JNSoftware has updated Dialectic (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/), a telephony tool for the Mac, to version 1.6. Among the new features are support for iPhones running iOS 4.0, enhanced Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) support, and improved Google Voice compatibility. Dialetic provides system-wide dialing of phone numbers using Bluetooth mobile phones, landlines, many VoIP services and more. It integrates with contact management applications such as Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, FileMaker Pro and other databases, as well as Apple's iCal and Address Book. In addition to dialing, the software provides a global Address Book menu for accessing your contact data including email, instant messaging, postal addresses, URLs, notes, and phone numbers. You can create new email messages, look up addresses on a map, copy data to the clipboard or insert it into your current document. Dialetic is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs...

According to "Geek.com" (http://macosg.me/2/ft), Russia's president visited Apple and tweeted an image of CEO Steve Jobs giving him a private iPhone 4 demo before meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington. Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin’s former chief of Presidential Staff and now himself the Russian president, was on a Silicon Valley tour to experience the “origins of success” firsthand. He hopes to apply some of the nation’s high-tech magic to the Russian economy, according to "Geek.com."

In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that 77% of iPhone sales were upgrades and that Apple has built a recurring revenue stream from a growing base of loyal users. "While we think Apple will sell between 1.0 million to 1.5 million iPhones in the first three days (including pre-orders), the actual number is largely irrelevant," he writes. "Apple is tapping into the global consumer spending sweet spot, mobile, and as a result iPhone numbers are going higher in the coming years." As reported by "Fortune" (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/25/77-of-iphone-4-sales-were-upgrades/), Munster and his team's survey also shows that: ° Seventy-seven percent pf the iPhone 4 buyers they spoke to were upgrading from a previous version. That's up from 56% in 2009 and 38% in 2008. ° Sixteen percent of buyers were switching carriers to AT&T, down from 28% last year. ° Fifty-four purchased the higher-capacity 32GB model, up from 43% last year. ° Twenty-eight percent...

Nova media (http://www.novamedia.de) has unveiled Traffic2Net for Mac OS X (10.5 and higher). The US$14.95 app is a universal statistics manager to keep track of time and data usage of mobile Internet connections. Traffic2Net displays connection details of 2G and 3G connections in one window. The connection details include the time online, up- and download volume, average data throughput, peek speeds, and even the IP address and interface used. Data usage and time online of the current connection are visible in the menu bar of Mac OS X. Traffic2Net allows you to set session and period limits for your connections. This way, you can have a warning displayed on the screen whenever a limit has been reached, says Jan Fuellemann, PR spokesperson at nova media. This is very helpful feature to avoid any additional payments caused by overstepping a data plan's limits, he adds. Traffic2Net is completely independent from any connection manager, so you can use it regardless of the way you...

Jumsoft (http://www.jumsoft.com) has expanded its Goodies bundle of free products. The company enhanced its Goodies collection with five Sandvox web site designs, nine Numbers templates, and a set of 500 photos and images for Keynote presentations. All Goodies products are available on Jumsoft's web site for free. Jumsoft designs for Karelia's Sandvox application provide users with a simple way to design their Web sites with a broad range of style options. All t The templates for iWork Numbers were designed for both home and professional users. The collection includes nine spreadsheet templates: Dinner Planner, Grocery List, Invoice, Loan Comparison, Media Advertising Analyzer, Personal Budget, To Do, Trip Planner, and Wedding Planner. Each template includes relevant tables or checklists and illustrates the given information with graphs and charts where applicable. Finally, Jumsoft is offering 500 photos and still-life images for use with Keynote. Actually, they're not limited to...

Yazsoft has updated ShareTool (http://www.yazsoft.com/st/) for Mac OS X, which lets you access all of your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world, to version 2.02. You you can now connect to multiple home/office networks simultaneously. Formerly known as Rendezvous, Bonjour lets you create an instant network of computers and smart devices by getting them connected to each other. ShareTool automatically configures routers supporting NAT-PMP or UPnP. Remote services automatically appear in the Finder, iTunes, and other applications. ShareTool 2.0.3 costs US$15 for a single-user license, $25 for a two-user license and $45 for a family pack (five licenses). Users that purchased ShareTool 1.x from April 13 to May 13, 2010 are entitled to a free 2.x upgrade.

