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03 Dec 09

Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon announces 16.06 million image pixel EOS-1D Mark IV

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mage sensor and ISO range Canon gave themselves a difficult task with the EOS-1D Mark IV: add over six million image pixels to the sensor while simultaneously increasing the extended ISO range by four stops.
meant dropping the pixel pitch from 7.2µm to 5.7µm.
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- In other words, Westfall is emphasizing that the camera's better high ISO image quality doesn't stem from the EOS-1D Mark IV's twin DIGIC 4 processors massaging the heck out of noisy RAW data and turning it into clean camera JPEGs. Rather, it's the fact the RAW data emerging from the sensor is noticeably less noisy in the first place.
- y comparison, Nikon has also just announced a camera - the D3S - that sports a top ISO of 102,400. But with a pixel pitch of 8.45µm, Nikon's job of achieving this ISO from its 12.05 million image pixel full-frame sensor, not to mention decent performance in the ISO 6400-12,800 range, seems like a walk in the park by comparison

25 Aug 09

Bangkok Post | Motoring | Target FORTUNER

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The other rule these two had to comply by was the use of rear leaf springs that
compromised on handling/ride balance. The Fortuner uses coil springs instead

Bangkok Post | Motoring | Vigo becomes a car

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leather seats

Bangkok Post | Motoring | Not smart enough

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changes to the Vigo open cab range are virtually all cosmetic - not even the new
bigger brakes and electronic traction control of the double cab (see sidebar)
can be found here.

Bangkok Post | Brunch | A pick-up by any other name

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All eight brands of pick-up on the market in Thailand are, practically speaking,
the same in at least two respects: their back-breaking ride and their fondness
for staying off the road

14 Aug 09

Bangkok hospital charges a patient Bt3 million - Nationmultimedia.com

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Dr Tawatchai Vanichkorn, direcฌtor of Kasemrad Prachachuen Hospital, told The Nation that the normal rate of influenza treatment for an inpatient at a private hospital was Bt20,000 a day while the cost for admission to an intensive care unit and use of a respirator was Bt50,000.

13 Aug 09

Gmail - Inbox (10) - bengt.mettinger@gmail.com

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12 Aug 09

G-Data Internet Security 2010 Antivirus and Security Review - PC World

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G-Data uses a combination of Avast and BitDefender antivirus engines, and in AV-Test.org's extensive malware-detection tests that combination worked. G-Data had the highest detection rate of all the products tested, identifying on average 99 percent of the 722,372 collected samples of Trojan horses, worms, password-stealers, and other nasties.

08 Aug 09

Tidningen DigitalFoto - Allt inom Foto - Kameratester - Fototips - PhotoShopguider

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instegskamera inom

01 Aug 09

Forum : President's Message - August 2009 - CAclubindia - Interactive Platform for Finance Professionals & Taxpayers , Chartered Accountant ,CAs India, CA india ,Company Secretary ,CS, Cost Accountants , MBA and Finance Professionals. ICAI

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ICAI Motto
Song

ICAI motto song instills a sense of pride amongst us and
expresses our solidarity with our Institute. To enable our members to have
access to the motto song we have uploaded it on our website. Its unique
composition is also being used as a ring tone which gives one an instant
distinct identity of belonging to a great profession. It is indeed heartening to
know that many members have already downloaded the song. Since ours is a
community that is growing by leaps and bounds, there are many new members who
are not aware of our beautiful and inspiring motto song, I request you to
encourage such members to download the motto song and share the pride of the
profession.

Windows Live Hotmail

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State of the Art - For the Olympus EP-1, It’s Instant Love, Then a Letdown - NYTimes.com

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The E-P1 is the third camera, and the smallest yet, to result from a Panasonic-Olympus
collaboration known as the Micro Four Thirds format
There are only four Micro Four Thirds lenses available so far; with an adapter,
you can also use the more numerous, but larger, Four Thirds lenses.)
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- E-P1 has every manual control under the sun
- You take a few pictures, and now you’re certifiably in love: they are
  spectacular

Finally, a Way to Hide Your Gmail Addiction - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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Google’s Gmail, by the far the most flexible Web-based e-mail system, gives
users several tools to combine all of their many e-mail addresses into one
inbox. You can run your work e-mail, your personal e-mail, your college alumni
e-mail and every other online identity from the same space.

