June 2009
12 posts
Game Music = the new classical music? |... →
By Jeanine Cowen:
I am very passionate about the orchestral tradition and the fate of the modern orchestra. My choice to live in Boston was indeed influenced by the presence of not only the BSO but so many other fine orchestras and performing groups supported in our fine city. Many people I meet are surprised to hear me speak about my background as a classical musician and then to find that I...
“I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent....”
– “Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed.” A blog post in Persian, translated by the NIAC.
[Source: The Huffington Post]
TI leaping into 4K fray | Variety →
Texas Instruments has announced that its “next generation technology platform” for digital projection will include a 4K option, providing four times as many pixels as standard 2K projectors, and it has already lined up exhibitor Cinemark to buy its 4K tech.
The platform will be available by year’s end, with 4K to follow some time in 2010, depending on how quickly projector...
“We all know Mr. Ahmadinejad’s statements. They are very dangerous and...”
– Vaclav Havel - Former Czech president and dissident
(via Prague Radio News & The Huffington Post)
If it’s 3D, it’s (Maybe) 2K | Digital Cinema... →
By Michael Karagosian
While most people are aware that the DCI Specification calls for a compatible distribution of images having either 2K or 4K resolution, there are several related issues that are worth explaining. One of these is the natural limit in resolution of 3D images.
A 2K image, as delivered to the cinema, has either a width of 2048 pixels, or a height of 1080 pixels. For 4K,...
iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre: The Battle Begins | PC... →
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A mini-review of the Palm Pre
In general, I have to say that the Palm Pre lives up to the hype. As was noted in most of the reviews, the battery life is the one real weakness, but it is certainly not ‘bad’.
Here are some quick thoughts and notable features:
The interface is great and overall the phone is very stable. I have only rebooted once, after installing a firmware upgrade. You can easily run 5 or 6...