Year: 2001

Sparkle Vol 2

Posted by | May 14, 2001 | , |

13th May 2001 — Sapphire Innovations announces ‘Sapphire Sparkle vol 2 ‘ –
a new collection of symbols for Flash(tm) 4/5

Sapphire Innovations, today announced ‘Sapphire Sparkle vol 2’.

1000 royalty-free symbols for use within Flash 4/5.

The symbols come in a variety of shapes and styles stored in Flash
libraries – a vast selection of dynamic colourful ready-to-use imagery

Star symbols
Tangled shapes
Circular effects
Dots and blots
zigzags
starbursts
3D shapes
frames
and more

These symbols can be used to incredible effect within Flash to create
either amazing animated

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Monica & Hefty FTP: Mac OS X Beta Releases

Posted by | May 14, 2001 | , |

Subject: Black Diamond Releases OSX Beta Versions of Monica & Hefty FTP

Black Diamond Products today announced the release of the first public beta
MacOS X versions of Monica, its popular download manager, and Hefty FTP,
its FTP client. Simultaneously, Black Diamond are releasing a set of 13
free utility programs for MacOS X.

Monica is a queue based file download program for the Mac for downloading
files from the Internet using FTP, Hotline and HTTP protocols.

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3D computer screens may come as early as next year

Posted by | May 14, 2001 | |

The advent of computer screens that give the appearance of a three dimensional workspace may not be that far off. A Reuters report out of Singapore tells of Deep Video Imaging, a private research company based in New Zealand, that has developed the said technology using multiple layers of LCD screens — no 3D goggles required. Prototypes for desktop computers are expected sometime next year.

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