The folks at Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday. To commemorate the occasion, a few ambitious Mac BU-ers concocted a plan to arrive at the office in the wee hours of the morning to set up giant, pixelated designs in the windows made entirely out of sticky notes. To top it all off, the designs were created in Excel.
Read MoreSubRosaSoft today announced the release of DasBoot, a new addition to their line of freeware utilities for Mac OS X. DasBoot helps you build a pocket-sized toolkit for your Mac for free. Just plug it in and all your tools will be at your fingertips. DasBoot has been tested with the following disk utilities and data recovery tools, but will also run many others: CopyCatX, FileSalvage, MacForensicsLab, VolumeWorks, Drive Genius, Data Rescue II, DiskWarrior, TechTool Pro.
Read MoreDigital-Tutors today announced the availability of “Introduction to Modeling in Maya,” the newest release in an expanding library of interactive video-based training for emerging digital artists learning Maya 8.5, the award-winning 3D modeling, animation, effects and rendering solution. The training provides over five hours of project-based training and a proven approach to learning the processes of modeling using NURBS, Sub-Ds, and Polygons to develop a customizable workflow for greater productivity.
Read MoreThe Consumer Council in Norway says that Apple is “skirting issues” on the iTunes DRM issue (see Jobs’ comments from yesterday), reports AP. “We welcome Apple taking this problem seriously, and addressing it a such a high level,” Torgeir Waterhouse, senior adviser to the Consumer Council, told The Associated Press.
Read MoreNative Instruments today released MASSIVE 1.1, a new version of its next-generation software synthesizer. The update expands MASSIVE’s high-resolution synthesis engine with versatile Virtual Analog Oscillators and a distinctive new filter model, and adds a wide range of other improvements to the KORE-enabled flagship synthesizer.
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