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| 07-31-06 / 06:45 PM : FrontRow/Powerpoint from K750i (cjed) |
 Macbidouille presents two HID descriptors developped by a reader, that allow to remote control Front Row and Powerpooint from a Sony-Ericsson K750i phone (using bluetooth). The install consists in droping the files in the internal memory folder, at the root of the filesystem, through the MacOSX bluetooth files exchange application. Once installed, the remote applications are available on the phone via the Entertainment-->Remote navigation.A good alternative to Saling Clicker (not free) shareware. |
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| 07-29-06 / 12:34 AM : Fenêtres volantes : screensaver (cjed) |
 Well, nothing to do with Windows Longhorn/Vista (that is lagging far away and see its main features go away...) Fenêtres volantes is a screensaver that displays all windows flying and rotating. Macbidouille gives a link to a first beta (the project is hosted on the great programming site objective-cocoa). |
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| 07-28-06 / 02:49 PM : Saving data from a handy (vincent) |
| How not to loose data from a mobile phone ? The ZYB web site gives a free (seems so) answer to that question by synchronising your contacts and diary from everywhere by use of GPRS and SyncML technology. The whole compability with Mac should be available in a while. |
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| 07-28-06 / 12:30 AM : Armado : Bugdom like game (cjed) |
 InsideMacGames presents Armado, a Bugdom like game, developped by a new company, Tricky Software. The screenshots show very promising landscapes, very inspiring. The game should be out next october. That is such news that can make happy (again). |
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| 07-25-06 / 10:50 PM : Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse (cjed) |
| Apple presented the Wireless Mighty Mouse, 20 times more precise and using bluetooth. However, from the 70$ price the battery cost has to be considered, as they are not rechargeable. |
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| 07-25-06 / 10:33 PM : Sim : Plantasia / Fish Tycoon (cjed) |
 In the simulation area, here are two sharewares : Plantasia allows to manage a... virtual garden. With Zoo Tycoon it is about breeding exotic fishes in an aquarium... |
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| 07-25-06 / 10:14 PM : Shadowbane : free trial (cjed) |
| Despite the fact expansions of Shadowbane have been stopped by Ubisoft after they buyed the game editor, they give access to a free trial of this multiplayer game. |
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| 07-25-06 / 10:03 PM : IMG review : Atomic Cannon (cjed) |
 IMG provides a review of Atomic Cannon, a Worms like game with original graphics. |
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| 07-25-06 / 09:19 PM : Skype : video support beta (cjed) |
| A preview version of Skype including video support for mac is available here. As Gizmo, Skype uses a proprietary (and undocumented) protocol... So it should be restricted to conferences involving Windows users, as iChat AV is far more better under OSX (better video quality, up to 4 video streams, etc.). However Skype and Gizmo interfaces are well done on OSX compared to Windows versions. |
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| 07-25-06 / 01:55 AM : Doublon : rock piano variation (cjed) |
 Here is a variation of a previous theme, with piano (Roland Complete Piano) and Rhodes (Colossus), enhanced with bass (Realsamples BassGuitar demo), drums and B3 organ (Colossus) : Doublon.mp3 |
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| 07-24-06 / 10:29 PM : MP3 links from the Songs section (cjed) |
| The Songs section now provides, besides streams, MP3 links for some songs (permanent direct access). We can also display these files only. |
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| 07-23-06 / 08:47 PM : SO & VSL mix try (cjed) |
| Here are two new songs using mixed strings sections (4 from VSL, 3 from SO), the first played legato, the second marcatto : MultiSTR_VSL_SO_Leg.mp3 MultiSTR_VSL_SO_Marc.mp3 |
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| 07-23-06 / 08:42 PM : Surround Cathedral : a new one (cjed) |
| Here is a new organ try, with the original surround sound from Kontakt 2, more powerful than Colossus one : SurCathNew.mp3 s |
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| 07-23-06 / 07:45 PM : Audio Impressions DVZ Strings Library (cjed) |
