FlyCast has announced a new open source library of demonstration mobile apps that were created with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. As a supplement to Apple's HTML5 gallery, these demonstrations illustrate how new web technologies can be used to create world-class compelling mobile experiences, obviating the need for Adobe Flash on mobile devices. The gallery can be viewed using an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch by navigating to http://appmobi.com/gallery . Created by FlyCast, appMobi is a cross-platform rapid mobile app development and deployment ecosystem. It offers users the ability to "develop once" using HTML and JavaScript, then deploy to a variety of devices and operating systems, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android tablets and phones. Apps created with appMobi are native apps, fully compliant with Apple's SDK 4.0 terms of service. Anticipating the upcoming release of Apple's iOS 4, with its ability to play streaming radio in the background, appMobi also released source...

Ambrosia has updated Dragster (http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/utilities/dragster/), an US$19 file transfer utility for Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger") or later, to version 1.1.2. The upgrade, free for registered users, adds a New Folder button to the Save As dialog, fixes some bugs and more. Dragster works via drag and drop and can send files via email, upload them to remote servers, copy them to your iDisk, or copy/move files anywhere on your local drives. Dragster lets you set customizable "shortcuts." There's a contextual menu component to Dragster, so you can right-click or control-click a file in any program, and send that file to one of the shortcuts you've set up. The utility fully supports Apple's Bonjour technology. Dragster supports FTP, SFTP, SCP, SMB (Windows File Sharing), as well as AFP (AppleShare) for file transfers. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) has agreed to license the iOS trademark to Apple for use as the name of Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The license is for use of the trademark only and not for any technology. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the name change from iPhone OS to iOS during his Monday keynote at the 2010 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. However, "IOS" (note the difference) has been Cisco's core operating system name for nearly two decades. It's network infrastructure software. Cisco designs and sells consumer electronics, networking and communications technology and services. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has more than 65,000 employees and annual revenue of US$36.11 billion as of 2009.

WD (http://www.wd.com) has introduced its new My Book Studio LX external hard drive, which offers aFireWire 800 interface and features an aluminum case designed to complements any iMac, Power Mac G5 or MacBook Pro. The Studio LX sports a customizable e-label that enables users to personalize their media collection and identify critical information about the drive, such as the contents and remaining capacity, without having to boot up their computer and plug in the drive. The My Book Studio LX drives also support USB 2.0. My Book Studio LX drives offer automatic, continuous backup through WD SmartWare software and also sync with Apple Time Machine software. They offer 256-bit hardware-based encryption for data security, along with password protection. Available now at select retailers and the WD online store, the new My Book Studio LX drives are formatted for Mac and come in capacities of 1TB and 2TB. for US$199.99 and $269.99, respectively.

Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com) has announced Boris AAF Transfer, a new plug-in designed for the transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro sequences to Avid Media Composer. Boris AAF Transfer uses Avid’s new AMA (Avid Media Access) architecture to transfer Final Cut Pro sequences without the need for transcoding or rewrapping. Boris AAF Transfer will be available in Q3 2010 for an MSRP of $299 USD or an MSRP of $399 USD when bundled with the Boris XML Transfer plug-in for Adobe After Effects. Boris AAF Transfer will support Apple Final Cut Pro 6 and higher and Avid Media Composer 4 and higher.

Arten Science has updated R10Cipher (http://www.artenscience.co.uk), a cross platform encryption/decryption tool, to version 4.0. It can run in a "Decrypt Only" mode that doesn't require any purchase. R10Cipher supports drag and drop multiple file encryption, and decryption by double clicking a file to recreate it with its original filename. R10Cipher takes text or files and encrypts them. These files can be Word files, Excel files, MP3 files -- almost any kind of file. Its encrypted files can be copied elsewhere, even to a different operating system and unencrypted by anyone in possession of the shared key that was used for the encryption. If encrypting text, this Cipher Text can then be copied into an email, saved as a file and attached to an email or just copied elsewhere. The recipient can use R10Cipher to open the file and view the encrypted contents, assuming they're in possession of the Shared Key that was used to encrypt the document in the first place. If encrypting a file...

