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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156098"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boinx Software (http://www.boinx.com) has released a public beta of version 3.2 of FotoMagico, the slideshow creation tool for Mac OS X.
It includes a plug-in to render slideshows directly in Final Cut Pro/Express, Motion and After Effects. Just remember: beta software is unfinished software, so use with care.
FotoMagico 3.x and the standalone player requires Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and QuickTime 7.1 or newer. FotoMagico 3 Home is available for US$29 and FotoMagico 3 Pro (including PhotoPresenter 4) is available for $149. Commercial multi-user license discounts are available upon request. Version 3.2, when completed, will be a free update for registered 3.x. license owners.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156097"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">VVI (http://www.vvidget.org) has released Vvidget Code 10.6.4.2 which lets you integrate graphs into iPhone, iPad and Mac applications.
Vvidget Code now includes a Universal library used to make iPhone and iPad visualization applications. A simulator library is also available for prototyping within the iPhone Simulator.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156095"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Artman 21 (http://www.artman21.com/en/) has updated OpenMenu X, a US$10 contextual menu utility for Mac OS X, to version Rev.2.05. The update, free to registered users, is a maintenance update hat allows you to invoke OpenMenu X from the contextual menu of Snow Leopard Finder and 64-bit applications.
OpenMenu is a utility that allows you to freely customize your contextual menu. You can open documents, applications, AppleScripts, Services Menu Items, and URLs any time you want. OpenMenu also supports the file system browsing. You can browse the file system and open/move files or folders through a contextual menu.
OpenMenuX requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. It's a Universal Binary app, so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156094"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CodeFab and Gigapixel Creative have announced Apple iPadDev Camp on the East Coast. It will be a "think tank, boot camp-style event for developers", sponsored by Barnes & Noble, taking place at AOL headquarters and in New York City April 16-18.
iPadDevCamp is an event where existing iPhone developers, designers and publishers will come together to build and demo new iPad applications, share knowledge, explore and make friends and connections. The NYC iPadDevCamp satellite event will link to the primary event in San Jose, California, and is designed to encourage shared dialogue from over 30 iPad DevCamps across the globe.
iPadDevCamp will kick off Friday night with a party and introductions. Saturday’s schedule features a DevCamp keynote by Alex Cone, CEO of CodeFab, a Publisher Panel on Media in the Age of the iPad featuring Peter Costanzo, director of online marketing for Perseus Books Group, and Nina DeFrance, vice president of consumer marketing for Forbes Digital, among...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156093"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Wondershare Software has updated DVD Creator (http://www.imediacreator.com/mac-dvd-creator.html), its DVD creating software, for Mac OS X to version 3.0. The rev is equipped with new features and more than 90 sets of free animated and static DVD menu styles.
DVD Creator lets you burn almost any video format to DVD. It also allows you to create slideshows with photos and music as well. Several supported formats include AVI, MOV, FLV, MPG, WMV, M4V, MPEG, DAT, VOB, 3GP, HD video files.
The version 3.0features include creating DVD slideshows with photos and music, splitting video, and combining a series of videos etc. Apart from the basic editing functions like crop, rotate, add watermark, set special effects or the DVD, users can now split the video to trim unwanted sections, combine a series videos as a DVD, and create custom DVD menu with various free menu styles as well.
The software provides users with four options of output formats (DVD Disc, ISO, DVD Folder, and dvdmedia). You can...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156092"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vinotekasoft has uncorked Vinoteka 2.0 (http://www.vinotekasoft.com), an update of their wine cellar management software for Mac OS X. The upgrade adds new types of racks and new bottle shapes.
It also features an enhanced search feature and user interface improvements. Plus, there are localization improvements in all languages and localization improvements in English in the printing feature.
Vinoteka costs US$34.90 for a single user license. You can get a family pack for $79.90 or a business pack for $109.90. Version 2.0 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156091"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At this week's NAB show in Las Vegas, Blackmagic Design (http://www.blackmagic-design.com) announced the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D, a new model of its broadcast capture card with new 3D support, hardware up, down and cross conversion, 12-bit hardware architecture, 3Gb/s SDI, support for up to 1080p60 in SDI, component analog and HDMI connections, as well as full SD, HD and 2K support for US$995.
DeckLink HD Extreme 3D is ready for 3D workflow using both interleaved/side by side and dual stream capture and playback. Interleaved 3D allows the left and right eye to be interleaved as fields into a single video connection and file, so customers can edit using current editing software.
Dual steam 3D allows customers to use the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D dual link SDI connections to capture and playback two streams, one for the left eye, and one for the right eye. The two streams are recorded into two separate media files. Dual stream 3D is higher quality because each eye is full resolution video,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156088"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">PCI Geomatics, a developer of geo-imaging software and systems, has released GeoImaging Tools for ArcGIS (http://www.pcigeomatics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id...). It provides automated tools for correcting raw satellite imagery.
 
With the GeoImaging Tools Image Correction Module, ArcGIS users will now be able to access 70+ commercial optical, radar and aerial sensors in their GIS workflows. Users will have the option of using sensor model information to perform registrations, optionally with automatic GCPs and tie points from reference data such as chip databases, reference mosaics, or vectors.
Higher levels of registration accuracy are achievable via block bundle adjustments, says Terry Moloney, executive vice president and chief operating officer, PCI Geomatics. Users also have the option of saving the correction parameters into the ArcGIS Raster Processing Definition (RPDef) format for direct use with the ArcGIS Server Image Extension for on-the-fly...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156080"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Orbicule has announced Undercover 4 (http://orbicule.com/undercover/mac), an upgrade to their theft-recovery software for Mac OS X. The new version offers users the ability to remotely monitor a stolen Mac using the UndercoverCenter.com web application.
Thanks to the new UndercoverCenter, users can follow their stolen Mac in real-time. They can view iSight pictures of the thief, they can see what he's doing on their stolen Mac, and they receive a Google Earth file pinpointing the stolen Mac's locations. In addition, they can use UndercoverCenter to completely lock the lost or stolen Mac and set a custom message that is displayed on top of all other applications.
Because the mobile version of Undercover uses the same UndercoverCenter web app, users can manage all their Macs, iPhones, iPads and iPod touches in one, convenient place, says Orbicule President Peter Schols.
Undercover requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. It costs US$49 for a single user license and $59 to protect an entire...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156079"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Disk Order, the file manager for Mac OS X from the LikeMac Group (http://www.likemac.ru/english/), has been updated to version 3.1. Several new features have been added, including:
° Improved design of Navigation Bar. Icons are now smaller and divided into categories (Drives, Devices, Places etc.).
° A Quick View feature, which allows to view files directly on the opposite pane, has been added. The built-in viewer literally integrates into application's main window.
° The Built viewer has extended its functionality, making possible to open multiple files at same time. File thumbnails are also now available.
° A Source Code plug-in, which is a viewer extension, has been added. If you're a developer and have to often view sources in C++, C#, Xml, that's really what you need.
° Spanish localization has been added.
Disk Order was designed to be a Finder substitute. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and works on both PowerPC or Intel Macs. A 30-day demo is available; registration is US$...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156071"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Whoops. Apple may have an iPad problem in Brazil. CU Medical Systems' i-PAD NF1200 is a "semi-automated external defibrillator" distributed by Transform Tecnologia de Ponta, which registered the name with Brazil's National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) last year, reports "The Register" (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/13/brazilian_ipad).
Alathea Silver of CU Medical Systems says, "No one has been in contact with us about the iPad name." Brazilian media say the company has asked INPI to hand over the title, but if that fails, "it will have to do the unthinkable and actually cough hard cash for exclusive Brazilian iPad rights," says "The Register."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156068"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple's determination to keep Flash off the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, etc., may be leading toward a lawsuit. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing for "IT World" (http://www.itworld.com/legal/104320/adobe-vs-apple-going-get-uglier), says "sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks."
"It was bad enough when Apple said, in effect, that Adobe Flash wasn't good enough to be allowed on the iPad," he writes. "But the final straw was when Apple changed its iPhone SDK (software development kit) license so that developers may not submit programs to Apple that use cross-platform compilers."