 Sonicstate provides an article (including videos taken at the Summer Namm) of DVZ Strings Library from Audio Impressions. This library (5 Go) gives access to all articulations, can dispatch notes on right sections, and change mixing of samples from the various microphones to alter the ambiance (better than traditional reverbs). Even in the demo it seems better than SO or VSL. No information yet about pricing and configurations. |
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| 07-22-06 / 01:04 AM : Samplelogic AIR (cjed) |
| Samplelogic unveiled at Summer NAMM (article and videos at Sonicstate) AIR (Ambience, Impacts, Rhythms), a Kontakt library including 300 ambience sounds, 100 Impact instruments and kits, 300 rhythms with adjustable tempo, combinations... (2 DVDs, 299$). I must admit that the demos on their site (player in the page) are outstanding.s |
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| 07-22-06 / 12:46 AM : Scarbee Vintage Keyboard Collection (cjed) |
 Scarbee presents Scarbee Vintage Keyboard Collection, a 11 Go library for Kontak 2 (18000 samples, 299$) that includes samples from Stage 73 Mk1, Wurlitzer 200A, Hohner Clavinet D6 and Hohner Pianet N. There is plenty of demos here, that show a warm and punchy sound.In the same quality level they released some months ago Imperial Drums XL. |
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| 07-20-06 / 11:47 PM : Prophet64 : virtual audio on C64 (cjed) |
 Prophet64 is an audio/midi software suite for... Commodore 64 ! The whole package is installed through a cartridge (39 euros) that contains all softwares : sequencer, virtual synth, bassline (TB303 style), drummer (TR909 style), that use the C64 SID audio chip. A demo is available, as a disk image (usable with any emulator), that is limited (no sequencer, poorer audio quality).s |
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| 07-20-06 / 10:18 PM : OmniWeb 5.5b1 / Shiira 2.0 preview (cjed) |
 Last versions of OmniWeb (5.5beta 1, free 30 days evaluation, purchasing licence required next) and Shiira (1.2.2, 2.0 preview, free) go further Firefox, not only in a UI manner, but also features wise : workspaces and sessions saving/restore (tabs, positions, etc.) for OmniWeb, Tab Exposé and Page Transition Effect (Shiira only), Tab Thumbnails for both, etc. |
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| 07-20-06 / 10:08 PM : DreamLinux 2.0 : OSX like (cjed) |
 DreamLinux 2.0 is a Linux version (LiveCD, no hard disk installation required) that provides a user interface close to OSX Aqua (see the screenshots). It is available in two versions, Work and test, the later using XGL, a user interface acceleration system based upon OpenGL (same principle as OSX's Quartz Extreme) developed by Novell. |
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| 07-19-06 / 10:55 PM : Grand Electrix : Yamaha CP70 samples (cjed) |
 AraldFX presents Grand Electrix, samples from Yamaha CP70 piano from 70s (portable acoustic piano with distinctive sounding due to scaled down size). Demos are available on the page (46$ for first buyers, 79$ next). A mac version will be developed if they get at least 50 pre-orders. |
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| 07-19-06 / 10:27 PM : Realsamples Free Bass Guitar Compact Edition (cjed) |
 Realsamples provides a free version (and lighter, 260 Mo fom 2,8 Go) of Bass Guitar Collection, Free Compact Edition (4 velocity layers insted 32).That can be downloaded here (Giga and Soundfont formats, compatible with Kontakt through importation). |
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| 07-19-06 / 10:00 PM : Line 6 GearBox plugin : virtual POD (cjed) |
| Line 6, famous maker of the POD guitar and bass effects (amp simulation) will ship this fall GearBox plugin, a software version (AU/VST plugin) of POD effects. It will be available in two versions, Silver and Gold (more effects), that will provide effects derived from guitar POD, bass POD, with added emulations of hardware stompboxes, and even an audio interface (the TonePort DI USB) to plug a guitar. Meanwhile we can listen to mp3 demos of POD XT Pro effects (hardware rack) there. |
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| 07-19-06 / 09:23 PM : Mac Processor upgrade market : rebirth (cjed) |
| Selon MacOSRumors, the switch to Intel finally should soon bring back competition on the PowerPC front. Indeed Freescale (Motorola) could present in september upgrades based on new G4/G5 (starting at 2 Ghz G4 dual), and IBM could follow with enhanced versions of the G5 (low consumption), up to 3 Ghz dual processors (dual core). That is without mentioning Intel upgrades, even for soldered Intel processors from Intel MacBooks. |
