Year: 2005

Pooch clustering software gets Tiger update

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | |

Dauger Research has released Pooch 1.6, a new version of its clustering software for Mac OS X. Version 1.6 leverages new technologies delivered by Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, and offers new enhancements, including “playlist”-like node lists and network tools, enriching the user experience of supercomputer-compatible cluster computing. Pooch 1.4 is available for US$175 for the first compute node then $125 for each node thereafter, while Pooch Pro 1.6 is available for $200 for the first compute node then $150 for each node thereafter.

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ProPresenter 2.6 offers DV Playback

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | |

Renewed Vision has announced the availability of ProPresenter 2.6, the Mac-only 2-screen lyric, music, and video presentation software package. Of particular interest with this release is the addition of DV Playback through Firewire, which makes true NTSC playback of DV Streams or DV-compressed QuickTime movies simple. In addition, this release offers enhanced synchronized soundtrack cues for “do it yourself” karaoke-like playback of words to synchronized sound files. ProPresenter sells for US$400, and a demo version is available for download.

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Playlist Club calls iPod DJs in London and Philadelphia

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | |

London’s Playlist Club is inviting digital DJs, dancers and judges to the next US/UK events in London on May 21 and Philadelphia on May 23. “The Playlist Club challenges iDJs on both sides of the Atlantic to turn up, tune in and drop tracks out to please the crowd. The best DJs at both nights will win prizes courtesy of PodGear in the UK, and iPodLounge in the US.” Further information is available from the Playlist Web site.

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