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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179728"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Softbank Mobile -- the exclusive iPhone carrier in Japan -- had said that the 3G version of the iPads sold in Japan could only be used on its mobile network. That’s because Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in January that the devices would be unlocked outside the U.S. and usable on any carrier willing to provide a micro-SIM card for it.
However, Apple tells "The Wall Street Journal" (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/05/15/apple-clarifies-japanese-ipad-sim...) that, while Japanese 3G iPads will only work with Softbank’s 3G service in Japan, outside of Japan, those iPads are unlocked, so they can be used with SIMs for local carriers in their respective markets. Whether 3G iPads purchased outside of Japan will work in Japan will depend on the roaming agreement that the users’s home carrier has established in the country, the spokeswoman said.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179727"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Foxconn will ship 24 million units of Apple's latest iPhone (the 4G) this year, according to Digitimes (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100517VL200.html) senior analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says, citing sources from Taiwan-based component makers. The research group thinks the iPhone 4G will be unveiled on June 7 at Apple's 2010 Worldwide Developer Conference.
Kuo says the iPhone 4G will adopt IPS (in-plane switching) panels with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology and a 960√ó640 resolution. By incorporating FFS technology, which enables a wider viewing angle and clearer visual quality under in sunlight, Apple is aiming to improve the handset's e-book reader features and promote its iBookstore, he adds.
According to DigiTimes, the iPhone 4G will run on the Arm Cortex A8 processor and a 512MB memory module from Samsung Electronics. It will double the memory capacity seen in the iPhone 3GS to take advantage of the multi-tasking capability of the iPhone 4.0 platform, Kuo predicts.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179716"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Starting in February 2009, ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) forecast that approximately 35 million netbooks would ship into world markets in the course of the year.
That estimate was viewed in some quarters as unrealistically high. However the final 2009 shipment numbers -- 36.3 million netbooks shipped -- have confirmed that the forecast was perhaps a little conservative, according to the research group.
In 2010, netbook shipments are expected to reach 58 million while a new element has been added to the mobile consumer electronics market equation: the media tablet, initially personified by Apple’s iPad. How will mobile CE markets react to a “new kid on the block” so soon after the start of the netbook craze?
“We expect the netbook market to fragment according to different regional value propositions,” says principal analyst Jeff Orr. “Functionality will be added to mainstream netbook products while at the same time an entry-level netbook solution will grow, with the aim of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179715"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">App4mac has introduced Giddy Up (http://www.app4mac.com/giddyup.html), a web browser designed for kids. Mostly used by schools, it can also be used at home for all children of a family.
Giddy Up -- built with the Apple Safari Engine also named WebKit -- allows you to restrict access to some web sites, the operating system, system settings, the downloading of files and applications. It was developed with the intention to add maximum security and protection for kids, according to the folks at App4Mac.
Giddy Up has a wide range of additional functions that allow users to customize their web browser to suit their parental needs and requirements. No programming skills are necessary.
Giddy Up 1.0 requies Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It costs around US$48.
is available today for 29 Euros only (around $48). Giddy Up requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179688"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">D-Zed Software (http://www.dragonstopmotion.com/about.php) has introduced their new DDMX-S2 Digital Lighting Controller, an I/O device for use with their Dragon Stop Motion 2.1 stop-frame animation software for Mac or Windows.
When used in conjunction with standard DMX protocol dimmer/switcher packs, the DDMX-S2 permits automated, software control of: up to 99 different lighting channels; work lights; front-light/back-light sequences; keyframe based lighting programs. The device also operates as a software controlled trigger for a: RED camera, film camera, or unsupported still camera; motion control system; computer running Dragon Stop Motion.
The DDMX-S2 is a USB powered device requiring no adapters or dongles for installation. It uses standard drivers that can be installed through the Help menu of Dragon Stop Motion. It employs a standard, 3-pin XLR socket as a DMX512 protocol lighting control port (a common 3-pin to 5-pin adapter may be necessary). The device drives hundreds of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179687"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Aquamacs Project (http://aquamacs.org) has released Aquamacs 2.0, an update of the Mac-friendly variant of the Emacs editor Emacs. It's a free editor for source code, web pages, typesetting documents and all other forms of text.
Aquamacs is optimized for Mac user interface conventions. Version 2.0 is now fully based on Cocoa, supports 64-bit computing on Macs and allows for better integration of applications with the operating system and other applications. It also offers improved dialogs for opening, saving, and printing files, configuring fonts and colors, and displaying user messages.
Text display is now fully based on Unicode. Aquamacs 2.0 also sports: more consistency and configurability in key bindings; improvements in the configurability of toolbars; updates in major included Emacs editing modes, including Python, Ruby, ESS, LaTeX/AucTeX, and more
Aquamacs is open source software. It's Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Aquamacs 2.0 requires...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179686"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications told companies not to import “too many” iPhones, as the government tries to cut purchases of luxury items to narrow the trade deficit, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20100507180250.aspx).
“Phone companies should carefully consider their import plans of iPhones as well as other related 3G equipment,” the article quotes Nguyen Thanh Hung, vice minister of information and communication, as saying. “We need to economize, and we shouldn’t waste our money on luxury items” as Vietnam struggles with a widening shortfall, Hung said in a telephone interview Wednesday from Hanoi.
For the four months through April, Vietnam posted a $4.65 billion trade shortfall, compared with a surplus reported at the same time a year ago. For the year to date, imports surged 36% to $24.81 billion, notes "Bloomberg." Telephone operators and service providers need to carefully work on import plans to avoid “massive” purchases of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179655"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Akvis Software (http://www.Akvis.com) has released Akvis ArtWork 3.5. The upgrade introduces the ability to save guiding lines to a file (.direction extension), making it easier to continue editing a photo later. Also, the plug-in version is now 64-bit compatible.
Akvis ArtWork is available as a stand-alone application, as well as a plug-in to a photo editor. The plugin version of Akvis ArtWork is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Corel Painter, Corel Photo-Paint, and Paint Shop Pro, ACD FotoCanvas, and PhotoImpact. Akvis ArtWork runs on Mac OS X (10.4 or higher) and Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7.
Akvis ArtWork Home License (plug-in or standalone) sells for US$72. Registered users can upgrade to version 3.5 for free. Just download the program and reinstall it. Use your license key to reactivate the program after reinstallation.
Home users can buy the full line of Akvis plug-ins in the Akvis Alchemy bundle (ArtWork, Sketch, Chameleon, MultiBrush,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179644"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Excel Software (http://www.excelsoftware.com) has updated MacA&D -- a software solution for system analysis, requirements management, software design, code generation and custom reports -- to version 3.1. Enhancements include support for UML 2.2, data flow diagrams, class models and code generation for REALbasic and Objective-C 2.0.
MacA&D 3.1 enables a software designer to draw the 14 major diagram types specified by UML 2.2, including newly added support for Component, Component Structure and Timing diagrams. The Timing diagram can show object states with multiple state lines or shaded areas. Diagrams may contain component objects, classes with ports and required or provided interfaces using ball
and socket notation. Sequence diagrams can have interaction frames with conditional regions.
Data flow diagrams are enhanced to allow links to external child diagrams. A process on one diagram can link to a child diagram in a different document. This enables each developer in a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179643"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Excel Software (http://www.excelsoftware.com) has updated MacTranslator, software for system and software modeling, to version 2.1, which adds PHP support and namespaces for other languages to organize captured code design.
Class properties introduced in Objective-C 2.0 are now captured. Static imports and generics are now supported for Java. Design information and source code files can be extracted from a REALbasic project.
New features have been added to assist a developer when translating source code from one programming language to another. Language translation projects are increasing common as developers migrate code between computers (Mac, Windows, Linux) and devices (computer, phone, iPad).
MacTranslator extracts design information from source code files into text files. Those files are imported into the MacA&D or WinA&D modeling tools to generate data, class or structure diagrams and data dictionary. You can generate data models from SQL, class models from C++, C#,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179648"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Someone is going to be in BIG trouble. A Vietnamese site, "Tinte" (http://www.tinhte.com/threads/408209-Ro-ri-MacBook-nhua-doi-moi), that recently got their hands on a (purported) next gen iPhone is claiming to now have obtained a leaked version of a fresh of the MacBook.
According to "Tinte", the MacBook model 7,1 sports a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, and has a GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with the main memory. It has a 1280x800 pixel widescreen display, a 250GB 5400 RPM hard drive, and 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM.
If "Tinte" isn't pulling our legs, it's likely we'll see an official announcement of the tweaked MacBook next week. Along with a refreshed MacBook Air, perhaps?</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179646"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">An admission that Google's StreetView cars were gathering private information from WiFi networks shows the company's lack of concern for privacy and the need for government inspection of the data the company is collecting and storing, "Consumer Watchdog" (http://www.consumerwatchdog.org) says.
