Archive for April, 2009
Games Dominate iPhone Apps Store
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:09 No CommentsTweet Games Dominate iPhone Apps Store Games rule the Apple’s app sales, which encompasses 800 million downloads When it comes to Apple’s App Store, the marketplace has been a runaway hit. Not only did it inspire RIM, Google, and Microsoft to launch similar marketplaces, but it generated 800 million downloads and a massive new software [...]
Google Update, Open Sourced
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:07 No CommentsTweet Google Update, Open Sourced It doesn’t have an interface, it’s always running in the background, ready to silently update your Google software: Google Update is the service that makes Google’s desktop applications behave more like the constantly updated web applications. Unfortunately, the service has many bugs, it can’t be disabled unless you uninstall all [...]
Analyst: Dell in Smartphone Talks With China Mobile
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:04 No CommentsTweet Analyst: Dell in Smartphone Talks With China Mobile Dell is in talks with China Mobile to offer a smartphone based on the carrier’s mobile operating system, a move that would take Dell into a huge but competitive market in China, an analyst said Monday. The world’s number two PC vendor has strongly hinted it [...]
Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:45 No CommentsTweet Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer Over the last weeks, I’ve been working a lot with all three of the major Web browsers, and I’ve come to some conclusions. This isn’t a review as such, it’s just what I, as a user, who never has less than three browser windows and several [...]
Photoshop CS4
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:50 No CommentsTweet Photoshop CS4 Introduction Most game artists rely on Photoshop for their diverse texture pipeline. Whether mapping textures to 3D models, creating concept art or painting environment art, Photoshop is an essential tool. For 3D artists, the 3D features found in previous versions of Photoshop were not robust enough to have a significant impact on [...]
