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Cantor vocal synth adds choir rendering,
more

Cantor vocal synth adds choir rendering,
more 02/05/2005 09:19 PM
German audio software maker VirSyn has released Cantor v1.6, a new version of its vocal synthesizer for the Macintosh. New features in this release include the ability to import MIDI files into the score editor, including lyrics; a choir rendering function that lets you create up to hundreds of voices, each with adjustable random variations in pitch, start time and sound characteristics; and German language support, with a new German phoneme dictionary and German phoneme sets and voices.

UBI Adds Affordable Life Sciences
Products

UBI Adds Affordable Life Sciences
Products 12/19/2004 03:16 PM
reagents, consumables, and laboratory equipment provided [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

Second Life 1.4 adds custom character
animations, more

Second Life 1.4 adds custom character
animations, more 06/16/2004 06:02 PM
Linden Lab announced Wednesday that it has released Second Life v1.4 for Mac OS X v10.3. Second Life is the company's "3D virtual society," a game and more that puts you in a virtual world where people can play together, have jobs, interact socially and much more. Imagine the Sims as a massively multiplayer online game, and you're beginning to get the picture.

C1 Pro update adds new interface,
features

C1 Pro update adds new interface,
features 11/18/2003 02:01 PM
Phase One today released version 1.2 of their C1 Pro RAW conversion software for use with Canon digital SLR cameras. The software (which is expected to gain Nikon D1X and D100 support in the first quarter of 2004) features a number of significant enhancements, according to the company.

Illumination update adds Web searching,
more

Illumination update adds Web searching,
more 09/13/2004 08:44 AM
Radical Breeze on Monday released an update to their Mac OS X disk cataloging and searching utility Illuminati on. Illumination 1.5 adds the ability to search using a Web-based interface, add notes to discs and search by date. The Web search function works in tandem with Illumination's built-in Web server, enabling users to search the contents of their computers from other remote computers on the Internet. Illumination indexes any volume including hard drives, CDs, network servers, tape backups and more, and works online or offline. It costs US$19, and a free trial version is available. Illumination requires Mac OS X v10.3 or higher. Version 1.5 is a free update for registered users.

Halo update adds graphics detail, more

Halo update adds graphics detail, more 05/20/2004 08:28 AM
Destineer subsidiary MacSoft continues to tweak its hit game Halo: Combat Evolved with a new v1.05 release. The update adds the ability to display reflective surfaces on Macs equipped with some Nvidia hardware, adds a new Model Reflections option to the Halo Graphics Settings window, corrects a but that prevented eMacs and other high refresh-rate displays from syncing properly at 640x480 resolution, and addresses issues with hardware fogging.

Retrospect update adds support for new
drives, more

Retrospect update adds support for new
drives, more 07/20/2004 04:39 PM
Dantz has released a free update to its Retrosp ect 6.0 backup application. Version 5.6.102 of the Retrospect driver adds support for several new EZQuest DVD-RW/CD-RW and CD-RW drives, as well as Iomega's 35GB and 90GB FireWire REV removable external drives. In addition, the update improves memory management, fixes a bug and offers performance enhancements. Retrospect 6.0 requires Mac OS X v10.1.5 or higher, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 200MB hard drive space. Pricing is US$129, or $269 with annual support and maintenance.

GO-Global update adds Panther client

GO-Global update adds Panther client 03/08/2004 11:15 PM
GraphOn Corporation has released GO-Global for Windows 3.0, an update to its server-based computing solution that publishes Windows applications to corporate networks or the Web without the need to modify applications or deploy additional infrastructure...

Toast 6.0.3 update adds features,
improvements

Toast 6.0.3 update adds features,
improvements 11/07/2003 09:58 AM
Roxio Inc. has posted details about an update to Toast Titanium 6 to bring it up to version 6.0.3 (and if you're running 6 now, you should know that there was no 6.0.1 or 6.0.2 update).