DVDxDV Pro (http://www.dvdxdv.com) has been updated to version 2.1, which fixes some glitches introduced in version 2.1. The upgrade converts standard definition DVDs into high definition 1080i video suitable for use in Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere and iMovie HD. Version 2.0 added direct export from DVD to Apple TV. Used in the television and film industry, DVDxDV Pro converts DVD to high quality Quicktime movies for editing in Final Cut Pro, Avid, iMovie, and more. In addition to the Apple TV, DVDxDV Pro version will convert DVD video directly to the 5G (video enabled) iPod and the iPhone. The software costs US$80; version 2.1 is a free update for registered users of version 2.x.

In a note to clients today, analyst Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley has raised her iPad sales estimates from six million to 10 million units for 2010 and her Apple price target from US$310 to $332. As reported by "Fortune" (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/08/hello-ipad-goodbye-netbook/?sourc...), she told clients: ° The iPad is on track to become the fastest ramping mobile Internet device out of the gate and one of the most popular in history. ° Early iPad usage patterns validate the tablet as a computing device. It's already overtaken the web browsing share of devices like the iPod touch. ° It's at least partially responsible for a sharp drop in the growth of netbook sales, which decelerated to -13% year-over-year in the month of April, from +45% in the first quarter of 2010.

Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Mac and Windows, an update of the digital photography workflow solution that allows photographers to organize, enhance and showcase their images from one application. The new version introduces a completely redesigned performance architecture that better handles growing image libraries and provides an unrivaled raw processing engine with noise reduction and sharpening tools to achieve the highest image quality, according to Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for Digital Imaging at Adobe. The 64-bit capable Lightroom 3 includes new features that optimize workflows and allow images to be shared in creative ways, including support for DSLR video files and tethered shooting on select cameras, he adds. The import experience has been redesigned to be more intuitive, with added previews and default selections that give users quick access to sort through and find images. Helping streamline and adapt to photographers’ changing...

The MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Mac developers, Nov. 3-5, 2010 in Los Angeles, has announced its keynote speaker -- Andy Ihnatko. MacTech Conference is a three-day, session-packed event will have sessions and activities throughout the day and evening giving attendees the opportunity to not only learn from the best, but get to know others in the industry, says Neil Tickin, editor-in-chief and publisher of "MacTech Magazine." "We're thrilled to welcome Andy as our keynote speaker," he says. "As an internationally beloved tech journalist (not to mention that he's the Chicago Sun Times' Technology Columnist), Andy is insightful, funny, and a pleasure to work with. The response to the conference is overwhelmingly positive. The keynote announcement makes it that much better." The MacTech Conference will have two separate tracks: one focused on IT, and one focused on programming/development. Sessions will focus on both desktop and mobile, with appropriate levels of attention paid to...

Apple has released videos praising the iPhone 4 and the new FaceTime technology. You can find 'em at http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/#design-video and http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/facetime.html#facetime-video . The video features Apple execs talking about the new iPhone. Version 4 of the smartphone will go on sale June 23 with pre-orders starting June 15.

Apple today presented the new iPhone 4 featuring a new feature called "FaceTime" and a "Retina display," the highest resolution display ever built into a phone. In addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a three-axis gyro and up to 40%. All this comes in a new design of glass and stainless steel that's purportedly the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of Apple's (renamed) mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features and 1,500 new application programming interfaces for developers. iOS 4 features multitasking, folders, enhanced Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform. iPhone 4 will be available in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan on June 24, starting in the US at US$199 for qualified buyers with a two year contract. "iPhone 4 is the biggest leap since the original iPhone," says Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "FaceTime...

Wireless network provider Meraki has reported that iPad usage consumed more than half the network capacity of one installation despite accounting for less than 10% of the devices on the network, reports "InformationWeek" (http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?...). Meraki reports that hat tests taken during a week in May compared the use of different devices on a network at MIT’s CSAIL network, the university’s largest interdepartmental laboratory. More than 300MB was transferred during the week by the average iPad user. iPhone users averaged 31MB and iPod Touch users averaged 12MB. "InformationWeek" says "the results take on new significance" when compared with AT&T’s unveiling this week of metered data plans that include plans with 200MB and 2GB limits. The average 300MB that was recorded by iPad users in the week would indicate that AT&T subscribers with the larger $25 a-month data plan would come in under AT&T’s limit, although the $15...