The scandal only came to light because the German government raised concerns prompting Google to audit its practices, the nonpartisan consumer advocacy organization claims. Consumer Watchdog said appropriate government agencies must now act to ensure that the ill-gotten information is completely deleted from the Internet giant's massive global network of servers.
"Once again Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy," says John Simpson, consumer advocate with the nonprofit group. "Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar. Then a Google executive apologizes, mouthing bafflegab about how...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179133"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Search warrant documents in an investigation of the possible theft of an iPhone prototype will be made public, , reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aI8u4GQzoER0).
Judge Clifford V. Cretan in Redwood City has ruled against the San Mateo County District Attorney’s office, which argued that unsealing the documents will reveal identities of potential witnesses and compromise the investigation. Media organizations argued they should have access to the documents based on constitutionally protected free-speech rights.
The county’s argument relies only on its right to “maintain the security of an ongoing investigation,” Katherine Keating, a lawyer for the media organizations said in an e-mail to "Bloomberg." “What the District Attorney hasn’t done beyond making these vague assertions is explain what exactly is in the records” that justifies keeping them secret in light of “the public’s right of access to judicial records."
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179112"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to to institute an investigation of certain digital imaging devices and related software regarding Apple's claims against Kodak over patent infringement. The products at issue in this investigation are digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and related software.
In an online note (http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2010/er0513hh2.htm) the USITC says that by instituting this investigation (337-TA-717), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC's Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC's six administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission."
Last month Apple announced it was countersuing Kodak, claiming the company's devices copy the technology that it uses...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179012"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Forty-four workers in Suzhou, China, are planning to sue Taiwan-based Wintek alleging they were poisoned while cleaning iPhone screens with a chemical called n-hexane, according to Stratfor Global Intelligence (http://www.stratfor.com/).
At least 62 Wintek workers have been hospitalized since August 2009 due to n-hexane poisoning, a chemical “which can cause nerve damage and sometimes paralysis, the article adds. The US Department of Labor describes n-hexane this way:
"n-Hexane is a narcotic agent; an irritant to the eyes, upper respiratory tract, and skin; and a neurotoxin. Exposure of humans to 5,000 ppm n-hexane for 10 minutes causes marked vertigo; exposure to 1,500 ppm results in headache and slight nausea [Hathaway et al. 1991; Clayton and Clayton 1982]. In industrial settings, exposure to levels exceeding 1,000 ppm have been reported to cause mild symptoms of narcosis [Hathaway et al. 1991]. Eye and upper respiratory tract irritation has been reported to occur in humans...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179009"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple is allegedly set to announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. How soon? As in next month's Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several online rumors.
Speculated to debut on June 7, the service -- if it is coming -- would likely be based on Apple's purchase of Lala six months ago. A note at the Lala web site (http://www.lala.com) says "The Lala service will be shutting down on May 31" and "unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users."
Lala -- which offered "the first and only free fully licensed service to instantly provide anywhere web access to an existing music library such as iTunes" -- was purchased by Apple earlier this year. The goal is probably to allow Apple to implement a new iTunes feature that would allow users to stream their purchased media content remotely. In fact, rumors of such a service surfaced earlier this year.
Purportedly, the service would allow iTunes shoppers to build up a digital video...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179007"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple is now America's third-largest company by stock market value. Over the past three years, its shares have more than doubled in price, while those ofnumber one, Exxon Mobile, and number two, Microsoft, have fallen slightly. If that trend continues, Apple will be America's largest company by year's end, according to a "SmartMoney" report (http://www.smartmoney.com/Investing/Stocks/apple-may-soon-be-americas-la...).
Of course, just where Apple ranks by size depends on how you define size. If sales are a better measure of economic weight than stock market value, then Apple is No. 42 -- four spots below Dell. However, "SmartMoney" says that may not be a fair comparison as Apple turns 29 cents of each sales dollar into operating profit, versus a nickel for Dell. And even ranked by net profit, Apple isn't among America's top 10 companies.
"That raises a common question about the stock: Have its popularity and price gotten ahead of its underlying economic value?" "SmartMoney" says. "To...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179006"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Frictional Games has released the source code (http://github.com/FrictionalGames) for their first game Penumbra: Overture, together with the source code for the engine and tools used in its creation.
This comes as a reply to the great success of the Humble Indie Bundle, in which over US$1 million dollars has been donated to the participating developers and charities, says Thomas Grip, programmer and co-founder of Frictional Games. Apart from Penumbra, the source codes for the indie games Aquaria, Gish and Lugaru (all available in the Humble Indie Bundle) are also released.
Penumbra: Overture contains a unique physics interaction system for first person games, a system that has been exclusive to the series and not found in any other game, Grip says. The source code is currently running on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
The source code has been uploaded to GitHub where it is easy for people to download the latest version, suggest patches, make new versions of the code and much more. To...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179005"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Axure (http://www.axure.com) has nnounced the availability of Axure RP 5.6 for Mac. Previously, the web site and application prototyping tool was available only for Windows.
This release brings Axure RP natively to the Mac with all of the key features of its PC counterpart, including wireframing tools, HTML prototype and Word specification generation, and collaboration. It also includes enhancements that improve the usability and make the look and feel consistent for Mac users, says Victor Hsu, president of Axure.
Axure is making the licenses cross platform while keeping the price for a single user license at US$589. Each license can be used on two computers so a customer can choose to use Axure RP on a PC and a Mac without an additional cost. In addition, the Mac version is a free upgrade for customers who purchased Axure RP after Feb. 1, 2008. Other customers can purchase a maintenance renewal for $149 per license to use the Mac version. A full-featured 30-day trial is available...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179004"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SAGOIS SLU has released Sport Competitions (http://www.sagois.com/en/SportCompetitions/index.html) for Mac and Windows systems. The US$120 app provides the creation and management of league and cup championships in the following sports: soccer, indoor soccer, basketball, handball, badminton, darts, tennis, paddle tennis, squash and volleyball.
With Sports Competition you can create and manage cup and league championships. It generates team and player classifications. There are various "sanction" and Internet features.
Sports Competition sports a New Users Data base, with the possibility of importing them to teams. You can store teams and players to import them to later championships. The game also creates registration forms. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179003"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Monkey Tools has released Library Monkey 4.0 for Mac OS X (http://www.monkey-tools.com/librarymonkey/) , an update of the app for organizing your iTunes library according to your criteria.
Users can now import their iTunes Database -- including all tracks, metadata, and playlists -- directly into Library Monkey. This feature provides the ability to retain important information created in iTunes, while delivering the management tools that are available only in Library Monkey, says Drayson Nowlan, general manager at Monkey Tools. "Library Monkey goes beyond iTunes and features the powerful and efficient tools our customers have valued for many years."
Also new to version 4.0 is the ability to prune missing files and remove any asset from any library. This solves the problem of managing information when working with continually changing libraries. What's more, artwork in media files is now loaded as needed, instead of being loaded during import.
"As a result of this and other database...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179002"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Irish headquartered Mobile Network Operator, Cubic Telecom (http://www.cubictelecom.com)has launched what it says is Europe’s first SIM card for the new iPad 3G. This means that iPad 3G users will be able to travel and access the web anywhere in Europe without racking up expensive roaming charges.
The first Cubic Telecom iPad 3G SIM cards, sold under the brand name MaxRoam, are available from http://www.maxroam.com . The SIM card costs €75 and comes pre loaded with 50MB of data. Customers can avail of this single low cost transparent rate across all European borders. Apple announced last week that the iPad would be available in nine countries outside the US from May 28.
Cubic Telecom is a licensed mobile network operator that provides a "smart" platform. Customers include multinational corporations, mobile network operators (MNOs), mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and travel companies.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179001"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Active Storage (http://www.activestorage.com) has introduced Innerpool, a new class of RAID storage solution designed to store metadata volumes that are so critical to Media focused SANs (storage area networks).
Featuring a "zero U" design, Innerpool resides inside a SAN's Metadata Controller, yet provides on-board RAID storage via 2.5-inch rotating media drives or performance-tuned Intel SSD drives. Innerpool is installed in pairs, one in each Xsan Metadata Controller and hosts the critical Metadata LUN, rather than tasking the storage systems that host data volumes, according to Active Storage CEO Alex Grossman.
Innerpool is a patent-pending design self-contained RAID system, based on a pair of PCI Express cards, each that hosts a RAID processor, two ports of 4 Gigabit Fibre Channel and two drives that can be either 7200 RPM 2.5-inch drives, or Intel SSD drives tuned to deliver up to 3.5X performance typically associated with SSD drives.
The cards connect one of their two Fibre...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-179000"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Another day, another lawsuit. A company called MONKEYmedia has filed a lawsuit against Apple for infringing claims in three of MONKEYmedia's "Seamless Contraction" patents. The company says Apple’s infringement involves its user interfaces for document summarization, RSS readers and video players that can display multiple versions of text and/or audiovisual content.