CopyPaste update adds new features, bug
fixes

CopyPaste update adds new features, bug
fixes 07/26/2004 02:22 PM
Script Software on Monday released an update to its clipboard manager software CopyPaste, bringing the current version to 2.0.1. The update contains several new features including the ability to "replace with copied style," which applies the style of the last copied text item to the replaced text. Bug fixes in the new version include the automatic saving of clipboards which failed to save the first clip in the Clip Recorder and a crash on systems earlier that 10.2.6 is fixed. The update is free for registered users of 2.0, for others the cost is US$30.

Studiometry update adds new report
features, more

Studiometry update adds new report
features, more 09/14/2004 09:30 AM
Oranged.net Software on Tuesday updated Studiometry, their organizational tool for studios and freelancers running Mac OS X or Windows. The new 2.0.6 release sports the ability to access debt and credit information in reports. Customized templates can be created, and a new Default Template has been included that summarizes all work done on a project. Other improvements include new template tags, better networking support, extra time-sheet filters and more. Studiometry 2.0.6 is a free update for registered 2.0 users; a 15-day free trial is available. The full version costs US$69.99 to register for a single-user license, with add-on licenses and upgrades from previous versions also available.

OmniOutliner Update Adds Keynote
Compatibility, More

OmniOutliner Update Adds Keynote
Compatibility, More 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Adding XML export and compatibility with Apple's new Keynote presentation software. (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

REALbasic update adds more plug-in
options

REALbasic update adds more plug-in
options 07/27/2004 09:41 AM
REAL Software has updated its REALbasic editing environment to version 5.5.3, which adds more options for building REALbasic plug-ins...

DiskWarrior update adds Panther support

DiskWarrior update adds Panther support 01/27/2004 05:19 PM
Alsoft has announced the release of DiskWarrior 3.0.1, an update to its powerful disk repair utility...

America's Army update adds new weapon,
vehicle, more

America's Army update adds new weapon,
vehicle, more 06/04/2004 10:56 AM
America's Army: Special Forces is a free team-based tactical first person shooter published by the US Army and distributed for free over the Internet. The game is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. The new 2.1 version, codenamed "Downrange," is available for download. It incorporates many new features, including a new "Karma Physics Engine" that provides more realistic physics and character animations. Also added in this release is the M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon, a new armored vehicle called the Stryker, a new "Tournament Mode," a new "Demo/Kiosk Mode," two new maps, and many other changes. The full version measures 743MB, but if you have the 2.0a version, a 109MB update patch is available for download instead -- a list of download mirrors is available from the America's Army Web site. System requirements call for a G4/700MHz or faster, 256MB RAM, 1GB of hard drive space, and an ATI Radeon 7500 or Nvidia GeForce2 MX or better graphics system.

No Bones About It: BBEdit Update Adds
Preview Refresh

No Bones About It: BBEdit Update Adds
Preview Refresh 12/10/2003 12:49 PM
Mac Observer Dec 10 2003 11:39AM ET

Update: Cisco adds intelligence to
network gear

Update: Cisco adds intelligence to
network gear 06/22/2005 02:56 AM

Embarking on a new direction, Cisco Systems unveiled details Tuesday of its first move into the messaging middleware business with its AON (Application-Oriented Network) business unit.

At its Networkers conference in Las Vegas, the company announced the formation of the AON business unit, a number of technical relationships -- most notably IBM -- and products that are intended to add more intelligence to the network. This added intelligence will better equip the network to understand business-application communications in order to support more-effective business decisions, according to company officials.

"AON is a new technology direction for Cisco as well as a new product offering," said Stephen Cho, senior director for product management in Cisco's AON business unit.

AON supports Cisco’s vision for the Intelligent Information Network, Cho said. It is a network-embedded intelligent message routing system that integrates application message-level communication, visibility, and security into the fabric of the network.