A new subscription service, Evizone, can be used to secure communications between not only individuals, but workgroups as well. It's Mac and PC compatible. By selecting workgroup members and setting the access and retention periods that Evizone will automatically enforce, all workgroup communications can purportedly be secured. The company says new subscribers can start communicating securely within 15 minutes of registering online at http://www.evizone.com . Evizone provides personal subscribers with a 30-day free trial of the service. The standard service is available at US$24.95 per month per user with lower subscription rates available to large group accounts.

HP (http://www.hp.com) has unveiled a new category of web-enabled printing solutions designed for the cloud that will print from any email device -- including the iPad -- to any new ePrint-enabled printer from anywhere in the world through the new HP ePrint platform. With the printers, you can store documents or files in the cloud and print direct when needed and manage and customize your printing experience through the new HP ePrintCenter . To showcase these new solutions, HP announced a full suite of web-empowered e-All-in-One printers for home and business that start at US$99. These will be the first printers able to “talk” to the “Google Cloud” without requiring a local proxy computer or web appliance, which means people will be able to access Google Docs, Photos and Calendar directly from their printers, according to Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. A selection of new print apps from partners such as Yahoo!, msnbc.com, Facebook, Live Nation...

Artman21 (http://www.artman21.com/en/jedit_x/) has updated Jedit X, the Cocoa-based text editor for Mac OS X, to version 2.22. It's a maintenance update with four improvements and two bug fixes. Jedit X is an Universal Binary app so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. The cost is US$28 for a single-user license, though version 2.22 is a free update for registered users.

Christophe Laporte, editor-in-chief of "MacGeneration," is a French language publication covering all things Apple, tells us that Safari 5 will be announced Monday during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the Worldwide Developer Conferencer. Laport says that, according to their sources, Safari 5 will be announced at the WWDC. He says it will be "a nice release with a lot of improvements," including a 25% increase in speed, better JavaScript performance, Bing support, better page caching, a smarter address field, better HTML support, new developer tools and hardware acceleration for Windows. You'll find all the release notes (in English) on this page: http://www.macgeneration.com/news/voir/157341/exclu-mac-os-10.6.4-et-saf... .

Big Nerd Ranch Europe, a provider of training classes for programmers and system administrators, is offering the iPhone Bootcamp) Aug. 16-20 at Kloster Eberbach, near Frankfurt, Germany. The five-day class, taught by Scott Ritchie, looks at the integral components of iPhone development and emerge fully skilled in the ability to develop complex applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. The class price of €2800 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and ground transportation to and from the Frankfurt airport. Participants save Euro 200 when signing up before Aug. 14. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. The course requires no previous experience in coding in Objective-C or for the Mac or the iPhone, but students attending the bootcamp should be familiar with C and an object-oriented language like Java or C++. The class is taught on the latest...

Macware has updated Logo Design Studio Pro (http://www.macwareinc.com/products/LDSPro/overview.html), a vector based logo design application for Mac OS X, to version 1.9.800. The upgrade adds new vector design options, improves overall usability, and fixes all reported bugs from earlier versions. Logo Design Studio Pro lets you design logo objects, then add or change text, shapes, color gradients and more to get the look right. Vector design tools allow you to scale logos to any size without losing their sharpness and clarity. You can even make your logo background transparent to blend in on any web or print-based project. Logo Design Studio Pro is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. The software costs US$59.99, though the update is free for registered users.

If you were hoping to take advantage of AT&T's recently announced iPhone tethering capability in the U.S. to provide an Internet connection for their iPad, well, you're gonna be disappointed. Responding to a question posed on "TechFlash" (http://www.techflash.com/) by Steve Rubel, an AT&T spokeswoman told the publication via email that it won't be possible to tether the iPhone to the iPad to share Internet access with the Apple slate. Rubel says that's because the iPad doesn't have any USB ports to enable a wired connection between the devices. So what about Bluetooth? Apple own support page says the iPhone allows wireless Bluetooth tethering. But in another "TechFlash" comment, Mac guru Glenn Fleishman notes that he "discovered in testing that the iPad includes the Bluetooth profile required for tethering, but it is not enabled." Tethering is using a cell phone as a modem for your laptop or other device. Creating a connection either with cables or wirelessly "tethers" your...

