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Saturday, December 10, 2005

Google Shoes

Take a look at the Nike Google trainers which Brinke Guthrie sent in. These sport shoes apparently have been sent out as a PR gift, and they have the Google logo colors yellow, blue, red and green.

Source:
http://blog.outer-court.com

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Vista Video Hardware Specs Becoming Clearer?

Speaking of Vista, you might recall that Microsoft had originally planned to deliver three versions of the new UI, called Aero Glass, Aero Express, and Aero To Go. Those plans have been revised.

Now, Microsoft will offer two modes only, called Windows Vista Aero (which includes the glass effects) and Windows Vista Basic, which is roughly like the Windows XP display. However, the capabilities of the three previous modes are still there: Vista Aero is the equivalent of Aero Glass, and you can get the equivalent of Aero Express by turning off the translucency effects while running Vista Aero.

The best news? Contrary to rumors, you'll need only a 64MB video card with 3-D capabilities to run Vista Aero on a typical PC (higher resolution displays will require more video RAM).

Source: http://wickedstageact2.typepad.com

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Camcorder pirates still having effect on the movie industry

The idea is that a camcorder operated surreptitiously in a theater would unavoidably capture the watermark and pass it on to any DVD burned from that copy. If a DVD player detected the mark, it would refuse to play the disc.
Hardware makers, not surprisingly, are less than keen on the idea. While they’ve accepted playback control for next-generation formats, they have no interest in going back and retrofitting the older format when margins on standard-definition DVD players are already paper thin.

To sweeten the pot, the studios have offered to drop the requirement that hardware makers implement region coding in future DVD players.

The irony there is that region coding is a system the studios insisted on to protect the international theatrical window. Now, they’re willing to forgo it in order to protect the domestic window.

Source:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12793

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