Adobe has made no comment on any such action. However, Lee Brimelow, an Adobe platform evangelist, is obviously one of many Adobe employes ticked off at Apple. In his personal web site, "The Flash Blog" (http://theflashblog.com/?p=1888), he said, "Go screw yourself, Apple."
In expressing what he emphasizes are purely his own opinions, Brimelow writes:
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156067"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple introduced its iAd advertising platform last week and SeekingAlpha.com is forecasting that iAd will earn almost US$5 billion per year in gross ad revenue, of which Apple will take a 40% cut at about $2 billion per year.‚Ä®
The financial webs site is also predicting that Apple will take a 30% cut of the forecasted $600 million revenues from paid apps in 2010. Last week, in introducing iAd, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that, today, when users click on mobile ads they are almost always taken out of their app to a web browser, which loads the advertiser’s web page.
Users must then navigate back to their app, and it's often difficult or impossible to return to exactly where they left. Jobs said iAd solves this problem by displaying full-screen video and interactive ad content without ever leaving the app, and letting users return to their app anytime they choose.
He added that iPhone OS 4 lets developers embed iAd opportunities within their apps, and the ads are dynamically and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156054"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Everyone is expecting a Verizon/CDMA iPhone at some point in the future. However, even if the wireless carrier offered the Apple device it would be a “mixed blessing” Bank of America analyst David Lynch told investors Monday.
“While clearly accretive to market share in our view, it is not accretive to earnings, even assuming steady pricing, until 2013,” Barden writes.
In other words, although the iPhone would boost Verizon’s market share, it wouldn’t see any money from the deal until another three years, according to a "Cult of Mac" report (http://www.cultofmac.com/analyst-the-iphone-could-hurt-verizon-earnings/...). The iPhone would cost Verizon $3.3 billion in 2011, $4.4 billion in 2012, and $5.2 billion in 2013, according to Barden. Additionally, the iPhone would drag down earnings $0.24 in 2011, $0.02 in 2012, before boosting Verizon’s earnings per share by $0.17 in 2013, he adds.
For AT&T, the analyst thinks the loss of exclusivity would have the opposite effect. The carrier...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156053"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The versatility of the iPad is a threat to eReader devices, analysts told "BusinessWeek" (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2010/tc20100412_516320...). Wall Street analysts are already slicing their forecasts for Kindle sales, the article adds.
Charlie Wolf, a senior analyst at Needham & Co., has cut his forecast for Kindle sales this year, settling on a range from 2.5 million to three million units, in place of a previous forecast of 3.6 million units. Wolf estimates that Amazon sold 2.2 million Kindles in 2009. "It's not a compelling product," he says of the Kindle, because Apple's iPad offers more features, such as the ability to play video, plus a more compelling design.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster cut his 2010 forecast for Kindle sales by 400,000 units, to 3.45 million. Amazon's Kindle DX, which is designed to let users read e-books on a black-and-white screen, is selling for $489, just $10 less than Apple's least-expensive iPad, he notes.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156045"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.3 1.1. It includes general operating system fixers, Airport and wireless network fixes, and more.
You can download the update via the Software Update component of the Mac OS X Systems Preferences app. Mac OS X 10.6.3 1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156044"><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).
“We’ve studied the solution for a long time, and developed patent-pending technology to deliver all of the reliability and performance that we’re known for -- even on-board 72-hour battery backed cache, all on a card that fits inside of an Apple Xserve or Mac Pro," says Active Storage CEO Alex Grossman.
Featuring a "Zero U" design, Innerpool actually 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.
Innerpool is a self-contained RAID system, based on a pair of PCI Express cards, each that hosts a RAID...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156043"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">onOne Software, a developer of solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, says all of their currently shipping Photoshop software plug-ins will be compatible with the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software announced yesterday by Adobe.
Specifically, the following Photoshop plug-ins from onOne Software will be compatible with Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended. Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software, says the company will provide free compatibility updates for all of the current versions of the plug-ins so that they'll be compatible with both Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended.
These free software updates will be available as updates from within each application and as a download from the onOne Software web site within 30 days of Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended availability. Registered owners of previous versions of the onOne Software plug-ins for Photoshop can upgrade to the current version of each plug-in for US$99.95...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156042"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Enounce (http://www.encounce.com) has announced thatthat a pre-release version of MySpeed software for the Mac is now available in beta. It allows users to speed up or slow down the playback rate of Adobe's Flash-formatted videos without any "chipmunk" quality to the sound.
Users can change the playback speed of videos such as corporate training, educational courses and seminars, YouTube and more. The software is immediately available to a limited number of beta users. Beta users will receive a 50% discount off the commercially available version, paying only $14.99 for the software at release. Just remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care.
With MySpeed, a slider bar appears on a user's desktop and allows real-time speed changes whenever a Flash-based video is playing in a web browser or standalone player. The software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and works with Safari (32-bit mode) and Firefox 3.5 or later browsers. The beta version requires...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156041"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Total Training (http://www.totaltraining.com), which offers leader in self paced computer based training, has unveiled 13 new training courses for Adobe Creative Suite 5 software applications.
Beginning April 13, Total Training will start to release the first of 12 Essentials courses and one Workflow course to get users up to speed on the newest version of Creative Suite 5. The Essentials series training will introduce users to the key new features and fundamentals of each program and the Design Workflow course will demonstrate how users can integrate the programs of CS5 into their workflow.
Total Training for Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro: Essentials, also part of the Adobe Creative Suite 5 family, is available now.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-156037"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has updated the MacBook Pro line with faster processors, next-generation Nvidia graphics and longer battery life. The 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processor for up to 80% faster graphics and a 10-hour built-in battery.
The new 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models feature Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and Apple’s new automatic graphics switching technology that toggles seamlessly between powerful Nvidia GeForce GT 330M and energy efficient Intel HD Graphics processors, according to Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
All 13-inch MacBook Pro models now include faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 4GB RAM, a 10-hour built-in battery and the new Nvidia GeForce 320M graphics processor. With 48 processing cores, the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M is the fastest integrated graphics processor on the market, ideal for graphics intensive applications or high performance games, says Schiller.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-151505"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Ettore Software (http://ettoresoftware.com) has released TypeIt4Me 5.0, an update of its text expander for the Mac. The new version is full 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") compatible.
It also boasts improved expansion speed and a re-designed user interface with a fully resizable clippings editing window. Since 1989, TypeIt4Me has allowed users to set up short abbreviations that expand to words, pictures, phrases, paragraphs or indeed entire pages when typed.
No longer presented as a System Preferences item, TypeIt4Me is now a regular application which can optionally display its icon in the dock as well as in its traditional menubar position.
Available now as a 30-day demo, TypeIt4Me 5.0 costs US$27 ($14 for students and teachers). Upgrades for registered users of previous versions are $9. Users who bought the previous version on or after Jan. 1, 2009, will receive a free upgrade code via email in the next few days.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150854"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At this week's NAB show in Las Vegas, CPC, which specializes in closed captioning and subtitling software solutions, has announced development of a complete software-only HD closed captioning solution for users of Avid Media Composer.
This software-only metadata workflow will save Avid users time and money by eliminating the need for a dedicated external hardware closed caption encoder which can cost US$8,000 or more, simplifying workflows for handling video with closed captioning data, according to the folks at CPC. Closed captioning is required by the FCC for virtually all TV broadcasts in the United States, and by the CRTC for most TV broadcasts in Canada.
This new workflow allows facilities to complete the entire closed captioning process in-house. For an upcoming Media Composer release, Avid has developed a workflow for working with high definition video metadata, including closed caption data. CPC’s closed captioning software is a full caption preparation suite, which lets...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150851"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Atempo (http://www.atempo.com), a provider of cross-platform data protection and archiving solutions, has introduced several new features for Atempo Digital Archive designed to address the file archiving needs of organizations in media and entertainment markets.
These new capabilities in Atempo Digital Archive (ADA) 3.1 include the archival of complex file formats with full metadata ingestion, partial and full restoration of creative content and the ability for creative professionals to directly archive from Final Cut Pro. Together with the software’s performance, flexibility and intuitiveness, the added functions further optimize ADA as the preferred solution for customers to integrate digital archiving into the creative workflow, says Marylise Tauzia, director of Product Marketing and Management at Atempo.