"We can sit by and watch Apple continue to use our patented inventions without paying, or we can do something about it," said Eric Bear, MONKEYmedia's CEO. "Synergy between inventors and manufacturers is healthy, and we love that Apple believes in our technology. We simply prefer open communications and fair compensation."
The lawsuit was filed in the Western District of Texas -- Austin Division. Austin-based MONKEYmedia is a privately held user interface design studio turned intellectual property licensing boutique, founded in 1994 by Janna Buckmaster Bear and Eric Gould Bear, a Microsoft and Yahoo! alumnus. Its...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178982"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">What do connected cars, e-book readers, smartphones and HDTVs have in common? They have all been radically transformed by connectivity. And in the next decade, driven by both consumer demand and market opportunities, many more connected devices will emerge, according to a new report by the Yankee Group (http://www.yankeegroup.com).
Data from Yankee Group’s Anywhere Consumer: 2009 U.S. Survey indicates that 55% of consumers highly value connectivity in e-book readers, 50% in MP3 players and 40% in HDTVs. But how can device makers distinguish the next big thing from the also-rans? Yankee Group’s new model evaluates 16 CE devices against 10 business and connectivity attributes, and groups the devices into three segments:
° Anywhere Target Devices, like e-book readers and HDTVs, have the most untapped potential.
° Anywhere Impaired Devices, like game consoles, digital cameras and portable navigation devices, have only a marginal capacity to innovate.
° Anywhere Has-Beens, like computers,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178991"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">O'Reilly Media has released "iPhone 3D Programming," an US$39.99, 448-page book by Philip Rideout designed to each how to apply OpenGL graphics programming techniques to any device running the iPhone OS -- including the iPad and iPod ouch -- with no iPhone development or 3D graphics experience required.
The book provides step-by-step instructions, as well as lots of practical advice, for using the iPhone SDK and OpenGL, says Rideout. With "iPhone 3D Programming," you'll build several graphics programs--progressing from simple to more complex examples -- that focus on lighting, textures, blending, augmented reality, optimization for performance and speed, and more. While reading this book, you will:
° Learn fundamental graphics concepts, including transformation matrices, quaternions, and more;
° Get set up for iPhone development with the Xcode environment;
° Become familiar with versions 1.1 and 2.0 of the OpenGL ES API, and learn to use vertex buffer objects, lighting, texturing,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178990"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions has updated BatchOutput Server (http://zevrix.com/BatchOutputServer.php), an output workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign, to version 4.3. The new version adds support for InDesign CS5.
Under BatchOutput Server workflow, production artists and prepress operators simply submit files to hotfolders that reside on the network. BatchOutput Server automatically outputs the files from its dedicated station using hotfolder settings, and will auto-activate document fonts as well.
BatchOutput 4.3 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$699.95, as well as from authorized resellers. A demo is available for download. BatchOutput 43 is available for</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178989"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Portable, Handheld and In-Vehicle Electronics Committee has announced the publication of ANSI/CEA-2017-A, Common Interconnection for Portable Media Devices.
The standard adds capability to the Portable Media Device Connector (PDMI) for USB 3.0 and VESA’s DisplayPort. Utilizing this new standard will purportedly allow consumers to download HD movies in just over one minute, versus 10 minutes with the previous USB 2.0 technology.
“CEA’s Portable, Handheld and In-Vehicle Electronics Committee brought together companies across all sectors of the portable device market to establish this standard that will support future advancements in portable media,” says Brian Markwalter, vice president of research and standards for CEA. “As our industry continues to innovate, bringing new products and services to consumers around the world, it is essential that we create standards that support the new technologies coming to market.”
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178988"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sonoma Wire Works has added Kickin' Country to the Discrete Drums (http://www.discretedrums.com) multitrack drum recording library. Kickin' Country features drummer Tony Morra recorded at Downtown Batterie in Nashville, and is produced by Rick DiFonzo, Discrete Drums' founder.
The Kickin' Country Pro Set (9GB) includes multitrack WAV files with Pro Tools sessions, stereo REX and WAV files, and one shot samples for US$199. The Kickin' Country Stereo Set (3GB) includes stereo REX and WAV files for $99. Styles included are brushes, ballads, waltz, train, pop and more.
The 19 sessions included in Kickin' Country are organized into song parts including verse, chorus, bridge, intros, outros, fills, solos, breaks, and more, making it easy to build great sounding arrangements. Portions of the Kickin' Country drum content are also available as InstantDrummer Sessions for RiffWorks recording software with more on the way. Kickin' Country InstantDrummer iPhone apps will be launching soon....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178985"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">>Hulu, an online site for watching television shows, says HTML 5, the standard for online video Apple is promoting over Flash, isn't ready for prime time, reports "All Things D" (http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100513/hulu-still-not-coming-to-your-i...).
The article says that Hulu product head Eugene Wei has this to say: "We continue to monitor developments on HTML5, but as of now it doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs. Our player doesn’t just simply stream video, it must also secure the content, handle reporting for our advertisers, render the video using a high performance codec to ensure premium visual quality, communicate back with the server to determine how long to buffer and what bitrate to stream, and dozens of other things that aren’t necessarily visible to the end user. Not all video sites have these needs, but for our business these are all important and often contractual requirements."
HTML5 is being developed as the next major revision of HTML (HyperText...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178984"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has updated its iWork components -- Pages, Numbers, and Keynote -- for the iPad to version 1.1. All three apps are now designated version 1.1, and add a couple of minor improvements and support for several languages.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178978"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Those pre-ordering an iPad in the UK may now have to wait until next month for delivery, according to "Macworld UK" (http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=3223366&pagtype=allc...).
Currently the UK Apple Store has 'Ships: By June 7th' for the iPad, over a week later than the official launch date. Faced with "surprisingly strong" US demand Apple delayed the iPad launch internationally in nine countries - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK - until the end of May.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178977"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has released Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate (http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Camera_Raw_6.1). 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-178975"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tension Software (http://pomola.com/products_privatecontact/privatecontact.html) has updated Private Contact, a native Cocoa software to manage an address book in an encrypted form in Mac OS X (10.4 and higher), to version 2.3.1. It's a maintenance release with some bug fixes.
With Private Contact informations inside documents, relative to various persons, can be read only by the Mac owner. In case of unauthorized access or theft of the Mac, the data inside Private Contact documents can’t be read without the proper master password.
Private Contact uses the powerful Blowfish algorithm to encrypt data. It's Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.
Private Contact can be purchased for US$25. Version 2.3.1 is a free update to registered users of version 2.x.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178971"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pegatron Technology has received orders for an iPhone based on CDMA from Apple with annual shipments expected to reach 10 million units., reports"DigiTimes" (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100513PD205.html). The orders should start contributing to the Taiwan-based company's revenues in August or September, according to "sources from component makers."
If it actually happened, this would be the first time Apple has produced a version of the iPhone for a CDMA wireless network, which is different from AT&T’s GSM technology. Vodafone, co-owner of Verizon Wireless, already sells the iPhone in Europe. Verizon is on DCMA.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178970"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">New restrictions that Apple added to its iPhone software developer kit (SDK) have led an independent programmer to cancel a conference devoted to Mac programming and computer science, according to a "CNET" report (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20004869-264.html).
Jonathan "Wolf" Rentzsch announced Wednesday in an online post (http://rentzsch.tumblr.com/post/592949476/c4-release) that he had canceled the C4 conference after four years organizing it because of new wording in a section of the iPhone OS 4.0 software developer kit.
He wrote: "With resistance to Section 3.3.1 so scattershot and meek, it's become clear that I haven't made the impact I wanted with C4. It's also clear my interests and the Apple programming community's interests are farther apart than I had hoped."
"... By itself Section 3.3.1 wasn't enough to cause me to quit C4. I've weathered Apple lying to me and their never-ending series of autocratic App Store shenanigans. But unlike previous issues such as the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178969"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Wal-Mart may start selling the iPad this in some U.S. stores as it competes with electronics chains for consumers who want to connect their e-mail, movies, games and music, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=AAPL%3AUS&sid=aFs...).
“We anticipate being able to have the iPad later this year,” Gary Severson, senior vice president of entertainment for Wal-Mart’s U.S. stores, said in a telephone interview.
Apple has sold more than one million iPads since they went on sale in the U.S. last month. Apple sells the device in its retail stores, online and at Best Buy.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178967"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has begun testing a new beta version of its MobileMe email service late by invitation only. MobileMe is the company's US$99-per-year suite of Internet tools.
The beta includes several new features for MobileMe users such as the ability to sort mail with server-based rules, a redesigned interface, and SSL security. It also offers three view options: classic (the familiar layout), compact (which hides folders) and widescreen (which shows more of a message).
