Apple CEO Steve Jobs ranks number 136 on the list of the world’s billionaires (http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/10/worlds-richest-people-slim-gates-buffett-billionaires-2010_land.html?boxes=Homepagelighttop) as compiled by “Forbes.” The magazine lists his net worth at US$5.5 billion .
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Smith Micro has launched Poser Pro 2010, an update of the Mac OS X compatible (10.4 and higher) tool that lets professional artists and production teams add 3D characters to their projects. It sports over 2.5GB of ready-to-use content such as pre-rigged, fully textured 3D characters.
Poser Pro 2010 also boasts such advanced features as a Talk Designer, Walk Designer, Morph Brush, Face Room, Dynamic Hair and Cloth Tools and many more. New in the latest version are:
° A revamped user interface with a user configurable work environment;
Read MoreThe Khronos Group (http://www.khronos.org), an industry consortium creating open standards to enable the authoring and acceleration of graphics and dynamic media on a variety of platforms and devices, has released the OpenGL 4.0 specification, an upgrade to the 2D and 3D graphics API (application programming interface) that is deployed on all major desktop operating systems.
Read MoreThe rock band Pink Floyd have won a High Court battle to stop their record label, EMI, from selling album tracks as singles at places such as the iTunes Store.
The legendary band, signed to EMI since 1967, said their contract meant their albums could not be split up without their permission. The BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8561963.stm) reports that a judge agreed, saying the contract contained a clause to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums”. EMI has been ordered to pay £40,000 (approximately $60,000) in costs, with a further fine to be decided.
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Suitcase Fusion 2 from Extensis (http://www.extensis.com) is a next generation solution for single-user font management that can save creative professionals a lot of time.
Version 2.0 sports a completely redesigned user interface and code base and boasts a SQL backend for fast performance and stability. It’s built on the platform used for the Extensis Universal Type Client, and provides font activation, font previews, and corruption checking and repair.
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