A lawsuit filed earlier this month against Apple and AT&T over the discontinued unlimited-data plan for the iPad 3G has been amended and re-filed to include additional iPad 3G customers, reports the "New York Times" (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/class-action-against-apple-and-...). The proposed class action lawsuit names three individuals who claim that Apple and AT&T “baited” them into purchasing an iPad 3G with the promises of a flexible unlimited data plan, “only to have that promise reneged upon within weeks of their purchases.” The case,  filed in the United States District Court in San Jose, CA, represents customers from several different states, according to the "Times." Last month AT&T said it would eliminate the unlimited data plan for new iPad 3G customers and replace it with data plans offering either 250MB or 2GB per month. Current customers already under the unlimited data plan could keep it. However, if they  decide to skip a month of data they...

Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) has announced the OWC Data Doubler, an optical bay mounting solution for MacBook or MacBook Pro notebook computers that enables users to add a second hard drive or SSD for up to an additional 640GB of internal drive capacity, internal RAID, or other user customized internal data storage configurations. The US$79.99 OWC Data Doubler comes complete with all required hardware, a detailed step-by-step Mac notebook model specific installation guide, available online OWC installation videos, and is immediately available for the most MacBook and MacBook Pro models released in late 2008 and afterward.

Another day, another lawsuit. A company called Keranos -- based in Austin, Texas -- has filed a lawsuit against Apple and about a billion other companies for patent infringement. Named in the lawsuit, in addition to Apple, are: Analog Devices, Alcatel-Lucent, Atheros,  Austriamicrosystems, EM Microelectronic, Seiko Epson, Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon, IBM. Intel, Microchip Technology, Micronas Semiconductor, Nanya, National Semiconductor, NEC, NXP, Oki, Rohm Semiconductor, Qualcomm, Renesas, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Toshiba, TSMC,, Ubicom, Vanguard, Vis Micro, Winbond Electronics and Zilog. The suit was filed in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas, the lawsuit capital of the world. According to "TechEye.net" (http://www.techeye.net/business/intel-apple-practically-entire-semi-indu...), Keranos wants financial restitution for the companies in question breaching its patents that involve: a self-aligned, split gate EPROM process; a self-aligned split gate...

Tension Software has updated Calcine (http://pomola.com/products_calcline/calcline.html), a modern version of the desktop calculator, to version 2.0.3. It's a maintenance release with some bug fixes. Calcline starts as a small window utility. Insert a mathematical expression to evaluate, and the software will do the work. Calcline costs US$20, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Version 2.0.3 is a free update for registered users of version 2.x. Calcline is an Universal Binary product, so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Appcelerator -- a platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and iPad applications using web technologies -- has announced updated findings of its newest Appcelerator Mobile Developer Survey taken of application developers about their plans to build applications for various mobile and tablet platforms. Taken last week from a pool of Appcelerator’s 51,000+ application developers, 2,733 developers responded that Apple iPad, Android Tablet, and even HP’s potential for webOS tablets are rapidly moving these devices to the top of the mobile priority list. This survey is posted on www.appcelerator.com/mobile-developer-survey-June-2010 . While the Apple vs. Google battle has been well documented, developers see the real battle between these two titans as near-term momentum vs. long-term dominance. Appcelerator’s most recent survey shows these leaders staying well ahead of the pack, but a surge in popularity for developing tablet applications on both OSes suggests the battle is...

IQ Engines has secured US$1 million in a Series A financing and added a former Apple exec to its board of directors: David Austin. At Apple, he served as, at various times: senior director, Engineering & Design, Professional Applications; senior director, Applications Business Development; and senior director, Applications Product Development. The company plans to use the capital to support the public launch of its any-image recognition engine, an application programming interface (API) that enables retailers, handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, and application developers to build visual search, image labeling, and augmented reality applications for mobile phones. The IQ Engines any-image recognition API is now available via the company's new developer portal at http://developer.iqengines.com . The company also announced today that it has received a $119,000 research grant from the National Institute of Health, which will be used to support further development of its any-...

