TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple, Inc. has released Mail Update 1.0, whose installation requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 or higher. This update, according to the company, is designed to stop Mail from unexpectedly quitting due to outdated third-party Mail plugins. So far, Software Update does not cover this release.
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This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Codemaster‘s latest action/adventure game Rise of the Argonauts. The game was published in North America in December 16. It was developed by Linquid Entertainment. This California-based company has also developed such games as Desperate Housewives: The Game (2006), Dragonshard (2005), The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (2003) and Battle Realms (2001).
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This QuickTime game play movie starts right at the spot where the last game play video ended. Jason explores the island while his uncle looks for a chart that shows the location of Delphi.
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I can honestly tell you that this game play video is not very entertaining. Rise of the Argonauts is sort of a role playing game similar to Fallout 3. So it will take you a while to get used to the game and have fun playing it, I suppose. Continue reading
This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Codemaster‘s latest action/adventure game Rise of the Argonauts. The game was published in North America in December 16. It was developed by Liquid Entertainment. This California-based company has also developed such games as Desperate Housewives: The Game (2006), Dragonshard (2005), The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (2003) and Battle Realms (2001).
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This QuickTime video shows the very first 19-minute game play of Rise of the Argonauts including all cinematic movies. I can tell you that it won’t be very fun watching it. That doesn’t mean the game is not good. Honestly, I only played the game for about 20 minutes. So I have no idea as to how the game will develop.
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The story of the game evolves in an ancient Greek island in which Jason is the king. He lives a happy life with his wife Alcheme. One day, a group of assailants invades their palace and kills Alcheme. He refuses to accept her death and promises himself that he will find a way to revive her. His friend Hercules says the Oracle at Delphi must be the answer for her revival. Continue reading
TOKYO (MacHouse) – Apple Developer Connection has updated its developer tool package to 3.1.2 for Mac OS X 10.5 users. According to the group, this update ‘provides additional GCC and LLVM compiler options, general bug fixes.’
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A few days ago, we installed two RAM cards to increase the RAM size of our iMac 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (Early 2008 or MB325) to 4 GB. That’s a 10-minute job, and anyone can do it. Meanwhile, inspecting the whole surface of the machine has made us wonder how we can open up this computer to replace hard disk drives? There are no screws to loosen up at the bottom of the machine or anywhere except for the RAM access door.
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We liked our iMac G5 2 GHz (Ambient Light with no iSight), which is now dead possibly because of its faulty power supply box or defective/damaged motherboard. You can easily open up this model to reach such parts as CD/DVD drive, hard disk drive, RAM cards and PRAM battery. All you have to do is to loosen up three screws at the bottom. (See Screenshot 01-2.)
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Anyway, it took us a while to figure out where to look to find hidden screws so that we can see the internal hard disk drive or anything inside iMac 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo. It must be under the glass. In order to open up the latest line of iMacs (Early 2008), you need a few tools. One is a Phillips screw driver. If you have two different sizes, that will be nice. (See Screenshot 03.) Another must-have tool is a torque driver. The size is 8. (See Screenshot 04.) If you have ever installed a RAM card in your PowerBook for yourself, you should have the size of a torque driver that you need. Apple has been using the same size of torque screws for portable Macs for more than a decade. And you also need a tiny Flat Slot screw driver or something to life up the glass. I’ll just use a sucker or whatever the name of this object is. (See Screenshot 05.) Continue reading