 
Atempo Digital Archive 3.1 features the new capability to archive MXF, DPX and MOV files, three of the most widely used formats in media and entertainment organizations. The...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150521"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">In a note to clients today, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster unveiled his semi-annual survey of teen buying habits and found that "Apple's dominance in the [consumer electronics] and online music markets is going seemingly unchecked."
As noted by "Fortune" (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/12/survey-31-of-u-s-...), Munster says:
° 31% of the U.S. teens surveyed planned to buy an iPhone in the next six months, up from 22% last fall and nearly double the 16% who wanted one a year ago.
° 14% already own an iPhone, up from 8% a year ago, but down a point from 15% six months ago.
° Of the 87% who own an MP3 player, 92% own an iPod. Of Apple's major competitors, only Microsoft, Sony and Sandisk showed up in the results, with 3% market share each.
° Of the 82% of teens who download music, 43% do it legally. Of those, 92% get their music from Apple's iTunes Store.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150520"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">In the future you'd better be sure your deodorant is applied, or your iPhone might notice. At least if the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) gets its wish.
According to an "InformationWeek" report (http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtm...), S&T hopes to see prototype phones from Apple, LG, Qualcomm, and Samsung that can sense carbon monoxide and fire in a year or so.
S&T is spearheading a project called the Cell-All initiative. The goal is to equip your cell phone with a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals at minimal cost -- to the manufacturer (a buck a sensor) and to your phone’s battery life.
“Our goal is to create a lightweight, cost-effective, power-efficient solution,” says Stephen Dennis, Cell-All’s program manager.
How would this wizardry work? Just as antivirus software bides its time in the background and springs to life when it spies suspicious activity, so Cell-All...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150519"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">John Gruber of "Daring Fireball" (http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/reading_between_the_iphone_os_4_lines) says that "Mac OS X 10.7 development continues, but with a reduced team and an unknown schedule." He's predicting that there'll be no Mac OS X 10.7 news at this year's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference and "probably none" until WWDC 2011.
Why? Gruber says that Apple’s company-wide focus has since on iPhone OS 4 and that the "number one priority at Apple is to grow mobile market share faster than Android." Several of the “tent-pole” features in iPhone OS 4 that Apple promoted at yesterday’s event are directly related to this, he adds.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150515"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The US Department of Justice is investigating a number of Silicon Valley giants, including Apple, over hiring practices that allegedly include agreements to not poach each others' top talent, according to "The Wall Street Journal" (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230470310457517429386762083...). Such agreements could potentially violate labor laws.
The federal government had Apple, Google and other companies over similar deals. Specifically, the probe is looking into whether the companies' hiring practices are costing skilled computer engineers and other workers opportunities to change jobs for higher pay or better benefits, says the "Journal."
Antitrust experts say the Justice Department could argue that an agreement between competitors that holds down labor costs is as much a violation of antitrust laws as an agreement said Melissa Maxman, an antitrust lawyer at the law firm Cozen O'Connor, told the "Journal."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150513"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Seagate (http://www.seagate.com) and Paramount Digital Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC) have teamed up to pre-load a selection of 500GB FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drives with Paramount movies.
Beginning immediately, United States’ customers who purchase specially marked packages of the FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drive will be able to activate Paramount Pictures’ hit film, "Star Trek," for no additional fee. Seagate and Paramount are partnering to pre-load 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Go ultra-portable drives with 21 Paramount films to jump start consumers' digital movie collections.
In addition to "Star Trek," those who have purchased the specially marked hard drives also receive an assortment of 20 Paramount Pictures movies pre-loaded on the FreeAgent Go 500GB ultra-portable drives that can be unlocked through the online purchase of a license key. The films will be licensed for multiple devices to allow for portability and enjoyment of them on...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150509"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Hundreds of TV viewers in the Washington, D.C. area are just a few days away from their first taste of a new broadcast technology that enables viewing of TV programs while “on the go." For the first time, viewers will be able to watch local digital TV broadcasts on a variety of mobile devices, including specially-equipped iPhones, and iPads.
The Open Mobile Video Coalition’s Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase will begin on Monday, May 3 and continue throughout the summer in the Nation’s Capital. Compared to video delivered over wireless Internet platforms, Mobile DTV delivers always-on video at the highest quality and the lowest cost and is never affected by network congestion, claims Brandon Burgess, CEO of ION Media Networks and chairman of the OMVC (Open Mobile Video Coalition).
The Consumer Showcase will demonstrate how the U.S. digital TV system, now deployed in more than 1,600 stations across the country reaching 300 million Americans, allows each television station to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150091"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Final Cut Pro User Group Network says the Ninth Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet (http://www.supermeet.com, scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 13, in the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, will be live video streamed (http://www.supermeet.com/live) over the Internet by Boinx Software and Zaplive.tv.
Registration will be required to view the free live video stream which will begin at 6:30 pm.. This SuperMeet will have Adobe, Apple and Avid on one stage together. The live video stream will begin at 6:30 pm (Pacific) and will be produced using BoinxTV from Boinx Software, a live production tool for creating Live to Disk, Live to Internet and Live to Stage video.
For those that are going to the 2010 Nab Show and wish to attend the SuperMeet in person, tickets are still available online for $15 each, (plus a $1.36 ticket fee) and $10 for students with a valid ID -- or $20 at the door.
Scheduled to appear on stage (subject to change) will be user-driven presentations and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150090"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Cocoamug Software, developers and publishers of great Mac software, has released CosmoPod 4.3.2 (http://www.cocoamug.com/cosmopod/index.html), an update of the Safari extension that lets you download Flash videos from web sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc. The upgrade mainly improves the application reliability and memory usage.
CosmoPod can automatically convert downloaded files to an Apple device friendly format, tag them and add them to iTunes. Additionally, you can convert most video already on your hard drive via drag and drop so can be used as a tool to import your DVD collection to your Mac, iTunes, AppleTV, and iPhone.
CosmoPod costs US$12. Version 4.3.2 is a free update for registered users of version 4.x. CosmoPod 3 and earlier users can upgrade for $3.90.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150089"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mac-Chi has updated WhoPaste (http://www.whopaste.com/), a contact acquisition utility for the Mac OS X Address Book, to version 4.6. The upgrade's new task functionality provides a user default that controls whether there is a due date and if so how many days in the future.
WhoPaste 4.6 also provides a "skip Saturday" and a "skip Sunda"' option. iCal users can specify a default calendar for new to dos, while Daylite and Entourage users can specify a default category and project.
WhoPaste 4.6 also introduces four new license options. Both the new "Add One" and "Up to 5" license options are available to one, two, three or four user licenses. The new 'Up to 10' option is available for 5 user licenses and the new 'Up to 25' option is available for 10 user licenses.
With WhoPaste installed Mac users can simply copy any contact information (e.g. just a phone number in a Sticky note, a whole signature block in an email, or even multiple rows from a spreadsheet) and without switching...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150086"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com, a developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, has announced Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE (BCC 7 AE), which the company says brings over 200 filters to Mac and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5, CS4, and CS3.
The new release features 11 new filters including a three-way color grade filter with built-in keying and masking tools, a new 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 to take advantage of 64-bit processing and OpenGL acceleration.
Boris Continuum Complete 7 AE will be available in May at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$995 USD. Owners of previous versions of Boris Continuum Complete AE may upgrade for $295. Customers who purchase Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE as of April 12 will be eligible to receive a free...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150083"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At this week's NAB show in Las Vegas, Nvidia (http://www.nvidia.com) has unveiled its new Quadro Digital Video Pipeline, a a turnkey system which dramatically simplifies and accelerates the production of live 3D broadcasts.
It's designed to solve the complexity of acquiring, processing and delivering both traditional and 3D content by leveraging Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs). Quadro Digital Video Pipeline features include:
° Acquisition: it ingests four HD-SDI feeds (or two stereoscopic 3D feeds) simultaneously, using the GPU to debayer raw camera data in real-time, so directors see the highest quality, color corrected images.
° Processing: it renders and composites real-time 3D graphics, virtual effects and transitions;
° Delivery: it outputs right eye and left eye HD-SDI streams with audio, for immediate previewing and broadcasting.
