behind by a world with no patience for Great Art. [Salon.com] .< 1:56:11 AM >[15:50 ET] iPod Software 1.2.1 is available in Mac OS 9 [KB 120153 and Mac OS X [KB 122014] versions. [The description doesn't list changes from iPod Software 1.2 in English, but Alfred Sohm translated from other languages: "Battery icon now correctly indicates a full charge"] [Macintouch] .< 1:27:49 AM >Pioneer Promises Discrete Surround Sound from a Single Speaker Long Beach, CA (October 3, 2002)--Pioneer Electronics has introduced the PDSP-1, which, according to the company, is the world's first digital sound projector that utilizes a single-source speaker panel to deliver discrete 5.1-channel surround sound audio with more than 500 watts of power. [ProSound News] Another item which sounds like science fiction. .< 1:26:40 AM >World's First Completely Solid State 24 Track Hard Disk Recorder - Topic Powered by Infopop: "Studer and SSL will all be demonstrating RADAR integrated into their new Vista 7 and Avant consoles. They'll be showing RADAR jump through hoops under the full control of Soundmaster for post production applications. Sony will also be demoing RADAR in their booth with the DMXR100 and the new RADAR support for DMXR100 mix automation." Very cool stuff. And this isn't even the big news. They have a 24 track solid-state recorder?! Yowsa! .< 1:19:10 AM >Surround Music Awards Update New York City (October 3, 2002)--The Surround 2002 Conference & Showcase, slated to take place December 13-14 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, will be the forum for the 1st Annual Surround Music Awards, recognizing the best in surround sound arts and sciences. [ProSound News] .< 1:05:02 AM >302 FOUND Found the page. This is my all time favourite 'error' message. If you use Radio Express! to make a post and your browser is Mozilla, this is what returns in your browser following a successful post. This is on a MAc. Don't know about other platforms. I love it! .< 1:01:11 AM >Anti-Bloggies.com > Vote |
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