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Data warehouse market got a jolt today. Microsoft today announced that it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc., a provider of breakthrough data warehouse appliances. According to industry analyst this will trigger data warehouse vendor consolidation. This is a great move by MS after the sad saga of MICROHOO. DATAllegro acquisition buys Microsoft is new visibility and credibility in the DW market. DATAllegro was one of the first-mover vendors in the DW appliance market, and, though it has largely been out-developed, out-marketed, and out-sold by Netezza in this segment, still has considerable mind share, more

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Your personal information is a valuable commodity to Phorm and to your ISP. By harvesting  the information you divulge every time you surf the internet, BT alone expect to make an additional $170M annually. The increase of data-mining, profiling of you and your surfing habits is a worrying trend, on a global industrial scale. And if they can do it without your legal consent or knowledge, so much the better.

This is just the beginning. There are many similar ambitious commercial and government partnership ’services’ in development, corrupted by the prospect of massive profits. In this climate, protecting your identity and safeguarding the interests of your family is paramount to your security and quality of life. Private companies that disregard your rights and record your personal and detailed online surfing behavior is tantamount to them putting CCTV cameras in every room of your house. It appears we can’t stop your ISP tracking and selling your surfing behavior but one solution could be to make the data they do collect absolutely worthless to their clients. more

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This is real world nikon D60 sample by dpreview user Cotropitor.  Photograph was taken  with  AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens.

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This is a technology blog, but I had to post this story. This is sweet revenge against NEP. In one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history, New York shattered New England’s unbeaten season 17-14 Sunday night as Manning hit Plaxico Burress on a 13-yard fade with 35 seconds left. So long cheaters NEP. more

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Nikon is planning to replace Nikon D40X DSLR camera with Nikon D60. This camera will have liveview, CMOS, 12MP, and AF motor. Nikon D60 looks like an D40/X and the KIT includes a 18-55/VR. Further a anti dust system or something similar will be offered. Interesting google search result of Nikon D60 battery.

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Nikon D300 is shipping worldwide. People are taking excellent pictures with this new camera. Surprisingly there haven’t been any major defects on this camera so far. Following image is by dpreview forum user digislr.

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This report contains results of a quantitative analysis of the Canon 40D and Nikon D300 DSLR’s, from the standpoint of sensor capabilities. Images were taken with the Canon 100-400L IS lens on the 40D and the Nikon 80-400VR lens on the D300. Several measurements were undertaken: Sensor read noise, dynamic range, quantum efficiency, and relative sensitivities. Nikon D300’s quantum efficiency is a 35% improvement over Nikon D200’s. I’m expecting both the measured resolution and noise of the Nikon D300 to slightly exceed that of the 40D when the test data are in. One thing stands out from this excellent report is that, Nikon D3 is really good.

Reference: uchicago, dpreview

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