 
The Quadro Digital Video Pipeline also adds support for both DirectX and OpenGL. Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150082"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Red Giant Software (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com) says its products will support the just announced Adobe Creative Suite.
Magic Bullet Looks, Knoll Light Factory, Trapcode Suite, and Pro Keying Suite will be the first products available for Adobe After Effects CS5 and/or Adobe Premiere Pro CS5. Red Giant Software will release these Adobe CS5 updaters within two weeks of Adobe CS5 shipping. All other products will be available for Adobe CS5 by this summer. The Adobe CS5 updaters from Red Giant Software are only applicable to users that choose to upgrade to Adobe CS5.
 
According to Sean Safreed of Red Giant, the Adobe CS5 updaters for Red Giant Software products offer support for 64-bit computing, which provide many benefits including:
° Better use of memory to allow multiple applications to run with increased performance;
° Support of RAW content with the capacity to handle any resolution up to 5K and beyond;
° Smooth playback of multiple streams of video in real-time in Adobe...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150070"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At this week's NAB show in Las Vegas, AJA Video (http://www.aja.com) -- a manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, has collaborated with Avid to enable the AJA Ki Pro portable digital video recording device to record Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files that are directly compatible with Avid Media Composer and Symphony systems via the Avid Media Access (AMA) architecture.
The company has also introduced five new Mini Coverter products and a team-up with CineForm.
The AJA Ki Pro is a portable, rugged tapeless video recording device that records high-quality Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files onto computer-friendly media. It connects production directly with post by enabling filmmakers, broadcasters, video professionals and prosumers to skip the process of re-rendering to an editing codec by providing immediate access to full raster edit-ready files directly from camera. Through its AMA plug-in architecture, Avid enables users to connect the AJA Ki Pro media to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150066"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intego (http://www.intego.com), a Mac security specialist, has released VirusBarrier Server 3, the latest version of its anti-malware and network protection software for Macs running as servers. It includes new threat-detection techniques, improved methods of detection, and combined detection protocol.
 
According to the folks at Intego, in addition to being the best defense against viruses and malware for Macs, VirusBarrier Server 3 adds more than 100 new features that provide hardened security and help protect against the latest threats. Here are some of them:
 
° Remote GUI administration: VirusBarrier Server 3 allows administrators to manage the program remotely, with full access to all settings and configurations. Administrators can manage multiple servers from a single GUI console and the program can also be administered locally. With VirusBarrier Server Admin, administrators get a bird’s-eye view of all the servers they are
° Two-way firewall: VirusBarrier Server 3 now...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150041"><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. The upgrade adds: autorecovery documents; preferences improvements; and a resizable category panel.
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 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-150042"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">WoodWing Software, a supplier of cross-media publishing solutions, has greeted the launch of Adobe's Creative Suite 5 with the news that its products will be fully compatible. A beta version of WoodWing's award-winning Smart Styles CS5 plug-in for Adobe InDesign and InCopy has been already released.
The first WoodWing product already available for CS5 is the Smart Styles efficiency plug-in. A beta release is currently available on WoodWing's Community Site at http://community.woodwing.net/labs . The final release will be ready at the same time Adobe CS5 ships.
WoodWing is close to the beta stage of CS5 versions of other plug-ins and the Enterprise publishing system, as well, says President Erik Schut. These betas are expected to be released in May.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150040"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">URC (http://www.UniversalRemote.com) -- which specializes in remote control technology, has announced that its Network Series keypads and remote controls all fully automate AV systems connected to a Mac, PC or Apple TV via conventional wires, or wirelessly via Apple’s AirPort Express.
Touch one colorful icon on the screen of a URC network remote control to automatically activate the TV, start the audio system, and select the correct settings and inputs, so that you can see the video or listen to the music without any technical knowledge of how the AV system operates. URC remotes display color screens that let you browse, select and play anything on iTunes, even though the PC, Mac or Apple TV may be in a completely different room.
URC’s Network Series of 2-way controllers -- the MX-6000 Touch Screen, the MX-5000 Touch Screen Remote and the KP-4000 In-Wall Touch Screen Keypad Controller -- provide the user access and control of streamed iTunes content, as well as control over an entire...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150039"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The battle for control of the multi-billion dollar mobile Internet space is the focus of the debate at the Open Mobile Summit (http://www.openmobilesummit.com), where industry world leaders convene in London, May 26-27th to explore how to monetize the open mobile ecosystem. Among the topics will be "open vs. Apple."
While the world watches to see if Apple CEO Steve Jobs will repeat the iPhone’s success with the iPad, criticism of Apple’s closed approach to device development runs high. Open vs closed models, the evolution of ebooks, tablets and devices "beyond the phone" -- and the impact on future publishing and media revenues -- are high on the agenda at this year’s Open Mobile Summit.
Joining the debate this year will be major handset players such as Nokia, HTC, Sony and Acer, operators Vodafone, O2, Orange, 3 and TeliaSonera, and Internet leaders Yahoo!, Spotify, EA Games and Gowalla. This is the second annual London conference from the organizers at the Open Mobile Summit. Key...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150038"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The National Association of Photoshop Professionals, or NAPP (http://www.photoshopuser.com), has launched its new Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learning Center (http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs5), in conjunction with Adobe’s official announcement, with a week of live streaming webinars and giveaways of Adobe CS5.
The NAPP Adobe Photoshop CS5 Learning Center features 16 in-depth tutorials on Photoshop CS5’s most talked about features including: content aware fill and healing, the new HDR pro, single image HDR, refine edge, Camera Raw noise removal, layers and bridge improvements, the new puppet warp, the new mixer brush and more.
“CS5 is the biggest, most important Photoshop update in years. With so many cool new features, we wanted to give everyone the most comprehensive CS5 resource we possibly could,” saysScott Kelby, founder of NAPP, editor-in-chief of "Photoshop User" magazine, and president of Kelby Media Group. “That’s why we’re hosting an entire week of live-stream webinars on the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-150037"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has announced the Adobe Creative Suite 5 product family (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_v...) and its supporting educational resources.
The Creative Suite 5 line-up includes Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, Creative Suite 5 Web Premium, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium and Creative Suite 5 Design Standard, as well as 15 point products, associated technologies and integration with Adobe CS Live services.
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection includes all of Adobe’s Creative Suite tools with full version upgrades of stand-alone applications, including Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Professional CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and After Effects CS5. These tools are available separately or in one of the five Creative Suite editions.
The Adobe CS5 product family also enables the creation of content and applications for the releases of Flash Player...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-149551"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mozaik Multimedia MovieBuddy and !Content (http://www.mozaik.com) are two new technologies that enable consumers to use iPhones and iPad, in addition to a standard remote control, to interact with in-movie brands and products in an immersive home environment.
Today’s generation is consuming video in a multi-screen, multi-tasking environment. With Mozaik !Content technology, consumers can learn more about products, people and places they see on the screen, instantly shop and share them via Facebook, Twitter or email. The Mozaik MovieBuddy iPad and iPhone application will integrate all these activities into a seamless, intuitive experience never seen before, says Paulette Pantoja, CEO and founder of BluFocus.
Mozaik Multimedia’s !Content is an end-to-end software solution for media and entertainment industries as well as service providers that's deployed across multiple platforms, connecting the advertisers to the consumers to the retailers. MovieBuddy technology, when combined with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-144123"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple's iPad will grab 51% of the tablet market this year, with machines based on Google Android taking 24%, according to data from IMS Research.
As reported by "eWeek" (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPad-Google-Android-t...), the IMS reports shows that Windows 7 will garner 10% market share, with the remaining 15% going to some proprietary and Linux-based platforms for the home.
IMS analyst Anna Hunt projects Apple thinks the iPad it tapping a market that's "hungry" for tablets. The tablet market that could be worth $3.6 billion through 2010, she adds.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143959"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Toon Boom Animation has released Toon Boom Animate Pro 2.0 (http://www.toonboom.com/products/animatepro/), an update of its high-performance animation software for professionals.
New feature highlights include: fast distribution of character parts to layers; the ability to adjust velocity on multiple character parts; efficient creation of richer-looking ambiance; full-fledged SWF export with new vector effects; direct import of scanned drawings (TWAIN); and expanded text capability.