Akvis Software (http://www.Akvis.com) has released Akvis ArtWork 4.0. the latest version of the software that transforms your photos into paintings using various techniques. The upgrade introduces the linocut style. Photos can now be converted to an image in the style of a linocut print. Akvis ArtWork is available as a stand-alone application, as well as a plug-in to a photo editor. The plugin version of Akvis ArtWork is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Corel Painter, Corel Photo-Paint, and Paint Shop Pro, ACD FotoCanvas, and PhotoImpact. Akvis ArtWork runs on Mac OS X (10.4 or higher) and Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7. Akvis ArtWork Home License (plug-in or standalone) sells for US$72. Registered users can upgrade to version 4.0 for free. Just download the program and reinstall it. Use your license key to reactivate the program after reinstallation. Home users can buy the full line of Akvis plug-ins in the Akvis Alchemy bundle (ArtWork, Sketch,...

Black Cat Systems has updated Graph Paper Maker (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/graphmaker.html), Mac OS X software for creating custom sheets of graph paper, to version 2.2.1. The new version corrects a bug that resulted in the default background color for some graph types being black. With Graph Paper Maker, you can control the graph characteristics. X and Y axis can independently be set for linear or log scale, and scaling. Youc an select from a dozen standard paper sizes, or custom create your own. Graphs can be saved as PDF files, and you can choose whatever color you want for the lines. Also, you can specify independent line weights for the X and Y axis lines. Graph Paper Maker costs US$19.99, though version 2.2.2 is a free update for registered users. It works with Mac OS X 10.2 and later. Graph Paper Maker is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

Ambrosia Software has updated iToner (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/), an utility for Mac OS X that lets iPhone users create and install custom ringtones on the Apple communications device, to version 2.0.6. This update addresses compatibility issues with iTunes 9.2 and the new iOS 4 as well as minor changes to improve the iToner user experience and reliability. iToner allows you to assign different ringtones for your different contacts. With iToner, you can now "have a Barry White ringtone for when your girlfriend calls, Frank Zappa for when your college buddies ring you up, or the theme from "Jaws" for when your boss is calling," according to the folks at Ambrosia. iToner is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It works with Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later. iToner costs US$15, though version 2.0.6 is a free update for registered users.

Elgato has announced a special edition of EyeTV 3.4 that offers a feature called a "Vuvuzela Filter." This filter dampens the stadium buzz of live football broadcasts on the Mac, and can be quickly switched on and off for the full audio experience at any time during the game. The Vuvuzela Filter is available in EyeTV during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and will disappear with the next software update. EyeTV 3.4 Special Edition is available as a free update for EyeTV 3 users. To install the Vuvuzela Filter, go to the Elgato web site (http://www.elgato.com).

SPEC’s Graphics Performance Characterization (SPECgpc) project group has released SPECviewperf 11, a new version of its graphics benchmarking software that includes a new GUI [graphical user interface] and fully updated viewsets based on traces from professional applications. SPECgpc members involved in the development of SPECviewperf 11 include Apple, AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Intel, and NVIDIA. "This is one of the most significant releases of SPECviewperf in recent years," says Ian Williams, SPECgpc chair. "It delivers a much better user experience and the major workload updates better align graphics performance results with what users experience in their day-to-day work with professional applications." The new SPECviewperf 11 GUI makes it easier for novice or infrequent users to set up multiple benchmark runs, access results, and receive help for common issues, he says. Test files in SPECviewperf 11, called viewsets, are traced from newer versions of eight different graphics-...

Apple has expanded its lawsuit against HTC. In a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Apple accuses HTC of infringing two additional patents and re-asserts its allegations of infringement of two others, reports "All Things Digital" (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100623/apple-sues-htc-over-two-more...). Apple filed in March against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware. As many as 10 of those violations involve the Nexus One, Apple said in a complaint submitted to the ITC. The Delaware lawsuit, however, didn't specify the HTC-made phones that allegedly violated Apple's patents. Last month HTC, in turn, filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and...

comScore (http://www.comscore.com), a company that "measures the digital world," has outlined the impact the first three generations of Apple’s iPhone have had on the European mobile market, in light of record pre-sales and extraordinary consumer demand for the iPhone 4, which launches today. And reports say that crowds have lined up globally to get their hands on one. In fact, over 1,000 people, many queuing through the night, besieged a store in downtown Tokyo on Friday as the iPhone went on sale in Japan for the first time. The iPhone 3G went on sale at 7:00 a.m. at the flagship store of Softbank Mobile in downtown Tokyo. More than 500 people queued outside Apple's store in the Ginza district. The iPhone currently represents just 4% of the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy) mobile market, but 18% of the overall EU5 smartphone market. However, the iPhone has facilitated fundamental change in mobile user behaviour and ignited fierce competition among device and operating...

