Informatix has announced the launch of the Mac version of Piranesi 5 and with it a 5.02 update for Windows that fixes a few bugs and adds a couple of tweaks (most useful for improved Google SketchUp support).

Full information at http://www.informatix.co.uk/piranesi/downloads/windows/upgrades_and_fixe...

Adobe is clearly determined to match Microsoft Silverlight all the way and has made a number of announcements regarding new versions of its Flash player.

To begin with Adobe have now released the Flash Player 9 update 3 which adds support for H.264 standard video as seen in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. With new hardware acceleration and multi-processor support, and new associated Media Server options, this promises to lift the ceiling for web video quality and to match Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0's handling.

Announcements regarding Microsoft's Flash-killer Silverlight player are certainly coming thick and fast.

The media-oriented Silverlight 1.0 beta went live back in May at the MIX 07 conference but most of the talk was about the imminent launch of the next 1.1 player which would add .NET support for advanced programmability. Now Microsoft has begun talking about what's going to be in Silverlight 2.0...

After over 300 reviews, it takes a lot to get me excited about a new release but I generally make an exception for Cinema 4D as somehow Maxon manage to make each version a major advance both in terms of functionality and - often even more important for 3D - usability.

So what do the prospects look like for the recently announced version 10.5?

Well it had to happen. With Microsoft pushing Silverlight on the basis of its superior video handling, Adobe had to respond. And rather than waiting for the next release of the CS apps it's updated the existing Flash Player 9 ...