Wolfram Workbench IDE released

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 01:10:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Wolfram Research today released Wolfram Workbench, an integrated development environment (IDE) that incorporates Mathematica technologies for the development of large-scale technical solutions. The software is built on the Eclipse IDE platform, easing the process of Eclipse adopters using Mathematica for applications. Key Workbench features include...

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CrossOver Mac 6.0 beta 3 released

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 12:25:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Codeweavers has released public beta 3 of CrossOver Mac 6.0, allowing users to run Windows-based applications on Intel-based Macs without installing the Microsoft Windows operating system. The latest beta release begins to converge on a final 6.0 version, according to the company, but still has some major issues to resolve such as Quicken 2007 func...

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DRM Dumpster converts iTunes tracks

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 11:25:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

BurningThumb.com has released DRM Dumpster, a utility designed to legally convert DRM tracks in an iTunes music library to MP3 files using a CD-RW and iTunes itself. Users simply launch DRM Dumpster, click the Dump DRM button, and insert a CD-RW disc to begin the conversion process. iTunes will display a new playlist that contains MP3 files once th...

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Dell debuts updated 30-inch display

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 11:00:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Dell today revised its flagship 30-inch display to increase appeal for artists and other color-sensitive users. The improved 3007WFP-HC incorporates a cold cathode fluorescent light designed to dramatically increase color accuracy, according to Electronista. Most computer LCDs display only 72 percent of the NTSC color gamut, but Dell claims the col...

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Briefly: iLife '06 BETT; Zune error

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 10:40:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

In brief: Apple's iLife '06 software has been nominated for a BETT Award, the world's largest and most successful technology in education show taking place at Olympia, London from January 10-13th.... One user managed to purchase Microsoft's Zune player ahead of the launch date, only to encounter an installation error when trying to make the device ...

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Firmware update reduces MBP whine

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 09:55:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Apple's new firmware update, released yesterday, appears to greatly reduce the annoying whine experienced by some MacBook Pro owners. The udpate was said to address several Boot Camp startup and wake-from sleep issues on its Intel-based Macs. One MacNN reader reports having to run QuietMBP -- a third-party application that made small changes to the...

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iGet 2.5 supports public key auth

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 14 November 2006 09:20:00 AM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Five Speed today shipped iGet 2.5, an update to its Mac file transfer tool. Along with improved performance and several bug fixes, iGet 2.5 delivers a redesigned New Connection window, a new interface for maintaining the favorite connections list, and support for public key authentication using OpenSSH key files. "Its custom-designed network protoc...

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Biomatters ships Geneious Pro 2.5

Biomatters today released Geneious Pro 2.5, an update to its flagship product “Geneious” that allows researchers to do genomic research quicker: it offers tools for sequence alignment, sequence analysis, phylogenetic tree building, PubMed search, the ability to organize sequences and publications in a database, and download protein/gene sequences. ...

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MegaSeg 4.0 DJ software updated

Fidelity Media has released MegaSeg 4.0, an update to its Pro DJ and radio automation software for the Mac. Version 4 is now a Universal Binary running natively on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs, and includes over 100 additional improvements and new features. MegaSeg 4.0 also offers tight integration with iTunes and Apple's Spotlight search tech...

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NI's Guitar Rig 2.2 supports Intel Macs

Native Instruments today released Guitar Rig 2.2, an update to its digital guitar studio. The new version includes three additional modules emulating some of the most sought-after classic guitar effects, and brings compatibility with Intel-based Macs. The new components include the "Harmonic Synthesizer," a sophisticated effect that uses the guitar...

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