Year: 2009

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer
Science have developed two new tools to help computer programmers
select from among thousands of options within the application
programming interfaces (APIs) that are used to write applications in
Java, today’s most popular programming language.

The tools — Jadeite (www.cs.cmu.edu/~jadeite) and Apatite
(www.cs.cmu.edu/~apatite) — take advantage of human-centered design
techniques to significantly reduce the time and guesswork associated
with finding the right classes and methods of APIs.

Boris FX’s (http://www.borisfx.com) Continuum Chroma key unit now
includes the real-time Chroma Key Studio. Chroma Key Studio is one of
28 new filters in Boris Continuum Complete 6 FxPlug and a fresh
addition to the Boris Continuum Chroma Key Unit.

Chroma Key Studio builds on the strength of previous BCC keying and
compositing tools with features such as a best-of-breed chroma key
process, spill suppression, matte choker, and a light wrap
compositing step. All four tools are combined in one filter; there’s
no need to stack multiple filters to pre and post process video.

Virtual Programming and Atari have announced today that the latest
chapter in the Riddick franchise, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault
on Dark Athena (http://atari.com/riddick/), is coming to the Mac.

The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena contains a brand new
full-length Riddick campaign in addition to a pixel-by-pixel remake
of the title, (i)Escape from Butcher Bay.(/I) In addition to the
single player action, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark
Athena brings Riddick into the multiplayer arena for the first time,
with six online multiplayer combat modes inc

Mailprotector (http://www.mailprotector.net), which specializes in
managed email security services, has unveiled quota-free hosted
Exchange services. The new service goes beyond alternative hosted
Exchange offerings by eliminating downtime resulting from restrictive
mailbox limits that are exceeded quickly, preventing email access,
the company says.

Mailprotector features fully hosted MS Exchange 2007 mailboxes with
unlimited storage capacity protected by Mailprotector’s email
security service that includes spam, virus and phishing removal.

DAZ 3D (http://www.daz3d.com) has announced a new free version of its
3D art and animation package, DAZ Studio 3, as well as the debut of
its enhanced, professional-quality toolset, DAZ Studio 3 Advanced,
whic is targeted to 3D animators, designers and illustrators.

DAZ Studio 3 offers improved OpenGL preview display with new camera
and light pointer tools, depth of field and support for version 8.5
of Pixar’s RenderMan compliant 3Delight render engine.