Stellar Information Systems has released what it says is the first Entourage repair application. Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.0 repairs and restores corrupted RGE files from Microsoft Entourage 2008 and Entourage 2004 applications. Compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, Tiger, the all new Entourage repair software is designed as a data recovery solution for all cases of Microsoft Entourage corruptions. Entourage database corruption is a common scenario for most of the users, says Stellar Information CEO Sunil Chandna. With the launch of this Entourage repair software, Stellar has further enhanced its capabilities with the widest range of data recovery software tools, he adds. The free demo version of the product is available to download at http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/entourage-recovery.php . Stellar Phoenix Entourage Repair 1.0 is available in single user license, technical license and administrator license; contact Stellar Information Systems for pricing.

Pixelglow Software has updated Instaviz (http://instaviz.com), diagram sketching software for the iPhone and iPod touch, to version 1.9. The upgrade adds support for the iPhone and iOS 4. Instaviz uses a new shape recognition engine based on advanced fuzzy logic and trained on over 2,500 sketches drawn by real users. It's the "sidekick" of Instaviz on the Mac OS X and Windows platforms. Users can extract their Instaviz diagrams by selecting them from their iPhone and iPod touch backups, then exporting or printing them. Instaviz 1.9 costs US$9.99 and available worldwide exclusively through the Apple App Store in the Business category. The single download will work on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Existing users can upgrade for free.

The world’s smartphone markets continued to build on their strong 4Q-2009 performance in the first three months of 2010. According to the latest ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) data, a little more than 55 million smartphones shipped during the quarter. In fact that represents a drop of about one million compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, but seasonal sales cycles always produce lower results in the first quarter of any year compared to the previous quarter; according to senior analyst Michael Morgan, “Normally we would see a much greater decline in shipments in the first quarter," he says. "The fact that the drop was so relatively small highlights the continuing dynamic growth of the smartphone market." Much of the fastest growth is being seen in markets previously little penetrated by expensive, cutting-edge smartphones, according to ABI Research. With new less expensive models becoming available, the global market is becoming much more diverse. An example is provided...

Adobe Audition, the all-in-one professional audio toolset for recording, mixing, editing and mastering, will be coming to the Mac in a future release. A shipping date, pricing or system requirements haven't been announced for the Mac version of the pro audio editing tool. However, a beta of the Mac version of Adobe Audition is expected to be available on Adobe Labs this winter. Customers can sign up today to be notified when the beta is available at: http://www.adobe.com/go/audition_labs . Adobe Audition 3 is available for Windows today for an estimated street price of US $349 for the full version, with upgrades available from an estimated street price of US$99. Adobe Audition 3 is available for Windows today for an estimated street price of US $349 for the full version, with upgrades available from an estimated street price of US$99. A de-hummer and de-esser will be new features when Audition for Mac is released. Additionally, a volume leveler will be new when Audition for Mac is...

Belkin (http://www.belkin.com) has announced the AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter for the 27-inch iMac. The US$149.99 converter adapts the signal from an HDMI audio video source, such as a Blu-ray player, Xbox, PS3 or cable box, to a DisplayPort-compatible signal. The new converter supports high-resolution video and audio, allowing customers to display HD content from external devices on the 27-inch iMac. It arrives later this month. Belkin’s AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter accepts full 1080p signal and provides 720p to iMac. It delivers stereo audio and is HDCP-compliant. It icludes a four-foot Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort Cable and a four-foot USB cable (powered by the USB connection).

