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Finally!!! Aperture 2

By Lee • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Photography, Recent Entries, Technology
Finally!!! Aperture 2

Well, it looks like Apple has release Aperture 2 with over 100 new features. I’m pretty happy that there is a new version out even though I really don’t have any problems with the old 1.5x (or whatever it is). What I am not happy about is the price tag. $200 big ones for the [...]



Yahoo to Microsoft: talk to the hand, we say Nohoo!

By Lee • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Current Events, Technology
Yahoo to Microsoft: talk to the hand, we say Nohoo!

The Yahoo Board has mulled it over, and its answer for Microsoft is a simple “no.” The “hostile” $44.6 billion bid was rejected by the board, as largely expected. The question now is, why?



Leopard & Apache “Users” Problem

By Lee • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: Technology
Leopard & Apache “Users” Problem

Ok, this is the third time I have had this problem. You would think that after the first time I would have fixed all the other machines I work on. But I didn’t and I had to struggle to figure out what was going on again. If you allow Web Sharing on your Leopard machine, [...]



Sony cuts rear-projection TV’s, allies with Samsung on future LCD production

By Lee • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: Current Events, Technology
Sony cuts rear-projection TV’s, allies with Samsung on future LCD production

As we’ve previously reported, the falling price of LCD TV’s in 2007 has driven a number of companies to form strategic alliances or partnerships with each other. Now Sony appears to be the latest company adopting the trend in an effort to cut costs and streamline production.



The end of the cable set-top box? Yes, Comcast says

By Lee • Jan 10th, 2008 • Category: Recent Entries, Technology
The end of the cable set-top box? Yes, Comcast says

Comcast, the United States’ largest cable operator, says the set-top box’s days are numbered.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, CEO Brian Roberts predicted in a keynote address that by the end of the year, “virtually the entire cable industry will support Tru2way,” an “open cable” standard that would render the bulky [...]