Year: 2006

Rondo 2.0 Midi Player for Mac OS X released

Posted by | Aug 11, 2006 | |

FracturedSoftware today announced the availability of Rondo 2.0, an update to its award winning Midi Player for Mac OS X. This latest version of Rondo now includes several larger pianos and a Midi library with playlists to help users store, organize and play MIDI files. “Rondo is unique among midi players as it has been designed specifically to help you follow the music as it plays. Its vertical piano roll with horizontal keyboard located directly over the scrolling notes makes it very easy to see what notes are about to sound.

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Torque Game Builder 1.1.1 now available

Posted by | Aug 11, 2006 | |

GarageGames has announced the release of Torque Game Builder 1.1.1, the latest version of its game building software. This release features: Tile Layer Editing in the Level Builder; Editor add-on support; Layer Y-Sorting support for isometric games; user-interface improvements; and more. Torque Game Builder is priced starting from US$100, and a free demo version is also available.

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NewerTech announces lower pricing on miniStack V2

Posted by | Aug 11, 2006 | |

Newer Technology (NewerTech) today announced new, lower prices starting at US$124.99 on its miniStack V2 line of FireWire and USB 2.0 Combo external hard drive storage solutions with integrated FW/USB powered port expansion hub, available in capacities up to 750GB. At a new, low price of US$295, the flagship 500GB version of the miniStack V2 is nearly $100 less than other comparable designs on the market, notes the company.

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Yasu system utility updated for Mac OS X 10.4

Posted by | Aug 10, 2006 | |

Jim Mitchell has released an updated version of his useful Mac OS X maintenance utility Yasu for better Mac OS X 10.4 and Intel-based Mac compatibility. According to Jim Mitchell, author of the software, “Very simply, Yasu does quickly in one place what can be done using the Terminal application to perform first line, basic maintenance on any Macintosh system running OSX 10.2 or later. I wanted a simple piece of software that allowed me to not have to remember all of the terminal commands in order to keep my system optimized.

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