St. Clair Software has updated Default Folder (http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html), its utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X, to version 4.3.8. You can now see the width and height of an image in Default Folder X's popular preview pane. This release also corrects an odd problem: new MacBook Pros with automatic GPU switching would think that Default Folder X needed the high-powered NVIDIA graphics card, resulting in poor battery life.  This misunderstanding has been fixed. Additional features and corrections have also been added. If you use Google Chrome, OpenMeta tags, AppleScript, Path Finder, Automatic Duck, iTunes FS, rely on certain Default Folder X features or have a big keyboard with more than 15 function keys, this update has something for you. Default Folder X 4.3.8 is a free update for existing users who purchased a license or upgrade on or after June 1, 2007. The upgrade is US$14.95 for users who bought their copies before that date....

By Andrew Eisner (Eisner is director of Community and Content for Retrevo.com, a site that does research on electronic shopping). Amazon claims they sell more Kindles on their site than any other product but just to cover the bases they also offer a very popular iPhone and iPad app. Barnes and Noble also offers an app. As the iPad continues to build momentum as a multi-purpose media player and e-Reader, consumers also have more and more e-Readers to choose from. This Retrevo Pulse study looks at e-Readers and iPads: who's planning to buy one and what could help sell more of them. Although an overwhelming majority of respondents (64%) said they have no plans to buy an e-Reader, we were surprised to see almost 20% say they were planning to buy an e-Reader, and that doesn't include iPads. Although, it appears consumers still want Kindles and other e-Readers, it looks like the iPad could grab a substantial share of the market. The study revealed almost one-third (8% of 28%) of the people...

Stand back, folks, there's no telling how big this thing is going to get. Apple has announced that it sold its three millionth iPad on Monday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US. "People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a press release. "We're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month." Apple says developers have created over 11,000 new apps for the iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. Plus, the device will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the Apple App Store, including apps already purchased for an iPhone or iPod touch. -- Dennis Sellers

iWeb Themes Park (http://www.iwebthemespark.com/Home.html) has introduced five new iWeb Themes for Apple's web site building application, iWeb. The new themes are Beginning, Consulting, eShop, Music and Progressive. To use iWeb Themes from iWeb Themes Park requires a Mac with iLife '08 (iWeb 2.0) or later. The package of 37 themes is priced at US$32.99; each template is available for $10.99. Three iWeb Themes of Your choice can be obtained for $21.98.

Insider Software has released FontAgent Pro TeamServer (http://insidersoftware.com/FA_pro_teamserver.php), which brings expandable font management capabilities to creative departments, corporate design teams and small agencies. The TeamServer delivers consistency, control, power and expandability, while providing users the search, preview and activation power they require. Pricing is as low as US$895 for a complete font server solution. TeamServer creates a centralized library of fonts of virtually any size that everyone can share. It installs, updates and collects fonts on user workstations automatically and provides and enforces consistent font usage across all users and projects. It gives users a variety of ways to search, preview and print fonts, such as: ° Search for fonts by name, weight , slant, keyword, classification and other characteristics; ° Find fonts -- both locally and over the Internet -- by topic (e.g. "winter", "party" or "technology"); ° Display previews of fonts...

Webjimbo (http://www.webjimbo.com), the web interface for Bare Bone's Yojimbo app that lets you view and edit your Yojimbo data from any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser, has been updated to version 2.5. It offers compatibility with Yojimbo 2.2, a personal information manager for the Mac which stores notes, bookmarks, passwords and other data. 
With Webjimbo, you can access your Yojimbo data from wherever you are on the 'Net, including Windows PCs and iPhones. Webjimbo can also be an alternative solution for Yojimbo users who are having trouble syncing their data between multiple Macs. Webjimbo works like a desktop application, not a web site, and its interface is similar to Yojimbo's. It requires your Mac running Yojimbo to be visible on the internet. Webjimbo costs US$30 or $60 for a family license. A demo is available for download. Webjimbo 2.5 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and Yojimbo 2.2.

InfoLogic has announced MathMagic Pro Editions 6.91 (http://www.mathmagic.com/product/pro.html) for Adobe InDesign, their multi-purpose equation editor for mathematical equations and symbols. MathMagic Pro Editions come with InDesign plug-ins to enable InDesign and QuarkXPress the equation editing capability right inside their documents. MathMagic Pro 7 adds support for Adobe InDesign CS5 with a new CS5 plug-in. InDesign CS4 and all previous versions of Creative Suites are also supported. The upgrade also supports two layers of background color, improved Hyphen and Dashes, improved equation quality, and other new features and fixes. MathMagic Pro Edition 7.0 is available now for US$499 ($299 for academic use). A regular plus two-year free upgrade and free tech support is $695 ($399 for academic use). A one month subscription license for $75 ($50 for academic use) is also available.

