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Samstag, 18. Juli 2009

Playback: Multimedia-Daten auf Playstation 3 oder Xbox streamen

Playback: Multimedia-Daten auf Playstation 3 oder Xbox streamen: "Anwender die ihre Musik, Bilder und Filme vom Mac auf eine Playstation 3 oder andere UPnP-kompatiblen Geräte streamen möchten, können dies nun auch mit dem Programm Playback . Es arbeitet mit iTunes, iPhoto und Aperture zusammen und kann auch auf einzelne Ordner oder die gesamte Festplatte zugreifen.

(Via Clippings.)

Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2009

Cyberduck 3.2.1 - FTP and SFTP browser. (Free)

Cyberduck 3.2.1 - FTP and SFTP browser. (Free): "

Cyberduck 3.2.1

Cyberduck is a robust FTP/FTP-TLS/SFTP browser for the Mac whose lack of visual clutter and cleverly intuitive features make it easy to use. Support for external editors and system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, Keychain and AppleScript are built-in.

Cyberduck is a open source product licensed under the GPL and free to use. Donations are welcome to help advance development in the future. Thanks to contributors, Cyberduck is available in English, Japanese, German, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Polish.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 3.2.1:

[Feature] Create placeholder objects for virtual directory (S3)

[Feature] Info window displays signed temporary public URL with a default validity of 24 hours (S3)

[Feature] Info window displays BitTorrent URL of file (S3)

[Feature] Option to enable Bucket Access Logging in the Info window (S3)

[Feature] Option to enable CloudFront Access Logging in the Info window (S3)

[Feature] Updated to Cloudfront API Version 2009-04-02 (S3)

[Feature] Access third party buckets using anonymous login (S3)

[Feature] Editable hostname to connect to third party services implementing S3 [ href="http://trac.cyberduck.ch/ticket/3125">#3125] (S3)

[Feature[ Option to specify object expiration using Cache-Control header [ href="http://trac.cyberduck.ch/ticket/3185">#3185] (S3)

[Bugfix] MobileMe iDisk upload failures (WebDAV) [#3149]

[Bugfix] Overwrite action causes empty downloaded file [ href="http://trac.cyberduck.ch/ticket/3252">#3252]

[Bugfix] Status bar is draggable [#2159]

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

David Kocher

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Montag, 13. Juli 2009

VoltaicHD 1.8.6 - Convert AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format. (Demo)

VoltaicHD 1.8.6 - Convert AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format. (Demo): "

VoltaicHD 1.8.6

VoltaicHD converts your AVCHD movie clips into a Mac-friendly format, ready for editing in iMovie (HD and 08)and Final Cut Express/Pro.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.8.6:

Fixed issues with AVCHDLite ﬁles from Panasonic Lumix GH1.
Instead of overwriting ﬁles it now appends a numerical sufﬁx to the new ﬁle.
Can now handle Unicode characters in paths.
Fixed issues with demo message continuing to appear when upgrading from an old version.
Default output location changed to Desktop.
Fixed error message when converting ﬁles with non standard resolutions.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later, QuickTime 7.4, Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC), iMovie (HD or 08) or Final Cut Express/Pro.

DEVELOPER

ShedWorx

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Apple touch netbook due in October for $800?

Apple touch netbook due in October for $800?: "Rumors of a touchscreen Apple netbook gained fuel on Monday with a claim by China's InfoTimes that supposedly confirms launch details. Backing earlier claims, the site says the system will use a 9.7-inch touchscreen supplied by Wintek and is due to ship in October. Apple is expected to avoid competing directly with regular, sub-$500 netbooks and may use the touchscreen.<

(Via MacNN.)

Stellenausschreibung bei Apple: Technology Evangelist

Stellenausschreibung bei Apple: Technology Evangelist: "Wieder einmal lässt sich bei Apples Stellenausschreibungen eine interessante Stellenbeschreibung finden. Die Tätigkeit wird schlicht mit 'Technology Evangelist' bezeichnet, Apple möchte also einen Generalisten, der sich in vielen Bereichen sehr gut auskennt. Zu den genauen Aufgabenbereichen zählen Unterstützung in den Bereichen iPhone SDK, Mac OS X, außerdem soll zusammen mit den entsprechenden Teams intensiv am Support für Entwickler ge...

