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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185320"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">WD has introduced the WD TV Live Plus HD media player, which makes it easy for Netflix members to instantly watch thousands of TV episodes and movies on the biggest screen in their home -- their HD television set. The new Netflix interface enables members to browse and add movies to their instant Queue on the Netflix Website right from their TV.
In addition to Netflix, the WD TV Live Plus HD media player also enables users to stream personalized Internet content from YouTube, Flickr, Pandora, Live365, as well as the MediaFly network that includes daily podcasts from CNN, NBC, MTV, ESPN and other online content providers. The onscreen menu brings together all of the users’ available media in a single interface, while the network capability enables users to stream movies from Macs or PCs, USB storage devices such as My Passport portable hard drives, My Book desktop drives, or network-attached storage such as WD’s My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace to their HDTVs.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185319"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185318"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Bodelin Technologies (http://www.bodelin.com/proscopehr/), manufacturers of the ProScope HR and ProScope HR2 high-res handheld digital microscopes, have released a wireless model for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
ProScope Mobile is powered by three AA batteries and works on Wi-Fi. In fact, it creates its own Wi-Fi network and can be used simultaneously with up to 253 devices of any combination of iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone. ProScope Mobile utilizes an app called AirMicro (iPhone/iPod touch) and AirMicroPad (for the iPad) and is a free download from the Apple App Store.
ProScope Mobile users can view live images, freeze them and capture them to the Photo Album of their device. For Apple users, the photos go directly into iPhoto when synced with the base computer.
Like previous ProScope generations, ProScope Mobile users can select from a wide variety of lens magnifications from 0-10X, 30X, 50X, 100X, 200X and 400X. There are also adapters for analog microscopes and borescopes....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185225"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185172"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">QuickerTek (http://www.quickertek.com/) has announced the US$249.95 Apple Juice" external battery for the iPad. It uses the Apple 10 watt USB charger that comes with the iPad to charge the battery.(or any USB charger), so there's no extra AC power wall wart adapter to lug around.
The Apple Juicz External Battery for the iPad purportedly recharges the device in three hours and has two female USB ports that can simultaneously charge any USB device as well as having the propriety circuitry for the iPhone, iPod touch or any 30-pin iPod while being used to charge and power all models of the iPad.
The Apple Juicz users Li-ion Polymer high capacity 9400 mAh batteries, which will recharge in access of 2000 times. They sport safety circuitry for protection along with temperature and charge/discharge rates, cell balancing and a fuel gauge with a LED indicator showing how much Juicz is left in the battery.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185169"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185117"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">O'Reilly Media has released "FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual," a 928-book to guide readers through the use of FileMaker Pro 11. It costs US$39 for a print edition and $31 for an ebook version.
According to the folks at O'Reilly, the manual helps you get started, build your database, and produce results, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's written by Suan Prosser and Stuart Gripman.

Prosser a former journalist and a current FileMaker Certified Developer and has developed FileMaker databases for more than 15 years. Gripman is the founder of Crooked Arm Corp, a full-service FileMaker Pro consulting and development firm based in Berkeley, California. A FileMaker Certified Developer, he has written for both "Macworld" and "MacLife." For more info about the book, including table of contents, index, author bios, and more, go to http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0636920002642 .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185060"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185058"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Newer Technology (http://www.newertech.com) has announced the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 RAID Controller Card, a mass storage solution for adding two SATA 6Gb/s ports -- along with port multiplier support for adding up to 20TB of desktop storage with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 -- support to Mac Pros and PCs with an open PCIe slot.
The NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 RAID Controller Card is available immediately at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$99 from NewerTech’s exclusive distributor, Other World Computing (OWC), as well as through the retail channel. It’s compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and later and Windows 2000 and later and comes backed by a three-year warranty.
In addition to supporting any standard single or dual eSATA interface equipped storage solution, the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G PCIe 2.0 RAID Controller Card also supports port multiplier enclosures. Now Mac Pro or PC users with machines offering an open PCIe slot can connect up to 10 drives (up to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185057"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185048"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macgamestore.com has released Brawsome's new adventure game, Jolly Rover (http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=1476) for Mac OS X (10.4 and higher), through its web site. This high seas point-and-click experience will follow the adventures of Gaius James Rover, a dog who just wants to star in the circus like his dear old dad.
Here's how the game is described: "Following the tragically comedic death of his father, young Gaius, who insists on using his middle name James, goes to live with his uncle, a wealthy plantation owner on a small Caribbean island. While practising a particularly tricky juggling move, he accidentally taints a barrel of rum with tobacco, creating a potent and addictive brew which he coins Jolly Rover, one of the most prized substances in the Caribbean.
