White House accused of Barack Obama'green screen' trickery
The White House has been accused of digitally adjusting President Barack Obama's weekly address to the nation to give the impression he was sitting in front of a car assembly line in Detroit. Experts in video effects said Mr Obama's talk on boosting employment had actually been recorded in front of a neutral "green screen" and the factory background filled in later. They said the edges around the president's head and shoulders were too sharp. "The shot is obviously a composite and a 'weatherman quality' one," one professional in the field told BigGovernment website.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
Sony announces 'WhiteMagic' - new LCD screen that uses half the power
Sony has announced via its webpage the development of a new type of LCD display that uses either half as much power as current same-size LCD displays, or the same amount of power, but doubles the brightness. Called WhiteMagic, the new LCD screen, currently just 3 inches diagonally, achieves these results by employing a third, white pixel to create images on a screen. For the most part, most LCD displays use just three backlit pixels - Red, Green and Blue (RGB) to create one dot of color on the screen; the various colors are produced by filtering the light that...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
[ Vanity ] Drudge down?
For several minutes now, nothing but a white screen. Same for you guys? I am loged in. This is series. I did refersh.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
New DNC chief: Screensales of all guns
The new head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is pushing for screenings of all gun purchases. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the current law, which allows private firearm sales without background checks, is "outrageous." The Florida Democrat is sponsoring a soon-to-be-released proposal extending the screening requirements to all gun purchases, commercial or private. "It is outrageous that gun buyers evade the background check system every day, even in broad daylight," Wasserman Schultz said Monday at a gun reform rally in Miami sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
Canada to Screen 'Iranium' Despite Threats
The Library and Archives of Canada will hold a February screening of the film "Iranium," an expose of the dangers posed by Iran's nuclear program, despite cancelling a planned screening in January, the film's promoters said Sunday. An exclusive pre-release screening of Iranium, scheduled to take place Tuesday night January 18 at the Library and Archives of Canada (LAC) in Ottawa, was cancelled following complaints and threats, some of which apparently came directly from the Iranian Embassy in Canada.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
Some iPhone 4 owners report discolored screens
The iPhone 4 won't be available in stores until Thursday, but the reviews are coming in from those who were able to get their hands on them ahead of time. Despite a mostly warm reception, there are already scattered reports of defective screens. By Wednesday afternoon Gizmodo and MacRumors had reports from 20 people with a brand new iPhone 4 who say there is a yellow discolored area on the screen, or an overall yellow hue to the display even after adjusting the phone's display settings. In most cases, the users say Apple has offered to replace the phone.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
Latest Microsoft Updates crashed Vista Home Premium on HP laptop (Vanity)
[THIS IS A GOOD OLE' FASHIONED VANITY] OK, so my son calls me from Auburn ... Right after downloading and installing the latest updates from our friends in Redmond, the OS crashes into a memory dump/ BSOD. Vista Home Premium 64 bit on an HP notebook duo core 2 quad etc etc. It'll boot and run in safe mode, but something Microsoft sent out conflicts BIG time. I called Geek Squad to set up an appt for him, and the gentleman at Geek Squad said they had been getting a LOT of calls about laptops crashing after a Windows update....
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 05:03:43 PM
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