Parliant today announced it is now shipping PhoneValet, its single or multi-line computer-telephony solution that was announced early this month at Macworld CreativePro. PhoneValet includes all the hardware and software required to connect your Mac to the phone line and features voice dialing, talking caller ID, call logging and more. PhoneValet is priced at US$129.95 and works with Mac OS X.
Read MoreLightWork Design today announced the “imminent” release of LightWorks 7.3, a new version of its flagship 3D design software. Version 7.3 will bring support for cross-platform plug-in shaders, which will be encapsulated inside the secure LWA format to allow shaders to be distributed directly to users for importing into their applications. The update also offers performance increases of up to 40 percent in a range of features, including considerably faster IIR rendering.
Read MoreAspyr announced today that it will publish a Mac version of Indiana Jones & The Emperor’s Tomb, the 3D action-adventure game based on the popular films. “You’re Indiana Jones. Legendary adventurer. Daring rogue. And the most butt-kicking archaeologist the world has ever seen. It’s 1935 and this time you must prevent a powerful Chinese artifact from falling into evil hands.
Read MoreSwiss researchers released details Tuesday on a way to speed the cracking of alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break such codes to an average of 13.6 seconds. “Unix, Linux and the Mac OS X, however, add a 12-bit salt to the calculation, making any brute force attempt to break the encryption take 4,096 times longer or require 4,096 times more memory,” reports CNET News.com.
Read MoreAt Microsoft’s annual meeting with financial analysts Thursday, founder and chief software architect Bill Gates said he was pleased with the progress of Longhorn, the next major version of Windows, but also called it “a big bet” for the company. “We don’t know the exact time frame, but it’s many years of work,” Gates said.
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