Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, editor-in-chief of Photoshop User and Layers magazines, technical chair of the Photoshop World Conference & Expo, and a principal in KW Media Group, has updated bestselling book on the iPod. “If the iPod family of digital music players is indeed the hottest holiday gift this year, the second hottest may be a book that shows you how to use them.
Read MoreAspyr Media today announced the final system requirements for Civilization III: Complete Collection for Macintosh. “Civilization III: Complete includes the original game, Civilization III, plus both expansion packs, Conquests and Play the World. This bundle introduces Civilization III multiplayer capabilities to the Macintosh platform for the first time.” The requirements are: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, PowerPC G4/G5, 500 MHz or faster, 256MB of memory or higher, 2GB free disk space, and a display supporting 1024×768 resolution.
Read MoreGarageGames today announced the release of the Torque Game Engine (TGE) 1.4, featuring hundreds of technology enhancements, from improved work flow and tutorials, to localization support and editor updates. “Current enthusiasts and commercial users can upgrade for free and take advantage of significant improvements that make the engine easier to use right out of the box, enhance the localization process, and make the GUI and World editors simpler through a new, integrated graphical tree-view.
Read MoreMaxUpgrades today announced the availability of MaxConnect, an internal hard disk drive mounting solution that allows seven additional hard disk drives to be installed in Power Mac G5 (PCI Express) Dual 2GHz, Dual 2.3 GHz and Quad 2.5GHz systems. The MaxConnect consists of two mounting assemblies — an Optical Drive Bay Disk Drive mounting assembly that enables four hard disk drives to be installed in the Optical Drive Bay of the Power Mac G5 (PCI Express).
Read MoreWashington Apple Pi, the Washington DC metro area Macintosh User Group, is holding a holiday brunch in lieu of its semi-annual Garage Sale on Saturday, December 3rd, at 9 a.m. at the Old Country Buffet at Fair City Mall, 9650 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia. In addition to sharing greetings, meeting and eating, a gift exchange will be held. While the meeting is free, accessible, and open to the public, each attendee is responsible for paying for his or her own meal. Guests are asked to bring a wrapped gift, valued at US$10 or less, appropriate for a Mac user.
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