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| 10-30-07 / 11:19 PM : Flash adventure games (cjed) |
| We knew Kongregate flash games site portal (The Fancy Pants Adventures, Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack!...) There is also a great flash adventure game alla Sam&Max, The Goat in the Grey Fedora, or an arcade/adventure game alla Lemings, The Polyphonic Spree (made for the rock music band of the same name, for their upcoming new album release). For retro games, the site 1980-games.com provides some flash adaptations of old games. |
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| 10-30-07 / 11:12 PM : Halo : the movie still on track (cjed) |
| GameDaily speaks about Halo movie status, it has not been canceled. |
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| 10-30-07 / 11:09 PM : Leopard : record sales (cjed) |
| Since friday, 2 millions copies of Leopard have been sold, that is the best start of a MacOS version ever. |
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| 10-29-07 / 10:53 PM : Parallels Desktop 3.0 new beta (cjed) |
| Parallels provides a new beta (5540) of Parallels Desktop 3.0, that brings among other enhancements : extended support for Leopard, better performance with DirectX and OpenGL, better compatibility with XP and Vista... |
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| 10-29-07 / 10:46 PM : ArsTechnica : Leopard review (cjed) |
| ArsTechnica now provides a full review of Leopard. On 17 pages are covered the following themes : the new look, the kernel enhancements, 64 bits, FS events, Core Animation, QuartzGL, Core UI, internals grab bag, the Finder, the Dock, Time Machine, performances, grab bag... That is new informations more suitable to understand the promises of MacOSX 10.5. Meanwhile we learn that some have succeeded running Leopard on standard PCs (with some limitations as usual). |
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| 10-28-07 / 07:33 PM : Nightmare before christmas in 3D (cjed) |
 Publicis cinema (Champs Elysées) allows to watch a new version of Nightmare before Christmas, that has been completely reworked in 3D by Tim Burton (the original movie used the classic animation technique). Moreover the movie is screened using stereoscopic technique (two video sources and polarizing glasses). The result is exactly the same as the original movie, all textures have been recreated successfully in 3D. The stereoscopic view, despites being smooth, gives added depth in some scenes, but we can do better in that area.In fact the effects are less strongs as in Shrek 3D, but the movie is also longer (full length. Usually stereoscopic movies are shorten to 20mn max, to limit eyes weak). |
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| 10-28-07 / 07:10 PM : Curse of the Golden Flower (cjed) |
 The DVD of Curse of the Golden Flower is available. However, as stated by ecranlarge.com, the video quality is not great, despites the 7,5 Gb space used (encoding problem at M6 Video or poor master used ? Fnac site however gives a max note - 5 - for the video !). The views are in someway blur, it doesn't cut (we are far from House of flying daggers DVD quality). Well, it is better than first Dune DVD :), but be assured to use a low res projector of small tv to smooth the defects.There is still to compare this version with Blu-Ray and HD DVD ones. |
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| 10-28-07 / 06:26 PM : Language switch (cjed) |
| Language switch now allows again to be redirected towards the original page displayed (news detail, or news month browsing - with or without category filtering). Moreover the per category browse mode works again. |
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| 10-26-07 / 11:02 PM : Pure Acoustic for Kontakt (cjed) |
 Sounds And Effects presented Pure Acoustic for Kontakt, a 8 Gb acoustic guitar library (2 types, and 9 samples per note) for Kontakt. Audio demos are available. It is priced 199$. |
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| 10-26-07 / 10:58 PM : Rhem3 soon (cjed) |
| GotGame Entertainment presented Rhem3, the new episode of these games series inspired by Myst. First screenshots show better quality than in previous games, but they have still to catch with Riven, that was out ten years ago. |
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| 10-26-07 / 10:51 PM : Some new cool Leopard features (cjed) |
| Macrumors provides a compilation of feedbacks and articles on Leopard. Among these we learn that Leopard allows partitions numbering and resizing on the fly, without erasing data. On another hand Gete.net provides a video presentation of Leopard Server. |
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| 10-26-07 / 01:50 AM : FM Pulse : Halo ambiant (cjed) |
 This song uses 5 instruments from NI FM8 demo, and strings and bass drum played with SO Gold XP. The strings theme reminds in someway Halo ambience : FM8_Pulse |
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| 10-25-07 / 10:15 PM : UT3 : demo soon on mac (cjed) |
| UT3 demo is yet available on PC, but Mac and Linux versions should follow soon, considering what Ryan Gordon said (he did the OSX port). |
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| 10-25-07 / 10:12 PM : CME ASX (cjed) |
| CME presented the ASX, a DSP extension board for UF et VX master keyboards, that brings 4 modeling plugins : Minimax (polyphonic), LightWave (wavetable synth), B400 and Vocodizer (through the dedicated microphone input). The plugins parameters can be set on computer thanks to the USB port. It is priced 369$. |