nova media (http://www.novamedia.de) has launched support for South African mobile networks with its 3G connection manager launch2net Premium and 3G surfsticks. launch2net Premium now includes connection settings for the South African networks Cell C, MTN, Rentafone, Virgin Mobile as well as VodaCom. All nova media 3G surfsticks support the 900 and 2100 MHz frequency range used in South Africa and come bundled with launch2net Premium in a version for Macs. launch2net Premium can share a 3G modem connection using its Mobile Hub technology. Mobile Hub turns a Mac into a Wi-Fi hotspot and allows other WLAN devices to log into the new network just like any other Wi-Fi network. Mobile Hub features a blacklist to deny access and offers WEP 128-bit security. In addition, launch2net Premium offers a connection statistics and a SMS text message manager. launch2net Premium is available today for download at nova media's web site for approximately US$49.90. 3G surfsticks are available from...

Kubota Image Tools (http://www.kubotaimagetools.com/store) has released its Dashboard 3 Pro software, as well as the Kubota Texture Tools and the re-released Kubota Sloppy Borders (now Dashboard 3-compatible). Dashboard 3 Pro (US$79) is a floating palette within Photoshop that acts like a mini search engine for Photoshop actions, enabling photographers to manage and run their entire actions collection. The latest version includes the ability to keyword search for actions, update action descriptions and mark favorites for future use. Also available immediately are the new Kubota Borders and Textures on their own Dashboard. The “Earth Textures -- Smooth Organic Pak” and the “Industrial Textures -- High Tech Electric Pak” provide users with a method to add textures to images. Each Pak includes 50 textures individually created in conjunction with professional photographer and philanthropist Benjamin Edwards. In addition, the re-released Kubota Sloppy Borders provide more than 100 classic...

Hyberbolic Software (http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com) has released Tidy Up! 2.2.3, the latest version of their disk, file and folder processing utility for Mac OS X. Tidy Up! can find duplicate files and packages using any criteria. Version 2.2.3 addsthe possibility to search for empty song tags within all supported tag information. Tidy Up 2.2.3 requires Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") or higher. Upgrades from version 1.x are $20, and upgrades from version 2.x are free.

RescueCom's Computer Reliability Report starts out on a high note in 2010, with all five leading manufacturers putting up superior reliability scores to last year's averages. Apple, last year's overall leader, improved its reliability score, but that still wasn't good enough to maintain the top spot in the first quarter of 2010. Instead Apple dropped to third place. IBM/Lenovo decidedly took first place improving their score over 200 points from their average last year. Asus also posted significant gains and took second place. Rounding out the top five were Toshiba and HP/Compaq, respectively. The report looks measures computer reliability on two fundamentals. The first being the quality of the components and software used in manufacturing the computer. The second is the after-sale support the manufacturer provides to its customers. How exactly does RescueCom measure these fundamentals to calculate an unbiased reliability score for each manufacturer? The number of computers an...

Coladia and Anuman Interactive have released Nostradamus -- The Last Prophecy (http://www.coladia.com/en/games/mac/nostradamus_the_last_prophecy") for Mac OS X. Set in 16th century Provence, in a country ravaged by religious wars and devastated by the plague, it's an historical adventure game in which players have to solve a series of riddles and puzzles inspired by the works of Nostradamus, taking them through the worlds of astrology, medicine and medicinal plants. Here's how the game is described: "It has been three years since Catherine de Medicis' rule as regent came to an end, but she still holds the reins of power, making her the target of repeated attacks from the French nobility. One day in March 1566, when she realises that she has fallen victim to a terrible curse, she turns to her doctor and astrologer, Michel de Nostre-Dame, better known as Nostradamus. "Unfortunately, the famous prophet is too old and weak to take on such a mission alone. Refusing to abandon his queen in...

Supply of the Mac mini lineup is becoming increasingly constrained over the past two weeks as Apple prepares to introduce refreshed models "that may serve as a harbinger for some new I/O technology on the Mac," according to "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com) The publication says it has received numerous reports that suggest the constraints are due to new models instead of shortages due to the upcoming back-to-school buying season. "AppleInsider" says the revamped Mac mini could sport a HMDI port instead of a DVD port and Nvidia's MCP89 chipset.

