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Microsoft to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac support in August 2024, suggests other alternatives

Microsoft has announced that the company plans to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac next year. The latest version of the company’s IDE (integrated development environment) for Mac will continue to be supported by Microsoft through August 2024. Microsoft offered the following statement: “With today’s announcement, we’re redirecting our resources and focus to enhance Visual Studio […]

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HandBrake updated to 0.9.9

Handbrake, Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 9.1 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: General: – Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson. – Improved Retina-resolution icons within the application, by Nik Pawlak (http://nikpawlak.com). Core: – Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support. – […]

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Apple opens iOS development to third-party tools, introduces Review Board

Apple on Thursday announced that the company would no longer ban intermediary development tools for iOS as long as App Store software does not download any code, potentially paving the way for third-party software to convert applications from other formats like Adobe Flash. Per Macworld, the company revealed that it had made “important changes” to […]

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VLC 1.1.2 update released

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.2. The new version, a 39.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – TS and DVB demuxing fixes. – Audio filters fixes to solve the “mono” bug. – […]

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Because You Always Wanted to be a Unicorn

There is no good way to explain this, except for the fact that software developer mono has recently written and released Youngicorn, an iPhone application that can turn any image into a unicorn. Based on the principle that everyone looks better as a unicorn, users can import a photo, then add sparkles, rainbows, and an […]