(Via MacTechNews.de :: News.)

Freitag, 10. Juli 2009

GmailStatus 1.1.1 - Menubar item displays number of unread Gmail. (Free)

GmailStatus 1.1.1 - Menubar item displays number of unread Gmail. (Free): "

GmailStatus 1.1.1

GmailStatus displays the number of unread messages in your Gmail inbox in the OS X menubar.

Other features:

User-definable hotkey opens Gmail inbox in browser.

Choose 'Check now; to check for new messages at any time.

Choose 'Open inbox' to open Gmail in your browser.

Choose 'New message' to compose a new message in Gmail.

See labels and their unread count. Open labels in the browser.

Move the mouse over the menubar icon to see current account usage.

Use Gmail as your default application for writing messages.

Auto-checks for newer version.

Supported languages: English, German, French.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.1.1:

fixed display issue with labels containing non-ascii characters

fixed memory leaks

updated version of Growl

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Gmail account with IMAP enabled

DEVELOPER

Carsten Guenther

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Donnerstag, 9. Juli 2009

AirRadar 1.1.8 - Wireless network scanner. (Shareware)

AirRadar 1.1.8 - Wireless network scanner. (Shareware): "

AirRadar 1.1.8

AirRadar... Scanning for wireless networks is now easier and more personalized!

AirRadar allows you to scan for open networks and tag them as favourites or filter them out. View detailed network information, graph network signal strength, and automatically join the best open network in range.

Whether you are driving around looking for wireless networks, stuck in traffic, sitting on the beach, or if you are curious how strong your wireless signal is at home, AirRadar provides a more linear approach to network hunting. Setup a scan frequency, and have new open or closed networks have their name spoken, play alerts, or display notifications.

Various other options allow you to customize your network list further, including assigning colors to best open networks and sound cues. Download it today, and take the hardship out of getting an internet connection at a critical time.

WHAT'S NEW

New Feature: If the network that the computer is currently connected to cannot be found during a scan (ie. if it is hidden), very basic information will be pulled from the system and displayed.

Bug Fix: Fixed issues with some text fields not showing right-click contextual menus.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Koingo Software

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Celestia 1.6 - Real-time space fly-through simulation. (Free)

Celestia 1.6 - Real-time space fly-through simulation. (Free): "

Celestia 1.6

Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. All travel in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.6:

Bug fixes

Fix to admit absolute directory notation in VT ImageDirectory

Implemented encoding of special characters when saving cel URLs

Fixed flickering of models with missing texture coordinates

Fixed appearance non-ellipsoid star geometry in pre-OGL2 render paths

Improved appearance of point stars when multisample antialiasing is enabled

Fix for crash when viewing a star barycenter in an empty system

Fixed off by one error assertion testing for number of lights used by shaders

Windows: fixed UTF8 bugs in tour guide, star browser, and context menu

Fixed crash bug that was triggerred by xyz and xyzv files with duplicate times

Fixed bug that caused dim stars in orbits distant from the primary to not be drawn.

Fixed strange appearance of cloud textures at times in the distant past/future.

Fixed memory leak in multiview handling

Fixed ambient light in the ARB shader path

Fixed bugs in comet rendering (corrects overbright coma)

Fixed code to compile without errors with gcc 4.3; fixed some warnings

Fixed g++ compier errors in cmodfix tool

Fixed search path for Lua scripts

Fixed numerous bugs that occurred when an object's orbit center was different

Fixed a bug in the celx function celestia:getscreendimension

Fixed bug with returning Hubble type for galaxies

Eliminated error-prone min/max macros; use STL functions instead

Fixed discrepancy between apparent magnitudes shown in the 3D view and the star browser.