Workamajig (http://www.Workamajig.com), integrated software for ad agencies and others in the creative and design industries, has been beefed up to version 10.5.3.0, which includes the new Workamajig Labs for Safari 5. Via Workamajig Lab, Workamajig will release new features to its Project Management Software, and allow clients to turn these new features on when they're ready for them. During the Lab period clients can turn the features on and off at will to try out the new features. The administrator can give specific users access to turn them on through the Allow a Person to Enable Labs Just for Themselves security option. With the latest version of Workamajig, no installation or conversion are necessary, and all updates are at no cost to the over 20,000 users of Workamajig. All client logins and vendor logins are always free.

The 1394 Trade Association (http://www.1394ta.org)-- of which Apple is a member, has issued a trio of new specifications focused on video compression, audio and music transmission, and set top box functionality. The Trade Association’s USA Set Top Box Test Specification Revision 1.0 defines a set of tests to verify the functionality of the 1394 interface -- better known as FireWire to Mac users -- as defined in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandate for a functional 1394 interface in the STB. The standard defines a set of tests that when executed will verify a USA Set Top Box has correctly implemented all the required functionality. The revised BT.601 specification on the transport of uncompressed or compressed video addresses the upcoming analog ‘sunset’ directive that applies Jan. 1, 2011 to new Blu-Ray products. The "image constraint token" eliminates the potential for pirated unencrypted video. With this revision, BT.601 has been updated with the token for use with...

Intelerad Medical Systems (http://www.intelerad.com/en/index.php), which specializes in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, has announced the availability of InteleViewer for Mac, intended for radiology groups who wish to provide fully-featured image and report access to referring physicians with a Mac preference. Specifically designed for referring physicians, InteleViewer for Mac combines the benefits of Mac systems with Intelerad’s leading-edge medical imaging solutions, says Chris Henri, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Intelerad. Mac users will experience the Mac OS X 64-bit Intel high speed viewing, as well as full support for FDA approved medical-grade displays, he adds. Intelerad’s native 64-bit InteleViewer for Mac comes with high-performance streaming of data for remote viewing and customizable layouts. Administration tools let radiology groups define user and application preferences as well as access permissions. InteleViewer for Mac supports the entire...

Apple will open a new retail store in Perth, Australia, this Saturday, June 26, at 9 am. It will be located on Hay Street in the business district. "A pastry shop moved out of the historic building last year, and Apple gutted the interior but retained the quaint façade, built a modern two-level, steel building behind it, and installed a standard store inside," says "ifoAppleStore" (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/06/21/western-australia-the-store-i...). "Passersby will be protected by a stainless steel awning, and can marvel at the unusual window pane pattern, intricate plaster detailing, and huge cornice work at the roof line. The Perth Apple store will be the company's 293rd retail store. Apple plans to open another 20 or so during this fiscal year, with about half of those outside the U.S.

Vizio (http://www.viz.com) has introduced a wireless Internet router optimized for Vizio Internet Apps (VIA), the platform that enables viewers to experience web and on-demand content, as well as three wireless Blu-ray players with Internet Apps. The XWR100 Dual-Band HD Wireless Internet Router prioritizes HD video and audio to VIA HDTVs and Blu-ray players, such as VIA-enabled VBR200W, VBR210, VBR220 and VBR231 Blu-ray players that are capable of streaming content from online services such as VUDU, Netflix and Pandora. The universal wireless router can also be configured to prioritize traffic to other Internet-connected devices as well as share a high-speed Internet connection to other Internet capable devices in the home, such as laptops, game consoles and smart phones, according to Laynie Newsome, Vizio's chief sales officer and co-founder. The XWR100 802.11n dual-band wireless Internet router operates at both 2.4 and 5GHz at the same time so can also make use of the less crowded...