The beta is open only to English-language MobileMe users. To participate in the beta, people must log into Mail, then click "request an invitation." Just remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178966"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe founders Chuck Genschke and John Warnock have posted an online letter (http://www.adobe.com/choice/openmarkets.html) in regards to the company's ongoing feud ... er, debate ... with Apple on the merits -- or lack thereof -- of Flash.
Here's a sampling of the letter: "When markets are open, anyone with a great idea has a chance to drive innovation and find new customers. Adobe's business philosophy is based on a premise that, in an open market, the best products will win in the end — and the best way to compete is to create the best technology and innovate faster than your competitors.
"That, certainly, was what we learned as we launched PostScript and PDF, two early and powerful software solutions that work across platforms. We openly published the specifications for both, thus inviting both use and competition. In the early days, PostScript attracted 72 clone makers, but we held onto our market leadership by out-innovating the pack. More recently, we've done the same thing...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178968"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Wal-Mart may start selling the iPad this in some U.S. stores as it competes with electronics chains for consumers who want to connect their e-mail, movies, games and music, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=AAPL%3AUS&sid=aFsJKEfbe2g4").
“We anticipate being able to have the iPad later this year,” Gary Severson, senior vice president of entertainment for Wal-Mart’s U.S. stores, said in a telephone interview.
Apple has sold more than one million iPads since they went on sale in the U.S. last month. Apple sells the device in its retail stores, online and at Best Buy.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178964"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">South Winds Games, developer of the Airport Mania game, has released Inner Quest (http://www.southwindsgames.com/inner-quest), a game for Mac and Windows systems. It's a puzzle game that costs US$5.95; a demo is available for download.
Here's how the game is described: "With Inner Quest you will find yourself immersed in an amazing journey that will help you decrease the wear and tear on your mind from the challenges and hassles of daily life by evoking the same emotions that you have while traveling on a sunny day, going on a picnic with the people you love, or while looking at the stars on a warm night".
Inner Quest sports 100 levels, arcade and relaxed modes, and more. The game is available in English, German, Portuguese, Swedish and Spanish in the same download.
More information about the game, screen shots, video and demo download are available from South Winds Games online. For unlock codes for game reviewing please South Winds Games online for a review copy specifying your...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178963"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Lexar Media, a provider of memory products for digital media, has announced high-density 4GB Crucial DDR3-1333MHz (PC3-10600) SODIMM notebook memory. These new 4GB SODIMM modules are targeted to those seeking a desktop replacement option -- including mobile consumers, enthusiasts, and workstation users. Additionally, the notebook modules have been validated for compatibility with Intel’s Core i7, i5, and i3 mobile processors.
"The shift from DDR2 to DDR3 memory in the mobile computing space allowed for higher memory bandwidths while using less power, which resulted in improved system performance and potentially longer battery life," says Jim Jardine, Lexar Media's senior worldwide product manager. "Now, with the availability of high-density 4GB Crucial DDR3-1333MHz SODIMM modules, mobile users will push the limits of notebook system performance and speed even further."
In addition to the new 4GB modules, Crucial DDR3-1333MHz SODIMMs are available in 1GB and 2GB modules. The DDR3-...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178962"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mireth Technology has updated Music Man (http://www.mireth.com/) -- the Mac OS X ripper, converter, burner, player digital music software -- to version 3.0. The upgrade adds the ability to make an iPhone ringtone, adds ID3 tag editor support, adds FLAC and Apple Lossless playback and convert from support, and improved Clip support.
Music Man can rip, convert, burn and play MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, AIF, Audio CD, MIDI and Ogg Vorbis on Mac OS X. It also has burning features, such as variable burn quality that allows for burning up to four times as much music on a USB Flash Drive as when using standard burn technology, according to the folks at Mireth. Another feature is the mono mixdown feature, which burns all the music to both the right and left track, so one-ear listening lets you hear both tracks.
Music Man is available for immediate download, or on CD-ROM, starting at $24.95. Registered users of Music Man version 2.8.4 can take advantage of this free update. Registered users of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178961"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Stairways Software (http://www.stairways.com) has released Keyboard Maestro 4.3.1, the new version of its productivity enhancer for Mac OS X. The upgrade resolves some minor issues with scripts, device triggers, inserting text and more.
Using Keyboard Maestro's macros you can: control applications, windows, or menus; insert text; open documents, applications or URLs; execute scripts; control the system or iTunes; and more, all with the touch of a key, click of the mouse, periodically or at specific times, when an application is launched or running, or even over the Internet using Keyboard Maestro's built in web server.
Using Keyboard Maestro's Program Switcher and Window Switcher you can cycle through applications or windows, closing, hiding, launching, and more. The software lets you close or hide multiple windows or applications. Using Keyboard Maestro's Clipboard Switcher, you can select from a number of named clipboards, storing information away for later retrieval.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178960"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Yazsoft has updated ShareTool (http://www.yazsoft.com/st/) for Mac OS X, which lets you access all of your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world, to version 2.0. With the new version you can now connect to multiple home/office networks simultaneously.
Formerly known as Rendezvous, Bonjour lets you create an instant network of computers and smart devices by getting them connected to each other. ShareTool automatically configures routers supporting NAT-PMP or UPnP. Remote services automatically appear in the Finder, iTunes, and other applications.
ShareTool 2.0 costs US$15 for a single-user license, $25 for a two-user license and $45 for a family pack (five licenses). Users that purchased ShareTool 1.x from April 13, 2010 - May 13, 2010 are entitled to a free 2.x upgrade.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178959"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) has been tracking cities and population coverage for 4G for the past year. At the end of 2009 there were more than 170 802.16e carriers across 65 countries, covering 480 million people. That number is projected to cross the one billion mark by the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q 2012).
USB dongles have been an excellent vehicle to prime the market along with CPE and laptops, says the research group, but mobile handsets will be essential to the success of WiMAX. Yota, Sprint, and Clearwire have already started beefing up their lineups with models from HTC and Samsung.
Meanwhile, mobile operators are seeking out LTE licenses. Twenty carriers will launch by 4Q 2010. Population coverage lags WiMAX but will catch up, reaching 600 million people by 4Q 2012. LTE coverage will start in urban hotspots but carriers indicate they will push coverage rapidly in order to handle the increasing mobile data wave.
 
The 4G market could well have 150 million...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178816"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sonnet Technologies has announced the availability of the Fusion Fibre-for-4 package, which offers the Fusion RX1600Fibre rackmount 16-drive RAID 6 Fibre Channel (FC) shared storage system with a 4-port 8Gb FC interface, four 1-port 8Gb Fibre Channel PCIe host adapter cards, four fiber optic cables, and a 4-seat Tiger Technology metaSAN software license.
This package is designed for video editors in workgroups of up to four users who want shared access to common data files, have heavy bandwidth requirements, need easy capacity expandability, and require robust data protection, says Robert Farnsworth, CEO of Sonnet Technologies. Everything needed for setting up four users is included in one box, he adds.
Optimized for video editing, the Fusion Fibre-for-4 package provides four users direct high-speed access to stored assets through its 8Gb Fibre Channel ports without the need for a dedicated server. It supports multi-stream, multi-user collaborative workflows, and does so without the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178764"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Quark will be in Boston May 16-19 for the 2010 CFA Institute’s annual conference being held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. The CFA Institute is the global, not-for-profit association of investment professionals that awards the CFA and CIPM designations.
At the event Quark will exhibit in booth #425 and will make available a free white paper for the investment community titled, “Delivering Investment Research Faster with Higher Quality: The Case for Dynamic Publishing.”
 
In addition, Richard Brandt, director of Financial Services for Quark, will speak during the corporate breakfast session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 19, in the Maine conference room of the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Brandt will provide an overview of how dynamic publishing -- including the creation of structured content -- is helping investment research groups improve the speed and lower the cost of authoring, formatting, validating, and disseminating investment research reports to multiple audiences across...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178762"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SMEStorage (http://www.smestorage.com/), a multi-cloud data access provider, has released the second beta of a Mac Cloud Drive that enables up to 10 commercial storage providers to be accessed directly from a virtual drive in Mac Leopard and Snow Leopard Operating Systems.
"We are really pleased to announce the second beta of our virtual cloud drive for the Mac," CEO Ian Osborne says. "This drive enables users to access their cloud storage files directly from their shell or Mac Finder. The drive brings cloud computing directly into the Mac OS with over 10 popular Cloud Storage vendors supported, including Amazon S3, Google Docs, Microsoft SkyDrive and RackSpace Cloud Files."