Change 'Day Length' string to the correct and more general term 'Rotation Period'

Show 'planetary companions' message for stellar barycenters (instead of just stars.)

Improved location drawing so that location labels can be occluded by foreground objects.

Data file updates

Implemented data base globulars.dsc with all known 150 globulars around the Milky Way

Renamed galaxy database deepsky.dsc into galaxies.dsc

Implemented SIMBAD compatible cross-listing for globular clusters

Updated Iapetus texture based on a new Ciclops map from Oct 2008

Significant update of the database on binary orbits, including SIMBAD compatibility of barycenter nomenclature and alternative names

Updated the near stars catalog

Updated texture for Mercury; includes imagery from MESSENGER

Updated textures for some Saturnian moons: Tethys, Dione, Mimas, Enceladus, and Rhea

Added CHARM2 catalog of measured stellar radii

Added model of asteroid Itokawa

Regenerated star catalog using the new reduction of the HIPPARCOS data

Cassini updates:

Updated Cassini trajectory to include extended mission

Switched to using xyz+velocity files for a more accurate trajectory

Separated Cassini mission into cruise and orbital phases

Improved appearance of Huygens separation from Cassini

Added IAU rotational elements for most major solar system bodies

Made visible the orbit and label for Pluto-Charon barycenter

Correctly centered Galileo spacecraft

Rebuilt cross-indices from SIMBAD data

Added alternative names for many solar system bodies (e.g. preliminary designations for asteroids in addition to proper names.)

Updated extrasolar planet catalog with discoveries made up to Apr 2009

Changed class of Pluto, Ceres, Eris, ... to dwarf planet

Changed class of small outer planet moons to minormoon

Included new and updated solar system body features from the IAU

Added provisional rotation period for Eris

Tools

Added Perl script globulars.pl used to extract the globular data from scientific publications and as documentation

Added spice2xyzv tool for extracting xyzv files from a pool of SPICE kernels

Added Perl script to build cross-indices

Added Perl script to generate CHARM2 catalog

Added Perl script to build star database

Platform-specific changes

Mac OS X: Fixed rerun script menu item

Mac OS X: fixed issue with some checkbox settings not getting saved properly

Mac OS X: Fixed potential crash in eclipse finder if the user specified an object that wasn't a planet or moon

Mac OS X: Fixed keyboard shortcuts not working when GL window not frontmost

Mac OS X: eliminated beep when clicking splash screen on multi-core machines

Mac OS X: fixed compiler warnings, removed -fpermissive flag

Mac OS X: Refactored Mac disk image build into separate target, made default builds more efficient.

Mac OS X: Fixed bug where time zone was ignored when setting time zone

Mac OS X: look for user config file in ~/.celestia.cfg

Mac OS X: Fixed blank names for location bookmarks

Mac OS X & Windows: Added texture resolution setting to GUI

BSD: Fixed tm_zone handling

Internationalization

Added Polish translation

Added Lithuanian translation

Added Romanian translation of constellation names

Mac OS X: Japanese localation of eclipse finder added

Added Chinese localization

Localize surface names in alternate surfaces menu

Prevented English name 'Milky Way' from being displayed when a translated version is present.

Extended localization to DSO and star names

Features

Added light from secondary sources (i.e. 'planetshine')

Implemented depth sorting for markers so that they are correctly occluded by foreground objects.

Implemented code package rendering globular clusters

Implemented new cel URL version with observer position and orientation stored in frame coordinates (for forward compatibility)

Added a long term (+-5000 centuries) precession model for Earth based on work by Jan Vondrak

Improved celestial coordinate grids:

Added new grid types: ecliptic, horizontal, and galactic

Made grid resolution adapt to the field of view

Positioned coordinate labels at edges of field of view

Added animated selection indicator

Switches to direction pointer when the selection is off screen

Changes color when the selected object is occluded

Implemented more flexible system for reference marks and added new reference marks:

Planetographic grid

Terminator

VisibleRegion

Enabled display of the phase angle for the currently selected object

Improved eclipse rendering: correctly calculate depth and umbra radius for eclipses.

