Super news! A group of object oriented software engineers known as Develux has OS X ports of three Tux the (Linux) Penguin games to OS X: Tux Racer, Tux Kart, and Tuxedo T Pengiun - A Quest for Herring. These are some of the finer OpenGL games developed for Linux, and now we can give 'em a shot! The OS X translation is quite impressive. Hit their site and grab your downloads (screenshots there as well). We're pretty impressed.
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Rumor: Apple to Announce Third-Generation AirPods and HiFi Apple Music Tier on May 18
A new rumor suggests that Apple will announce the third-generation AirPods and the recently rumored HiFi, or high-fidelity Apple Music tier, on Tuesday, May 18, via a press release on its website.
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