Having a virtual Cloud Drive on the Mac fits SME's business strategy of providing data access entry points that overlay all storage clouds and include all operating systems, as well the best of breed mobile vendors, he adds. As part of the next release SME will also be adding sync so that user can have desktop...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178761"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Another day, another lawsuit. Or at least a continuation of an ongoing legal brouhaha. HTC Corp. (http://www.htc.com/us/#/?slide=0) has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) to halt the importation and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the U.S. HTC says Apple is infringing on five of its patents.
"As the innovator of the original Windows Mobile PocketPC Phone Edition in 2002 and the first Android smartphone in 2008, HTC believes the industry should be driven by healthy competition and innovation that offer consumers the best, most accessible mobile experiences possible,” said Jason Mackenzie, vice president of North America, HTC Corp., in a statement. “We are taking this action against Apple to protect our intellectual property, our industry partners, and most importantly our customers that use HTC phones.”
HTC's action is a move to counter a lawsuit Apple filed in March against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178760"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At Citrix Synergy 2010 Wyse Technology (http://www.wyse.com) revealed the Wyse Zero engine. It's software designed to simplify the development of cloud connected devices.
Wyse Zero, which connects users to cloud computing services and virtual desktops with communications and protocol technology, is already in use in millions of devices, including thin clients, handheld smart devices, and zero clients. Specifically, the Wyse Zero engine is currently powering all devices that are utilizing Wyse ThinOS, all implementations of Wyse PocketCloud and
For current users of Wyse ThinOS -- the optimized, "management-free" solution for Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Terminal Server and VMware View virtual desktop environments, Wyse Zero ensures that every Wyse thin client delivers flexible and secure user access, boots-up in seconds, updates itself automatically, and delivers IT managers with simple, scalable administration to suit their organization's needs; all while featuring an...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178759"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Codehackers has launched Stone Hill Invoicer 2.0. This $59 release adds quotes, uninvoiced items, a fully integrated address book, folders, more powerful smart folders, better searching, and multiple companies.
Stone Hill Invoicer 2.0 integrates with Stone Hill Time Card, a free application that does Twitter inspired time tracking. You can read more about Stone Hill Time Card at http://www.codehackers.net/timecard .
This release requires Mac OS 10.5 or higher. Upgrades to Stone Hill Invoicer 2 from previous versions are $9.99. A full featured demo with watermarked printing can be downloaded (2.1 MB) from http://www.codehackers.net/stonehill2 .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178660"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pragmatic Bookshelf has released "Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers" (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781934356302/?utm_content=em-pb-pr-Cocoa+Pro...), an $32.90, 280-page book by Daniel Steinberg that looks at Apple's Cocoa frameworks. The author shows readers the shortcuts, best resources, and places to avoid. He presents best practices and insider tips for finding more information.
Readers will finish the book as Cocoa programmers, primarily for desktop Mac OS X but with portability to the iPhone, iPad, and mobile platforms, Steinberg says. As early as the second chapter, they'll use Apple's Xcode and Interface Builder dev tools to create a web browser, then they'll dive into the square brackets and unique syntax of Objective-C, the language of Cocoa.
Throughout the four sections of the book, Steinberg emphasizes the wisdom of using and reusing all the methods, classes, tools, and resources built into the Cocoa frameworks. The book begins with you creating an...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178659"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">macProVideo (http://www.macProVideo.com), a supplier of software tutorial videos, has released a new training video called Melodyne 101: Core Melodyne.
This tutorial is produced by David Andris (Celemony’s lead product specialist for Melodyne) and is available immediately for both download and streaming to your computer, iPhone, and iPad. In over three hours of HD videos you'll learn how to pitch correct vocals, quantize audio, change recordings from major to minor keys, and tune polyphonic stereo recordings to corresponding MIDI notes.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178658"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Extending the use of its 3D content and toolsets toward game developers, DAZ 3D-Gizmoz (http://developer.daz3d.com/) has released the Digimi Game Developer Kit, which allows users of DAZ Studio to create and customize 3D characters and directly export them into a game engine.
DAZ 3D-Gizmoz has additionally instated a brand new content catalog, dedicated specifically to game developers, which further enhances game development possibilities by providing fully licensed content and models for distribution within any project or pipeline, says DAZ 3D-Gizmoz President Eyal Gever. The developer kit includes the following tools:
° Decimator for DAZ Studio -- enabling drastic polygon reduction to complete models or selected objects by either a percentage or fixed number of polygons, users may utilize the decimator to create any number of Levels of Detail to accommodate any game engine.

° Texture Atlas for DAZ Studio -- users can combine, size, scale or convert their textures into a single...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178655"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CodeWeavers (http://www.CodeWeavers.com) has completed the development of CrossOver Games 9.0 for both Mac and Linux. The new version supports the new Steam user interface.
CrossOver Games allows Windows games to be used on Mac and Linux PCs without the need for a Windows operating system license. In addition to Steam support, version 9.0 supports StarCraft 2 (now in beta) and StarTrek Online and enables users to install games from a single screen and a single click on CodeWeavers’ compatibility center.
CrossOver Games 9.0 is download-only and can be purchased for US$39.95. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178653"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">China Mobile, China's dominant mobile carrier, is interested in selling the iPad in China, the company's chairman said -- as reported by "Reuters" (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64B0PS20100512?feedType=RSS&feedNa...)
The company was also talking to Apple about developing a next-generation iPhone that runs on TD-SCDMA, the home-grown third-generation (3G) mobile standard being used by China Mobile, Chairman Wang Jianzhou said at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
In related news, the "Wall Street Journal" (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870333930457523974412765171...) says that China Unicom said it expects to provide "hundreds of millions" of dollars of subsidies to users who buy the iPhone and other smartphones for use on the Chinese carrier's high-speed wireless network. Unicom Executive Director Lu Yimin said the company plans subsidies this year for third-generation, or 3G, mobile phones of three billion yuan to five billion yuan, or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178648"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A decision due this week on whether to prevent Google from purchasing the AdMob advertising network has been postponed because of complications created by Apple's aggressive foray into online advertising, according to a report in the "New York Times" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/technology/12google.html).
The Federal Trade Commission (FCC) got a two-week extension from Google and AdMob for its review of Google’s US$750 million acquisition, two people briefed on the review process told the "Times." The agency wants to use the additional time, in part, to better understand the competitive effects of Apple’s purchase of Quattro Wireless, an AdMob rival, and Apple’s impending introduction of its new iAds mobile advertising system, the article adds.
Google, which derives 99% of its revenue from online ads, announced in November its intention to purchase AdMob, one of the world's largest mobile ad networks, for $750 million. The deal immediately raised antitrust concerns.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178647"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple is being sued for patent infringement by a company called Softview over the way it displays mobile content on its iPhone and iPod touch devices, reports "The Loop" (http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/05/12/apple-sued-over-safari-web-browser...).
According to court documents filed in the District of Delaware, Softview alleges that Apple is infringing on its so-called ‘353 patent, issued to Gary Rohrabaugh and Scott Sherman, and owned by Softview. The patent describes the “Scalable Display of Internet Content on Mobile Devices.”
AT&T is also being sued since it sells the iPhone in the U.S. Softview is asking the court for a preliminary and permanent injunction against Apple, and an unspecified amount of cash, notes "The Loop."
SoftView (http://softview.us/index.html) makes a vector graphic display system and web browser for PDAs, cell phones, and other Internet devices. It includes vector graphic viewers and web browsers for PDA, Cell Phone, Smart...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178631"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A new ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com) forecast for handset-based navigation shipments finds they are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% over the next five years, rising from 30 million in 2010 to 181 million in 2015.
Telematics and navigation practice director Dominique Bonte comments: "The handset navigation boom is largely driven by free turn-by-turn navigation solutions recently made available by Nokia and Google. During its last earnings call, Nokia announced that Ovi Maps had already been downloaded more than 10 million times. While Google Maps Navigation was initially only available on Android phones in the US, it is expected to be introduced gradually on other platforms and in other markets, as demonstrated by the recent launch in the UK."
As a consequence, the latest financial results from leading personal navigation device vendors TomTom and Garmin show they are starting to suffer from saturating and even declining PND sales in North...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178627"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Taptu (http://www.taptu.com), a search and discovery engine that indexes touch screen content, reveals in its second quarterly report that the mobile touch web has grown 35% since last quarter, which represents a 232% annual growth rate.
This puts its growth rate ahead of the Apple App Store, currently showing an annual growth of 144%, but behind the Android Market growing at an annual rate of 403%, albeit from a smaller base. The report, which covers January 2010-April 2010, also shows mobile touch web sites rose to 440,100 from 326,600 in January.
At this current run rate, the report predicts that the mobile touch web will increase to 1.1 million sites by the end of the year, nearly twice Taptu’s original forecast, and nearly a full year ahead of its January prediction, fueled in part by the continued consumer love affair with touch screen phones, and even more importantly the rising sales of mid-range touch-enabled devices.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178626"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) has shipped new versions of its Adobe After Effects-compatible plug-in products.
