A few weeks ago, Google announced it was buying a small company called @Last Software. The main product of this company, a 3D modeler system called SketchUp, is now being released to the public by Google.
SketchUp allow users to create powerful 3D models for designing or just recreative purposes. It allows the composition of 3D models from simple primitives. And the more interesting feature is: you can upload 3D models to Google earth, and allow others to visualize your creation.
In a sense, Google earth is getting a little closer to what games such as second life already do: creating virtual worlds, and allowing people to visit your creations instantaneously.
To get a better picture of what is going on, download SketchUp, it is freely available. If you’re more adventurous, get a license for the Pro Version and start building a commercial world!
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Microsoft cannot release its operating system on time, but Apple is always beating the clock in this area: Leopard is now close to completion, and early views of the systems are starting to be schedule.
If you want to see personally the new features of the new incarnation of Mac OS X, you should consider to be part of the next Worldwide Developers Conference 2006, promoted by Apple. According to the company:
With more than 120 sessions planned across five technology tracks, WWDC 2006 will cover the full spectrum of Mac technology. In each track you’ll find practical sessions, delivered by Apple engineers, that show how to take advantage of current technologies in Tiger, and how to get ready for what’s coming in Leopard. The five session tracks are:
Application Technologies
Graphics and Media
Development Tools
OS Foundations
Information Technologies
It looks a great opportunity to see the future of the Mac operating system.
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The Apple Store has a special deal on refurbished iMac G5’s for a limited time. You can get a Apple Certified Refurbished 17-Inch iMac G5 with 1.9 GHz processor with the built-in iSight Camera, now only $999!! Check it here.
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The new Intel based laptops have become a huge success, by incorporating the latest technological advances of the Intel based duo core processors, along with the well known Apple design. The result is a powerful laptop with excellent usability features.
Apple is now giving more reasons for laptop users to stay happy: the new Intel based 17 inches macBook has been just released from the Apple store. As in the previous version, the new laptops come with a 2.16GHz core duo Intel processor, the new power cord designed by Apple, and iLife 2006.
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If you have a new Intel Mac, you probably think that installing other operating systems is a great possibility. Using the x86 architecture has allowed Apple Macs to run other operating systems that where not possible with PowerPC processors. Among them are Linux and Windows, but since Linux was available anyway by the use of specialized distributions, installing windows is one of the main attraction of the Intel based Macs.
With the introduction of BootCamp, Apple is trying to make easier the life of the people that really want to run Windows software. Bootcamp is a simple software, but it takes important steps during the boot process. It need to determine what types of operating systems you have available, where they are installed, and how to perform the initialization sequence for each OS.
Learning the options available for BootCamp may be overwhelming if you don’t have any previous knowledge in multi-boot systems (such as the ones available for Linux). To make user’s life a little easier, some guys have created a nice wiki web page. There you can find detailed information, along with some tips that are not available in the official documentation from Apple.
Running Windows in a Mac may not be the thing to do, but it is fun anyway, and it just shows how much many things are possible with the new macs. It is time to give a try to book camp, and see for yourself if it fits your needs or not.
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