"Alas, the wealth of Jolly Rover sales only manages to fill the pockets of his uncle, and Gaius longs for action and adventure and, more importantly, the opportunity to start his own circus and follow in...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185047"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185046"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Monkeybread Software (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/) has released Transparent Screensaver 2.3, an update to their screensaver utility for Mac OS X. The utility adds a variable transparency overlay screensaver to the list of screensavers in Preferences.
With the screensaver running at 50% the effect is one of dimming the desktop and all open windows; 0% is black; 100% is completely transparent. With the screen lock option engaged, the user can continue to view their iChat Buddy List, iTunes Library, or any open process or window, while waking their computer from screen saver mode is password protected. If the user wishes to remain logged in to their computer, but prevent others from using it, he can lock the screen.
Version 2.3 makes Transparent Screensaver Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") compatible; it also works with Mac OS X 10.5 .
MBS Transparent Screensaver 2.3 for Mac OS X is currently available as shareware, which is free to test for 30 days. A license is available from...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185045"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185038"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ATTO Technology, which specializes in storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, has announced the immediate availability of its ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID adapters.
The ExpressSAS R60F (16 port internal), R680 (8 port external), R608 (8 port internal), and R644 (4 port external/4 port internal) feature ATTO’s RAID stack and incorporate Marvell Technology Group’s 88RC9580 RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor technology. The adapters are available in four different port configurations, and there are 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HBAs available in five different port configuration.
For more information on ATTO’s ExpressSAS 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Adapters visit: http://www.attotech.com .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185023"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185022"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">There's now an online video of the keynote address at the 2010 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. CEO Steve Jobs delivered the keynote, introducing the iPhone 4 and iOS 4.
The keynote video is available in QuickTime and MPEG-4 format. You can download it at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1006ad9g4hjk/event/index.html .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185021"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185018"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iSkysoft Studio (http://www.iskysoft.net/) has released its DVD to iPad Converter and iPad Video Converter, both available for Mac OS X and Windows. The iSkysoft iPad DVD and Video Converter helps iPad users convert DVD movies and almost any video format to an iPad friendly format.
With DVD to iPad Converter you can convert encrypted or homemade DVDs. With iPad Video Converter you can convert any popular video formats such as AVI, FLV, MOV, WMV, MKV, and more to iPad friendly formats.
DVD to iPad Converter is priced at $29 and iPad Video Converter is $25 for a single user license. Both iPad Converters for Mac are perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") and iPad Converters for Windows fully supports Windows 7.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-185017"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184748"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released Safari 5, the latest version of their web browser. The new version features the new Safari Reader for reading articles on the web without distraction, a 30% performance increase over Safari 4, and the ability to choose Google, Yahoo! or Bing as the search service powering Safari's search field.
Available for both Mac and Windows, Safari 5 includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies that allow web developers to create rich, dynamic websites, according to Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. With Safari 5, developers can now create secure Safari Extensions to customize and enhance the browsing experience, he adds..
Safari Reader makes it easy to read single and multipage articles on the web by presenting them in a new, scrollable view without any additional content or clutter, says Schiller. When Safari 5 detects an article, users can click on the Reader icon in the Smart Address...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184742"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184660"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple will debut its iAd mobile advertising network on July 1 on iPhone and iPod touch devices running its iOS 4 software platform. iAds combine the emotion of TV advertising with the interactivity of Internet advertising, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
iAd will kick off with mobile ad campaigns from leading global brands including AT&T, Best Buy, Campbell Soup Company, Chanel, Citi, DirecTV, GEICO, GE, JCPenney, Liberty Mutual Group, Nissan, Sears, State Farm, Target, Turner Broadcasting System, Unilever and The Walt Disney Studios. Apple has iAd commitments for 2010 totaling over US$60 million, which represents almost 50 percent of the total forecasted US mobile ad spending for the second half of 2010, says Jobs.

He adds that iAd, which is built into iOS 4, allows users to stay within their app while engaging with the ad, even while watching a video, playing a game or using in-ad purchase to download an app or buy iTunes content.
Developers who join the iAd Network can...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184659"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184637"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">During his keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, CEO Steve Jobs said Apple now has 22% of the eBook market thanks to the iBookstore, which was introduced with the iPad and is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Jobs says that users have downloaded more than five million books in the first 65 days of the iBookStore availability. That's about 2.5 for each device sold—in the first 65 days of iBooks’ availability. The 22% figure is based on reports from five of the six largest publishers on the app's share of their electronic sales.
When Apple announced the iPad, it also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, a way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. And Apple has plans for the iBookstore beyond the US.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184635"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184634"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Steve Jobs has introduced the iPhone 4G. He says it's the biggest leap yet for the smartphone with over 100 plus features. He's talking about eight main features.