Animate Pro 2.0 is designed for serious animators, offering award winning state-of-the-art content creation, animation and compositing toolset for any animation style within a single all-in-one desktop application, says Toon Boom President/CEO Joan Vogelesang. She says it combines state-of-the-art vector technology, real-time animation tools and nodal compositing to simplify the conception of complex effects. It sports non-destructive and resolution independent workflow, and features a new 3D space...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143958"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EditShare (http://www.editshare.com) will introduce version 2.0 of Flow, its production asset management solution for building collaborative media production infrastructures, at this week's NAB convention Las Vegas.
Integrated with the EditShare shared storage and archiving solutions, Flow provides extensive content management, asset tracking and production capabilities for managing post-production and broadcast workflows. According to EditShare CEO Andy Liebman, features include:
° In addition to the current "chunking" feature, Avid and QuickTime users can now ingest with Flow and begin editing on their NLE timeline within seconds. Clips expand in the background while you continue to edit.
° Flow 2.0 introduces bandwidth-controlled file-based ingest, with support for P2, XDCAM, XDCAM HD and AVC- Intra formats.  Users can maintain video in its native codec or transcode to a different codec -, while simultaneously generating proxy files during ingest. In addition, administrators can...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143957"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sanyo (http://www.sanyo.com) will launch two new Dual Camera Xacti, the DMX-CG100 and DMX-GH1 on April 16. With slim and compact designs, the new models capture Full HD video and high-resolution photos, based on the Dual Camera concept of taking both videos and photos with one camera.
The cameras utilize a video format (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) that can be handled on computer and Internet environments, as well as on home TVs. The new Xactis can capture both Full HD video (1920 x 1080) and 14 mega-pixel photos.
The new models are equipped with Sanyo’s proprietary “Double Range Zoom” feature for zoom operation while filming video. With a touch of the Zoom Range Button, this technology allows users to switch between two zoom ranges, a Wide Mode (40 mm to 240 mm) and a Tele Mode (80 mm to 480 mm), which changes the size of the video capture area on the image sensor. As a result, the new models offer ae range of video capture from wide angle to telephoto zoom for distant scenery, with a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143847"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">mDialog (http://www.mdialog.com), a mobile video and in-stream ad management platform, has announced what it says is first-to-market robust HTML5 adaptive video streaming service with Dynamic Ad-insertion.
mDialog VaaS with dynamic ad-insertion purportedly offers feature capabilities previously only available with Flash video-based solutions. mDialog delivers in-stream ad-insertion, ensuring no gaps between video ads in content on the mDialog iPad/iPhone Video Player SDK (software developer kit) and HTML5-enabled video browsers, such as Safari for the iPad.
“mDialog offers not only feature parity with desktop Flash video-based players, but provides viewers with a better overall user experience and more nuance in choices and styles of to-the-second ad insertions,” says Greg Philpott, President and Founder, mDialog. “And from a targeting perspective, the geo-targeting, device frequency capping and other means of pinpointing a specific audience are far more accurate with mDialog.”
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143811"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has acknowledged the risks of exclusion from the iPhone and iPad in a corporate filing, indicating the ban could hurt sales, as reported by "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=AAPL%3AUS&sid=aE0...).
“To the extent new releases of operating systems or other third-party products, platforms or devices, such as the Apple iPhone or iPad, make it more difficult for our products to perform, and our customers are persuaded to use alternative technologies, our business could be harmed,” Adobe said in the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under a “risk factors” heading.
“Adobe’s goal has been to make it so people can create content once and it can be delivered across all platforms -- that’s the pitch and Apple is trying to derail that effort,” Patrick Walravens, an analyst at JMP Securities, told "Bloomberg." “There’s a lot of noise around this issue and it’s significant for Adobe.”</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143750"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Doxie (http://www.getdoxie.com), a paper scanner that scans directly to the cloud, is now shipping. Designed for home and small businesses, the US$129 portable scanner is for scanning, sharing, and organizing paper and photos.
It weighs 10.9 ounces and is built for travel. It's compatible with any Mac (OX 10.5 or 10.6) or PC and has USB connectivity. Doxie integrates directly with desktop and web apps like Google Docs, Flickr, iPhoto, Tumblr, Picnik, Evernote, Picasa, and Backpack. A single button, Doxie's Heart Button, implements sharing.
Doxie's features include: color scanning at up to 600 dpi with automatic page detection; included software for simple scanning and direct cloud sharing; integration with the free Doxie's Cloud service for turning paper into URLs for instant sharing; automatic cropping, rotation, and image clean-up; photo editing with direct support for the Picnik online photo editing suite; and the ability to save as PDF, JPEG, or lossless PNG.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143747"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Google's Chrome browser draws heavily on the WebKit browser engine project led chiefly by Apple, but now WebKit is adopting one Chrome idea: separation between some computing processes, according to "CNET" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20002103-264.html).
WebKit is the system framework used on Mac OS X by Safari, Dashboard, Mail.app, and many other OS X applications. It’s based on the KHTML engine from KDE.
Apple programmer Anders Carlsson announced the latest move, an interface called WebKit2, in a that reads:
"This is a heads-up that we will shortly start landing patches for a new WebKit framework that we at Apple have been working on for a while. We currently call this new framework "WebKit2".
"WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout, etc) lives in a separate process. This model is similar to what Google Chrome offers, with the major difference being that we have built the process split model...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143745"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Eden Zoller, Ovum’s principal analyst, says Apple's iAd service is ambitious and slick but it still faces challenges before it can corner the market, not just from Google but from the complexity of video based in-application advertising.
“As Madison Avenue predicted, Apple has launched itself into the one mobile market from which it was absent, advertising," Zoller says. "Thursday at the iPhone 4.0 launch it announced its play for this market, the iAd platform. Steve Jobs reckons there will soon be around 100 million Apple devices on the market and that most of people’s mobile activity will be dominated by applications, where they will spend around 30 minutes a day. According to Jobs, if 10 ads were to appear on each device per day this would make for one billion ad impressions daily. The potential revenue from this scenario could be substantial."
The iAd platform supports in-application advertising and will span the iPhone, iPod touch and newly launched iPad. The iAd platform, built...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143737"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted a video of Thursday's special event in which iPhone OS 4 and more was unveiled. The event was held at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California.

To view the video, you'll need QuickTime. You can find a link at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/ .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143710"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The surging popularity of untethered devices like the iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Kindle and Sony Reader will help breathe new life into the publishing and information industries, but which revenue models will take hold will depend on the device, according to a new report from Outsell (http://www.outsellinc.com), a research and advisory firm focused on advancing the publishing and information industries.
“These mobile devices give publishers a chance to redefine user experiences with their content and to reset the rules for monetizing it as well, but current uncertainty as to how it will evolve means it’s time for experimentation,” saysNed May, director and lead analyst, Outsell. “That means content providers will also need patience as the landscape unfolds.”
Outsell’s “Device Wars” report is based on a February 2010 survey of more than 800 consumers on their use of smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, as well as interviews with executives across publishers and device manufacturers....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143705"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Imagenomic (http://www.imagenomic.com) has released Portraiture 2 Plug-in for Aperture 3, the latest version of Apple's digital photography workflow application. The Portraiture 2 edition provides native 64-bit operation within Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").
 
The Portraiture 2 Plug-in for Aperture 3 is being made available as a free upgrade for registered users of the previous Aperture 2 Plug-in edition. For new users, the suggested retail price  is US$199.95. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143703"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Reggie Ashworth has updated AppDelete (http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete), an application deleting app for Mac OS X, to version 3.1. It's a maintenance update that tweaks version 3.0.
Via drag 'n drop, AppDelete will delete any chosen app with all of its associated items that belong to that application. You'll no longer have to hunt through their system to find and delete these items manually.
You can drag any item that can be uninstalled onto AppDelete: applications, widgets, preference panes, plug-ins, screensavers, etc. You can also activate AppDelete in many ways: dragging items onto main window, onto dock icon, selecting in menu, right-clicking using AppDelete workflow, and throwing items in the trash. When the preview screen appears you can uncheck any items you would like to exclude. You also have several choices: delete the items, log only the items, or archive (copy) the items to a .zip file for safekeeping or reinstall at a later date. The items you delete...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143702"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CoreMelt (http://www.coremelt.com) is previewing a Rolling Shutter reduction feature in Lock & Load X.
