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Blogcritics has posted a guide on how to record video in Linux with some tools that you may not know about. "You need two pieces of software to accomplish this: xvidcap to capture the video and Avidemux to edit the movie and add a soundtrack. You may also need Audacity to shorten the audio file used for the soundtrack."
Hexus has interviewed Pat Patla, AMD's head of the workstation and server division. ”We grill AMD workstation and server head honcho Pat Patla on AMD's imminent quad-core Opterons, when they will be arriving on desktop PCs, and whether they can really challenge Intel.”
Kurtis sends in word of this article entitled 5 Things You Need to Know About SLR Lenses which may interest the photographers out there. ”The next most common question (I mean next literally, as in directly after the previous question) is “what lens should I buy?” Well, that’s a tricky question because there simply is no one-size-fits-all lens. My goal in this article is to give you some basic knowledge about lenses that will help set you on the path to lens buying goodness, or if you’re like me, indecisiveness. Hey, it’s a start.”
TechArp has posted an article about understanding water cooling for those who don't know too much about the subject. There is also some information on the same subject in our wiki for those who want to read more. ”So, you're getting tired of your processor's and graphics card's stock coolers and you start thinking, "What next can I try?". The answer is simple - get an after-market replacement cooler! But which one, you may wonder.”
I got an interesting email from Luke mentioning D-Wave systems who seem to claim that they have some usable quantum computing technology. ”We are D-Wave Systems, Inc. The Quantum Computing Company. D-Wave is the world’s first — and only — provider of quantum computing systems designed to run commercial applications. Please join us in February as we demonstrate a technological first: an end-to-end quantum computing system powered by a 16-qubit quantum processor, running two commercial applications — live."”
System 76 are making Ubuntu based ultra portable notebooks in stark contrast from the Vista based notebooks out there now. More information can be read here. ”It’s small, it’s light it, can last about 9 hours with extra battery. It looks a lot like ultraportable MacBook, has a nice user interface and reliability of Ubuntu Linux. System 76 Darter ultraportable notebook may be a great choice if you don’t want Windows anymore and are looking for Linux laptop instead.”
Some Bittorrent trackers in Russia have been shut down although the Russian police deny they are behind the closure. "Several BitTorrent trackers in the Tomsk region in Russia have been shut down. The reason for the takedowns is still unclear. Some suggest that the cybercrime division of the Russian police, also known as “Department K” is behind it. Others think that it is a drastic measure to decrease bandwidth usage by Tomsk’s local ISP."
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