The AON group will roll out its first products later this year. Initial offerings will be a branch-office router and a blade that can be used with Cisco switches. Eventually, the company will add a stand-alone AON device and a branch-office router that connects to SAP applications, Cho said.

The AON products will be about the size of a hardback book, he added. Pricing on the products will be announced later this summer.

Cisco is hardly going it alone in providing these services. It is also bringing aboard third-party providers who can build add-ons to Cisco's products. IBM and Tibco Software, for instance, will participate in the middleware space, building products that will allow AON to interpret messages sent by those middleware systems.

While it might look as if Cisco's AON and IBM's Websphere products would compete, IBM officials said the collaboration between the two would work to the customer's benefit. The goal of the collaboration is to create stronger integration between Websphere and a number of network infrastructure layers by simplifying the IT infrastructure, thereby reducing complexity and the total cost of ownership.

Another benefit of establishing tighter integration between the two companies' respective technologies is that the integration can serve as a building block for an SOA, IBM officials said. This in turn can help corporate users create an on-demand business that better integrates data across the enterprise as well as externally with business partners.

"Traditionally Cisco calls on networking guys and we call on a software guys," said Jeff Henry, IBM's director of Websphere Product Management. "And so now the two are able to play off one another's infrastructure much better, especially as our customers start to roll out SOAs. It breaks it down into more consumable components. When you use the network and middleware layers together, it provides a good infrastructure for an SOA."

By embedding the Websphere MQ client as part of AON, designers reportedly created the industry's first network-based messaging support for business applications. One of the major benefits is that the Cisco-Websphere combination can handle process traffic based on priority, making it easier to enforce service-level agreements and to handle traffic skews, officials from both companies said.

“Adding intelligent application message handling to the network enables applications and the network to work together as an integrated system,” said Taf Anthias, vice president and general manager of the AON business unit.  “It makes sense for us to collaborate on this initiative with IBM, given IBM's position in the application integration middleware market."

With SAP, Cisco is working to integrate AON and Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA) with the software giant's SAP Business One software.

“By combining ESA and AON with SAP Business One, we will have the ability to deliver significant customer benefits for parent companies and their subsidiaries, such as improved application security, easier application deployment and even better integration, better business visibility, and network-based policy management," said George Paolini, executive vice president for platform ecosystem development at SAP.

Cisco is also working with other services and software firms, including: Actional, ConnecTerra, Contivo, CXO, EDS, Infogain, ManTech, SAIC, Trace Financial, TransAct Tools, and Verisign to build additional add-on products and services to the AON architecture. Cisco has also established an AON partner support, training, testing, certification, and marketing services program.

"We expect to have other partners to announce as well," Cho said.

IT analysts said Cisco's move into more middleware-type products made sense.

“The nature of the enterprise network is evolving from a low-function communication service to a high-function enterprise nervous system (ENS),” said Roy Schulte, a vice president and research fellow at Gartner. “This is changing application design and IT-management practices in fundamental ways. In a conventional architecture, intelligent application systems interact through a low-function, fairly ‘dumb’ network," he said.

By contrast in an ENS-based architecture the network is as intelligent as the applications. The ENS offloads logic from the application systems by transforming and redirecting messages and providing other services as appropriate, Schulte added.

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Update: CA names interim CEO, adds COO,
restates earnings

Update: CA names interim CEO, adds COO,
restates earnings 04/26/2004 04:06 PM
Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) appointed board member Kenneth Cron its interim chief executive officer (CEO) on Monday, and promoted recent hire Jeff Clarke to chief operating officer (COO).

Samsung Adds DivX Support via Firmware
Update

Samsung Adds DivX Support via Firmware
Update 07/28/2004 01:20 PM

Now I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong, but do any of the current movie download services offer their wares in DivX format? Because if not, where exactly does Samsung, when detailing its plans to upgrade some of its DVD player firmware to support DivX, intend its customers to get the files that "can be downloaded over high-speed lines in a relatively short time?" Surely not the internet. That would be tantamount to murdering film carpenters' entire families.