Two main features have been added to the products. There are now 64-bit versions compatible with After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro and Premiere Pro. And speed enhancements have been added for all the plug-ins. Due to optimizations and more memory availability in After Effects CS5, users will see an even greater speedup using the new versions within CS5 as compared to using the old versions in CS4, according to the folks at RE:Vision Effects.
Effections Plus is a specially priced bundle of plug-in products for After Effects that costs US$1,199.95. An upgrade from the previous Effections Plus bundle is $299.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178625"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has updated InPreflight Pro -- its quality control, packaging automation and preflight reporting solution for Adobe InDesign -- to version 2.8. The new version makes InPreflight compatible with InDesign CS5, improves user interface, and addresses some performance issues. Both Pro and Studio versions are updated.
InPreflight provides a preflight solution for service providers, printers, ad agencies, designers and publishing houses. It gathers information about document fonts, colors and links and lets users locate potential problems according to preflight presets. The software is also a packaging automation solution that allows users to preflight and package multiple documents.
Among other abilities, it can collect all files into one folder, eliminating the need to collect the same links multiple times for each design. In addition, InPreflight lets users print graphic preflight reports and save them as fully searchable interactive PDF files,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178624"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Brainjuice has updated Blogo (http://drinkbrainjuice.com/blogo), its weblog editor for Mac OS X, to version 1.3. The new version includes Tumblr support, as well as the ability to create and edit WordPress pages on their blogs.
Blogo is available for Mac OS X 10.4 and up as a 21-day unlimited trial. Registration is US$25, though version 1.3 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178618"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">App4Mac has updated wKiosk Browser (http://www.app4mac.com/wkiosk.html), a web browser designed for Internet kiosk applications, has now up to version 6. It's a Mac OS X solution for presenting web-based content (HTML, Flash, PDF, videos, etc.) and applications on public access terminals with or without access to the Internet.
Version 6 is fully optimized for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"). It'a also rewritten in Objective C 2.0 with a Cocoa framework (instead of Carbon) and is powered by the most recent version of Apple webkbit engine (compliant to Acid 3 test / HTML 5). There are various other improvements as well.
You can use wKiosk to individually restrict access to web sites, the operating system, system settings, and applications. Your computer will be protected against any manipulation from the time you boot until you shut it down. Since wKiosk is built with Apple Safari Engine, you will benefit from all the features the browser has to offer (Flash, QuickTime, Real Audio,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178619"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pubblog.com (http://mailsteward.com/) has released MailSteward, MailSteward Lite, and MailSteward Pro, version 9.0 for Mac OS X. MailSteward and MailSteward Pro can now automatically tag email as it is archived into the database, according to user-defined tagging rules.
Version 9.0 also includes a number of other enhancements. MailSteward is an email archiving solution for the Mac. MailSteward archives email in a relational database for access and backup of all your email.
MailSteward costs US$24.95 for the Lite version, $49.95 for the Standard version and $99.95 for the Pro version.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178617"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Freeridecoding has released BurnAgain FS 1.5 (http://freeridecoding.com/burnagainfs), an update of the CD/DVD multisession burning application for Mac OS X. The upgrade brings a number of bug fixes and improvements for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").
Disks burned with BurnAgain FS are readable without additional software on all platforms. The software automatically preserves special Mac file attributes (resource forks) as well.
BurnAgain FS works with Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and higher. It costs approximately US$14; version 1.5 is a free update for registered users. A demo is available at the Freeridecoding web site.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178615"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Harman International Industries has released the JBL On Time Micro (http://www.jbl.com), a compact alarm-clock docking station that's compatible with all versions of the iPod, iPhone, MP3 and CD players, and desktop and laptop computers.
The On Time Micro plays songs and features an AM/FM RDS radio, and seven independent alarms. Inside the On Time Micro’s small, hand-friendly shape and industrial design, its technology produces big, consistent sound and includes advanced driver components, says Christopher M. Dragon, Harman’s director of consumer and field marketing. It also features a large, backlit LCD screen with automatic dimming, an auxiliary input for additional audio sources, a remote control that allows you to select the volume and tracks, and iPod and iPhone menu displays.
Plus, Harman’s Evercharge technology powers and recharges the iPod or iPhone unit when it's docked or when the entire alarm clock is turned off. The JBL On Time Micro combines many proprietary...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178602"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Dexim (http://www.dexim.net) has released the US$79.95 DCA199 Foldable Solar-Powered P-Flip for the iPhone 3G and 3GS and iPod. Purportedly capable of extending talk time up to eight hours, video or game time up to 15 hours, or audio playing time up to 60 hours.
The DCA199 is equipped with a 2000 mAh lithium polymer battery and two camouflage-colored solar panels that receive a charge from the sun. The DCA199 can flip horizontally or vertically for hands-free video viewing, or fold together for easy storage and carrying.
To obtain a full charge, the DCA199 takes around 15 hours of exposure to natural sunlight. Users can also still charge and sync their device using the included micro USB cable. </div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178601"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Daniusoft Studio released a Mac version of DVD Creator (http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-creator-mac.html). As a professional DVD burning tool for Mac users, it's designed for burning video files to DVD and creating DVD slideshows with photos.
 
With Daniusoft DVD Creator for Mac can do for you, you can: turn any video file to DVD, DVD folder, ISO file, or .dvdmedia; create DVD slideshows with photos and music; magical video editing features: clip, crop, rotate and append special effects to videos; create your own customized DVD menu; and obtain free online DVD menu templates.
 
Daniusoft DVD Creator for Mac is available now for US$49. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178600"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Video-Recorder.net has released Easy Video Recorder for Mac 1.2 (http://www.video-recorder.net/order.html), an update of the screen-to-video capture application for Mac OS X that lets you record your desktop screen activity QuickTime movies for later playback. With the new version you can add your own text to video and more.
You can record: the entire desktop, a desktop region or a specified window; sound from all possible audio devices and synchronize voice narration with video in frame; with date and time; actual cursor or custom cursor; and record from your webcam, screen or video input device.
With Easy Video Recorder, any application that runs on your Mac can be recorded, both video and audio. You can use the software for Mac to create demo videos to demonstrate how to use your software, You can record web cams from AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Record DVD, VCD, MPEG, MP4, or other video media.
Easy Video Recorder works with Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It has a suggested...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178599"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iWeb Themes Park (http://www.iwebthemespark.com/Home.html) has introduced five new iWeb Themes: Bright Sky, Challenge, Light Ideas, Painter and Transport. The renewed and expanded collection now contains 27 iWeb themes including two free iWeb themes available for every iWeb user.
What's more, the iWeb Themes Park web site is now available in French and German languages. Updated iWeb themes collection enables its users to offer goods and services or share spring photos and videos with many people on the web. New vivid navigation menu bars, logos and supreme quality elements are some of the features in this new iWeb Themes release.
Each iWeb Theme has eight templates: Welcome, About Me, Photos, My Albums, Movie, Blog, Podcast and Blank. They're fully customizable and can be modified.
iWeb themes from iWeb Themes Park requires iLife '08 (iWeb 2.0) or later.  Each template is available for US$10.99. The package of 27 themes is priced at $30.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178394"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Algoriddim has released djay 3.1.1, an update of the music software application for Mac and iTunes. The new version offers enhanced support for djay Remote for the iPhone/iPod touch and compatibility with Apple's Magic Mouse.
In addition, djay 3.1.1 offers compatibility with inertial scrolling for the new MacBook Pro and naive MIDI support for a variety of devices.
djay is available for a free 15-day trial or for purchase from the Algoriddim web site (http://www.djay-software.com). It costs US$49.95. Version 3.1.1 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178430"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Valve says Steam will launch on the Mac platform this Wednesday, May 12. On subsequent Wednesdays, additional collections of Mac titles will become available, each designed to highlight specific functionalities of Steam on the Mac.
The first collection of Mac titles will demonstrate "Steam Play," which allows customers to purchase a game once and play it on all Steam supported platforms. Portal, in addition to supporting Steam Play, will be the first of Valve's Source engine based games available on the Mac.
Native Mac OS X support for the Source engine is also available immediately to licensees for use in their games. Among the initial titles available on May 12 will be Runic Games' Torchlight.
"We're very excited to be bringing Torchlight to the Mac," says Max Schaefer, co-founder of Runic Games. "Having Steam for the Mac solves so many problems for us as a developer. We look forward to our future games coming out on the Mac as well."
In addition to bringing the online...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178402"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Eighty percent of developers in North America think they should receive more than 70% of the revenue generated by their apps in an app store according to the Spring North American Development Survey, an in-depth survey of over 400 developers conducted last month by Evans Data Corp. (http://www.evansdata.com), which provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population.
