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| 12-28-11 / 07:59 PM : Another World : VM and compositing (cjed) |
| Fabien Sanglard provides a detailed analysis of Another World source code, that was one of the first games at its time (1991) to use a virtual machine (also far more evolved than Lucasarts's one), and framebuffers for vector graphics compositing. |
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| 12-28-11 / 07:48 PM : Free DOS emulator for iPhone (cjed) |
| Aemula Oldies S is available for free at the App Store. This DOS emulator for iOS (requires 4.0 then should work on a 3G model) is bundled with 10 games. It however may be pulled from the App Store soon (as was iMame), as a workaround to add other games to the disk images has been provided at toucharcade forums. |
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| 12-22-11 / 11:22 PM : iMame available for iOS (cjed) |
| An iOS version of famous MAME, iMame, is available for free at the App Store. It is based on iMame4All, and then does not require jailbreaking to install additional roms (we can use iExplorer to copy these). |
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| 12-22-11 / 11:18 PM : NI Skanner free (cjed) |
| Native Instruments provides Skanner for free. This virtual instrument is based on Reaktor (requires Reaktor Player 5.6.2). |
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| 12-22-11 / 11:14 PM : Aspyr games and Mass Effect discounts (cjed) |
| Aspyr provides 33% discount on its games at the Mac App Store. We can then get Doom 3 and Prey at 7,99 euros each. Steam also provides Mass Effect and Mass Effects 2 at 3,74 euros and 4,99 euros respectively. |
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| 12-22-11 / 11:02 PM : RealRacing 2 on mac / Bioshock 2 (cjed) |
| Real Racing 2 is now available at the Mac App Store (10,49 euros, 711 MB). It allows remote control using an iPhone. Feral announced Bioshock 2, due in January (34,95$). The PC version is provided at 9,99 euros (50% discount) on Steam until January, 2. However the Steam version does not work under Crossover. |
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| 12-22-11 / 01:48 AM : iZotope : audio SDK and guide (cjed) |
| Audio softwares editor iZotope provides trial versions of its 6 audio SDK, as well as a free guide to Core Audio on iOS. |
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| 12-20-11 / 01:05 AM : Notion for iPad (cjed) |
| The Notion partitions editor is now also available for iPad (and at a special 0,79 euros price instead 14,99 euros). It includes orchestral sounds, piano, guitars and bass (with various articulations), and effects. |
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| 12-15-11 / 09:43 PM : Marble Arena 2 available (cjed) |
| Marble Arena 2 is available for free. It includes 50 levels, a multiplayer mode and a levels editor. |
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| 12-14-11 / 10:25 PM : Logic Express 9.1.6 update (cjed) |
| Apple provides a 9.1.6 update to Logic Express (160 MB), that may bring the same fixes and enhancements than the corresponding Logic Pro version available at the Mac App Store. |
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| 12-10-11 / 07:59 PM : ProTools 10 demo available (cjed) |
| Avid provides a demo version of ProTools 10 (30 days limit), that requires an iLok key. The full version is priced 605 euros. |
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| 12-10-11 / 07:55 PM : Altiverb 7 available (cjed) |
| Audio Ease presents Altiverb 7 (584 euros), that provides settings (brightness, modulation) to achieve less static reverb trails (common problem with convolution based reverbs). |
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| 12-10-11 / 07:51 PM : Silverlight 5 available (cjed) |
| Microsoft provides Silverlight 5, that is expected to be the last version of this proprietary plugin. |
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| 12-09-11 / 12:26 AM : Logic Pro 9 at the Mac App Store (cjed) |
| Logic Pro 9 is now available at the Mac App Store, at 199$ (instead 499$ for Logic Studio). It itsn't however stated whether Space Designer plugin is included. A 9.1.6 update is also provided here. The Express version (that was priced the same) may not be available, however no upgrade path has been announced yet. We are also waiting for version 10 details. |
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| 12-07-11 / 11:10 PM : Trine 2 available (cjed) |
| Trine 2 is available on Steam (12,99 euros). A collector version (19,99 euros) brings a digital artbook and the soundtrack. |
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| 12-05-11 / 11:38 PM : Aleph One 1.0/Marathon Trilogy HD (cjed) |
| Aleph One 1.0 is available, alongwith new HD graphics for Marathon (116 MB), Marathon 2 (91 MB) and Marathon Infinity (88 MB). |
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| 12-03-11 / 07:48 PM : Steinberg : free Model-E/VB-1 plugins (cjed) |
| Steinberg provides two old VST plugins, Model E and VB-1, for free (updated versions). These can also be used with Independence. |
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| 12-03-11 / 07:43 PM : Mafia II available (cjed) |
| Mafia II is available at Macgamestore (39,99$) and at Mac App Store (31,99 euros). |
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| 12-03-11 / 07:21 PM : Google : antitrust request by EU (cjed) |
| The European Union filled a request against Google about antitrust issues, finally : The internet search engine provides two types of results when people run searches on its engine: (i) unpaid search results, also known as “natural” or “algorithmic” search results, and (ii) third party advertisements shown at the top and at the right hand side of the search results page, also known as “paid search results” or “sponsored links”. The alleged abuses concern both unpaid and paid search results. After all, what did Google brought to people ? - a search engine full of unwanted/commercial links (with opaque ranking system and ads revenues management), that is harder and harder to use - Google Maps and Google Earth : very useful ideas, however not the only ones now - Android : not even at iOS5/iPhone 5 level after 5 years, despite Google's CEO being at Apple's board at its launch time - GWT : still limited experience due to Google's lack of experience in UI design - Gmail : now not better than any other free mail system, and did exit beta status more than 10 years after launch, while Chrome still reached 10 non beta versions in two years only Then Steve Jobs's advice to Google to focus on its core/experienced areas was right. |
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| 12-01-11 / 10:04 PM : Steinberg : Cubase 6/Halion 4 bundle (cjed) |
| Steinberg provides the Music Production & Sound Creation suite, that includes Cubase 6 and Halion 4, priced 702 euros (instead 602 and 350 euros respectively). The available units is however limited. |
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| 12-01-11 / 09:55 PM : OIO review (cjed) |
| Insidemacgames provides a review of OIO. |
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