That aside, DivX firmware updates for Samsung players from the company itself is plus plus. Now if they'd throw in a little XviD flavor we could stream the movies we've already (legally, for honest) ripped. Update: Oh, hey, look at the image that I put up myself. I'm mostly functional! (Thanks, Antii!)

Also, Happy Birthday, Modbuster!
Read - What's DivX? [Samsung]

Microsoft adds games, MSN Toolbar in
Messenger update

Microsoft adds games, MSN Toolbar in
Messenger update 04/23/2004 09:20 AM
Microsoft Corp. is rolling out an update to its MSN Messenger instant messaging client that bundles in the MSN Toolbar browser add-on. The software giant is also introducing a subscription gaming service in the U.S. for MSN Messenger users.

Mailsmith update fixes problems, adds
refinements

Mailsmith update fixes problems, adds
refinements 08/27/2004 02:02 PM
Bare Bones Software on Wednesday released Mailsmith 2.1.3, an update to their e-mail client for Mac OS X. The new version fixes reported problems and adds minor interface enhancements. It also includes SpamSieve 2.2, the latest version of the spam filtering software that's included with Mailsmith.

BBEdit update adds refresh preview
command

BBEdit update adds refresh preview
command 12/09/2003 06:22 PM
Bedford, Mass.-based Bare Bones Software Inc. on Tuesday offered an update to their flagship application BBEdit. The new version of BBEdit, v7.1.1, is ready for download from Bare Bones' Web site and is a free update for registered users.

SpamSieve update adds new features,
improves filtering

SpamSieve update adds new features,
improves filtering 12/09/2003 06:22 PM
While you're waiting for President Bush to sign the CAN-SPAM law into effect, you can help counter spam with SpamSieve 2.1, the latest update to shareware developer Michael Tsai. SpamSieve provides Bayesian spam filtering for popular email clients such as Apple Mail, Emailer, Entourage, Eudora 5.2 or later, Mailsmith , and PowerMail. New in version 2.1 is support for Apple Mail POP accounts enabling POP messages to be marked as junk and colored.

KidsBrowser update adds stability,
performance enhancements

KidsBrowser update adds stability,
performance enhancements 07/09/2004 10:10 AM
Adnx Software has updated KidsBrowser, its Web browser software application, to version 1.6. The update adds stability and performance enhancements, compatibility with latest safari engine and other miscellaneous bug fixes. KidsBrowser is designed specifically for children, allowing parents or teachers to configure the application to restrict Web surfing. KidsBrowser requires Mac OS X 10.3 or higher and costs US$29 for the downloadable version or $49 for the CD version.

Toast update adds DVD Double-Layer (DL)
support, more

Toast update adds DVD Double-Layer (DL)
support, more 07/30/2004 08:14 AM
Roxio Inc. has released the 6.0.7 update to its Toast Titanium CD and DVD burning application the company first announced in May. This new release adds Double-Layer (DL) support, enabling users of supported DVD-R drives to create discs that can store up to 8GB of data. The update also simplifies the creation of DVDs, supports MIDI Karaoke (KAR) format, enables users to automatically create additional playlist buttons to the main disc menu when adding more than 99 tracks to a DVD Music Album, adds a new List view option in the Edit sheet for photo slideshows and DVD Music Album playlists, and updates the DejaVu backup scheduler with the latest compatibility for Mac OS X v10.3.

News: Comic Life adds comic book-style
tweaks to photos

News: Comic Life adds comic book-style
tweaks to photos 04/14/2005 10:27 AM
Plasq.com has released Comic Life 1.0 for Mac OS X, an application that lets users add comic book-style embellishments to their digital photos. You can add simple captions to your photos or even use them to create full-fledged comic books, according to the developer. A demo download is available, and the full version cost US$39.95 to register.