It has a new design with a glass front and rear. Jobs keeps using the word "precision" to describe the iPhone 4G. It's 24% thinner at 9.3 mm and is, per Jobs, the thinnest iPhone on the planet.
The iPhone 4G has a front camera, receiver home, micro SIM, camera with LED flash and a second mic for noise cancelation.
It has three "bands" in the stainless steal part of the structure of the phone -- which uses the stainless steel band as part of the system — so the bands separate the tech. It's made of stainless steel for strength.
Jobs says the iPhone 4G has a "retina display" and four timex the pixels in the same space. Ithas really sharp text and 326 pixels per inch. As for the retina display moniker, 300 pixels is the limit of the human retina, Jobs says.
Now the CEO is showing examples of the display resolution. It's demo...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184580"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184579"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">More than 719 million pay-TV subscribers are expected to sign up in 2010 as the economic recovery continues to gain momentum, according to latest forecasts from ABI Research (http://www.abirsearch.com). Digital Home industry analyst Michael Inouye notes, “ABI Research estimates that worldwide pay-TV subscriber numbers will surpass 719 million by the end of 2010 as novel solutions such as Google TV move from trial to commercial launch.”
Super-fast Internet has allowed advanced services and significant innovations in recent years. Also recently, Google announced the development a new television delivery platform. “Google TV” will offer a television viewing experience enhanced by the web. The main feature of Google TV: it allows users to have a complete Internet experience along with their favorite TV content on their living room televisions.
Dish Network, USA, has already started a Google TV trial. Users need a Google TV set-top box, which can pull the content from any cable or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184576"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184568"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">"Ars Technica" has named its 2010 Mac OS X Ars Design Award winners, honors the publication decided to bestow after Apple limited its 2010 Worldwide Developer Conference Awards to iPhone OS apps. You can read all about the Ars Design Awards -- including who the judges were and what the prizes are -- at http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/2010-ars-design-award-winners-..., but here are a list of the winners:
° Best New Mac OS X App: Transmit 4 by Panic
Runner up: 1Password 3 by Agile Web Solutions
° Best Mac OS X User Experience: Tweetie for Mac by atebits
Runner up: Transmit 4 by Panic
° Most Innovative Mac OS X App: Dropbox by Dropbox
Runner up: Snippets by Lucky Ants
° Best Mac OS X App for Education: Papers by Mekentosj
Runner up: Soulver by Aqualia
° Best Student-created Mac OS X App: Schoolhouse 3 by Logan Collins
Runner up: jitouch2 by Supasorn Suwajanakorn & Sukolsak Sakshuwong
° Reader's Choice Award: 1Password 3 by Agile Web Solutions
Runner up: Dropbox by Dropbox</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184567"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184423"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">On the weekend prior to Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, "MacTech Magazine" (http://www.mactech.com) announced it will be holding the MacTech Conference for IT Pros and Mac developers, Nov. 3-5, 2010 in Los Angeles.
The 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.
"We've been considering a conference for many years now, but the timing was never quite right. Now, the timing is right, and 'MacTech' is here to serve the community," said Neil Ticktin, editor-in-chief/publisher, "MacTech Magazine." "In both the IT and development communities, bonding with peers is among the top requests, and the MacTech Conference will be built to serve those wishes from beginning."
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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184409"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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... .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184251"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The one U.S. computer OEM [original equipment manufacturer' that managed to outperform the personal computer market in the first quarter of 2010 was Apple, whose shipments rose by 32.4% from a year earlier, says a new report from iSuppli Market Research (http://www.isuppli.com).
“Apple’s Macintosh line is benefitting from the halo effect of the enormous popularity of its iPhones and iPads,” Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms at iSuppli, says.
Driven by booming sales among Asian OEMs, global computer shipments surged by 22.7% in the first quarter, marking the highest year-over-year growth ever recorded by iSuppli Corp. Shipments in the first quarter totaled 81.5 million units, up from 66.5 million during the same period in 2009.
Apple places number seven on iSuppli's global list of computer vendors. iSuppli says the company has 3.4% global market share. Ahead of Apple on the list are: HP (19.6% market share); Acer (13.3%), Dell (13.1%), Lenova (8.6%), Toshiba (5....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184244"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184224"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Virtual Programming has gone back to the well and reissued the Mac OS X version of X3: Reunion as a non-Cider port.
"We weren't happy with X3: Reunion's performance when using Cider, and it turned out many of our customers weren't either," says Virtual Programming CEO Mark Hinton. "As a gesture of goodwill, we reengineered the game as a native port that's a free update for existing customers. Starting today, new X3: Reunion customers will receive the non-Cider version of the game."
