Year: 2005

Native Instruments launches User Library for KONTAKT 2

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Native Instruments today announced that a User Library for KONTACT 2 is now available online. This database allows registered users to freely exchange their own KONTAKT 2 creations on the NI Web site — similar to what users of REAKTOR, GUITAR RIG and ABSYNTH have been doing for some time now. The KONTAKT 2 User Library offers a category system, convenient searching and sorting, a user rating system, automatic email notification, and more.

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iPodderX adds features, gives away iPods

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Thunderstone Media has released iPodderX 3.0, the third major update to its popular podcast client. Version 3 includes a host of new features such as SmartSpace file management, the NewsCaster text-to-podcast converter, complete integration with iTunes and iPhoto, Playlist Builder, full-screen video, and much more. In celebration of the release, Thunderstone Media is giving purchasers of iPodderX a chance to win one of four iPod shuffles or a grand prize iPod photo. iPodderX 3.0 retails for US$24.95 and is a free upgrade for all current iPodderX users.

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EyeHome 1.6 update offers Tiger compatibility

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

Elgato today released EyeHome 1.6, an update that provides full Mac OS X 10.4 compatibility and contains various other improvements. Version 1.6 includes new menus in the Music and Web section for easier navigation makes playing back EyeTV recordings need less processor power, provides faster load times for the EyeTV Archive, and displays Safari bookmarked RSS feeds in the RSS format.

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Reconfiguring computer chips in development

Posted by | May 27, 2005 | |

A tantalizing article on BusinessWeek today explores the efforts of two Texas researchers — Douglas C. Burger and Stephen W. Keckler — to develop a computer chip that can compute a trillion calculations per second. Even more amazing, is the the fact that the chip can reconfigure itself on-the-fly. “With this technology, a future Macintosh from Apple Computer might rejigger the circuitry on its PowerPC chip and then run software written for Intel ‘s microprocessors,” explains the report.

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