If the rumors are true and all goes according to plan, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take the stage at the WWDC next week and present the latest version of the iPhone. The latest Retrevo Pulse study asked over 1,000 people (non-Retrevo users) what phone they planned to buy this year and over 20% of the respondents indicated an iPhone. If that number holds up it could be another good year for Apple and the iPhone. Can Apple create that same iPhone momentum with the iPad? Are we looking at another Apple dominated product category like the iPod did with MP3 players? Microsoft tried unsuccessfully to generate interest in a tablet almost a decade ago. If timing is everything, is the timing right for Apple's iPad? The Retrevo Pulse study also looked at what, if anything, could possibly hinder Apple's runaway success in the tablet category. When Retrevo asked consumers what would prevent them from buying an iPad, of those who don't already own one or plan on buying one, the most common answer...

TidBITS Publishing has released a five-volume set of ebooks about the iPad, including the free "Take Control of iPad Basics." The set comprises over 500 pages of advice about the Apple tablet. In contrast with traditional print books, these -- and all other -- Take Control ebooks can be read on the iPad or on any computer, and readers will receive free and discounted updates as the topics covered evolve. The first ebook in the set, the 109-page "Take Control of iPad Basics," by Tonya Engst, is available for free to help new users become comfortable with their iPads. The remaining ebooks go beyond the basics to focus on subtle details and provide the expert advice that sets the Take Control series apart, according to the folks at TidBITS Publishing. They can be purchased individually or together for US$30 in an "Improve Your iPad IQ" bundle at http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/news/ipad-iq .

Apple has 19 nominations in the 2010 T3 Gadget Awards (http://awards.t3.com/), given by "T3" magazine. You can cast your vote for your choice of products. The iPad is nominated for Innovation of the Year and Commuter Gadget of the year. The iPhone 3GS and iPhone nano are also nominated for Commuter Gadget of the Year. The iPhone 3GS is nominated for Phone of the Year. The MacBook Pro, iPad and 21.5-inch iMac are all nominated for Computer of the Year. The 64GB iPod touch is nominated for Music Gadget of the Year. The touch is also nominated for Gaming Gadget of the Year. The Apple Store is nominated for Retailer of the Year. iTunes is nominated for Media Service of the Year. The iPad is up for the T3 Design Award. Apple is nominated as Tech Brand of the Year. The iPhone 3GS and iPad 3G are in the running for Gadget of the Year. Nominated for Work Gadget of the Year are the iPad 3G, MacBook Pro and iPhone 3Gs.

Authorities have begun examining the computers, server, and other electronic gear seized from a Gizmodo editor as part of the investigation into a missing iPhone prototype, reports "CNET" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20006676-37.html). Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, told "CNET" on Wednesday that a court there had appointed a "special master" to search the items seized from the home of Jason Chen in late April. The court has asked the special master to collect only information that pertains to Gizmodo's dealings with an iPhone prototype that the blog purchased for IS$5,000. In March, an Apple employee lost contact with a prototype of an upcoming iPhone. He either lost it or it was stolen while he was visiting a bar in Redwood City, California. The device was obtained by Brian Hogan who then sold the phone to "Gizmodo". Police served a subpoena at Chen's home in Fremont, California. Attorneys representing Chen and Gawker Media, the parent...

SMK-Link Electronics Corp. (http://www.smklink.com) has released the US$59.99 Notebook USB Audio Station. Utilizing a minimal foot-print design, the new Notebook USB Audio Station elevates the MacBook or PC laptop screen, positioning it ergonomically at eye-level. It also features an integrated stereo audio amplification system, plus a three-port powered USB hub. The NoteBook USB Audio Station delivers eight watts of stereo sound from its speakers.

Jumsoft has announced an addition to its range of business templates for Apple's Pages. Pages is the word processing/document creation component of the US$79 iWork suite. The Pages Templates Expert line includes six packs of templates: Color Fest, Elementary, Enterprise, Living Space, Subtle Mind, and Sugar Hues. Each pack contains a complete kit of documents that reflect different attitudes and styles,. Each pack of Pages Templates Expert includes 36 or more different templates in uniform style with matching type styles. Because most of the templates have multiple layouts, users will receive over 90 different layouts with each pack. Single-page templates such as Letter, Memo, and Poster, were created for basic documents, while several multi-layout templates are designed for brochures and other publications. The latter group ranges from a two-layout quiz to a 12-layout horizontal or vertical brochure. Users can type or paste in their own text, add and remove text boxes, change fonts...