The non-Cider port of X3: Reunion can be purchased now at http://www.deliver2mac.com/ as a digital download for US$34.95.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184174"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184173"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted a new web page,"HTML5 and web standards" (http://www.apple.com/html5/), praising the virtues of HTML5, which Apple (or at least Steve Jobs) prefers over Adobe's Flash.
HTML5 is being developed as the next major revision of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the core markup language of the web. It's touted as the next standard for HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and DOM Level 2 HTML and is designed to to reduce the need for proprietary plug-in-based rich internet application (RIA) technologies such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.
"Every new Apple mobile device and every new Mac -- along with the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser -- supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript," Apple says on the HTML5 page. "These web standards are open, reliable, highly secure, and efficient. They allow web designers and developers to create advanced graphics, typography, animations, and transitions. Standards aren’t add-ons to the web. They are...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184172"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184141"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GroupSmarts has announced MemoryMiner 2.1 (http://www.memoryminer.com/), an update to their digital storytelling application for Mac OS X. Designed an an complement the iLife suite, MemoryMiner is all about capturing and exploring your life memories.
It allows anyone to zero in on the stories depicted in their photos by linking them to each other based on people, places and time. While photos are used as the starting point, the goal is always uncovering the backstory.
New features in 2.1 include:
° A new HTML5-based web viewer with Ken Burns style pan and zoom;
° A new "Soft Landing" window that appears on first launch to assist first-time users;
° User experience refinements ;
° Improved FTP upload support, including secure transfer.
With MemoryMiner, you can directly record audio or video to capture the backstory of a photo. You can attach documents, web URL's, or other media to add depth and context. Each photo becomes a frame in a storyboard that can be browsed by periods in a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184140"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184139"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Yazsoft (http://www.yazsoft.com) has released Speed Download 5.2.17, the latest version of its Mac OS X download manager that combines four products: a download manager with auto-resuming downloads, a secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity.
The upgrade offers offers optimized performance and more reliability. Speed Download requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher. It costs US$25 for a single-user license. Speed Download is available in US English, French and Polish localizations.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184138"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184137"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ClueTrust has announced Cartographica 1.2 (http://www.macgis.com), an update to their Geographical Information System (GIS) software for Mac OS X. The new version adds Bing services. It also builds on Cartographica's exploratory interface and adds:
° Flexible labeling that can show multiple fields in multiple styles on one or more lines;
° Improved Illustrator export, using layers to provide all the geospatial and textual data, plus legends that can be styled for direct inclusion into documents;
° New formula fields that enable calculations using higher math as well as ready use of geoprocessing data, and can be updated in real time;
° Live Maps that incorporate access to a variety of tile-servers and WMS services to put data into context quickly;
° Increased speed and reduced memory footprint.
Cartographica provides a set of tools that enable the user to explore, analyze and present geospatial data. It supports importing from over 100 different raster and vector formats, as well...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184136"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184134"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SubRosaSoft.com (http://www.subrosasoft.com/) has released TextCrypt, $29.95 software designed to keep your info safe and secure. It uses the industry standard Rijndael AES-128 encryption algorithm to protect your data, then utilizes Base64 encoding to make it easier for copying and pasting, according to Marko Kostyrko CEO of SubRosaSoft.com.
All you have to do is enter your password and your message. TextCrypt will encrypt your message, making it safer for posting on Facebook, email, or instant messages, he says. Only the correct password will unlock your secret.
It's available at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$29.95 plus shipping for the CD version -- or $19.95 if you prefer to download. A demo is available for download. TextCrypt works on Mac OS X (10.4 and higher), Windows, and Linux systems.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184013"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-184012"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">E-on Software, maker of the Digital Nature solutions, has announced the upcoming availability of Carbon Scatter, a set of plug-ins that will allow the creation of complex populations using the native instancing technologies of leading DCC applications.
The Carbon Scatter plug-ins will integrate e-on's EcoSystem algorithms directly into the host applications, allowing users to populate native scenes with millions of instances, and render them with their renderer of choice. The actual release date of Carbon Scatter hasn't been determined.
E-on is looking for talented 3ds Max users willing to take part in the beta testing of Carbon Scatter for the mental ray and V-Ray renderers. No knowledge of Vue is required in order to become a qualified beta tester. However, candidates must possess the following qualities: persistence, imagination, and a desire to influence the final product, time, and of course testers should be proficient with 3ds Max and either the V-Ray or Mental Ray renderers....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183948"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183934"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MakeMusic (http://www.makemusic.com) is shipping Finale 2011, the latest version of its music notation software. It "adapts to the way musicians work,” says MakeMusic CEO Ron Raup. He says new features include:
° New staff layout capabilities that make it simple and intuitive to hide, move and edit staves, groups and brackets;
° Lyrics that are more easily entered and which instantly appear exactly as they’ll print out and are automatically spaced with even greater precision;
° Nearly 400 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra;
° An updated Garritan Aria player that offers control over these sounds with an integrated Ambiance reverb and a new Ensemble feature;
° New music that include a collection of percussion, mallet and handbell graphics, as well as enhanced percussion playback capabilities.
