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Redesigned : darkfallonline.com

ropox — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:06:16 +0000

The new site by Aventurine for Darkfall EU is up :

http://www.eu.darkfallonline.com

Network Monitor Experts Extension For Microsoft Network Monitor

ropox — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:13:27 +0000

Version 3.3 of the Microsoft Network Monitor has been released a few months ago. The Network Monitor application has been designed for capturing and analysing of network traffic. The new version of Network Monitor added a few exciting features to the network monitoring software including the ability to add so called Experts – standalone applications – to the software which analyze data captured by Network Monitor.

Three Network Monitor Experts have been released so far, the last less than two weeks ago. Available are the Simple Search, Top Users and TCP Analyzer Experts. Here is a short summary of what these Experts do:

Simple Search Lets you search frames and comments for raw ASCII text case-insensitively or with regular expressions.
Top Users Lets you determine the heaviest users of network bandwidth.
TCP Analyzer This tool analyzes network traces of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections.

The Experts can be downloaded separately and need to be installed before they can be used. It is recommended to close the Network Monitor before installing the add-ons. The Experts become then available in the Experts menu on top of the program.

Microsoft Network Monitor is offered as a free download for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system.

abouthifi.com : portal for hifi sound lovers

ropox — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:07:54 +0000

This is another interesting project that I did. AboutHifi.com is targeted to people that are extremely interested in sound and everything that is related to it: from space speakers to extreme ways of listening to music. To put it in abouthifi words :

Abouthifi.com is a new vehicle for the modern highways of information, with its highest priority to respect the value of reproduced sound through electronic devices which honor our musical senses.

Design: BroadPress
Production: BroadPress
Client: BroadPress
Published: 10/6/2009
Developers Jargon: Site is based on a custom CMS featuring multiple functionalities for the admin users, such as ability to enter and shape texts and images in all pages, ability to create articles with dates, ability to create searchable content, ability to input images in certain places as well as the ability to enter text and images in both languages supported by the site without leaving the admin tool and entering another one. All the above are simple in task, but the innovation here is the way the structure is maintained throughout the site and that is portable : ) . The architecture had to be based solely in the design given and not consult how certain parts could be displayed. Well the result either way is cool and I would suggest to anyone that is interested in this area to take a look ; )

Παύση εργασιών για το Google street view στην Ελλάδα

ropox — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:49:59 +0000

Τελικά τώρα κατάλαβα τι ήταν αυτό το βανάκι που είδα και είχε παντού τα logo της Google και πάνω του είχε κάμερες. Στην αρχή νόμιζα οτι ήταν καταγραφή για χάρτες, αλλά η ίδια η Google δεν κάνει καταγραφές αλλά η Teleatlas που έχει μισθώσει η Google.

Αυτό που έκανε το βανάκι τελικώς ήταν να παίρνει φωτογραφίες για το street view που εμφανίζεται στους χάρτες της Google σε περισσότερο απο 100 πόλεις ανα τον κόσμο. Αυτό όμως που δεν ήξερε η Google είναι οτι εδώ υπάρχει ένα θέμα με τους Ελληνες… δεν τους αρέσει να φωτογραφίζονται! Η αρχή προστασίας δεδομένων ζήτησε παύση εργασιών απο την Google μέχρι η τελευταία να δώσει διαβεβαιώσεις με ποιον τρόπο αποθηκεύει τα δεδομένα, ποιος θα έχει φυσική προσβαση σε αυτά όπως και οτι αν υπάρχουν πρόσωπα στις φωτογραφίες αυτά θα γίνουν θολά και τέλος να διαβεβαιώσει η Google οτι αν υπάρξουν θέματα απο τους πολίτες να ανταποκριθεί άμεσα.

Δεν διαφωνώ με αυτά που ζητάει η αρχή προστασίας δεδομένων, απο την άλλη όμως σε θέματα πρακτικά που αφορούν το ιντερνετ δεν μπορείς να βγάλεις άκρη μια και δεν υπάρχει κανένας να ασχοληθεί μαζί σου σε περίπτωση που κάνεις καταγγελία.. Βέβαια αυτό δε το ξέρει η Google όπως και δεν ξέρει οτι και να την αγνοήσει στις απαιτήσεις της, τίποτα δεν πρόκειται να γίνει….

Πηγή : Technology Review

3D computer Interface

ropox — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:43:43 +0000

You know we are a bit late with this technology. I mean, although the means are there, the tech knowledge is there, but companies are still way behind on putting this on use to their products. The video below, shows how they have designed a low-cost human-computer interface device that has the ability to track the position of a user’s hand in three dimensions. Physical contact is not required and the user does not need to hold a controller or attach markers to their body. To control the device, the user simply waves their hand above it in the air.

3D Computer Interface from Free Flow on Vimeo.

Utilizing the theory of electrostatics, we have designed a low-cost human-computer interface device that has the ability to track the position of a user’s hand in three dimensions. Physical contact is not required and the user does not need to hold a controller or attach markers to their body. To control the device, the user simply waves their hand above it in the air.