Brand: MacTech

Mac government, enterprise, home sales surge in June

Mac government, enterprise, home sales surge in June

Posted by | Aug 23, 2010 | , |

In June Apple scored its biggest gains in government, big business and the European home market, according to Needham analyst Charles Wolf, using using the second quarter number from the IDC research group. In a note to clients — as reported by “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/23/mac-enterprise-sales-surged-in-june/) — Wolf says:

° At 35%, Mac shipment growth in June easily exceeded the market’s growth rate of 20.9%.

° Mac shipments grew 31.4% in the home market, topping the market’s growth rate of 25.2%.

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Review: Flash Catalyst CS5 provides rapid development of interactive projects

Review: Flash Catalyst CS5 provides rapid development of interactive projects

Posted by | Aug 23, 2010 | , |

By Cyndy Cashman

Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5 (http://www.adobe.com) is an US399 Flash development tool for creating interactive applications. Geared toward designers, Flash Catalyst allows designers to turn static Illustrator, Photoshop, and Fireworks files into interactive applications without writing code. At the core of Flash Catalyst are components such as buttons, scroll bars, sliders, text fields, checkboxes, and data lists that are used to create interactions.

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Computer, videogame degree programs on the rise

Posted by | Aug 23, 2010 | , |

If you like video and computer games, the years ahead could be good ones for you as there’ll be more and more folks working on ’em.

Approximately 300 American colleges, universities, art and trade schools will offer degrees in video game design, development, programming and art during the 2010-11 academic year, according to new research from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The degrees offered at 300 institutions represent an almost 20% increase over 2009-10.  

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