McDonald’s and responDESIGN, the software publisher of the fitness video game Yourself!Fitness, today said they were entering a promotional partnership under which special DVD versions of the game will be made available through the fast food company for a limited time. Four different workout DVDs will be released during the April 25 to May 22 promotion period.
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ATI Delivers New Mobile Workstation GPU
ATI today said they were introducing their next generation mobile workstation graphics accelerator technology in the form of the new Mobility FireGL V5200. This new GPU will first be available in the Lenovo ThinkPad T60p.
The Mobility FireGL V5200, said ATI, offers up a lower power design which is certified for professional 3D applications such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Maya. Features include 256MB of memory, 12 pixel shader processors and five vertex shader units to drive complex models and assemblies.
Do Ancient Macs Make Modern Art?
Quote from the story:
In the art world, Bolam is an oddity. Many artists working with technology do so with the latest and greatest — Macs, Maya and Macromedia Flash. But Bolam’s tools are not only outdated, they were never intended for creating art in the first place.
“I could work with Mac Classics for the rest of my career and never repeat myself,” Bolam said. “People haven’t given up on drawing and painting — the possibilities haven’t been exhausted. I feel the same way.”
Read the full story at Wired.com
EZQuest Thunder Pro A/V FireWire 400 Drive
The company will add FireWire 800 drives to this product line within a few weeks. EZQuest also previewed its Thunder Pro A/V RAID FireWire 800 drive and will formally introduce it later this month.
Designed for audio/video professionals, the Thunder Pro A/V FireWire 400 comes in an anodized-aluminum enclosure and is one-third smaller than competitive drives. The Thunder Pro A/V is very quiet because it has no internal fan, and it offers data transfer rates of up to 36MB/sec read and 34MB/sec write. In addition, it features EZ Port, an extra front-access FireWire port that allows fast connect and disconnect, and Smart Switch, which automatically turns the drive on when it is plugged in. The Thunder Pro A/V comes in four configurations: 160GB, 200GB, 250GB and 400GB. All four configurations will be available in late March. EZQuest offers a two-year warranty and 48-hour repair turnaround for all of its Pro A/V products.
NVIDIA Launches New Mobile Graphics
From NVIDIA’s press release:
NVIDIA Corporation today unveiled the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1000, a mobile workstation graphics solution delivering the industry’s fastest performance on key benchmarks including industry-standard SPECviewperf 7.1.1 3dsmax-02, ProE-02, and Ugs-03 tests. Engineered to give professionals in fields ranging from automobile design to feature film production the flexibility to work virtually anywhere, the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1000 delivers graphics power surpassing that of competing desktop-class workstation solutions.
The NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1000, as well as the previously announced NVIDIA Quadro FX Go700, is available immediately in the Dell Precision M60.
ATI Intros High-End FireGL X2-256t Card
Based on ATI’s award-winning scalable workstation graphics architecture, this turbo-charged graphics board delivers the industry’s fastest 3D performance for products under $1000.
The FireGL X2-256t is capable of handling users’ most demanding projects when running high-end 3D applications based on OpenGL and DirectX 9. Featuring increased engine and memory speeds, plus a redesigned board with a performance-enhancing copper fan, the FireGL X2-256t delivers up to 25% more processing power than its predecessor. Four geometry engines and eight parallel rendering pipelines power the board which comes with 256MB of graphics memory and dual DVI-I connectors. The FireGL X2-256t delivers fast 3D performance, superior quality imaging and ISV certification for professional applications such as 3dsmax, SolidWorks, MicroStation, Maya, and Softimage XSI.
Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 sound card review
Quote from the Digit-Life review:
“The Audiotrak trade mark covers three cards: multimedia Maya 5.1 based on the C-Media, Maya 7.1 with VIA 1616 and Sigmatel 9721 codecs and top Prodigy 7.1 based on the Envy24HT on the 8-channel 24/192 Wolfson codec. This time the Prodigy7.1 represents an entirely redesigned solution of higher quality and better functionality. It is a good pretender to be a leader in its class.”
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