With the advent of the CMOS photosensor, a whole range of consumer, prosumer and professional level, HD video capable camcorders and digital SLRs have been released. But, even though CMOS technology enables high quality products to be developed at cheaper and cheaper prices, has its own problems. One of the main issues when shooting video on a CMOS camera are rolling shutter artifacts.
When a CMOS sensor records an image, it scans the image from top to bottom, left to right. This scanning action results in a slight lag time between the recording of the top left of the image, to the bottom right of the image, resulting in images with horizontal skew and vertical distortion. These distortions, when coupled with the motion of the camera, creates the infamous "wobbly" image effect attributed to CMOS cameras. This effect is heightened when shooting on cameras like Canon's Legria and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143517"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">New data from Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) says the iPad will "energize" the tablet computer market over the next four years.
The research group says the tablet is entering a crowded market of mobile devices, but it has the opportunity to carve out a portion of the fast growing mobile electronics market segment for those that can deliver a complete solution that includes the device, content, applications, and wireless services that offer a unique usage model to users at an attractive price. The debut of the iPad promises significant opportunities well beyond just Apple, says Research and Markets.
The iPad promises to energize the emerging tablet computer segment, creating a potential semiconductor opportunity of over US$4.1 billion in 2014. Other component vendors will capitalize on the new opportunity for batteries and displays, as well. Tablets have quickly become a high priority for competitors across the value chain, including mobile operators, says Jim...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143525"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EditShare (http://www.editshare.com), which specializes in cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has released its new Ark 2.0 backup and archiving solution.
Fully integrated with EditShare's award-winning shared storage solutions, Ark 2.0 offers media file protection for broadcast and post, providing digital and tape-based options for creating backups and archives. Ark 2.0 boasts a full array of media protection enhancements, most notably its complete integration with EditShare Flow, says Andy Liebman, founder and CEO of EditShare.

Version 2.0 offers: integration with Flow for back-ups and restoration of files; support for multi-tape libraries; a new activation feature for Ark Disk; and improved tape management. EditShare will be exhibiting the new Ark 2.0 release at the NAB 2010 convention held in Las Vegas on stand #SL4725. Pricing hasn't been announced.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143657"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">On this week's "Tech Night Owl,"Gene Steinberg, the Owl himself, and guests look at -- you guessed it -- the iPad. Oh yes, and the upcoming Office 2011 for the Mac.
First off, Kyle Wiens, from iFixit, takes the iPad apart in a virtual fashion, describing what makes it tick and how well it works after it’s all put back together. And in a change of pace, Microsoft’s Amanda Lefebvre reveals the inside details of the forthcoming Office 2011 for the Mac and gives you a preview of the new Microsoft Messenger for the Mac, which includes support for audio and video recording.
You can tune into the live broadcast stream Thursday nights from 6-8 Pacific, 9-11 Eastern from http://www.technightowl.com/radio ; an archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast. You can also access our show's podcast feed, now available at http://www.technightowl.com/nightowl.xml .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143526"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">As I wind up my four-part review of the iPad, I must revisit my theory (or maybe it was a hope) that the device could replace both my iPod touch and my MacBook. It will definitely replace the former. As for my laptop, not quite and not yet.
With the revealing of iPhone OS 4, I think the iPad could do just that before year's end. I say this with a caveat: I'm not a road warrior. I do most of my computing on an iMac and will be using my iPad as a Mac companion/Mac complement. If you do a lot of work -- or heavy duty work -- on your laptop, don't plan on trading your MacBook or MacBook Pro in for an iPad.
As I've said before, the tablet device is a great device for media consumption. As a device for creation and productivity, it has a way to go.
Apple offers iPad versions of its iWork productivity apps: Pages, Keynote and Numbers for $9.99 each. I've only used Pages, so I'll use that as my yardstick for getting work done on the tablet device.
First of all, I simply can't use the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143489"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At the unveiling of iPhone OS 4, Apple debuted iAd, Apple’s new mobile advertising platform, which "combines the emotion of TV ads with the interactivity of web ads," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said.
Today, when users click on mobile ads they are almost always taken out of their app to a web browser, which loads the advertiser’s web page. Users must then navigate back to their app, and it's often difficult or impossible to return to exactly where they left. Jobs said iAd solves this problem by displaying full-screen video and interactive ad content without ever leaving the app, and letting users return to their app anytime they choose.
He added that iPhone OS 4 lets developers embed iAd opportunities within their apps, and the ads are dynamically and wirelessly delivered to the device. Apple will sell and serve the ads, and developers will receive an industry standard 60% of iAd revenue.
However, Flash ads need not apply. They must be built with HTML. To put it mildly, Jobs is NOT a fan of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143481"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has sold over 450,000 iPads since the device went on sale Saturday, April 3, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at a special event at its Cupertino, California headquarters. Approximately 300,000 units were sold on the launch day.
Jobs said Apple is serving over 185,000 applications through its Apple App Store, including 3,500 designed for the iPad. The CEO added that over 600,000 ebooks have been sold through the device's iBook app in the first five days.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143478"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">More than four billion apps have been downloaded from the Apple App Store and more than 185,000 apps are available to consumers in 90 countries, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said at a special event at its Cupertino, California headquarters.
Over 85 million iPhone and iPod touch users around the world can choose from a range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. Jobs also said that Apple has sold 50 million iPhones and 35 million iPod touches.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143477"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple unveiled iPhone OS 4 software at a special event at its Cupertino, California -- and released a beta version of the software to iPhone Developer Program members. And, yes, it will include multitasking. Sweet.
The iPhone OS 4 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,500 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and over 100 new features that will be available to iPhone and iPod touch users this summer, according to Apple. At today's event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said new features include multitasking for third party apps; Folders to better organize and access apps; improved Mail with a unified inbox, fast inbox switching and threaded messages; enhanced Enterprise support with even better data protection, mobile device management, wireless app distribution and more; Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform; and iBooks, the ebook reader and online bookstore recently debuted on the iPad.
iPhone OS 4’s new multitasking offers users a way to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143467"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Emtrace Technologies, a smartphone solutions developer, has released Moxier Wallet for Mac computers. Available as a "freemium" download at http://www.moxier.com, Moxier Wallet is a password manager and personal information vault for the Mac, Windows systems, iPhones and iPod touches.
It boasts encryption technology, and automatic multi-platform synchronization capabilities. Moxier Wallet is a self-contained, master password protected software application that stores personal data in an encrypted database. No information is stored in the computer’s temporary files, and there are no confusing forms to fill out or complicated steps to follow to get started.
Consumers use one of the templates provided to fill out web log-in information or other frequently used data. Moxier Wallet includes a popup window that stays open on top of browsers or other applications so users can: copy and paste stored data to access web sites; copy and paste credit card data to make web purchases; or access...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143389"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Jonathan Yarmis, senior analyst at Ovum, a research consultancy that's part of Datamonitor Group, says that sales of 300,000 iPads on the first day of the device's launch just isn't good enough.
"The first troubling sign is the fact that you can still get an iPad today," he said in a research note -- as noted by "InformationWeek" (http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtm...). "They didn't sell out."
He says that Jobs & Company have, in the past effectively managed inventory to create shortages. Such lack of availability supports the perception that a product is in high demand and presumably stokes the desire of potential buyers, says "InformationWeek"
Yarmis attributes the lackluster launch in part to disinterest in iPad apps. He also thinks that the</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143388"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Softpress Systems says all new purchases of Freeway 5 Pro will include the alternative of a free copy of Easy Web Animator when purchased directly from the Softpress Store, or on a rebate basis from the Apple store.
Freeway is a web site creation tool. Easy Web Animator offers a Flash/QuickTime animator for creating banner ads, animated introductions, photo galleries and other visually rich interactive content.