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| 07-19-06 / 01:29 AM : HVR : another Heavy M (cjed) |
| Here is HVR, that uses the same heavy metal guitar sound as Silverstonne (Colossus) : HVR.mp3 |
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| 07-18-06 / 10:38 PM : BOSS Micro-BR Digital Recorder (cjed) |
 BOSS (Roland) presents the Micro-BR Digital Recorder, a portable multitrack recorder (4 tracks, 32 virtual tracks) for guitarists (guitare input and integrated microphone), that uses SD Card as storage, and provides drums loops (300), effects (including time stretching) and compatibility with MP3 format (USB connection also). |
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| 07-17-06 / 11:36 PM : Guitar pro 5 for OSX (cjed) |
 As announced, Guitar Pro 5 is now available for OSX (Universal Binary, 59 euros as the Windows version). A demo version can be downloaded here (15 days running). However the audio rendering engine (RSE) is not yet present in the OSX version, it will be added soon via an update.Meanwhile we can listen to stunning audio demos of this engine. |
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| 07-16-06 / 01:02 AM : An old theme revisited (cjed) |
| Crystal Tower uses a pad from the same name (Colossus library) and is based upon a chord sequence from 89 (the result however is very different) : CrystalTower.mp3 |
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| 07-15-06 / 05:58 PM : 14 juillet : videos / photos (cjed) |
 Some videos from 14 juillet at Champ-De-Mars (download before playing). With all mobile/camera LCD screens it looks like in the Apple 1984 ad :Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Video 6 Video 7 (also some photos) |
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| 07-14-06 / 11:29 AM : new (mac) music forum (vincent) |
| 440forums is a new french site coming from the famous MacMusic.org, except that it is now open to any topic. There are even direct links to the english version. Some people already said that it might be an audiofanzine 2, time will tell ;) |
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| 07-14-06 / 02:00 AM : Monolith harpsichord fireworks (cjed) |
| Here is an harpsichord based song that reminds Monolith Burger's theme from Space Quest III... Fireworks surround sounds come from K2, to add originality ! : HarpMonolithYear.mp3 |
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| 07-13-06 / 01:24 AM : Strange metal : convolution (cjed) |
| Swollen uses a metal guitar sound, a fretless bass and drums from Colossus, taken through a special convolution effect in Kontakt : Swollen.mp3 |
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| 07-12-06 / 10:46 PM : Realsamples Analog Strings (cjed) |
 Realsamples presents Analog Strings, a samples CD (included settings for Halion, Reason, Kontakt, EXS24, GigaStudio, etc.) from Eminent String Ensemble (seventies vintage instrument), as well as from its successor the Arp Solina. These sounds have been used by Pink Floyd and Supertramp. That is here for the demos. |
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| 07-12-06 / 09:05 PM : Rumors : MacPro & Leopard ahead competition (cjed) |
| Macosrumors sources say Mac Pro (that will be unveiled next month) will be far more faster than PCs fitted with the same processors (under Windows), thanks to optimizations co-developped with Intel. On another side MacOSX 10.5 would have benefited with incredible optimizations, also thanks to Intel (last compilers). Indeed, with its hardware and software skills, and easier way to builld on last technology (no compatibility restrictions), Apple should be able to put Microsoft to shame. |
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| 07-12-06 / 01:31 AM : Sundial : piano pad impro (cjed) |
| Sundial is the name of a piano/pad patch from Colossus. The solo impro lengths 1'20 : Sundial.mp3 |
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| 07-12-06 / 12:34 AM : Sony Ericsson K800i review (cjed) |
| Macbidouille reported the publication of a Sony Ericsson K800i review at Pixellum (cool blog indeed). No revolution, photos even seem to be worse despite the news 3,2 Mpixels lense (2 on the K750i) because of higher compression. Rafale shot mode (9 photos) however can help to reduce blur (selection of best photo). Video is still unusable (still limited to 176*144 pixels). GoogleMaps compatibility is a good point. |
