Previous PC Owners of Civilization IV Games on Steam Get Mac Version

Yesterday when Value Software shipped Steam on the Mac, previous owners of the PC Steam version of Sid Meier’s Civilization IV, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Civilization IV: Warlords, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization, or Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition did not have access to their games when logging in on a Mac. […]

13 Things that Saved Apollo 13

The Apollo 13 voyage to the Moon and back is probably the most hazardous trip ever…  Through a sheer boat load of technical excellence, and kitbashing, as well as sheer timing and luck, everyone survived…  But here’s a article that discusses the 13 things that contributed to that successful voyage home. On the night of […]

Supreme Commander 2 coming to the Mac

After delivering ports of two The Chronicles of Riddick game to the Mac, Virtual Programming plans to bring Supreme Commander 2 to the platform later this year. I loved Total Annihilation, and Supreme Commander is considered by some to be the unofficial spiritual sequel….  So I am looking forward to see this on the Macintosh….

Mac OS X 10.6.4 Build 10F46

World of Apple dishes out information on 10.6.4 Build 10F46…. Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the second build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F46 includes a multitude of fixes and just one known issues affecting a font within the operating system. Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F46 weighs in […]

Steam On the Mac – May 12

Valve today announced the public release of Steam for the Mac is May 12. Please stay tuned for more information. Finally we have a finalized date…  In case you happen to be wondering, yes, that was the press release in its entirety. What more needs to be said? Steam’s presence on Mac may revitalize the […]

Google: Fake antivirus is 15 percent of all malwareKn

According to a Google study, 15% of all malware consists of fake anti-virus (or Rogue Antivirus) software.  What does that mean to the average user, probably nothing, but are you sure that Antivirus warning you just received is really from your antivirus software? Practically, this means that you need to be more aware of your […]

Apple Fires another salvo at Adobe…

Well, Apple has finally decided enough is enough, and publicly sent another Salvo towards Adobe’s broadsides….  And Adobe might just be happy about this one. Apple makes hardware video decoding available to developers In 10.6.3, Apple has now made a new “Video Decode Acceleration Framework” available.  What does that mean?  Adobe’s number one reason why […]