New purchasers of Freeway Pro can choose from bundles including a free copy of either Easy Web Animator, Intaglio or PDFpen at US$249. Freeway 5 Pro and Freeway 5 Express are available for purchase and immediate electronic delivery directly from the Softpress Store. Existing Freeway users can purchase Easy Web Animator for t $25. For more pricing details (including student, senior and non-profit discounts) go to http://www.softpress.com/products/companion/easy-web-animator/ .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143387"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Blizzard Entertainment (http://www.blizzard.com) says its real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, will be available both in a standard edition and in a limited-release Collector's Edition packed with exclusive bonus materials.
Players who purchase either edition will be able to play online for no additional fee through the new version of Battle.net, an online gaming destination for Blizzard Entertainment gamers. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be available on DVD-ROM for Mac OS X and Windows (XP/Vista/7).
The standard edition will sell for a suggested retail price of US$59.99 and will also be available shortly after release as a download through the online Blizzard Store. The special Collector’s Edition package, which is priced at $99.99 and will only be available at retail stores, will include bonus items in addition to the game disc.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143367"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Another day, another lawsuit. Wi-LAN (http://www.wilan.com), a technology innovation and licensing company, has commenced litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the lawsuit capital of the world, it seems), against Apple and several other companies for patent infringement.
In its filing, WiLAN claims that these companies have infringed and continue to infringe WiLAN’s U.S. Patent No. 5,515,369 by making and/or selling various products enabled with Bluetooth technology including cellular handsets and personal notebook computers. WiLAN will be represented in this action by McKool Smith.
Also included in the lawsuit are Acer, Atheros, Belkin, Broadcom, Dell, D-Link, Gateway, HP, Intel, Lenova, LG Electronics, Marvell Semiconductor, Motorola, Personal Communications Devices, Sony, Texas Instruments, Toshiba and UTStarcom. What? Not Microsoft? Why not simply sue the whole tech industry?
In 2007, Wi-LAN filed a similar lawsuit against 22 technology companies...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143365"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Justin Long, the "Mac" in the popular, award-winning "Get a Mac" ads, tells the AV Club (http://www.avclub.com/articles/justin-long,39870/) that it may be time to move on from the long-running series of advertisements.
"You know, I think they might be done," he says. "In fact, I heard from John, I think they’re going to move on. I can’t say definitively, which is sad, because not only am I going to miss doing them, but also working with John [John Hodgeman, who plays the "PC"]. I’ve become very close with him, and he’s one of my dearest, greatest friends. It was so much fun to go do that job, because there’s not a lot to it for me. A lot of it is just keeping myself entertained between takes, and there’s no one I’d rather do it with than John."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143356"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Singular Software, developer of automation applications for post-production, is offering a beta version (http://www.singularsoftware.com/downloads.html) of the next release (1.2) of its flagship product PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro.
The new version will include improved workflow for dual-system audio, clock drift correction, increased synchronization control, broader coverage of media types and customer-requested enhancements. It does not overwrite the previously installed PluralEyes 1.1, and can run alongside that version. Just remember that beta software is unfinished software, so use with care.
Designed for time-conscious video professionals, PluralEyes offers workflow automation tools for analyzing media content and synchronizing audio and video clips, including DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera images. The new PluralEyes plug-in for Vegas Pro provides an array of features for managing multi-camera, multi-take, and dual-system audio productions; including a level audio...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143324"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SmartSound Software (http://www.smartsound.com), which makes customizable, royalty-free music, will be releasing the latest in library music on April 12 at the NAB 2010 Show in Las Vegas.  The Voxation Series will feature lyric-based vocal music from bands and musicians in a SmartSound format that automatically edits length, arrangement and mix at the hands of any video or audio editor.
Each song on these albums is delivered with the instrument tracks and vocals on separate layers.  With the customization control in SmartSound’s Sonicfire Pro software, video editors can now manipulate these songs to make the instruments and vocals automatically fit to the changes in the video.
The first album in the Voxation Series features the tunes and lyrics of singer/songwriter Brady Harris.  The second album features the Indie Pop/Rock band, Steep, from Germany.  SmartSound is working with a growing number of bands and musicians to keep the Voxation Series growing.
Albums in the Voxation Series...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143321"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Publicspace.net has announced version 0.7 of Vitamin-R (http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/index.html) its productivity tool for creative professionals. The new release makes many improvements and refinements ahead of the upcoming 1.0 release.
Vitamin-R is a collection of tools and techniques designed for managing attention and maintaining motivation. It purportedly 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. Vitamin-R breaks down large tasks into a series of short "time slices" of between 10 and 30 minutes.
It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and costs US$14.95. Family, business and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143318"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Digieffects (http://www.digieffects.com) will launch three new products next week: FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp, FreeForm 3D Displacer, and Damage 2.0. Attendees at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 12-15, can stop by the Plugin Pavilion, booth SL4228 to meet with representatives from Digieffects.
All new plugins, as well as Camera Mapper, Falloff Lighting and Aged Film will support native 64-bit applications. New products include:
° FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp: developed by Mettle Communications and available for US$99, Digieffects FreeForm 3D Mesh Warp adds a third dimension to the built-in After Effects mesh warp tool. Users can select how many rows and columns to divide the image into, then manipulate the control tangents to create cylinders, curves, ribbons, folding cards, and an infinite amount of three dimensional shapes.
° FreeForm 3D Displacer: developed by Mettle Communications and available for $99, Digieffects FreeForm 3D Displacer brings true three dimensional displacement...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-143316"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EDUmobile has extended its iPhone Programming Course to include iPad development topics. The new iPad training module will be provided to all candidates of the iPhone Course at no additional cost.
The module will cover a range of topics to help developers understand key differentiators and unique aspects of iPad development as compared to iPhone development. Developers can learn how to create an iPad application from scratch on the iPad SDK (software developer kit) and more.
Developers can learn how to create an iPad application from scratch on the iPad SDK and learn how to use the concepts from iPhone to program for the iPad. They can get a birds-eye-view on the basic similarities between the two devices and the relative differences between them. Developers can also see how to make their Apps compatible so they run across the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. For details, including pricing, go to http://edumobile.org/ipad-course.html .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113878"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tension Software has updated TS Calc (http://www.pomola.com/products_tscalc/tscalc.html), a Mac OS X app for solving mathematical models applied to technical problems of various types, to version 1.1.3. It's a maintenance release that fixes some bugs.
TS Calc is a document based application and its documents can be realized and used as calculation models for a specific mathematical technical problems. These documents can also be distributed as pre-made solutions for various type of technical problems with all the requested equations inside and all the variables pre-inserted with acceptable range already set.
A TS Calc document contains a series of equations and a list of variables and constants used by the equations. The user can insert different input and see the output generated by the TS Calc document using the equations solving the problem.
TS Calc includes a calculation engine entirely developed and coded internally by Tension Software in C and Objective-C, able to solve...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-115741"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
SmarterTools says the SmarterMail mail server can provide iPad users complete push services for email, contacts, and calendars. The Exchange ActiveSync protocol that SmarterTools licensed from Microsoft in 2009 is the key component in providing this integration. The SmarterMail app is available at the SmarterTools web site (http://www.smartertools.com).
Lonely Planet, a travel content provider, has announced that its 1000 Ultimate Experiences App for iPad is now available for US$9.99. The 1000 Ultimate Experiences App allows iPad users to experience Lonely Planet’s top 1000 recommended experiences through images, captivating video and insights from  its leading travel authors.
Fashion label Calesco has released Calesco Couture 1.0, a free app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices. It covers Calesco's current collection on bridal, prom and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113877"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">EditShare (http://www.editshare.com), maker of cross-platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has announced the the availability of version 6.0 of its Storage Series and XStream shared storage solutions.
Part of EditShare's Complete Collaboration product line, the shared storage solutions offer project and media sharing for Final Cut Pro and Avid editors. EditShare's user management tools are designed specifically for post and broadcast workflows. The 6.0 release boasts performance and workflow enhancements, including simplified media management, optimizations for DPX workflows, and support for dual port 10-Gigabit Ethernet cards, according to Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare. He says highlights of the new Storage Series and XStream Version 6.0 release include:
° With Version 6.0, users can enable DPX optimizations on a per-Media Space basis, and choose specific optimizations for HD-DPX or 2K-DPX workflows.