UPDATE 1-Cisco board adds $5 billion to
buyback program

UPDATE 1-Cisco board adds $5 billion to
buyback program 05/13/2004 10:52 PM
Reuters May 14 2004 3:06AM GMT

DVD Studio Pro 3.0: Update Adds Enhanced
Effects, Workflow Improvements

DVD Studio Pro 3.0: Update Adds Enhanced
Effects, Workflow Improvements 08/19/2004 11:52 AM
If you're contemplating going beyond iDVD -- or if you're still suffering through using DVD Studio Pro 1.X -- don't hesitate to jump to DVD Studio Pro 3.0. Users of version 2 won't get any life-changing productivity gains from version 3, but the new Graphical view and other workflow improvements are welcome. By Jim Held, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

StuffIt Update Adds Full Panther
Support, New Options

StuffIt Update Adds Full Panther
Support, New Options 12/16/2003 06:28 PM
By Peter Cohen (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

NetNewsWire update adds favicon support,
boosts speed

NetNewsWire update adds favicon support,
boosts speed 12/23/2003 09:32 AM
Ranchero Software has released a new version of its RSS Web newsreader for Mac OS X, NetNewsWire and its freeware counterpart, NetNewsWire Lite. The new versions, v1.0.7, are ready for download from the Web site.

StuffIt update adds full Panther
support, new options

StuffIt update adds full Panther
support, new options 12/16/2003 09:00 AM
Aladdin Systems Inc. has released an update to its StuffIt Deluxe and StuffIt Standard compression/decompression software to bring both versions to 8.0.2. The new version adds full support for Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther."

Now with static FTP rendering!

Now with static FTP rendering! 06/15/2004 07:57 PM

I just got an email pitching the new Manila server. Talk about your bad timing.

Rendering Shrek@Home?

Rendering Shrek@Home? 05/26/2004 12:20 PM

Firefox and Rendering Slashdot

Firefox and Rendering Slashdot 12/19/2004 03:25 PM
I've been getting this error viewing various pages at Slashdot with Firefox on and off since about version 0.8. Hitting refresh renders the page properly though. Is this an issue with Firefox or with Slashdot's ancient markup?

Netscape 8 Disables XML Rendering in IE

Netscape 8 Disables XML Rendering in IE 06/05/2005 11:27 PM
Heads Up! Netscape 8 creates a registry change that disables XML rendering in IE.

Photorealism in Architectural Rendering

Photorealism in Architectural Rendering 07/25/2004 02:41 AM
Long a goal of architects, a new software package by 3DH (Atlanta, GA) brings photorealistic rendering to the PC. Employing a new novel global illumination model, the technique provides for real-time and accurate lighting in complex architecture environments. [PRWEB Jul 25, 2004]

Cinematic 3D rendering in realtime

Cinematic 3D rendering in realtime 05/06/2004 10:03 AM
I haven't been fired up about gaming in a while, mainly because I don't have time for it unless I'm on a break. That's why I was into this article over at ACM Queue.

Browser Page Rendering

Browser Page Rendering 06/10/2004 09:32 AM

Testing Page Load Speed: Here's a really interesting look at what a browser does to render a Web page by the guys over at Mozilla. It brings up all sorts of stuff you may not have considered about your pages.

So what happens when you go to a URL like cnn.com? Well, the first step is to start fetching the data from the network. This is typically done on a thread other than the main UI thread.

As the data for the page comes in, it is fed to an HTML tokenizer. It's the tokenizer's job to take the data stream and figure out what the individual tokens are, e.g., a start tag, an attribute name, an attribute value, an end tag, etc. The tokenizer then feeds the individual tokens to an HTML parser.

The parser's job is to build up the DOM tree for a document. Some DOM elements also represent subresources like stylesheets, scripts, and images, and those loads need to be kicked off when those DOM nodes are encountered.

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Noname Rendering Engine

Noname Rendering Engine 07/20/2004 09:20 AM
Project team assembly started
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