Les rumeurs courraient déjà sur un nouvel iOS 5 ainsi que sur la dernière version de l’OS X et on s’attendait à ces deux ann...
Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
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...
Officiel: iOS 5, OS X Lion et iCloud seront dévoilés la semaine prochaine par Apple !
WebBuzz du 13/03/2015: Evolution des jeux video depuis 1958-Video game evolution since 1958
Ce sera une découverte pour certains et un souvenir pour d'autres, voici une petite saga sur l'évolution des jeux vidéos depuis 1958. On peut mesurer le chemin parcouru.
It will be a discovery for some and a memory for others, here's a little saga about the evolution of video games since 1958. We can measure the progress.
WebBuzz du 16/12/2014: Technique Platforme controllée par 6 servo-moteurs-Technic platform PID control with 6 DOF
Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
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Apple Announces iCloud, Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote
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.
WebBuzz du 22/04/2015: Technique: un aveugle retrouve la vue-Technic: a blind people can see again
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.
WebBuzz du 20/01/2014 : La technique au service des handicapés-Technology for disabled people
Le Japon est connu pour sa cuisine, ses gaishas et son avancés technologique (et la chasse à la baleine). Et même si la France n'est pas en reste, la technologie qu'elle propose est reservé à quelques uns alors que le Japon met en place des solutions pour le plus grand nombre. Voici un concert un peu particulier puisque le pianiste joue avec ses yeux. Ce dispositif appelé Eye play the piano, ouvre d'autres possibilités et va permettre de donner encore plus d'autonomie aux personnes à mobilité réduite.
Japan is known for its cuisine, its gaishas and technological advanced (and whaling). And even if France is no exception, the technology it offers is reserved to a few while Japan implements solutions for many. Here is a somewhat special concert as the pianist plays with his eyes. This device called Eye play the piano, opens up other opportunities and will help give more autonomy to the disabled.
WebBuzz du 23/07/2015: Cure de jouvence video pour Michele Valley-Michelle Valley's video makeover
Après les retouches des images, la technique permet maintenant de retoucher également les vidéos. En voici un exemple avec l'actrice Michele Valley qui s'est prétée au jeu. Est-ce que cela sonne le glas de la chirurgie estétique ?
After retouching images, the technique now also allows to retouch the videos. Here's an example with Michele Valley actress who has construed the game. Is this the death knell of the aesthetical surgery?