Koingo Software has released Amnesia 1.5 (http://www.koingosw.com/products/amnesia.php )for Mac OS X. Amnesia performs a smart scan to determine all related files to be removed. The app now uses a threaded process to search for apps with Spotlight and now performs an internal consistency check before allowing the application to launch. With Amnesia, you can uninstall applications, preference panes, screen savers, and Dashboard widgets, as well as all their related files. In addition, turn on a secure deletion option to prevent recovery of the removed files. Amnesia comes with a built-in backup function that creates an archive of related files in case you wish to restore them at a later time. It will reinstall the pieces of the product exactly where they came from -- even if you choose to restore to a different machine. Another feature Amnesia has to offer is the ability to create a list of untouchable software sets (in addition to the ones built-in). They're software products that...

Limit Point Software has updated AddMovie (http://www.limit-point.com/Utilities/AddMovie.html), a tool for combining multiple movies or images into a single movie and batch exporting movies to any format supported by QuickTime, to version 1.8.4. When saving exporter settings in Preferences, if the selected exporter's settings have not been changed then the default settings for that component will be saved. This way you can easily restore the default settings for that component after a change. AddMovie is a utility for concatenating several files into one single movie, or batch converting movies to other formats. It supports all formats provided by Quicktime. Since the output format is configurable, you can also use AddMovie to convert movie file formats, say from MPEG-4 to 3GP for display on your Bluetooth phone, etc, It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. It's donationware. Try it and if you use it, donate to the developers so they can continue working on this and other Mac products.

Ecamm Network (http://www.ecamm.com) has released PhoneView 2.5, an update of the Mac desktop companion for the iPhone. The update adds full support for iOS 4. Phoneview gives iPhone and iPod touch users access to iTunes media, photos, notes, contacts, SMS and call history data stored on the communications device. Also, Mac files and folders can be copied to the phone for data storage and file transfer between Macs. What's more, notes can be added to the iPhone or iPod touch Notes program by dragging text files, Word docs, PDF files, and other formats into the PhoneView browser. A seven-day demo is available; registration is US$19.95.

Apple will open a new retail store in Los Cerritos, California, this Thursday, June 24. Apple Store Los Cerritos (http://www.apple.com/retail/loscerritos/) is located at 239 Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos, California 90703. The phone number is 562-356-1555. Regular store hours will be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. Apple Store State Street will be the company's 292nd retail store. Apple plans to open another 22 during this fiscal year, with about half of those outside the U.S.

Apple has made “material” changes to its iTunes privacy policy, including a section related to the company’s upcoming iAd mobile advertising platform that gives users the option of opting out of the service, according to "iLounge" (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-sneaks-iad-opt-out-...). “Apple and its partners use cookies and other technologies in mobile advertising services to control the number of times you see a given ad, deliver ads that relate to your interests, and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns,” the text says. “If you do not want to receive ads with this level of relevance on your mobile device, you can opt out by accessing the following link on your device: http://oo.apple.com. If you opt out, you will continue to receive the same number of mobile ads, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on your interests. You may still see ads related to the contrent on a web page or in an application or based on other non-personal...

AirWatch (http://www.air-watch.com), a provider of enterprise-wide Mobile Device Management (MDM) software, has announced its support of Apple’s iOS 4. The expanded enterprise integration capabilities of iOS 4, coupled with the AirWatch solution, improve corporate IT’s ability to deploy and manage both corporate-liable and employee-liable iPhones, secure all sensitive corporate data and provide a support experience for all iOS 4 users, according to AirWatch CEO John Marshall. The company's support for iOS 4 will be available in July. “Apple’s iOS 4 is a game-changing solution for enterprise mobility,” says Marshall. “With iOS 4 and AirWatch’s MDM platform, enterprises can leverage the enhanced security, encryption and management capabilities to rapidly and cost effectively expand their mobile deployments. Combining these solutions along with thousands of business productivity apps, we see opportunities for explosive growth across the enterprise.”

Apple has released iOS 4 -- the latest version of the operating system formerly known as the iPhone OS -- for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's available for download from iTunes for iPhone 3GS and 3G users, as well as by second- and third-generation iPod touch users. The new OS will also be included with the iPhone 4. iOS 4 is compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, second and third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB). Some features may not be available on all products. For example, Multitasking requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or third generation iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or 64GB). iOS 4’s new multitasking offers users a way to move between apps, and provides developers seven new multitasking services to add multitasking features to their apps. These services include background audio, so apps like Pandora can play music in the background, and VoIP, so VoIP apps can receive a VoIP call even when the iPhone is asleep or the user is running other...

