Aspyr today announced that it will be publishing a Mac version of 007 NightFire. The game features “an original single player storyline borrowing from the 007 legacy that spans 40 years. As Bond, players operate in the snow capped Austrian Alps and outer space as well as underwater in the depths of the South Pacific to defeat the evil criminal mastermind Rafael Drake who is secretly bent on world domination.
Read MoreOpenLink Software today announced the availability of its Universal Data Access Suite 5.0, an update to its collective ODBC ecosystem for Mac OS X. The software comprises the OpenLink ODBC Administrator, ODBC Drivers for all major databases, an ODBC SDK for ODBC compliant application and driver developers, and a Runtime Environment (iODBC Driver Manager).
Read MoreJonathan Ive, head of Apple’s industrial design team, discusses the design of the Power Mac G5 in a new Wired article posted today. Among other topics, Ive talks about how the G5 compares to high-design PCs, such as those from Alienware or Falcon Northwest: “It’s really much more potent when you don’t put on a veneer pretending to be powerful,” he said. “I see (the G5) as a tool. It’s an extremely powerful tool.
Read MorePixar is currently requesting feedback from Mac users who are interested in having the company release its RenderMan products for use with the new Power Mac G5. “We have benchmarked PhotoRealistic RenderMan on Apple’s new Power Mac G5 and have found the performance of the G5 to be impressive,” said Pixar.
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