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WordPress 2.7.1 is released. It is available for download and through WordPress 2.7 automatic upgrade.
You can read more about WordPress 2.7.1 at WordPress.org blog.
The automatic upgrade process took less than 30 seconds to upgrade my self-hosted WordPress blog.
Panasonic HDC-SD100 is the third Panasonic AVCHD Camcorder that I use. The first one is Panasonic HDC-SD5 and followed by Panasonic HDC-SD9.
I am really impressed with the video quality of HDC-SD5 while I have mixed results with HDC-SD9. It is possible that I have a defective unit, and I did send it back to Panasonic for evaluation and repair. Unfortunately nothing has changed since.
My HDC-SD9 unit has a really poor low light performance even compared to the HDC-SD5 unit. I am hoping that HDC-SD100 would perform better than HDC-SD9 under the same lighting.
I tested Panasonic HDC-SD100 in-store, and recorded two videos on two different settings. The first one is recorded in 24p Digital Cinema Mode while the other is recorded in 60i mode. You can download the disk images below. Both disk images are in .iso format and zipped/compressed to save some disk space and bandwidth.
As of the date of this posting, iMovie ’09 will not import 24p AVCHD video from the camcorder or the disk.
I will be posting more videos recorded using Panasonic HDC-SD100 and some of the Raw AVCHD files.
Apple pushes “iPhone Carrier Update” through iTunes sometimes late Friday Night, Feb 06th 2009.
What is it? TUAW talks about it a little bit.
This is what’s inside the “iPhone Carrier Update” for AT&T network (ATT_US.ipcc 32KB)
From carrier.strings
The content corresponds with Carrier Services settings in the iPhone.
Content of carrier.plist
Some un-viewable PNG are also included.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 is now available for download through Mozilla.org, Mozilla.com and Firefox autoupdate.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 fixes severeal issues found in version 3.0.5, read the Release Notes here.
Mozilla Firefox is available for multiple Operating Systems including Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
With the release of iMovie ’09, Apple explicitly removes 24p video imports. The same 24p AVCHD video can be imported using the latest iMovie ’08, although 2 seconds were missing in the import.
At the time of this posting, there is no workaround for iMovie ’09 to import 24p AVCHD video.
Apple releases updates for iWork ’08 on Monday around noon time.
The updates are available through Software Update or Apple Support Downloads page.
I was planning to post Canon Vixia HG20 raw AVCHD sample until I get to play with Canon Vixia HG21. Both cameras share similar specifications with the exceptions of larger hard drive and electronic viewfinder on Canon Vixia HG21.
http://37prime.com/diskimages/vixia_hg21.zip 88.4MB
I forgot to check the date on the camcorder. It says that it was recorded on April 25th, 2008. Check out a different video sample below.
http://37prime.com/diskimages/canon_vixia_hg21.zip 87.4MB
Inside the ZIP file, there is an mountable ISO file.