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| 07-11-06 / 12:43 AM : 5'30 live sax impro (cjed) |
| TSaxExp is a live blues/jazz impro with a tenor sax from Colossus, and a Kontakt 2 convolution reverb : TSaxExp.mp3 s |
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| 07-11-06 / 12:30 AM : Pirates of the Caribbean 2 : soundtrack samples (cjed) |
| Samples of 30s duration from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest soundtrack (composed by Hans Zimmer) are available on the site soundtrack. |
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| 07-11-06 / 12:01 AM : World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (cjed) |
 IMG reported the publication of a review of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade on Actiontrip website. That is the first expansion for WoW, that will bring a new whole continent. Screenshots are available here. |
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| 07-10-06 / 11:52 PM : Quake 4 trailer (cjed) |
| Apple published a Quake 4 trailer on mac. The video is small this time. |
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| 07-10-06 / 11:46 PM : Flow in games (cjed) |
 Here is an interesting study, a thesis about flows in games (steps, difficulty progression), with demos (videos and playable games on PC only) aimed at producing a pleasant and intuitive game experience. That is there. |
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| 07-10-06 / 11:36 PM : Quake III cell shading (cjed) |
 Following Warsow there is a special version of Quake III that replaces original graphics rendering with cell shading. That is here for screenshots. |
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| 07-10-06 / 09:54 PM : Emotional : rank 15 at musique-libre Top50 (cjed) |
| Emotional is now at rank 15 in the musique-libre monthly Top50, and at rank 91 in the global chart (among 6500 songs). That is here for support (you should be looged to be able to post comments/notes) :) Dynamic also entered in the top. |
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| 07-10-06 / 09:27 PM : Musics for Osons4x4mag.net (cjed) |
| The free magazine Osons4x4mag, choosed 4 songs (Emotional, Dynamic, Tendance, Expect) as audio tracks for their video reviews. Osons4x4mag.net is a web magazine dedicated to 4x4 and SUV started july 2000 by a group of fans. Now they have 15000 to 20000 visitors each month and the site was acclaimed by profesionnals (makers, events organisers). |
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| 07-09-06 / 11:56 PM : TC Electronic DVR2/NonLin2 plugins (cjed) |
 TC Electronic, famous hardware multi-effects maker (and that now also makes virtual effects plugins for ProTools) presents DVR2 (595 euros), an emulation of the legendary EMT250 vintage hardware reverb processor. They also ships a second plugin in the same category, NonLin2 (495 euros). |
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| 07-08-06 / 12:14 AM : Arturia Prophet 5 : Audiofanzine review (cjed) |
 Audiofanzine provides this week a full review (with demo songs made at the occasion) of Prophet 5 emulation software from Arturia. They conclude saying it is ways better than anything made in the domain. |
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| 07-07-06 / 11:27 PM : Legion Arena demo (cjed) |
 A demo of Legion Arena is available at Macgamefile here (227 Mo, from 1 Ghz G4, Intel compatible). This strategy role playing game allows to create and manage huge armies. First reviews (here and there) are encouraging. |
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| 07-07-06 / 10:08 PM : CoverFlow : more fun than Front Row ? (cjed) |
 Front Row is very useful for playing multimedia files in fullscreen without using the mouse (media center principle), but using the remote available with recent macs. However it only presents files in list view (movies, musics). CoverFlow is an extension for iTunes that search for all installed albums (music only), grab artwork from different sources on the internet, and allows to naviguate through a virtual graphical library. It is free and a demo video can be watched here. |
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| 07-06-06 / 04:23 PM : Sam&Max : new games-series (cjed) |
 As reported by Macgamezone, since Steve Purcell got back Sam&Max rights (after a game project having being cancelled by LucasArts), new 3D games involving these characters are planned. They will be sold as episodes (like a serie, by seasons) in order to reduce development time. First games will be out next fall.Meanwhile we can watch a trailer, or try to make our own comics online here. |
