| Unity game engine updated for Leopard
Unity Technologies has announced the release of Unity 3D 2.0.1, an updated version of their 3D game design engine for Mac OS X. The free update for registered 2.0 users is ready for download. The software runs on Mac OS X but enables developers to deploy across multiple platforms, including Mac OS X, Windows and the Web. It incorporates an integrated editor, asset importing, shadow and light support, optimized graphics for both OpenGL and DirectX, terrain modeling, shaders, scripting support, networking, physics, audio and video support and asset management. New to the 2.0.1 release is support for Mac OS X v10.5 “Leopard," along with some necessary documentation updates that “enhance the documentation for both pre-existing and new features introduced with the initial Unity 2.0 release," according to the developers.
Wii Sales Boost Nintendo Profits
Wii sales outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 in the United States and Japan last year. "Solid results, but the market's attention is already on the year ahead," said Takeshi Osawa, a senior fund manager at Norinchukin Zenkyoren Asset Management Reuters reported. "I would like to see how the firm will maintain its growth for the next several years." Operating profit at Nintendo came to 205.3 billion yen ($1.93 billion) in October-December, an increase from 100.5 billion yen a year earlier. Net profit in October-December increased 63 percent from the same period a year before to 126.5 billion yen on sales of 621.6 billion yen, an increase of 50 percent. Nintendo said it expects its operating profit to reach a record 460 billion yen for the year to March, up about 10 percent from an earlier forecast of 420 billion yen and above the 456.5 million yen that analysts predicted.
Lewis (Scooter) Libby
The next morning, on Sept. 12, Kilpatrick told a WJLB-FM (97.9) radio audience why he had refused to settle the case. "I thought that the people of the city of Detroit needed to have an opportunity to hear the truth, they needed to see me sit in the chair," he said. "They saw that." He vowed an appeal. Then, in October, Kilpatrick abruptly settled the case, as well as the suit brought by Harris, for a combined $8.4 million. Legal costs have pushed the total to more than $9 million. "Since the verdict," Kilpatrick told residents in a statement, "I've listened to pastors, business leaders and so many Detroiters who genuinely love and care about me and this city. I've humbly concluded that a settlement ... is the correct decision for my family and the entire Detroit community." Kilpatrick's decision to settle pleased Detroit City Council members, who swiftly approved the deal.
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