Features of special interest to music educators include the Finale AlphaNotes music font and an expanded collection of more than 800 customizable music...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183927"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183911"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AMR Research has released the findings from its sixth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the Supply Chain Top 25 research initiative is to raise awareness of the supply chain discipline and how it impacts the business.
Apple held onto the number one position for the third year in a row. This is the first time a company has been ranked number one for three consecutive years in the Supply Chain Top 25 research. Analysts attribute Apple's success to its ability to consistently bring both operational excellence and innovation excellence to bear in some of the most competitive markets in the world. Apple has broken new ground in transforming a supply chain into a value chain by starting with the consumer experience and designing its network to serve that master first and foremost, according to Kevin O’Marah, group vice president at AMR Research.
Analysts announced the findings from this year's research at the sold-out AMR Research Supply Chain Executive Conference, which is being...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183910"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183872"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released BatchOutput 3.8, a compatibility update to its professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. adds support for InDesign CS5 and introduces several new features, such as export to Flash CS5 Professional (FLA) and new advanced SWF and JPEG export options.
BatchOutput 3.8 includes a free license of File Courier to support automatic digital delivery. BatchOutput is also available in a server version which offloads printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript to a central system leaving InDesign workstations free from the output process.
BatchOutput is designed to automate and simplify InDesign production workflows of service providers, printers, ad agencies and publishers. With BatchOutput, users only need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, and the rest will be done automatically.
BatchOutput 3.8 can be purchased for US$129.95. A demo is available for download. Upgrade to BatchOutput...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183858"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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 .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183856"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The average iPhone user should pay the same or less for service under the new data plans announced by AT&T, according to a "Consumer Reports" analysis. The new plans replace a US$30-a-month flat fee for unlimited data service with plans that start at $15 per month for a limited amount of data.
The reason: most iPhone users typically use less data per month than the amounts that would trigger a $30-plus bill under the new pricing schemes, says "CR." The average iPhone user consumes 273 MB of data per month, according to the unique data on iPhone usage reported a few months ago. More than half of owners use less than 200MB per month, that data reveals. The new $15 iPhone plan provides 200MB per month, and so would cut data costs in half for the majority of iPhone owners.
Under the new plans, those who use more than 200MB in any month can add an extra 200MB for an additional $15 -- taking the bill for that month to $30, or the same as they’re paying under the current unlimited plan....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183855"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183854"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A Verizon iPhone is coming soon. No, it's not. Yes, it is. No, it's not. Well, the latest version is that it's not.
Verizon Wireless spokesman John Johnson said during an interview with Beet.TV at All Things Digital's D conference that the company has "no plans to carry the iPhone in the immediate future," reports the "Silicon Valley Business Journal" (http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/05/31/daily41.html?a...).
Last month "TheStreet" (http://www.thestreet.com/story/10769660/1/apple-verizon-iphone-set-for-h...) reported that Apple has bumped up its iPhone production plans, which include a Verizon iPhone that will be available for the holidays. Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, who has been monitoring the production plans in Asia, said Apple has asked its supply and manufacturing partners to prepare for a production rate of four million iPhones a month by September, a 25% increase.
The company has also told its manufacturing partner Asustek to plan on starting full-...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183853"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183852"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Open Planet Software has introduced Smoovie 1.0 (http://www.openplanetsoftware.com/smoovie), which offers a way for Mac OS X users to create stop motion movies on the Mac and share them. It's designed exclusively for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") and has support for the Mac's iSight camera and Apple Remote.
With Smoovie, you can use the Mac's built-in iSight camera along with the Apple Remote to capture images straight into the app. Onion skinning overlays existing frames with the live video to help make decisions about getting the next frame just right. For users who prefer to capture the action with a digital camera away from the computer, Smoovie can also import images from disk, iPhoto and Aperture.
Smoovie's editing tools are modeled after a strip of film. Playback speed can be fine-tuned and both standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) aspect ratios are supported. Smoovie also allows a music soundtrack to be chosen from iTunes.
The app features built-in uploading to YouTube and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183839"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183838"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">RadVision (http://www.RadVision.com), a technology and end-to-end solution provider for unified visual communications, has announced advancements to its Scopia solution, including extending video conferencing data collaboration to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, providing interoperability with video conferencing systems for data.