Photoshop plug-in developer Topaz Labs has announced full 64-bit Photoshop CS5 compatibility for its software in Mac and Windows. The Topaz Photoshop Bundle now works natively in 64-bit and takes advantage of Photoshop CS5’s 64-bit capabilities for greater speed and stability. Eric Yang, marketing manager at Topaz Labs. " The Topaz products that support 64-bit Photoshop CS5 include: Topaz Adjust, DeNoise, Detail, Simplify, Clean, ReMask, and DeJPEG. Existing users can download this upgrade for free by re-downloading and re-installing the software at http://www.topazlabs.com/downloads . The Topaz Photoshop Bundle retails at US$179.99 for new customers. For more information about Topaz software and Photoshop CS5 compatibility, go to http://www.topazlabs.com/bundle .

Bare Bones Software (http://www.barebones.com) has released Yojimbo 2.2, an upgrade to the information organizer for Mac OS X. The upgrade introduces Sidekick, a new feature that exports most types of data in a portable web page format, available for delivery to an iPhone, iPad, or any other mobile device with a modern web browser. Yojimbo 2.2 also offers several usability enchancements, such as a flexibly sized comments field, and placing the top search result into Yojimbo's find pasteboard for convenience. There are also fixes to reported issues and other refinements. Yojimbo is an Universal Binary application that requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later, and is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"). Version 2.2 is a free update for registered 2.0 and 2.1 users. For new users Yojimbo 2.2 is available at a suggested retail price of US$39 for an individual license; $69 for a family-pack license for up to five people in a single household; or $29 for an educational license. All...

Iomega (http://www.iomega.com) has announced the worldwide availability of a new generation of single-drive Iomega eGo portable and desktop hard drives, including a new smaller Compact model with up to 1TB in capacity, new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 portable and desktop models, and new high capacity FireWire 800 Mac edition portable and desktop HDDs with up to 2TB of capacity. Iomega now has two different USB interface versions of its eGo Portable Hard Drive: the new 500GB SuperSpeed USB 3.0-powered eGo Portable Hard Drive, and three capacity flavors of the new Iomega Compact Edition USB 2.0 eGo Portable Hard Drive. All eGo portable models are designed for slipping into a laptop bag or pocket to take anywhere your laptop goes. The USB interface eGo portable models require no external power supply. The new charcoal gray Iomega SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eGo Portable Hard Drive boasts transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 models. The new 500GB SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eGo drive works with the 3...

onOne Software says all its commercially available Photoshop software plug-ins are compatible with the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software. Specifically, the following Photoshop plug- ins from onOne Software are now compatible with Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended: Plug-In Suite 5.1; Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition 6.0.6; Genuine Fractals 6.0.6; PhotoTools 2.5.3 Professional Edition; PhotoTools 2.5.3 Standard Edition; PhotoFrame 4.5.1 Professional Edition; PhotoFrame 4.5.1 Standard Edit; Mask Pro 4.1.8; PhotoTune 3.0.2; and FocalPoint 2.0.1. onOne Software’s compatibility updates for Photoshop CS5 are available now and are free of charge to registered owners of the current product titles listed above. These free software updates are available from within each application and as a download from the onOne Software web site and can be found at http://www.ononesoftware.com/downloads/ . Registered owners of previous versions of the onOne Software...

Adobe has released Camera Raw 6.1 (http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/). It adds support for new cameras. Camera Raw 6.1 also includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in. Version 6.1 also contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.

Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com) has announced Boris RED 5. Boris RED is an integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application designed for Adobe, Apple, Avid, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony video editing software. Version 5 introduces support for 64-bit applications such as Adobe CS5 and Sony Vegas 9, adds 30+ new filters, and provides a score of new user interface and workflow enhancements including ergonomic panels, a curve editor, and a spreadsheet-style keyframe editor window. The new filters cover many common post-production tasks including three-way color grading, the ability to uprez SD video to HD, video noise reduction, and a range of image restoration tools. Boris RED 5 will be available in the third quarter of the year for a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$995. Owners of previous versions of Boris RED may upgrade for $295 USD. Customers who purchase Boris RED 4.3 as of June 2 0 will be eligible to receive a free upgrade to Boris RED 5.