Perhaps consequentially, app stores are the preferred distribution model for only 15% of North American developers, with over half preferring direct sales to end-users or enterprises. Additionally, developers bridle against app store imposed restrictions on price and content. Over 70% thought that app stores should not impose any restrictions on price, and while a third thought content restrictions were acceptable, almost half thought there should be none at all.
"Virtually all of the best known app stores have fallen in line directly with the 30 / 70...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178393"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A Silicon Valley judge will hear arguments later this week in a dispute over unsealing records about the criminal investigation into what may have been a prototype iPhone purchased by a blog, reports "CNET" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20004673-37.html?tag=mncol).
San Mateo County Judge Clifford Cretan has scheduled a hearing for 9 a.m. on Friday, May 14, in his courtroom in Redwood City, Calif. Cretan previously approved a police request to search the home office of "Gizmodo" editor Jason Chen, which resulted in a hailstorm of criticism.
Media organizations including "CNET," the "Associated Press" and "Bloomberg" are planning to ask Cretan to unseal an affidavit prepared by a San Mateo County detective asking to search Chen's home. The coalition says that under California law, the affidavit became a public document after 10 days and that its release could reveal whether prosecutors followed proper procedures when searching a newsroom.
The San Mateo County district attorney is...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178392"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The NPD research group recently reported that the market share for Google’s Android platform was now higher than the iPhone’s. Apple disagrees and tells the "Wall Street Journal" (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/05/10/android-vs-the-iphone-the-battle-...) the info is "limited" and misleading.
Apple points to other figures out recently from IDC indicating that the iPhone has 16.1% of the smart-phone market on a world-wide basis. Those figures put the iPhone well ahead of Android handset makers HTC and Motorola.
“This is a very limited report on 150,000 U.S. consumers responding to an online survey and does not account for the more than 85 million iPhone and iPod touch customers world-wide,” Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison told the "Journal" in speaking of the NPD report. “We had a record quarter with iPhone sales growing by 131%, and with our new iPhone OS 4.0 software coming this summer, we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178383"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing (OWC) has added four new "prosumer" desktop/notebook user class solid state drives to its OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD line. Designed and made in the U.S. from imported parts, the new models offer the largest capacity of any current OWC SSD-- up to 480GB.
The SSDs purportedly offer: up to 285MB/second sustained data rates with no speed degradation; 7% over-provisioning to ensure the highest level of data reliability ; and up to 1/7 less active power use for longer notebook battery runtime. The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD is available for immediate ordering in four Mac and PC compatible configurations that install in notebooks as well as in desktop/towers with an adapter:
° 60GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, US$219.99;
° 120GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, $379.99;
° 240GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, $699.99;
° 480GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, $1,579.99
For more info on the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD, go to http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178353"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Creative online crooks have been ripping off Apple gift card holders for more than a month, according to security software vendor Symantec.
"eSecurity Planet" (http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3881231/Phishing-Sca...) says the phishing scam "requires a little bit of luck for the bad guys and lot of naivety on the part of the card holder." The con artists set up a phishing site using a typosquatted URL -- a URL that's a deliberate misspelling of Apple or some derivation of Apple's online store -- and then lies in wait for those folks who hastily typed in the erroneous address.
Once the page is loaded, the bogus site appears to be a legitimate Apple site, complete with the correct customer support phone number and the same look and feel of Apple's consumer web sites. "With the hook baited, the crooks try to reel in consumers by providing what looks like a safe and simple way for card holders to check the balance on their Apple gift cards," notes "eSecurity Planet." "...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178352"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu told clients in a note that his research shows that sales of the new MacBook Pros and the iPad are very strong, and he's predicting another bang-up fiscal quarter for Apple.
The analyst says that Mac momentum is strong helped by the latest refresh of the MacBook Pro. He thinks Apple's "Mac business is tracking to its third consecutive quarter of 20%+ Y/Y unit growth indicating further share gains.” Wu has upped his projected Mac sales for the quarter from 3.1 million to to 3.2 million.
Meanwhile, he has increased his unit forecast on the 3G iPads from one million to two million for the current fiscal quarter. to two million units from one million. Meanwhile, Macs sales have been ramping up thanks to the recent debut of some new laptops.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178337"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The United States Computer Emergency Readiness team (US-CERT) is warning that Safari contains a vulnerability in the handling of window objects, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
"Apple Safari fails to properly handle references to window objects. Safari can allow a window object to be deleted while references to the object may still exist," US-CERT says "If JavaScript code then attempts to use the deleted window object, this can result in the use of an invalid pointer. This pointer can be controlled by an attacker through the use of JavaScript. Exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available. We have confirmed Apple Safari 4.0.5 on the Windows platform to be vulnerable. Other versions may also be affected."
By convincing a victim to view an HTML document (web page, HTML email, or email attachment) with Apple Safari, an attacker could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178336"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">According to an Apple posting, a firmware is in the works for the Wi-Fi issues troubling some iPad owners.
Apple says that "a very small number of iPad users" have experienced issues with Wi-Fi connectivity. This article (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3304) outlines workarounds for these issues. Apple will also address remaining Wi-Fi connectivity issues with a future iPad software update.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178335"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com) has announced that Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE (BCC 7 AE) is now available. BCC 7 AE brings over 200 filters to the Mac and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5, CS4, and CS3.
The new release features 11 new filters including a 3-way color grade filter with built-in keying and masking tools, a video noise reduction tool, a spline-based warp filter, an audio-driven keyframe generator, a new OpenGL particle engine, and still and video morph technology. Each Boris Continuum Complete filter has been re-engineered for 64-bit operating systems and OpenGL acceleration.
Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE is available immediately through the Boris FX worldwide reseller channel and direct through the Boris FX web site at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$995. Owners of previous versions of Boris Continuum Complete AE may upgrade for $295. Customers who purchased Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE as of April 12, 2010 are eligible to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178334"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released LinkOptimizer 4.3, an update of its workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version makes LinkOptimizer compatible with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop CS5.
LinkOptimizer lets you reduce InDesign job size and speed up processing by eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments.
LinkOptimizer Light 4.3 can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$259.95 , as well as from authorized resellers. LinkOptimizer works with Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.5 and InDesign CS-CS4.
Version 4.3 is free for LinkOptimizer 4.x users and a $98.98 to upgrade from previous versions. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178332"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Support Group (http://www.supportgroup.com/) has announced an online resource for everything FileMaker -- news, discussions, downloads, just for fun, tips & tricks, and videos. Get ( Answers ) is a new feature added to FileMaker: Explore, the Support Group's free blog.
User questions, comments, and suggested discussion topics are all encouraged. A complement to FileMaker's own Knowledge Base and Forum, FileMaker: Explore aims to be more informal, personal, immediate, whimsical, idiosyncratic, flexible, and entertaining, according to Chad Novotny, principal and vice president of The Support Group. Lengthy technical articles will be side by side with personal reflections and simple tips.
"This new focus, Get ( Answers ), provides much more interaction with our audience and allows us to address a wider range of FileMaker topics to ensure they are timely and even more relevant to our visitors," he adds.
FileMaker: Explore, which has been visited by thousands of FileMaker users...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178331"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ZiggySoft has released a new version (2.3.9) of iWeb Valet (http://www.ziggy-soft.com/News.html), a tool to enhance and upload iWeb pages. The new version improves support for directory listings for both Windows and Unix based FTP servers.
iWeb Valet works with iWeb, the web creation component of Apple's iLife suite. After you have created your pages with iWeb, instead of publishing your site to MobileMe, you can publish your site to a folder on a local destination (your hard disk, for example), then you can use iWeb Valet to enhance in many ways your iWeb pages, and finally have your website uploaded on a FTP server.
iWeb Valet costs US$25. A 30-day demo is available for download. Version 2.3.9 is a free update for registered users of version 2.x. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178330"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Final Cut Pro Templates has launched Drop Zones Vol 2 (http://finalcutprotemplates.com). This new, US$120 pack of Master Templates offers 48 new options for introducing and removing video clips with 3D animation.
Because Drop Zones Vol 2 is based on Apple's Master Template architecture, editors can use Drop Zones Vol 2 inside Final Cut Pro, saving the time and expense of a visit to a VFX shop, according to Sam Liberto, creative director at Final Cut Pro Templates. Drop Zones Vol 2 is available in a 1080p resolution at 30fps, 25fps, and 24fps.
It also comes in NTSC DV and PAL DV options. The Templates work in both Final Cut Pro 6 and Final Cut Pro 7, as well as Motion version 3 and higher. The Final Cut Pro Templates web site also received a fresh update with a series of tutorials highlighting the new features of Drop Zones Vol 2. One video explains how Drop Zones functionality has improved in this release with the ability to import a tall image without cropping the top and bottom.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178329"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Publicspace.net has announced Vitamin-R 1.06 (http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/index.html), an update of its Mac OS X compatible productivity tool for creative professionals. The new version delivers an integration with OmniGroup's popular OmniFocus to-do list manager.