The new advanced data collaboration is also the first in the video conferencing industry to provide users with extended capabilities with H.239 interoperability, according to RadVision Chief Technology Officer Yair Wiener. RadVision’s new Scopia advanced data collaboration delivers interoperable H.239 based data collaboration with access from the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. With this capability, materials such as presentations, spreadsheets, documents and images shared in a video conference can be viewed on these Apple mobile devices.
This advanced data collaboration will be available in RadVision’s Scopia Mobile product offering, a free application...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183837"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183835"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CreativeBe has released Rucksack 1.1 (http://rucksackapp.com), an update to its archive and file system tool for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Designed by Apple Design Award Winner Dietmar Kerschner, Rucksack lets users open, create and convert archives, as well as split and combine files.
The biggest change in version 1.1 is that users can now open more than one archive at once by dragging the archives onto Rucksack's main window. Also new is the option to remove archives after opening them, either by moving them to the Trash or deleting them immediately. Plus, there's now an option to automatically show output files in Finder when Rucksack has opened an archive.
Rucksack costs US$25, though version 1.1 is a free update for registered users. A 14-day demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183834"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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 .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183662"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">In a new ChangeWave (http://www.changewave.com) survey of 1,009 smartphone owners who have purchased their phone within the last six months, the iPhone topped the list in customer satisfaction.
Seventy-seven percent of new Apple owners said they were very satisfied with their purchase. Motorola came in second with 64% of their customers being very satisfied.
Only 7% of iPhone owners said they were very likely to return the device. That compares to 12% for Motorola, 15% of HTC, 18% for Samsung, 21% of RIM and 36% for Palm.
With rumors swirling about the release of a new iPhone that can be used on  Verizon's and Sprint's CDMA cellular network, ChangeWave asked respondents whether they’d have still purchased their new smart phone if the iPhone had been available at their cellular service provider at the time of purchase.
Nearly one-in-three new smart phone buyers (32%) say they’d have instead bought the iPhone if it had been available at their service provider. Another 29% said they don...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183574"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183569"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boinx Software (http://www.boinx.com) has released version 3.5 of FotoMagico, the slideshow creation tool for Mac OS X. The upgrade offers new plug-in support for Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion and Adobe After Effects.
FotoMagico 3.5 Pro (including PhotoPresenter 4) is available today for US$149. A multi-license package is also available for $269.

The update to FotoMagico 3.5 is free of charge for existing FotoMagico 3.x owners at their current license levels. A built-in assistant will guide users through the process of acquiring the proper license. Existing FotoMagico 2.x owners at their current license levels can upgrade to FotoMagico 3.5 Pro for $89.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183564"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183535"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">PocketMac has released PlayNice for Mac and Windows systems (http://www.pocketmac.com/PlayNice_for_Mac_and_Windows.php). The US$39.97 software allows the syncing of data back and forth between the two platforms. Unlike subscription services like MobileMe, it's a one-time purchase-and-install, and there are no subscription costs.
With PlayNice, Mac and PC users can sync contacts, appointments and Tasks between Outlook on Windows and Address Book/iCal on Mac.
"With PlayNice, users can sync between their Mac and their PC," says Tim Goggin of PocketMac. "They can sync between their Mac and their other Mac. They can sync between their two Macs and their PC. They can sync between their two PCs and their Mac. Now they can make sure their data is current on on all their machines. PlayNice also works with Parallels Desktop. That means you can sync between your Mac OS partition and your virtual Windows box. It's simple and automatic."
One copy of PlayNice can be installed on up to three...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183529"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183528"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CS Odessa has released ConceptDraw MindWave (http://www.conceptdraw.com/mindwave), an updated version of its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no charge add-in, which enables users to collaborate with any amount of people, from two to 2000.
ConceptDraw MindWave -- compatible with Mac OS X and Windows -- provides teams the opportunity to interactively collaborate on a mind map while building a map structure that represents the focus of collaboration. The mind map can then take full advantage of Google Wave playback and more, according to Olin Reams, general manager for the Americas at CS Odessa. He adds that improved functionality of ConceptDraw MindWave 2:
° A Getting Started mind map on first launch to introduce new users to functionality;
° A horizontal scroll bar for more versatile navigation;
° Automatic hyperlinking of URL topic text;
° The addition of help and privacy resources to gadget;
° New shortcuts and many usability improvements.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183519"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183518"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iPresentee (http://www.ipresentee.com) has announced iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 to be used with iWeb, Apple's web site building component of its iLife suite.
iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 includes five new themes available in standard and flash edition: Clock, Golden, Relax, Architecture and Business World. The new release extends iPresentee's iWeb themes collection up to 70 themes.