Macvide (http://www.macvide.com/) has updated its iPod Converter, the video to iPod MP4 conversion utility for Mac OS X, to version 3.4. The update offers a video engine fix, interleaved video fix, DVD video fix and more. With iPod Converter, you can convert video and audio files such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MP4, VOB, DivX, XviD, AAC, AC3, MP3, etc. to formats supported by iPod MP4. You can convert video to MP4 for playback on all recent generations of the iPod or other portable MP4 players, the iPhone and the Apple TV. 

Macvide iPod Converter provides functions to set different settings for your video files. It allows you to select crop video area, the bit rate, frame rate, video resolution. Video preview with “rangebar” allows you to choose the exact video footage you want, anywhere between the first and last frames. iPod Converter costs US$29.95 for new users. A demo is available for download. It's compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 and higher. iPod Converter requires Mac OS X 10.4...

CrumplePop has released Metal (http://www.crumplepop.com), an US$69 tool for creating "big, mean, summer blockbuster titles" in Final Cut Pro. It allows editors to add giant, high-quality metallic titles to any FCP project by typing in text and rendering. CrumplePop Metal works right on the Final Cut Pro timeline, without requiring a trip to another application. You can add titles that appear to be cut from a solid block of steel, copper, chrome-plated steel, or steel diamond plate. CrumplePop Metal is based on Apple's Master Template architecture. In addition to text, CrumplePop Metal also lets you drop in any logo artwork with transparency, instantly giving it a "dipped in steel" look. For instance, you could import a Photoshop document containing your logo into FCP, drop it into CrumplePop Metal, and your logo will look as if it was cut from a solid plate of metal. CrumplePop Metal gives you four metald to choose from: Steel, copper, chrome-plated steel, and steel diamond plate....

Kensington Computer Products Group has announced its TrackballWorks software (http://www.trackballworks.com), designed to customize the user experience with Kensington’s trackballs for increased productivity and comfort. It lets users assign functions or keyboard shortcuts to any trackballs buttons to match the way they work. Additionally, the software enables “chording” to assign additional functions to combinations of trackball buttons. Bill Rathbone, global product marketing manager, Kensington, says the TrackballWorks software offers customizable buttons, pointer motion, scrolling speed and direction adjustability. TrackballWorks is free. It's compatible with Mac OS X and Windows.

Apple CEO and Co-founder Steve Jobs appeared at the eighth D: All Things Digital, in an interview Tuesday night. The event is sponsored by "The Wall Street Journal." In the almost two-hour, wide-ranged interview, Jobs covered a variety of topics. You can read the entire transcript at http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100601/steve-jobs-session/, but here are some of the highlights: ° Concerning Flash (and his dislike of it): "Flash has had it’s day, but HTML5 is starting emerge ... The video looks better and it works better and you don’t need a plug-in to run it." ° On the Foxconn suicides: Saying that Apple is extraordinarily diligent and rigorous about vetting its manufacturing partners, Jobs says, “Foxconn is not a sweatshop. They’ve got restaurants and swimming pools ... For a factory, it’s a pretty nice factory.” ° On Apple's purchase of Siri, which is widely regarded as a search company: "I don’t know if I would describe Siri as a search company. They’re not in the search area .. they’...

SmileOnMyMac (http://www.smileonmymac.com) has updated TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, to version 3.1. The new version adds hotkeys to activate TextExpander and to search snippets. Also, the TextExpander icon can now be hidden in both the Dock and the menu bar. Search has been improved with highlighting of matched text and inclusion of snippet label text in the search. The regular cost is US$34.95 for a single user license or $44.95 for a five-pack family license. A 30-day fully-functioning demo of TextExpander can be downloaded at the SmileOnMyMac web site. Upgrades to TextExpander 3.1 from earlier versions costs $15. Version 3.1 is a free update for registered users of version 3.0. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later.‚Ä®

According to a new survey by Citrix (http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=141690231) -- a company that specializes in centralization, optimization and virtualization-- 84% of businesses polled will support personal iPads. The 494 respondents (so far) have indicated a high adoption rate and anticipation of the iPad as a business tool. This isn't a cross section of all businesses, but is mostly comprised of Citrix customers and those that go to their web site and have interest enough in the iPad to take a short survey (which you can, too). The high level of support for personal iPads seems to reinforce the notion that the iPad will be the door opener for BYOC at many companies, according to the folks at Citrix. The fact that IT can safely provide access to company apps, data and virtual desktops without managing the device will make the iPad a game changer for business beyond just the form factor and features, the company says. This device will provide the leading...