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| 10-25-07 / 10:04 PM : Leopard reviews /multitouch keyboard (cjed) |
| First articles about Leopard are encouraging. Meanwhile Apple has filed a patent on multitouch keyboard. |
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| 10-24-07 / 11:01 PM : Complete Classical Bundle Collection (cjed) |
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| 10-24-07 / 10:35 PM : Colin McRae Rally demo (cjed) |
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| 10-24-07 / 10:29 PM : Apple results, reliability, green credentials (cjed) |
| Following the recent Apple financial results (stock at 185$, marketshare of 8 percents in US, two times more computers sold these last two years), we learn that macs are with IBM PC the most reliable computers. Furthermore thet may be far more green than what Greenpeace is saying. |
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| 10-23-07 / 11:15 PM : Steinberg Cubase 4.1 (cjed) |
| Steinberg presented an update to Cubase 4, version 4.1. It brings notably sidechain inputs for VST3 plugins, a revamped samples editor, a new global transpose track, support for Sequel and MusicXML formats, new VST3 effects, better support for QT7 formats, enhancements in the drum editor, and new presets for plugins. |
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| 10-23-07 / 11:00 PM : Security features in Leopard (cjed) |
 The site vulnerabililte.com gives details on new security features found in Leopard : ASLR, sandbox, automatic downloads verification, applications digital signature, 256 bits encryption (128 in Tiger). |
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| 10-23-07 / 10:56 PM : Leopard server : first look (cjed) |
| Macworld provides a presentation of Leopard server. |
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| 10-21-07 / 01:09 PM : Bionic Commando returns (cjed) |
| Capcom is working on a new Bionic Commando for modern consoles. We can find an article and watch an interview at gamespot, and see an impressive trailer at gametrailers. Despites the bionical arm of the character, this new game (FPS) has nothing that reminds the original game (2D, fun, great music on Atari ST) and seems more like a Spiderman game with commando plots. |
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| 10-19-07 / 10:49 PM : Leopard guided tour / cool least known features (cjed) |
| Apple now provides a guided tour of Leopard. We can't really say it brings less new features than Tiger. In fact, besides the Time Machine top one feature/engineering exploit (like Spotlight was), there is a lot of cool least known features, and even some great surprises in terms of security (Library Randomization, that is ASLR, as in Vista). |
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| 10-18-07 / 09:55 PM : Leopard Server (cjed) |
 As Leopard client, MacOSX server has evolved in Leopard Server. As usual it brings the same new features as the client version (also in the look and feel), with aditionnal adminstration and servers tools. Among them we can find iCal server, Podcast producer, a wiki server, spotlight server, iChat server, client management, mails service, files sharing, directories, networking and VPN, OpenSSL, Apache 2, Ruby on Rails, Tomcat 5, and WebObjects 5.4, a 64 bits optimized Java VM (transparent symetric multiprocessing, that has been also present in the MacOSX client java VM since years).The full features list can be reached here At 459 euros the 10 clients licence and 929 the unlimited client licence, this server system is a great value compared to other solutions, and even more considering the included WebObjects. |
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| 10-18-07 / 07:59 PM : The 300 new Leopard features (cjed) |
| Apple now provides the full list of the 300 new Leopard features. Among the really completely new features (Time Machine, stacks, new Finder, Spaces), are enhancements/new features of existing application (for example the DVD Player has been revamped and among other changes brings a new adaptive deinterlacing system, based on video analysis. However it requires an 1,6 Ghz mac !) |
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| 10-18-07 / 07:47 PM : Time Machine really revolutionnary (cjed) |
| Cuk.ch provides a deep analysis of Time Machine, and explains why it is really revolutionnary. Apple succeeded to resolve well known very hard problematics. This article is derived from a very detailed presentation (4 pages) of Time Machine, provided by Apple Insider. We indeed remember Microsoft problems with WinFS (also database based filesystem), that had to be removed from Vista, that is such features are complex. We can read a thesis about an equivalent principle as Time Machine, even in a UI point of view (Time Machine navigation through timeline is however far more advanced). |
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| 10-17-07 / 10:54 PM : OpenOffice.org Cocoa snapshots (cjed) |
| The last snapshots versions of OpenOffice.org version Cocoa can be downloaded on this ftp. The 2.3 version (october, 17) is however only compatible with Intel macs (PowerPC and Universal Binary versions are older ones). |
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| 10-17-07 / 10:44 PM : Soon a SDK for the iPhone (cjed) |