Each iWeb Theme for Business includes 12 templates: Home, About Us, Services, Support, Clients, Contact Us, Catalog, Presentations, Gallery, Events, Podcast and Blank. They can be customized.
iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or higher and iWeb 2.0 (iLife '08) or iWeb 3.0 (iLife '09). Each theme is available for US$10 The set of five new iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 may be purchased for $30. Samples and more information about iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 are available immediately at the iPresentee web site.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183517"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183516"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The PandaWare Company (http://www.pandaware.com) has released version 3.1 of DiskWrangler, its file launcher and browser for Mac OS X users who prefer keeping their hands on the keyboard. The upgrade offers a number of improvements for working in Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"), as well as a cleaner, more focused interface, and a number of other improvements.
The software also now includes a Find File feature and an option for exporting disk or folder content listings.DiskWrangler's Launcher lets you launch specific applications, files and web and e-mail URLs, all from the keyboard. Launcher Sets allow users to open any number of files and applications at once. Keyboard shortcuts allows users to launch and activate applications with keystrokes.
DiskWrangler's Browser lets users view and manipulate files under keyboard control. It allows viewing files and setting their file attributes and permissions, as well as copying, moving, and deleting files. Users can choose to view and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183515"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183510"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iWeb Themes Park (http://www.iwebthemespark.com/Home.html) has released five new iWeb themes for iWeb, Apple's website building application that's part of the iLife suite.
The new themes are Grey Symbols, Impressive, Real Estate, Sportive and World Key. The updated and enlarged collection now contains 32 iWeb themes, including two free ones.
Each template is available for US$10.99). Three iWeb Themes can be obtained for $21.98. The package of 30 themes is priced at $32.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183509"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183508"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Publicspace.net (http://www.publicspace.net/) has released A Better Finder Rename 8.6.0, an update of the renaming solution for the Mac. The upgrade provides improved support for inserting roman numerals into existing file names.
A Better Finder Rename costs US$19.95. Business, family and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase.
A Better Finder Rename requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. It's Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183507"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183506"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vinotekasoft has uncorked Vinoteka 2.1 (http://www.vinotekasoft.com), an update of their wine cellar management software for Mac OS X. The upgrade syncs with the US$4.99 iPhone/iPod touch Vinoteka app.
It also features an enhanced search feature and user interface improvements. Plus, there are localization improvements in all languages and localization improvements in English in the printing feature.
Vinoteka costs US$49.90 for a single user license. You can get a family pack for $99.90 or a business pack for $149.90. Version 2.1 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183504"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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’...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183502"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AT&T is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads as next week's Apple Worldwide Development Conference looms, where new iPhones are expected to be announced, reports the "Associated Press" (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATampT-caps-phone-data-usage-apf-499602515...).
The U.S. carrier of the iPhone is introducing two new data plans, starting June 7, with limits on data consumption. They'll replace the US$30 monthly plan with unlimited usage that it has required for all smart phones, including the iPhone.
The AP says that, with the change, AT&T is adopting a "carrot-and-stick approach to assuage the data congestion on its network." Subscribers who use little data or learn to limit their consumption will pay slightly less every month than they do now, while heavy users will be dinged with extra consumption fees.
One new plan will cost $25 per month and offer 2GB of data per month, which AT&T says will be enough for 98% of its smart...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183374"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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®</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183278"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">KavaSoft has released HyperImage 3.0 (http://www.kavasoft.com/HyperImage/), an update of the US$25 Mac OS X app that lets you download images from web sites. It's a tool for downloading entire web sites worth of pictures all at once.
Version 3.0 adds an image search feature, and is optimized for the most popular photo blogs. It automatically downloads the highest-resolution user-submitted content, while ignoring the stuff you don't want. You can download every photo from blog after blog, creating your own mirror of your favorite part of the blogosphere.
To use HyperImage you enter the address of a web site in the toolbar. You can download several galleries or sites at once. The software is compatible with sites that require a log-in.
HyperImage includes a built-in image browser. You can skip over unwanted images and choose which links to follow. With HyperImage you can also include or exclude images with certain names and choose which image formats to download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183265"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183264"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Digital Anarchy (http://www.digitalanarchy.com/) has announced Beauty Box Photo skin retouching software. The plug-in provides a way of smoothing skin and removing blemishes in photographs. Beauty Box Photo 1.0 is fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and earlier versions of Photoshop and Elements.
 
The software automatically identifies skin tones and creates an intelligent mask that limits the smoothing effect to skin areas while keeping facial details razor sharp, according to Jim Tierney, president of Digital Anarchy. This process requires minimal input from the user and in many cases is fully automatic, he adds.