According to "iPhoneinCanada" (http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/main-page/apple-to-open-five-new-stores-in-...) this summer and fall Apple will be opening five new Canadian stores in the following cities: ° Quebec: Quebec City (one location); ° British Columbia: Richmond Centre (Richmond; one location); ° Ontario: Upper Canada Mall (Toronto; one location); ° Alberta: Chinook Centre and Southgate (Calgary/Edmonton; two locations). The Southgate Apple Store location has already opened (on May 28). Currently, Apple has 15 retails stores in Canada.

Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released LinkOptimizer 4.4, an update of its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version lets users process monochrome black-and-white images (bitmap mode in Photoshop). The target effective resolution for such images is set separately. LinkOptimizer lets you reduce InDesign job size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments. LinkOptimizer Light 4.4 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$259.95 , as well as from authorized resellers. LinkOptimizer works with Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.5 and InDesign CS-CS4. Version 4.4 is free for LinkOptimizer 4.x users and a $98.98 to upgrade from previous versions. A demo is available for download.

TranslateIt! (http://www.mac.gettranslateit.com/) for Mac -- a multilingual dictionary that allows looking up words on the fly -- has been updated to version 12.5. The upgrade works with Safari 5, Firefox 3.6 and Thunderbird 3 and is compatible with the Mac OS X built-in Parental controls. A plug-in for working with Google Chrome is available. TranslateIt! 12.5 adds WAV file support for the Speak feature (in addition to the MP3 support.) Also updated is teh Contextual menu plug-in for 32-bit applications, German localization, LetsMove smart installer and TranslateIt! widget. With TranslateIt!, you hover the pointer over an unfamiliar word (in any Cocoa Aapplication), and you will see its translation in a pop-up window. It comes with several free dictionaries for a large number of languages. TranslateIt! supports translation from/to any language (corresponding dictionaries must be installed), English sounds (it contains over 17,000 English words pronunciations) and printing of flash...

In its Mac OS X 10.6.4 ("Snow Leopard") upgrade Apple included new antivirus signatures to help fight off some of the more "high profile OS X exploits found in the wild, reports "Maximum PC" (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/apple_sneaks_antivirus_signatures_osx?). The most notable of these is a file disguised as the iPhoto application which, when launched, lets attackers send spam, take screenshots, access files, and more. "Our guess is that the Apple marketing department couldn't find a positive light to spin the new OS enhancement, so it was conveniently left out of the patch notes," "Maximum PC" says. "Cnet pointed out, and we agree, that Apple's ongoing refusal to acknowledge security flaws in its products exposes users to greater danger since they are lulled into a false sense of security." The Sophos security company claims that Apple added the antivirus signatures "on the sly," reports "TechEye" (http://www.techeye.net/security/apple-secretly-updates-anti-malware-for...

Susquehanna Financial's Jeff Fidacaro issued a note to clients predicting that next weekend could be a "2 mln - 3 mln iPhone event" -- two to three times bigger than the launches of Apple's Phone 3G and 3GS in 2008 and 2009, respectively. According to "Fortune" (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/18/iphone-launch-2-3-million-says-an...), the analyst cites both the size of Tuesday's pre-order (600,000 units) and what he expects to be strong upgrade demand, especially from owners of the iPhone 3G. With this in mind, Fidacaro is raising his iPhone numbers from: ° 7.8 million to 9.4 million for the third quarter; ° 36.8 million to 46.7 million for 2010.

Teamsoft (http://www.teamsoft.com) has released a new version of WebAgenda for the Mac or PC, which lets you your schedule the important things in your life, and share the schedules with people that are important to you. Your email address is your user ID. Your password is emailed to you. You can use it immediately, with nothing to install, or configure. You can keep your agenda and contact information private, or share it with your friends and associates.   Any information from WebAgenda can be also be linked to your iPhone or iPad. You can use your iPhone or iPad web browser, or use one of our many iPhone and iPad applications available from Apple iTunes to access your data on the TeamAgenda server.   You can try WebAgenda for free and save 10% on any TeamAgenda purchase. If you work for a an educational or charitable organization this 10% is in additional to your normal discount.