| Apple, through Steve Jobs, announced that an SDK for iPhone will be released february, 2008. The stated reason of the current limitation of web rich client (ajax) development is to prevent the device from virus. |
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| 10-16-07 / 11:06 PM : Abaltat Express (cjed) |
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| 10-16-07 / 11:01 PM : EastWest : mise à jour de PLAY (cjed) |
| EastWest has updated its PLAY samples player engine, used by its last products. That is here for details (free download). |
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| 10-16-07 / 10:55 PM : Leopard ships october, 26 (cjed) |
 Leopard will finally ship this october, 26, and will be priced 129$. Apple has put a count on its site. A Server version is also planned. |
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| 10-15-07 / 11:31 PM : Digidesign Eleven (cjed) |
| Digidesign presented Eleven, a new plugin for Protools that brings guitar amp simulations. A 30 days demo version is downloadable, and a video is also available. |
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| 10-15-07 / 11:24 PM : Sonic Couture : free VA Drums Brush Kit (cjed) |
 Sonic Couture provides 142 Mo of free samples (Brush Kit) for Kontakt, taken from VA Drums. |
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| 10-15-07 / 11:21 PM : Unreal Tournament 3 on mac soon (cjed) |
| Macgamezone gives details on the mac version of Unreal Tournament 3. It would ship separately from the Windows box, eventually with a levels editor. A demo is expected soon. |
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| 10-15-07 / 11:17 PM : Lego Starwars II review (cjed) |
| Ludomac provides a full review of Lego Starwars II on mac. They weren't disappointed, despite the remaining shortness of the game. Moreover the game supports the GMA950 integrated chipset found on mac mini and macbook. |
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| 10-15-07 / 11:11 PM : Leopard performance on an old G4 (cjed) |
| As Leopard is reaching Golden Master status, ArsTechnica gives its thoughts about Leopard supposed performance on old G4s. It will probably the first OSX version to be slower than the previous, on a same machine basis.s |
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| 10-13-07 / 11:31 AM : Doune concert october, 19 (cjed) |
 Doune will be showcasing this october, 19 at Paris, 14e (9pm). That is here for informations. We can also watch videos from their previous concerts, including new songs ! |
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| 10-13-07 / 12:17 AM : SampleLogic Elements (cjed) |
| SampleLogic presented Elements, a 14 Go samples library for Kontakt 2 (299$). It includes 6 categories of patches (1700 instruments) : Ambience, Bass, harmony, Impacts, Melody, Rhythm. Audio demos are available, they are stunning. The third, The Sixth Element - reminds me a theme from Equilibrium's OST from Klaus Badelt. A pack (AIR+Elements) is also provided at 500$.s |
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| 10-13-07 / 12:13 AM : iPod Touch review (cjed) |
| iGeneration provides a complete review of the ipod touch. |
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| 10-12-07 / 12:35 AM : Digidesign ProTools 7.4 (cjed) |
 Digidesign presented ProTools 7.4, an update that brings notably a new time stretching algorithm, Elastic Time, that allows to adjust loops tempo without modifying files. Integration with Avid videos has also been enhanced. |
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| 10-09-07 / 10:09 PM : Ministry of Rock / Voices of passion : tutorials (cjed) |
| Eastwest provides video tutorials (mp4) about using Ministry of Rock and Voices of passion (PLAY, etc.) |
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| 10-08-07 / 11:09 PM : Leopard Finder (cjed) |
| AppleInsider gives his point on modifications of the Finder concept introduced in Leopard. |
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| 10-08-07 / 11:07 PM : Apple stock : 170$ (cjed) |
| Apple stock reached a new record, at close to 170$, and objective is now upped to 225$. |
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| 10-06-07 / 12:02 AM : ZFS for OSX soon completed (cjed) |
| AppleInsider gives new informations on the state of ZFS development for OSX. Whereas Leopard will include limited support to ZFS (only read), there is now preview version of ZFS that manages write mode. |
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| 10-05-07 / 11:52 PM : Pixelmator (cjed) |
 A demo of Pixelmator can be downloaded here. This is an image editor that features an innovative user interface. |
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| 10-05-07 / 11:42 PM : Bungie : independance day (cjed) |
| Bungie announced that they took their independance again from Microsoft (will keep small parts in the company). They will however continue relationship with Microsoft. The reason they presented is obvious, they now have to evolve, to find new ways, to move quicker. Finally their recognize what said the co-funders of Bungie that left the company when it was buyed by Microsoft. The original Halo presented on mac during the Apple Expo 99 (was targeted for mac only, as the previous Marathon trilogy) was in fact as impressive as the final game. This is a good news for an expected Halo 3 on mac. |
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| 10-05-07 / 11:35 PM : Valve : Macworld confirms hidden reasons (cjed) |