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...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178328"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, says its development partner, Yanobox, has released Yanobox Nodes for the FxFactory platform.
Yanobox Nodes is a visual effects generator designed to work inside Apple Final Cut Pro products, Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects CS3/CS4/CS5. Its toolset provides artists with the ability to link together graphics and text for the creation of 3D animations leveraging the speed of a GPU accelerated platform. Users can distribute graphics and text in 3D space into various shapes such as spheres, circles, and spirals and connect them with a succession of dancing lines and curves.
The dynamic user interface enables parameter customization and built-in oscillation, and key-framing abilities add to animation options. Users can further personalize each visual narrative by adding custom images to nodes.
Yanobox Nodes is available for $99 USD via the Noise Industries website (http://www....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178327"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Canon (http://www.shop.usa.canon.com) has released the PowerShot SD4000 IS Digital ELPH camera. It's the first of the Digital ELPH series to offer a high-sensitivity system, known as Canon’s HS SYSTEM, with a CMOS sensor and bright f/2.0 lens.
The PowerShot SD4000 IS Digital ELPH camera also has high definition (HD) movie-shooting capabilities and a 10-megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, in conjunction with the DIGIC 4 image processor that purportedly creates Canon’s HS SYSTEM to enhance image quality in low-light situations and helps reduce noise at high ISO speeds. Along with Canon’s HS SYSTEM, the f/2.0 lens allows more light to enter, permitting higher shutter speed.
The combination of Canon’s HS SYSTEM and the f/2.0 lens enables users to take photos without a flash, resulting in a more natural look while providing greater depth of field, making it an exemplary tool for portrait photography, according to the folks at Canon. In addition, the PowerShot SD4000 IS has the fastest...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178326"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pomola Software has updated Mac Shutdown X (http://pomola.com/products_macshutdown/macshutdown.html), a Mac OS X utility for shutting down a Mac on a specified event or on a specified date and time, to version 1.5.1. The upgrade adds an "Open page test" option in the "Shutdown from Web Page" section, as well as an improved algorithm.
Mac Shutdown X costs US$20. Version 1.5.1 is a free update for registered users. The software is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178325"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aquafadas (http://www.aquafadas.com) has released its latest application, BannerZest Fun Pics, which enables people to create and share animated slideshows on Facebook. It's free.
To use you select a theme, add photos, customize titles and colors and publish to Facebook wall. BannerZest Fun Pics gives its users access to a wide range of themes. When downloading the app, users get one theme and a hundred credits will be credited to their account so that they can go pick their favorite theme for free.
Twenty-three themes are available for purchase for 100 or 200 credits. BannerZest Fun Pics integrates seamlessly with social networks and provides the opportunity to invite friends or even to become a fan of the application.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178324"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At the 2010 Streaming Media East Conference, Adobe announced major new advancements to the Adobe Flash platform (http://www.adobe.com/go/flashaccess), the company's design and development platform for creating and delivering content, video and applications that run across operating systems and devices.
Highlights include the immediate availability of Adobe Flash Access 2.0 software, a content protection solution that enables the distribution and monetization of premium video content, which can help create new sources of revenue for media publishers. In addition, Adobe is also showcasing HTTP Dynamic Streaming, a new protocol support for media streaming on the Flash Platform; and the Open Source Media Framework, to accelerate development of custom media players.
These powerful new Flash media delivery tools come in advance of the releases of Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR 2, which are optimized for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178323"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Managing Editor (MEI), a provider of software solutions for the publishing industry, has released Page Director Ad Layout System 5.5, ALS for Magazines 5.5 and AdForce 5.5.
ALS 5.5 is the first universal version of MEI’s flagship software, certified to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. For ad layout staffs exporting finished dummies to Adobe InDesign, ALS 5.5 is compatible with InDesign CS3 and CS4 and will soon be the first ALS release to work with InDesign CS5. For Quark users, ALS 5.5 is also compatible with QuarkXPress 7.x and 8.x.
Another new feature in ALS 5.5 is Check for Updates, which automatically communicates with MEI to see if a new version is available. ALS’s Conflict Rules settings have also been updated. Version 5.5 includes a new palette that combines default and issue rules, purportedly making it easier to review, create, edit, apply and delete them. Additionally, Conflict Rules are now managed as an ALS Properties group.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178322"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sorenson Media (http://www.sorensonmedia.com) has launched the Sorenson 360 v2 online video platform (OVP) at the Streaming Media East 2010 conference.
Coming to market exactly one year after the platform’s initial launch, Sorenson 360 v2 has been created specifically to address the needs of the enterprise online video marketplace and to compete aggressively in the space by offering customers a rich differentiated set of powerful features and the highest-quality video in the marketplace, according to Sorenson CEO Peter Csathy. An enhanced feature set enables Sorenson Media to compete for leadership in the enterprise marketplace, anchored by the ability to integrate a full range of custom solutions for any size client, he adds. New features in Sorenson 360 v2 include:
° Video management capabilities that enable customers to manage any number of videos in folders and subfolders, and to coordinate multiple users and accounts;
° RTMP (Real Time Messenger Protocol) streaming with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178321"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Now anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch can control all of their electronic devices with the L5 Remote from L5 Technology (http://www.L5technology.com). It's a combination of US$49.95 device and a free app you can download from the Apple App Store.
The L5 Remote provides consumers with an alternative that replaces multiple remote controls. It transforms the iPhone or iPod touch into a personal universal remote that controls televisions, DVD players, DVRs, cable boxes, audio equipment, and most other products that come with an infrared remote.
Consumers purchase the L5 Remote hardware -- an adaptor measuring 1.25 x .85 inches -- and plug it into the iPhone or iPod touch docking port. They will then be prompted to download a free app from the Apple App Store, which allows them to drag-and-drop any desired combination of buttons to create their own remote control interface. A short, guided training sequence follows, resulting in a smart remote control that replaces their pile of old...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178320"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kensington Computer Products Group has released the US$79.99 Wireless Presenter Pro with Green Laser Pointer (http://us.kensington.com/html/13361.html). It provides an "ultra-bright" green laser, an extended 150 foot wireless range, four intuitive control buttons, a USB receiver that stores inside and a travel case.
According to Bill Rathbone, Kensington global product marketing manager, studies have proven that the human eye is naturally more sensitive to green than red light, thus making a green laser presenter brighter than a standard red laser. Green laser technology, which is as much as 10 times more visible than comparably powered red lasers, will also stand out more against today’s brighter projectors, plasma displays, LCDs or bright rooms, he adds. The Kensington Wireless Presenter Pro with Green Laser Pointer will work on virtually any screen or surface.
The Kensington Wireless Presenter Pro with Green Laser Pointer is a 2.4 GHz wireless device with an extended 150-foot...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178319"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">JAMF Software, developers of the Casper Suite (http://www.jamfsoftware.com/products/casper-suite/), a collection of client management applications developed exclusively for Mac OS X, has announced closer integration with Intego VirusBarrier X6, extending the ability of enterprise IT Administrators to automate deployment of and receive reporting information about malware and network protection on client workstations.
Casper Suite 7.2 functions as a framework for IT ecosystems through which administrators can extend and automate enterprise products such as VirusBarrier X6 utilizing Extension Attributes, unifying administration of Mac OS X software within a single console. Extension attributes allow IT Administrators to receive integrated reporting within one console for the variety of products deployed throughout their organization. This integration eliminates the need for administrators to use multiple reporting tools and perform redundant tasks, by making most major reporting...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178193"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The gang at "Engadget" (http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/confirmed-apple-and-atandt-signed-fiv...) say they can now confirm that Apple and AT&T entered into a five-year iPhone exclusive in 2007, based on court documents filed by Apple in California.
"An ongoing California class-action lawsuit filed in 2007 claims that Apple and AT&T illegally exerted a monopoly over iPhone service by telling customers the iPhone's required service contract was two years long when the Apple/AT&T exclusivity deal was actually for five years -- thus requiring buyers to re-up with AT&T for three years (and not, say, T-Mobile) if they wanted to keep using the iPhone," the article says. "Obviously Apple had to respond to these allegations, and in addition to arguing that no one was ever promised an unlocked iPhone after two years, the company's lawyers repeatedly confirm the existence of the five-year agreement while noting it was publicly reported in "USA Today'."
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-178192"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has  released QuickTime Player 7.6.6. The 10.65MB download requires Mac OS X 10.6.3 or higher.
This is all Apple has to say about the update: "QuickTime Player 7 supports older media formats, such as QTVR, interactive QuickTime movies, and MIDI files on Snow Leopard. It also accepts QuickTime 7 Pro registration codes, which turn on QuickTime Pro functions."
You can obtain QuickTime Player 7.6.6 via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.</div></div></span>
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