Beauty Box Photo gets it render speed from new technology from Toonamation, Inc. and takes advantage of GPUs and nVidia’s CUDA. It's regularly priced at US$99, but it's on sale for $79 through June 210. The skin retouching software works in Photoshop 7.0–CS5 and Photoshop Elements 6.0–9.0. On Mac, the product runs on Mac OS X 10.4 and higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183263"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183221"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ProteMac has updated ProteMac KeyBag (http://www.protemac.com/KeyBag/), a keystroke recorder utility for Mac OS X, to version 2.2. The upgrade sports a new interface and some bug fixes
KeyBag lets you control all keyboard activity for each application on your Mac, showing you exactly what was typed and to where. s intended for the interception and recording of everything that is entered from the keyboard on your Mac. It works in a "hidden mode" and is designed for hidden monitoring of the computer activities. Its key logger invisibly logs and is capable of recording keystrokes of every user activity performed on your Mac.
ProteMac KeyBag is designed to allow you to find out what other users do on your computer in your absence. You will find out, what was going on your computer in your absence: what was typed and the windows visited web sites, etc. This invisible employee spy surveillance tool records every keystroke to database file with user-friendly easy to use keystroke log viewer...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183219"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183218"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macvide (http://www.macvide.com) has updated their VideoFlash Converter, a video to Flash conversion utility for Mac OS X, to version 3.3. The upgrade offers some "fixes" for the video engine, interleaved video and DV video.
Developed specifically for Mac users, VideoFlash Converter allows conversion of QuickTime compatible video files to Adobe Flash. All of the most popular formats are supported, and helps bridge the gap between video standards. VideoFlash Converter offers an interface that guides the user through the conversion process.
VideoFlash Converter 3.3 is available for US$39.95 for a single user license, and may be downloaded directly from the Macvide website. It's compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 and higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183217"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
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POP3it Pro allows you to connect to a POP3 Email Server and download email directly into your FileMaker Pro database. The plug-in also allows you to import email directly from the mailbox storage files of email clients like Thunderbird, Eudora, and Apple Mail.
This version is a free upgrade for anyone with a 4.x license. All you need to do is download the latest version and install it. Your existing registration and settings will be imported into the new version.
For new users a single user license for the client version of POP3it Pro is US$65. To use the</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183199"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183198"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intego (http://www.intego.com) a Mac security specialist, has issued a security memo saying it's discovered a spyware application that is installed by a number of freely distributed Mac applications and screen savers found on a variety of websites.
This spyware, OSX/OpinionSpy, performs a number of malicious actions, from scanning files to recording user activity, as well as sending information about this activity to remote servers and opening a backdoor on infected Macs.
Here's what Intego has to say about the spyware: OSX/OpinionSpy is installed by a number of applications and screen savers that are distributed on sites such as MacUpdate, VersionTracker and Softpedia. The spyware itself is not contained in these applications, but is downloaded during the installation process. This shows the need for an up-to-date anti-malware program with a real-time scanner that can detect this malware when it is downloaded by the original application’s installer.
The information provided with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183197"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183196"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kingston Digital (http://www.kingston.com) is shipping a 64GB SDXC UHS-1 Class 10 memory card. SDXC (Secure Digital eXtended Capacity) is the next standard from the Secure Digital Association (SDA) for SD cards with storage ranging from more than 32GB up to 2TB.
In addition to larger capacities allow for exponentially faster data transfer rates while maintaining the SD form factor. The Kingston SDXC card is compliant with the SDA Memory Card Standard Version 3.01, UHS-1. UHS-1 stands for Ultra-High Speed Bus 1 which is the new architecture of SDXC cards designed to reach speeds up to a maximum transfer rate of 104MB/second and 300MB/second in the future.
SDXC cards utilize the exFAT file system and are not backwards compatible with SDHC or SD cards. Kingston's offering has read speeds up to 60MB/second and write speeds of up to 35MB/second. The Kingston SDXC UHS-1 Class 10 will be available worldwide at the end of June and has a suggested retail price of US$499.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-183184"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Companies can now integrate the iPhone and iPad into their IT infrastructure with equinux's new TARMAC, a provisioning tool tailored specifically for the Apple platform. With TARMAC (http://www.equinux.com/us/products/tarmac/demo.html) medium to large enterprises can securely set up and manage their iPhones and iPads  over-the-air, says equinux CEO till Schadde.
Businesses can use TARMAC to remotely set up their iPhones and iPads without needing to manually connect them to a machine. TARMAC Server operates within a company's network and using an existing directory service to automatically create personalized user profiles.
TARMAC is installed as middleware on a company's network, and supports directory services in Active Directory, Open Directory, Open LDAP and MySQL databases. The configuration settings available in TARMAC guarantee safety in provisioning iPhones and iPads, according to Schadde. To install a profile on their iPhone or iPad themselves, users y log in to the TARMAC web...</div></div></span>
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