Sunbelt Software, a provider of security software, has added VIPRE Enterprise for Mac to its VIPRE Enterprise product line. This new client software is designed to provide virus protection against a wide range of Mac-specific malicious threats, leveraging Sunbelt’s VIPRE engine. VIPRE Enterprise for Mac supports Mac OS X versions 10.5.6 and 10.6. Users will be able to run both scheduled and on-demand scans and view quarantine and scan history. Definition updates are downloaded from Sunbelt across the Internet. The product will also be able to detect and clean any Windows-specific malicious threats that may find their way onto a Mac system. “As the market adoption of the Macintosh platform continues to grow, so will the attention they receive from virus writers, making it all the more important to offer those users protection against threats,” says Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. “This is our first step in our support for the Mac platform, and is specifically targeted at...

Publicspace.net has announced Vitamin-R 1.11 (http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/index.html), an update of its Mac OS X compatible productivity tool for creative professionals. The new version allows the tool to run as a un-intrusive dockless application. Vitamin-R is a collection of tools and techniques for managing attention and maintaining motivation. According to the folks at publicspace.net, it complements the task capturing and organizing features of modern to-do list managers by forcing you to concentrate fully on one task a time and keeping distractions at bay. It breaks down large, vaguely defined tasks into a series of short "time slices" of between 10 and 30 minutes, each with specific and actionable objectives. Vitamin-R provides you with the "Now & Later Board," complete with FastType magic, to give you a place to quickly dump all those things that go through your head and allows to get back to the task at hand. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Vitamin-R may...

Plymix (http://plyxim.com) has updated Exibia, broadcast scheduling software for Mac OS X, to version 2.0. The upgrade sports a redesigned web interface and complete web-based administration of all Exibia settings. Other new features include: °A "Default Playlist" of still images or videos that will loop continuously when there's no scheduled content; ° Creation and scheduling of playlists of videos; ° Repetitive scheduling of videos (i.e., daily, weekly, monthly); ° The ability to add descriptions to uploaded videos and playlists; ° Automatic creation of thumbnail images for uploaded videos; ° The ability to stop a scheduled video or playlist; ° The ability to bulk upload video content. Exbia allows clients in a multi-user, multi-platform environment to upload and schedule QuickTime-compatible videos to a centrally-located server. The Exibia Server, connected to a closed-circuit television system for broadcast, handles the scheduling and playback of the video content. Users of any...

Human Software (http://www.humansoftware.com/) has updated HSC Edit for Aperture (Apple's software for pro photographers) to version 2.0. HSC Edit is an edit plug-in to Apple Aperture that offers more than 4,000 effects to apply on one or a set of images. Version 2.0 offers new depth of field, brush retouching, grid distortion, lens distortion features and more. It also has a revamped interface. HSC Edit 2.0 is available for download at US$89.95 per module, $39.95 for the Multi-Curves module and $59.95 for the image enhancer -- or $299.95 as a bundle.

Mac OS X, Safari and iPhone market share for Internet usage rose from April to May, according to the latest market share survey NetMarketShare (http://www.netmarketshare.com). According to the report, among operating systems, Mac OS X had 5.27% of the global market share in May, compared to 5.32% in April (that's global market share; in the US it's almost 10 %). Windows remains dominant with 91.28% as of April. That's down from 91.46% in March. Apple's highest percentage previously was 5.27% in October 2009. When it comes to browsers, Safari had 4.77% in May compared to 4.72% in April, while Internet Explorer had 59.95% Firefox had 24.59% and Chrome had 7.05%. That compares to, respectively, April percentages of 60.65, 24.52 and 6.73%, for the browsers. The iPhone's market share also rose, according to Net Applications. The Apple device had 0.61% of the global market share in May compared to 0.53% in April. The iPod touch also had 0.12% of the mobile market share in May, compared to...