Improved star handling code so that stars can be placed more than 16k light years from Earth.

Switched to using sd prefix for hot subdwarfs per arXiv:0805.2567v1

Added symbols for locations

Add-on features:

Added SemiAxes property for ssc objects, which allows triaxial ellipsoid geometry for solar system objects like Haumea and Mimas.

Added new boolean properties for ssc/stc/dsc objects: Visible and Clickable

Added new classes for solar system objects: dwarfplanet, minormoon, surfacefeature, component, and diffuse

Implemented Modify and Replace dispositions for star catalogs

Added SPICE rotation model, allowing the orientation of an ssc object to be controlled by a SPICE frame.

SPICE orbit improvements:

Allow multiple kernels to be specified for a SPICE orbit

Automatically calculate start and end times when possible

Added Timeline, which allows multiple frame, trajectory, and rotation models for a single ssc object.

Implemented CustomRotation, the rotation model analogue of CustomOrbit

Added support for InfoURL for stars (already exists for deep sky objects and solar system objects)

Improved SampledTrajectory to handle files with positions and velocities

Added LabelColor property for locations

Implemented new Topocentric frame (a simplified two vector frame for placing objects on the surface of a planet.)

Added support for premultiplied alpha blend mode in cmod files

Extended FixedPosition to support spherical coordinates as well as cartesian coordinates.

Added FixedAttitude rotation model, with more intuitive paramters for orientation

Added new SurfaceObject type for ssc files--like an ordinary body except with different default frames that make it easy to position an object on the surface of a planet.

Added CloudShadowDepth property for atmospheres

Improved control over mesh scaling with NormalizeMesh and MeshScale properties for ssc objects.

Added new locations types: eruptive center, insula (islands), and tholus (domical hills and mountains)

Added support for comment headers in xyz and xyzv files

Code optimization and reorganization

Reimplemented observer frames in terms of Celestia 1.5.0 frames

Improved performance of complex frames by caching last calculated orientation

Added velocity method for all classes derived from Orbit

Added angularVelocity method for rotation models

Optimized solar system rendering by maintaining a bounding sphere hierarchy

Switched to using 2 64-bit integers for storing high precision coordinates; simplifies code and improves performance of operations using high precision coordinates (dramatically on 64-bit systems)

Optimized creation of render lists

Scripting

Celx scripting functions:

object:addreferencemark, object:removereferencemark

object:visible, object:setvisible, object:catalognumber

object:setorbitcolor, object:orbitcoloroverridden, object:setorbitcoloroverridden

object:orbitvisibility, object:setorbitvisibility

object:locations (returns an iterator over all the locations associated with an object)

new phase object type (for timeline phases)

permit any X11 color name

observer:makeactiveview

showconstellations, hideconstellations, setconstellationcolor

getlabelcolor, getlinecolor

getsystemtime, ispaused

gettextureresolution, settextureresolution

windowbordersvisible, setwindowbordersvisible

Split celx scripting support into several modules

Cel scripting

splitview, deleteview, singleview, setactiveview

setgalaxylightgain

setradius

setlinecolor

setlabelcolor

settextureresolution

Made the package library (except loadlib) available for celx scripting regardless of the ScriptSystemAccessPolicy setting

Added an 'AddonPath' value that is available to a ScriptedOrbit or ScriptedRotation when it is created.

Pass control modifier to Lua keyboard handlingfunctions

Miscellaneous:

Bound P and M keys to toggle dwarf planet and minor moon labels

Bound U and E keys to toggle globular clusters and globular cluster labels

Group reference mark menu items in a separate submenu

Changed star name lookup priority in stc parser: check proper names before cross indices.

Eliminated R and Shift+R key bindings for changing texture resolution

Added new leap second 31-Dec-2008 23:59:60

Cleanup:

Removed obsolete 'LabelledStars' section from standard celestia.cfg

Updated README: removed obsolete sections, reorganized credits, added information application to 1.6.0

Purged out of date controls documentation

Reorganized spacecraft add-ons in standard package

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.2 or later.

