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Medcyclopaedia.com is a text, media and feature rich web site addressing the information needs of medical professionals around the globe. Here, among other high quality pieces of content, you will find the complete on-line edition of the Encyclopaedia of Medical Imaging, the complete on-line edition of A Global Textbook of Radiology, as well as several …
Most digital cameras have settings that affect how the camera renders colour in the final image. One such setting is saturation. Saturation refers to the amount of grey in a colour. The more grey in the colours, the less saturated and the the less vivid the colour appears.More grey in a colour increases saturation and …
From Wired News: One of the great things about Steve Jobs is what comes out of his mouth. The CEO of Apple Computer is a master of hype, hyperbole and the catchy phrase. Even when he’s trying to talk normally, brilliant verbiage comes tumbling out. Here’s a selection of some of the most insanely great …
From USA Today: Seeing is believing when it comes to understanding how consumers surf the Internet. And they see very little online — including pricey banner ads screaming for attention. That’s one of the findings of a study out today by Nielsen Norman Group, an authority on making websites and products easy to use. Using …
Webby provides a powerful desktop-style browsing experience on the Pocket Pc platform. Besides tabbed browsing Webby automatically provides the ability to scale web pages using the two top microbrowsers, Skweezer.net and Google Mobile. Internet Explorer came with my Dell Axim, and it works, but isn’t great. I’ve tried Minimo, the Mozilla-based browser, but it is …
From Gizmag: As the world’s internet traffic grows relentlessly, faster data transmission will logically become crucial. To enable telecommunications networks to cope with the phenomenal surge in data traffic as the internet population moves past a billion users, researchers are focusing on new systems to increase data transmission rates and it’s not surprising that the …
Check out the Online Rhyming Dictionary: Find rhyming words online with the FREE WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary WriteExpress sells software, but they also have a free online tool to find rhyming words. Just put in your word, and it’ll suggest matches. You can choose what part of the word to matchup as well.
Last week I discussed the merits of photo critiques. I hope that you have looked at a few of those sites, or others you may find on the Internet and submitted some of your shots for critique. At the same time, there is a lot you will learn by critiquing others as well. For the …
From Baseline Magazine: Officials at every level treat disaster planning as a long-term problem that can be left for another day. But in New Orleans, that day came—on Aug. 29, 2005—as Hurricane Katrina washed away the city. But over the last six months, New Orleans information technology chief Greg Meffert has been improvising a plan …
From the New York Times: Some days the first thing visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art see is the soaring neo-Classical Great Hall punctuated by Corinthian columns, niches brimming with flowers and the spacious information desk. Other days, they may glimpse the interior of the famous Temple of Dendur, with its ancient ruins and …