Year: 2006

Civilization IV update released

Posted by | Jul 31, 2006 | |

Aspyr Media today released a patch for Civilization IV for Mac. Version 1.6.1 Rev A offers the following fixes: better performance on certain Macs (particularly G5’s) that exhibited excessive CPU use in the original release; the game should no longer run dual CPU’s to 100% capacity; fixed numerous sounds issues including missing sounds, stuttering, 3D sound positioning, and movie soundtracks; fixed globe graphical corruption at low quality setting; fixed bugs exposed by having the “Big Blue Marble” mod installed in CustomAssets; and more.

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Audio Hijack Pro 2.7 simplifies chat recording

Posted by | Jul 31, 2006 | |

Rogue Amoeba Software has released Audio Hijack Pro 2.7, an update to its audio recording/enhancing utility for Mac OS X. Now with just two steps, Audio Hijack Pro can record audio chat conversations, perfect for podcast interviews or simple archiving. Users need simply create a new session for the chat application then press record, and all audio will be recorded. Conduct an interview over Skype, save a recording of an important meeting with a client, or keep minutes of a multi-person conference call.

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Virtual Villagers Mac game released

Posted by | Jul 31, 2006 | |

Big Fish Games’ Virtual Villagers for the Mac has been released at Macgamestore.com. The casual game is available for US$19.95, and a free demo is available for download. “Virtual Villagers is a village simulator where you care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. The object of the game is to grow a small village in your computer: they have food needs, housing needs, technologies to research and diseases to fight!

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Social Bookmark Chicklets

Posted by | Jul 31, 2006 | , |

Notepage Creates Social Bookmark Chicklets

Notepage, Inc. has just developed a social bookmarking tool that will help
web designers create bookmarking chicklets with ease. This tool allows
users to enter the title, description and URL of their website and it
creates bookmark chicklets that can be inserted into their website.

Social bookmarking has quickly become a popular way for frequent internet
users to share their favorite websites with the public. Having a website
added to a bookmark directory can increase traffic significantly.

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