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04-29-08 / 11:03 PM : MSN 7 mac (cjed)
Microsoft provides msn 7 for mac. Audio and video conferencing are supported, but it requires PC users to switch to Messenger Live 8, in order to support the new Microsoft protocol. Meanwhile there is aMSN, that still manages video.
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04-12-08 / 05:20 PM : HighDesign 1.8 (cjed)
HighDesign is an architectural software available in two versions : Standard (150$) and Professional (350$). The specifications can be found here and a demo is provided there (works for 12 hours with watermark on export). It is compatible with G4 (1Ghz min with Radeon 9000 Pro).
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04-09-08 / 11:50 PM : Adobe media player (cjed)
Adobe provides its media player for Windows and MacOSX. It manages very few formats (only video, and only Flash and some mp4). The user interface is too much big for a player and its performances are poor (requires an 1,8Ghz G5). To play 1080p flash it states a 3Ghz mac is required, compared with a 1,8Ghz processor for Windows !
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04-07-08 / 11:14 PM : Advanced features of Preview (cjed)
Macworld presents in an article new important features of Preview (in Leopard) that aren't well known : annotations in PDFs, delete and rearrange pages, PDF documents merge, crop and resize, mask and shape extract, image settings, multiple printing per page, key-words.
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04-06-08 / 03:55 PM : Houdini : new 3D software on mac (cjed)
The 3D software Houdini is coming on MacOSX, thanks to Intel switch. A beta program is planned (requires registration). The user interface looks nice, and we can watch a video demoding some 3D animations made with the software.
The Houdini Escape version (2000$) includes modelisation, animation, characters and lightning modules? The Houdini Master version (8000$) adds particles and dynamics management.
An Apprentice version is available at download (free, all features, output resolution limited to 720*576 for still pictures and animations, with inclusion of a watermark). The Apprentice HD version (99$) removes these limitations (illimited resolution for images, 1920*1080 limit for videos, and no watermark). These two versions are for personal use only.
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04-04-08 / 11:33 PM : Firefox 3b5 available : 2x slower than Safari 3.1 (cjed)
The beta 5 of Firefox 3 is available. It is reported to be two times faster than Firefox 2, but still 2 times slower than Safari 3.1 (on OSX and Windows).
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