DEVELOPER

Chris Laurel

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Dienstag, 7. Juli 2009

Revelator 7.0.1 - Extract data files from Myst IV. (Free)

Revelator 7.0.1 - Extract data files from Myst IV. (Free): "

Revelator 7.0.1

Revelator extracts sounds, movies, pictures, and subtitles from the data files of Myst IV: Revelation.

Sounds, movies, and pictures can be extracted from the Myst IV demo, too. Revelator can also extract the player's in-game snapshots and journal entries from saved game files.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 7.0.1: Made some small usability improvements.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.3 or later, Java Runtime Environment 1.4, Myst IV: Revelation.

DEVELOPER

Ron Hayter

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1936

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VideoPier HD 1.3 - HD worklows for your MPEG video. (Demo)

VideoPier HD 1.3 - HD worklows for your MPEG video. (Demo): "

VideoPier HD 1.3

VideoPier HD adds the following features to VideoPier:

Ability to capture HDV from tape-based camcorders. VideoPier handles scene detection, date detection and writes the files to disk in their native format (m2ts streams).
Ability to export to Final Cut Express/Pro via XML. VideoPier will transcode the native files into Quicktime HDV when possible (i.e if you have the codec installed) or AIC in all other cases.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.3:

Release notes unavailable at the time this listing was updated.

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

Aquafadas

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2116

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VLC Media Player 1.0 - Versatile multimedia player. (Free)

VLC Media Player 1.0 - Versatile multimedia player. (Free): "

VLC Media Player 1.0

VLC Media Player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.0:

Mac OS X Interface:

Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)

Playlist:

WPL playlist support
ZPL playlist support

Audio filters:

Chorus/Flanger audio filter

Full release notes here

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later and a Quartz Extreme capable Mac.

DEVELOPER

VideoLAN Project

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1595887

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Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2009

Mac DVDRipper Pro 1.4 - DVD ripping tool. (Shareware)

Mac DVDRipper Pro 1.4 - DVD ripping tool. (Shareware): "

Mac DVDRipper Pro 1.4

Mac DVDRipper Pro...
Protect your DVDs from scratches, save your batteries by reading your movies from your hard disk, manage your collection with just a few clicks, time-shift your rental, backup your DVD collection, and much more!

Mac DVDRipper Pro allows you to copy all your DVDs on your Mac so you can easily
view them without having to spend your battery on spinning you optical drive.

Mac DVDRipper Pro analyzes the DVD and uses intelligent algorithms to ensure proper rips. It is the best at what it does, at an unbeatable price!

You can try it for free before buying, Mac DVDRipper Pro will work without any limitations for your first 5 rips.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.4:

Major GUI overhaul

Visual preview of decryption progress

Fixed a glitch when processing bad sectors in certain circumstances

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

DEVELOPER

DVDSuki Softwares

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3925

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VDrift 2009-06-15 - Driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. (Free)

VDrift 2009-06-15 - Driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. (Free): "

VDrift 2009-06-15

VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. It's powered by the excellent Vamos physics engine. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2.

This game is in the early stages of development but is already very playable.

Currently the game features:

13 Tracks: Brands Hatch, Circuit de Pau, Detroit, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Monaco, Monza, NŸrburgring Nordschleife, Road Atlanta, Ruudskogen, Spa Francorchamps, Weekend Drive, Zandvoort
21 Cars: 3S, AX2, CO, CS, FE, FF, G4, GT, M3, M7, MC, MI, RG, SB, T73, TC, TL, XG, XM, XS, Z06
Simple networked multiplayer mode
Very realistic physics
Mouse/joystick/keyboard driven menus
Fully modeled tracks, scenery and terrain
Several different camera modes
Basic replay system with Skip Forward/Skip Backward
Day/night weather cycle
Fully customizable controls
Joystick and keyboard input filtering
Brake lights