20 Jun 09

G-Data Total Care 2009: The Heavy Weight Of Security : 2009 Anti-Virus Roundup

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It is a shame, however, that if you use the default settings, only files that are less than 300 KB in size are checked.
The impossibility of password protection is another deplorable aspect of this program.
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- If one looks at the general protection, this German anti-virus system takes the cake
- nsertion of a USB or other external storage device, a scan was
- espite the absence of a control bar, infected email attachments were neutralized whilst the email itself remained readable.
- Everything is done here for the protection of the computer, which leads to an important mobilization of the power of the system.
- The additional time needed for starting up Windows is acute, inferior to that of its direct competition (+23%)
- The quality of protection is without contest and G-Data offers a markedly more complete protection than the others in its category do
- ery significant use of your system’s power and we definitely advise that you use G-Data on more recent computers (with multi-core processors and at least 2 GB of Ram)

09 Jun 09

Review: The DriveStation Combo 4 is very well connected

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tiny "feet" that need to be better designed
A more serious annoyance is that, although the ports are on the back spine of the drive, the power switch is at the base, and with the power connector just above it, getting to the switch is a
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- You'll have to reformat the drive to NTFS under Windows if you want use the included Memeo AutoBackup software and overcome FAT32's 4GB file-size limit. Unlike other Buffalo drives I've tested, the utility disk does not come with a reformatting utility.
- After installing the TurboUSB software and turning the feature on, the read speed rose to 35.7MB/sec., and CPU utilization dropped to 7%.
- one-year warrant
- 20GB ($149) and 500GB ($189) model
- a good choice for primary storage (especially for storing or playback of large multimedia files) or as a secondary drive for backups. Its quiet operation won't distract you, and its sleek size and appearance won't monopolize your desktop real estate.

Review of Norton Ghost 14.0 | Backup

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The burning software I have on my computer does not allow me to burn ISO files
onto CDs. So I downloaded ISO Recorder from

http://www.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm and used that to create the
Recovery Disk.

Continental Divide - Economy Shows Cracks in European Union - Series - NYTimes.com

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The union of 27 countries is the world’s most formidable economic bloc, incorporating 491 million people in an integrated market that produces nearly a third more than the United States.

03 Jun 09

FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Rising government bond rates prove policy works

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Fear of deflationary meltdown has gone. Hurrah!
: crowding out of private borrowers? This would show itself in rising real interest rates. Again, the evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary.
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- The most recent yield on Tips is below 2 per cent, while that on UK index-linked securities is close to 1 per cent
- Now turn to the fiscal policy. The argument advanced by opponents is either that fiscal policy is always unnecessary and ineffective or, as Prof Ferguson suggests, redundant, because this is not a “Great Depression”
- monetary policy, while important, becomes less effective when interest rates are zero. It is then wise to wear both monetary belt and fiscal braces.
- At present, therefore, fiscal deficits are not crowding the private sector out. They are crowding it in, instead, by supporting demand, which sustains jobs and profits.
- Prof Ferguson argues that fiscal expansion was unnecessary because this is only a mild recession.
- hy it is only a mild recession,
- he answer, in part, is the aggressive monetary policies of central banks and the rescue of the financial system
- do not tighten fiscal policy too soon.
- the fear of inflation
- People need to believe that the extraordinarily aggressive monetary and fiscal policies of today will be reversed. If they do not believe this, there could well be a big upsurge in inflationary expectations long before the world economy has recovered. If that were to happen, policymakers would be caught in a painful squeeze and the world might indeed end up in 1970s-style stagflation.
- policymakers are walking a tightrope: on one side are premature withdrawal and a return to deep recession; on the other side are soaring inflationary expectations and stagflation.
- choose sharp tightening, but not yet.

31 May 09

Bangkok Post : FOREIGNERS: LEGAL PROBLEMS OF HOME OWNERSHIP IN THAILAND Part V: The lease doesn't provide for succession

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Thai law provides that if a tenant leasing real property dies, the lease is terminated and the property reverts to the landlord
How does one deal with this problem? There are two ways. First, the lease itself should be amended to state that the parties agree that if the tenant dies during the term of the lease, the tenant's heirs will succeed as tenants to the lease. There is a small problem with relying only on this amendment. Though there is precedence for it in lower court cases, the Thai Supreme Court has not dealt with the issue directly. Because of the lower court cases, however, we recommend that you take this precaution.
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- ou should have a will that lets the world know who your heirs are. If you don't, in Thailand the lease would pass to what are referred to as your statutory heirs
- A will you've properly executed in your home country or under the laws of a third country is, under Thai law, acceptable.
- To be safe, however, we recommend you execute a separate will in Thailand applicable to your property in Thailand
- The second solution to the problem of death during the lease is adding a joint tenant.
- the way to add additional tenants is by amendment to the lease. Of course, you'll have to ask your landlord to sign the amendment, but both changes could be done in a single amendment. If you add tenants, by the way, they'll have to sign the amendment, either in person or by power of attorney.

30 May 09

Illegal To Use Thai Spouse As Nominee In Land Ownership - Thailand Forum

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he director general of the Land Department has reiterated that foreigners using Thai nominees to buy land anywhere in the country will have their land title deeds revoked if caught – even if the nominee in question is a lawfully wedded spouse.
If the Thai spouse has enough money to buy the house that is fine, but if the Thai has no money and uses money given to him or her by a foreigner to acquire property, that is against the law. If we check and find out later that a Thai person has been using money from a foreigner to buy land anywhere in Thailand, we will revoke title deeds,” he said.
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- As a key market for property companies, Phuket is a constant source of problems and complaints to the director general’s office, he admitted