Author: Stephane Venne

Stephane Venne (aka Ennev) is an IT consultant with a broad range of interest. Ennev been using computers since 1978. So he has the emergence and fall of various technologies, this give him a good perspective to evaluate the current trends. What is his great quality in this business? He’s as interested to tech as he was in 1978. So he still maintain a BBS (80’s tech) and is embracing the newest technologies. His expertises also extend to hardware, video, audio. This blog will focus on the tech side of its interests. Expect to find link to tech news, Tests and preview of open source application, iPhone/iTouch apps. This blog is also a testing ground for the WordPress platform, so expect evolution and changes on a regular base.

SGI is back

How you you like that? A pc with 80 cores and 1 TB of ram! wow! SGI Unveils Octane™ III Personal Supercomputer SGI today announced the immediate availability of Octane™ III, the company’s first personal supercomputer. This new product takes high-performance computing to a new level by combining the immense power and performance capabilities of…

A new Wii

Does it really need an update? It’s not the power that made it different but the gameplay no? Next Generation Wii Coming With HD Graphics and New Controller in 2011 [Nintendo] Leave it to Yoichi Wada—president of final fantasizer Square Enix, the biggest Japanese game house—to break the news about the next generation Nintendo Wii.…

Nostalgia 09-09-09

09-09-09 was famous for another thing 10 years ago!! And it wasn’t about the Beatles (now that i think of it, I don’t remember anything special about the Beatles back then) Today 10 years ago was the release of the Sega Dreamcast. It was released on the market almost a year before the PlayStation 2.…

Are Sunspots Disappearing?

This is a very interesting article on the sunspot decline that our sun is experiencing. Be reassured that it’s not the first time it happen and it won’t probably be the last. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/03sep_sunspots.htm?list934087

astronomers

And one day it’s going to be us! Andromeda galaxy devouring its neighbours: astronomers The Andromeda galaxy, the closest neighbour to our own Milky Way, has been growing by scooping up stars from smaller surrounding galaxies, a Canadian-led team of astronomers has found.

ECC MEMORY

Don’t cheap out on part when building or upgrading! I’ve never really checked what was inside my computer when i bought it a couple of years ago. Got an awful data lost on one of the hard drive (it’s not that bad 99.9% is on a backup ( power supply of the backup machine is…

CRTC in the news again

They really want to please the public! CRTC won’t name firms in do-not-call probeThe CRTC is refusing to identify three telemarketers accused of willingly violating the national do-not-call list, according to a report by the Toronto Star.