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| 07-06-06 / 11:12 AM : Doune : best singer price (cjed) |
| Doune finally received the best singer price for their exhibition at the Emergenza contest final (thanks to Ana, their singer). We are waiting for samples at their site :-) ! |
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| 07-06-06 / 01:51 AM : Silverstone : Bad Metal (cjed) |
| Here is the first song made with Colossus, notably its metal guitars and bass : Silverstone.mp3 |
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| 07-04-06 / 11:48 PM : Apple to lower additional memory prices (cjed) |
| Sources at Macosrumors say that Apple could soon lower the prices of additional RAM for built to order on the Apple Store. Interesting for paired DDR2-800 of next Mac Pro desktops, and for compatibility insurance. |
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| 07-04-06 / 12:55 PM : Nexuiz 2.0 (cjed) |
 Nexuiz was updated to version 2.0 mid-june. This update brings a solo campaign (21 levels), 5 new maps, a new particles system, and major perofrmances improvements thanks to precompiled bumpmapping instead of realtime lighting. |
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| 07-04-06 / 12:02 AM : DropTeam new demo (cjed) |
| A new multiplayer demo of DropTeam (futurist tanks combat game) is available here. |
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| 07-03-06 / 11:56 PM : CodeWeavers CrossOver to run games (cjed) |
| Macworld reported that CodeWeavers plans to ship an intel Mac version of CrossOver (60$) in July/August (2006), its Windows compatibility layer based on WINE. It will allow to avoid Windows installation (main Windows APIs are reimplemented as well as DirectX through OpenGL) and could run some recent games like HL2 (whereas Parallels Workstation solution doesn't provide any 3D acceleration). |
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| 07-03-06 / 11:43 PM : Cakewalk Rapture for OSX (cjed) |
 Cakewalk presents Rapture for OSX (Universal Binary, 199$), a sound creation software : 6 oscillators, two 16 modes filters per oscillator, 42 steps enveloppes, Step Generator, etc. Audio demos are available on the site, as well as a demo version. |
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| 07-03-06 / 03:13 PM : Sordino & Flute (cjed) |
| Sord Sword is a light orchestration with sordino violins, flute, harp and viola played pizzicato as a bass : SordSword.mp3 |
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| 07-01-06 / 03:53 PM : Nux 1.0.1 : next claymation graphics (cjed) |
 After the stunning Platypus (shoot them up with claymation graphics) the game publisher Idigicon presents Nux, a game of the same type, but that alternates shoot/fly and exploration at foot. The demo can be found here. |
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| 07-01-06 / 11:39 AM : Yahoo Messenger 3.0 beta1 : Mac/PC video (cjed) |
| The new Yahoo Messenger 3.0 is available as a beta version and allows videoconferencing between Mac and PC. The final version will bring that feature through the MSN compatibility. |
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| 07-01-06 / 11:28 AM : OpenOffice 2.0.3 / NeoOffice 2.0 beta (cjed) |
| OpenOffice 2.0.3 brings among other improvements the support of Intel Macs, and a better system integration with MacOSX. That is here (X11 version). There is also NeoOffice, a port of OpenOffice to OSX that uses Cocoa and Java to provide native appearance : Aqua menus, native controls (partial). |
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| 07-01-06 / 11:12 AM : XO Wave : free audio mastering (cjed) |
 XO Wave is an audio mastering software for MacOSX (and Linux/FreeBSD), available as a free version and a pro version (see here for comparatives features). It provides non destructive edition/unlimited undos, background tasks, mastering and burning. |
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| 07-01-06 / 10:04 AM : Emergenza : Doune in final at Elysée Montmartre (cjed) |
| After having finally passed semi-final, Doune will play for the final of the contest this saturday july,1 at 4 pm, at Elysée Montmartre. That is here for events details. |
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| 07-01-06 / 12:18 AM : Call of Duty 2 demo (cjed) |
| The expected demo of Cod2 is available at macgamefiles, through http or a torrent link... 665 Mo. |
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| 07-01-06 / 12:12 AM : Tremulous / Sauerbraten freewares (cjed) |
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