Perceptive Automation has just released Indigo v4.1.13.
In addition to the major 4.0 improvements and 4.1 features, this update includes:
- Added UI to set default ramp rate and brightness for In-LineLinc Dimmers.
- Fixed bug that sometimes caused PowerLinc links sync error after creating a new database file.
- Fixed very minor bug that caused a bogus \”objects in use\” delete warning alert.
See more at Indigo 4.1.13 Released.
Well, according to Bruce Schneier, Intel has purchased McAfee.
Honestly, I don\’t see this as a bad step. Â The McAfee products were starting to become long in the tooth, and the fresh blood may just get the entire product back on it\’s feet. Â But this is all my opinion… Â What do I know?
Read Bruce\’s opinion (not mine!), here are Schneier on Security: Intel Buys McAfee.
Nine people accused of co-ordinating the sophisticated scam were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in a series of early morning raids.City of London Police detectives swooped on homes in Forest Gate and Southall in London, Southend, Walsall, central Birmingham and Middlesbrough.
They seized dozens of mobile phones, hundreds of Sim cards, computers, documentation, stolen bank cards, several fake passports and cash.The raids followed a month-long investigation into a rapidly growing criminal conspiracy profiting from the theft and illegal use of almost 1,000 iPhones.Police were called in after mobile phone company 02 watched the scam spiral out of control, with £1.2 million stolen through premium phone lines in July alone.
Read more via Police crack criminal conspiracy to make millions from stolen iPhones – Telegraph.
You know, some series just seem to keep your attention for a impossible number of books… Â So far, I have devoured the Dresden books by Jim Butcher.
I don\’t know quite what it is about the series, maybe it\’s the throw back to the Private Investigator genre, maybe it\’s the fact that\’s he\’s a Wizard that is advertised in the yellow pages….
In the world of The Dresden Files, magic is real, along with vampires, demons, spirits, faeries, werewolves, and other mythical monsters. Harry Dresden works to protect the general public, who are ignorant of magic and the dark forces conspiring against them. This makes it difficult for Harry to get by as a working wizard and private eye. The Chicago PD\’s Special Investigation unit, when led by Karrin Murphy, regularly employs Dresden as a consultant to help solve cases of a supernatural nature.
Maybe it\’s the fact that he reminds me of Peter Parker…
Yes, I\’ve said it. Â He\’s a wise-arse insult slinging bad joke throwing wizard… Â That has authority issues… Â Sound like anyone else?
How about this quote:
\”Oh, come on\”, I said, louder. Â \”I\’m starting to feel a little insulted, here. Â If you guys keep this up. Â I\’m going to take drastic, cliched measures. Â Maybe walk backward through a doorway or something.\” Â As he is trying to find some hidden minions in a horror showing theatre.
Sound anything like a spider related humanoid that we know?
I highly recommend the series:
Well, it appears that the next Torchwood series will be continuing in the vein of an conspiracy / thriller?
Starz have published more details of the upcoming Torchwood co-production with BBC Worldwide. The series is due for transmission in the summer of 2011.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire human race. The answers seem to lie within an old, secret British institute, known only as Torchwood. But Torchwood was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two survivors – former Police Officer Gwen Cooper, who has long since disappeared along with her husband and child, and the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, a man whose history seems to stretch back centuries.
With Rex under attack from all sides, in both the US and the UK, he soon discovers there are forces at work within every level of society, determined to stop Torchwood\’s return. As a chain of events across the world links together the most disparate and unlikely individuals – including a surgeon, a killer, senators and CEOs – a new Torchwood team takes shape. But this time, the threat is much closer to home, as they realize that their greatest enemy is mankind itself…
If it\’s half as good as Torchwood: Children of Earth, then I think we\’ll be in good hands.
But, with the move to StarZ… Â We\’ll have to see how well this holds up…
I love it… Â Any cat lover will tell you that\’s their cat…
Valve has officially revealed the release date for its highly anticipate puzzle/shooter sequel, Portal 2. Fans will be able to return to Aperture Science and suck sentient turrets through giant tubes on February 9, 2011!
The game was originally slated for release this year, but got pushed back, reasons unknown. Â Also, Stephen Merchant will be playing Wheatley, the AI sidekick in the game as well. Â Â I think Glados will have some competition this time around…
When we launched Steam on Mac OS X back in May, there was a lot of buzz about performance, particularly relative to Windows running on the same machine. While we met our goal of making sure all of our customers had an acceptable gaming experience at launch, we have spent a large chunk of effort in the intervening months working with Apple and their GPU vendors to close the performance gap with Windows. The combination of changes in our code and the latest graphics update available from Apple today removes a variety of software bottlenecks, resulting in significant graphics performance enhancements for Mac gamers.
Feature Improvements
In addition to low-level implementation changes which have improved performance across the board, Apple has also removed some implementation inefficiencies which allow us to improve visual quality, most notably in the area of GPU occlusion queries.
Occlusion Queries
When we first released our Source engine games on the Mac, we had to turn occlusion queries off but, with the latest update to 10.6.4, we can turn them back on, giving players higher visual quality.
There\’s more… Â Read it here…