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Apple has published a feature on Waking Life, a new independent animated film that was created and produced largely with Macs. The film is being distributed by Fox Searchlight; a trailer is also available for viewing. Another feature takes a look at the Living American Master Photographers Project, an online exhibit of some of the greatest living photographers. Macs are used throughout the process for the project.

Macromedia today announced a new points-based worldwide volume licensing program for corporate, small business, education, and government customers. Under the new program, customers are assigned points for licenses, subscriptions, and support packages; points are then combined to determine which program and discount level customers can take advantage of.

Ars Technica has published part two of a feature that compares the architecture of Intel’s Pentium 4 against that of the PowerPC G4e. Beyond the megahertz myth, the article explains the features of each chip as well as the differences between the two.

VersionTracker notes the release of WebObjects 5.0up3, Apple’s Web application development tool. “This update corrects the known incompatibilities between WebObjects 5 and Mac OS X 10.1 and is required on that platform. This update should not be installed on Mac OS X versions earlier than 10.1,” notes VersionTracker.

Epicware has released a new version of its multi-client instant messaging and chat software for Mac OS X — Fire 0.28.b. This release fixes problems with the Yahoo! messaging service as well as other minor improvements. Fire currently supports simultaneous connections to AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo!, IRC, MSN, and Jabber IM.