| Macworld confirms IMG informations about Valve. The lack of their games on mac is due to huge royalties asked by the Half Life editor. |
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| 10-05-07 / 11:31 PM : iPhone : SDK soon open to third party (cjed) |
| Macnn reported that Apple is ready to open the iPhone development, that is they will allow third party developers to use Cocoa SDK instead of a development limited to web/ajax). But Apple will choose those company, in order to ensure the quality, and limit the concurrence with their applications. |
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| 10-04-07 / 11:51 PM : IK Multimedia Sample Moog (cjed) |
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| 10-04-07 / 11:41 PM : Ableton Live 7 (cjed) |
 Ableton presented Live 7 (499$). Besides there is new instruments (sold extensions or included in an Ableton suite) : Tension, Electric, Analog, Essential Instrument Collection 2, Session Drums, Drum Machines, Orchestral String/Brass/Woodwinds/Percussions. |
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| 10-04-07 / 11:27 PM : The true reason about lack of HL2 on mac (cjed) |
| InsideMacGames provides the true reason of lack of Half Life 2 on mac. It seems it isn't from lack of support from Apple, as Steve Jobs himself asked its developper relations team to get on the thing. In fact Valve would have asked no less than 1 million $ as rights to do the port... So no mac game publisher could pay that price. |
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| 10-03-07 / 04:47 PM : Zune is "back" (vincent) |
| M$ tries to launch a new Zune2. But the experts doubt that it will work better than the 1st one. |
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| 10-02-07 / 11:49 PM : Valve interview : why not on mac (cjed) |
| In an Valve interview we learn the reasons of lack of their games on mac. They report that it is due to lack of support / feedback from Apple to game developpers. We also discover a rumor about an Apple games console project. |
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| 10-02-07 / 08:53 PM : Naked Objects 3 : like WebObjects/DirectToWeb ? (cjed) |
| TSS provides an article about Naked Objects 3.0, a new framework that allows applications generation (rich client or flat HTML) from an object model. The announced particularity is that it doesn't use a controller object contrary to MVC frameworks (Struts, etc.) Actions are triggered directly and only on model objects (POJO). Well, it is funny, as it is presented as revolutionnary. And what about WebObject and its DirectToWeb generator ? It has been here from close to 15 years. And WO is far more rich (real components framework with a large UI components library that has been tested from a decade, and whose concepts inspired Tapestry) ! We can even read in this interesting interview at JSFCentral about Exadel/Ajax4JSF an honnest answer : M: Some would argue that WebObjects, Tapestry, and ASP.NET introduced component-oriented web development first. Do you think JSF offers anything different than these frameworks? MK: I wouldn't argue otherwise. I believe JSF builds on a lot of features from these frameworks such as component web development and Tapestry-like features with the Facelets extension. There are a few areas where JSF provides even more. For example, it's an open standard, which is very important Then WO would have had a sole problem, it wasn't standard. Well, neither Struts nor Hibernate followed specs at start (there is now JPA for Hibernate, in fact JPA spec took ideas from Hibernate...), they grew to de facto strandard... JSF also hides the controller, POJO attributes and methods are referenced directly in the JSF tags attributes (objects are injected through IOC). Then these two frameworks yet hide HTTP (they generate particular links when tags rendering occurs, in order to persist the components model on the server. In .NET it is somewhat the same, with a huge encoded string/HTTP parameter that drives the WebForms components state). |
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| 10-01-07 / 10:45 PM : Sapiens : original launcher (cjed) |
 Sapiens is a new application launcher for OSX. It opens an application selection wheel when the user draws a circle with the mouse. It can also provide specific applications when the user selects a document icon and then draws the circle (applications that can open that document type).A demonstration video is available here. |
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| 10-01-07 / 10:38 PM : iPhone Human Interface (cjed) |
| Apple provides the iPhone Human Interface Guidelines. For those who wouldn't know about Apple Guidelines (appeared in eighties...), they are recommandations for UI design : elements position and size, normed spaces, etc. That is all that is missing in Windows applications, and that played a high role in Apple success. For the iPhone the constraints are even more important, due to reduced view port, and so the guidelines can be even more useful. |
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| 10-01-07 / 10:32 PM : Boot Camp beta : expires as Leopard ships (cjed) |
| Apple announces that Boot Camp beta will expire at the end of the month, when Leopard ships. MacOSX 10.5 will include a more integrated version that allows to switch to Windows in the same manner users can switch sessions. |
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