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Entries from June 2007

WWDC News: Leopard, Safari, EA, and iD…Oh My!

June 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Kicking off Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs started his keynote address by giving an award to Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, as a thank you gift for his extraordinary work in helping Apple transition to Intel processors in the past year.
Next, Bing Gordon, founder and chief creative officer for Electronic Arts, announced four new […]

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Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Released

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac has been officially released. This latest version of Parallels Desktop for Mac comes packed with 50+ new features and enhancements, including SmartSelect, Snapshots, and 3D graphics.
Parallels Desktop for Mac enables you to run Windows, Linux, and more simultaneously with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, with no need to […]

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Gaming Speed Tests: New MacBook Pros Vs. Other Macs

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

So how do ‘Quake 4′ and ‘Doom 3′ run on the new Santa Rosa chipset-equipped MacBook Pros? Well, they’re being put to the test at BareFeats.com to see just how fast the new and improved 3D gaming speeds really are. This current round of testing pitted the 15″ MacBook Pro 2.4GHz C2D against various other […]

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Daily Demo Downloads #2

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

 
Tommy and the Magical Words 1.1
 

A word game unlike any you’ve played before. Amazing art and an story that kids and adults will enjoy. (Demo)
 

ControllerMate 4.3
 
 
A game controller programming system which allows users to assign keyboard actions to buttons on joysticks, gamepads, and more. (Shareware)
 

 
 
Spinnn 1.1.5
 
 
Move and spin falling game pieces […]

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Unity Users and Developers to Gather for Unity 2007

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Over the Edge (OTEE) has announced Unite 2007, a conference for users of the Unity game engine. It will take place Oct. 10 - 12, 2007 at the San Francisco Film Center in the Presidio, in San Francisco, Calif.
Unity is a versatile 3D game development and simulation-building tool that enables developers to make games that […]

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Updated MacBook Pros Debut

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Developers conference? We don’t need no stinkin’ developers conference (WWDC) to pull out our big guns! And these updated MacBook Pros are big guns indeed.
A 2.2GHz or 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Next-generation 802.11n wireless. Gorgeous upgraded displays. Wickedly fast NVIDIA graphics. Now available in 15- and 17-inch models starting at just $1999. Start […]

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‘The Sims 2: Seasons’ Released

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

 
EA Games has released ‘The Sims 2: Seasons’ for the Mac.  This is an expansion for ‘The Sims 2′ so you’ll need the original game to play this update.

Publisher: Aspyr Media
Developer: EA Games

“The seasons bring with them spectacular visual effects, including the flash of lightning during a mid-summer thunderstorm and the lazy drift of winter […]

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Footage of Quake 4 Running On Parallels Desktop 3.0

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Ben Rudolph over at the official Parallels Inc. blog just posted some footage of Quake 4 running on Parallels Desktop 3.0. As we reported, Parallels is a virtual desktop environment that allows the simultaneous use of Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. Peep the stunning footage below or at Ben’s blog post.

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Apple May Announce iPhone Developer’s Kit at WWDC

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Apple’s wrestling and wrangling may be over. Months of speculation over whether Apple would allow third party application integration into their forthcoming iPhone may come to a close at WWDC 2007 on June 11-15.
The New York Times reports that Apple plans to change its tune and may announce the release of a software developer’s […]

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New iPhone Ads Premiere on TV

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s been announced that the iPhone officially goes on sale on June 29. To hold you over till then, here are the three new iPhone commercials in all their glory.

“Calamari”
“How To”
“Never Been an iPod”

If I had to choose one favorite, I think it’d be the “Calamari.” That whole watching Pirates and then checking for […]

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