° Version 6.0 allows for the definition of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113876"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The agenda has now been set for the Ninth Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet to take place on Tuesday, April 13, in the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
Doors open at 4 pm and presentations begin at 7 pm and continue until 11 pm. Tickets are on sale online for US$15 each, (plus a $1.36 ticket fee) and $10 for students with a valid ID or $20 at the door. Scheduled to appear on stage (and this is subject to change) will be:
° Canon: Alex Buono, 10-year director of photography for NBC's Saturday Night Live Film Unit, kicks off the SuperMeet with a real-world perspective and a bit of humor on shooting for broadcast for the weekly live comedy series with Canon EOS DSLR cameras. He'll be joined by Paul McAniff of Canon, who will introduce the new XF305 and XF300 professional HD camcorders.
° Adobe: Jason Levine, Adobe worldwide product evangelist, will highlight several new features that will be useful for the Final Cut Pro editor (including Round tripping to/from FCP...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113864"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Scosche (http://scosche.com) has announced two new additions to its iPad accessory line: reVIVE II Dual USB Chargers for home and car.  Each of the two reVIVE II chargers features a 2.1 Amp (iPad) and 1 Amp (iPhone or any other USB powered devices) port so iPad users can power their new iPad and another handheld device imultaneously from one wall outlet or car power port. 
Should users confuse the two USB ports the iPad will charge slower in the 1A port and other devices will simply charge at the same rate in the 2.1A port. No devices would be damaged by mistakenly plugging the wrong device into the wrong port and the ports are clearly labeled to help avoid any confusion, says Kas Alves, executive vice president of Scosche Industries.
The reVIVE II chargers will retail for US$24.99 (car) and $29.99 (home) and are available now for pre-order. They'll ship in late spring.
The two chargers join the kickBACK P1 for iPad, which will be available for preorder on Scosche.com for $44.99 and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113863"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) says it will demo its next generation of plug-ins for Adobe After Effects at NAB 2010, in booth SL4130. The new versions will contain 64-bit support for the soon-to-be-released Adobe After Effects CS5.
The products will also have major optimizations for After Effects 7.0 and later, and other supported After Effects-compatible host applications, so users who will not be using Adobe After Effects CS5 will have a good reason to upgrade, according to the folks at RE:Vision Effects.
Customers who purchase an After Effects-compatible product today will received the new upgraded version for free when it's released. This offer will be good until the new versions are released. Upgrade pricing will be announced when the products are released.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113862"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple is expected to have an end-of-the-year net cash pile of around US$48 billion, according to Macquarie analysts. Macquarie (http://www.macquarie.com/us/index.htm) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
What's more, Macquarie analysts expect the company to have around $75 billion in net cash by the end of 2012. Sounds good, right? However, "The Wall Street Journal says it's an "enviable, but difficult, position."
"The problem here is that that the forecast year-end net cash figure is around the same size as the current equity base–and 14 times the net PP&E–so it’s very hard in practice for Apple to put all its cash to work internally," the "Journal" says. You can read their analysis at http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2010/04/07/eating-into-apples-cash-pile/?mod... .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113852"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boingo Wireless (http://www.boingo.com), a WiFi provider, says the iPad is now the second most popular non-laptop device connecting to its WiFi networks, displacing Android devices and more than doubling the daily number of visits for the previous second place device.
“It’s stunning how quickly the iPad has established itself as a force in Wi-Fi,” says Dave Hagan, president and CEO of Boingo Wireless. “After four days in market, it is already being more widely used than other Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices that have moved millions of units.”
The iPhone is still the indisputable king of mobile devices, representing nearly 90% of all non-laptop connections in Boingo’s airports. The iPad registered 5.4% of all device connections, while Android tallied 2.5%. Blackberry phones and iPod Touch MP3 players accounted for less than 2% each of total visits. Windows Mobile was less than 1%.
This data represents all Wi-Fi enabled non-laptop devices in Boingo’s managed network, which includes 58...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113818"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Chronos has released SOHO Notes 8.3, an update to its note manager for Mac OS X. The key attraction of version 8.3 is a Find Duplicates feature that assists users in finding and dealing with duplicate notes, folders, folder icons, form definitions, and colors.
Users can preview the duplicate items and then choose to delete or merge the duplicates, according to Robert McCullough, vice president of Development at Chronos. He adds that SOHO Notes 8.3 also includes 25-plus improvements including: the ability to create smart folder hierarchies; performance and memory improvements; and nine NoteLife syncing improvements and fixes.
A fully functional 30 day trial version can be downloaded from Chronos' web site (http://www.chronosnet.com). It costs US$39.99 for new users, and a family pack is available for $69.99.
SOHO Notes 8.3 is a freeupdate for registered SOHO Notes 8.x users. Registered owners of SOHO Notes 5.x to 7.x can upgrade to version 8.x for $25. SOHO Notes requires Mac OS X v10...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113800"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Marware is shipping the Eco-Flip for iPad (http://www.marware.com/products/iPad/Eco-Flip-for-iPad). It's an eco-leather flip case designed to deliver three solutions in one. A hand strap design allows you to fold back the cover and grip the device during usage.
Also, the Eco-Flip folds open at the top, and the lid can be used as a stand. The elastic strap keeps the case closed while the fold over tab inside helps keep the iPad from slipping out. A foldaway display stand is designed for lower-angled typing or viewing. The Eco-Flip is available in black eco-leather and, for a limited time, is on sale for US$44.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113799"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macgamestore.com has released Jewel Quest 4: Heritage (http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=1442 ) for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later. Developed and published by iWin, the game is the fourth game in the match-3 series of games. The game costs US$19.95, but a free 60-minute trial version is available for download
Here's how Jewel Quest 4 is described: "Solve over 175 Jewel Quest Heritage boards and one puzzling family mystery on a topsy-turvy quest through Europe's ancient hot spots. Hit the trail with Rupert on a journey through the shrines and castles of Hernan Cortes' lore. Swap jewels and collect puzzle pieces to unravel a perplexing web of Jewel Quest family history. With over 175 new Jewel Quest Heritage boards, including 3 jewel-swapping modes, new surprises await in every level."

The game features 35 world scenes, over 175 unique Jewel Quest boards, three modes of play in Jewel Quest Heritage, puzzle pieces and a family tree, and more.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113798"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Nuo Tech has launched its eco-friendly line of totes, sleeves (including ones for the iPad) and messenger bags that ease airline travel and protect netbooks, laptops and other mobile gadgets. 
The complete collection includes Nuo-branded messenger bags and sleeves, as well as a fashion line designed by Kailo Chic that includes smartphone pouches, netbook and laptop sleeves, messengers and totes. Cases start at US$19.99 and all Nuo and Kailo Chic products purchased at shopnuo.com the week of Earth Day (April 19-26) will receive a 20% discount in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day.‚Ä®
The folks at Nuo Tech says their environmentally-friendly collection is constructed of eco-friendly materials such as water and vegetable-based dyed cotton/canvas and synthetic leather materials. The materials don't contain harmful AZO dyes or PVC and are RoHS compliant (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), they add‚Ä®.
The checkpoint friendly design of the 10 inch sleeves allows your iPad,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113774"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileMaker Inc. (http://www.filemaker.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has announced the availability of the FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 11, a self-paced learning program to help intermediate to advanced database users and developers master the essentials of the software.
The FileMaker Training Series is a resource to help prepare for the FileMaker 11 Certification examination, also available today. The training is designed to benefit anyone from consultants and in-house corporate developers to independent developers and professionals running their own business.
Consisting of 12 modules, the FileMaker Training Series contains detailed, step-by-step instructions on key FileMaker development topics. The materials include a 700+ page manual and a DVD with demo files, exercises and videos to help guide users through the content. Modules in the series cover a range of information from introductory concepts such as working with fields and layouts to more advanced topics...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113773"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">On this week's "Your Mac Life," the YML gang talks iPads with two special guests: Ian Schray, newly minted marketing guy at GadgetTrak, and Bill Reynolds, owner of Audio/Video Awakenings.
They discuss not only their personal plans for their iPads but how both will integrate them into their businesses.
You can listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm (Pacific). Live video is on Your Mac Life! You can watch the show live at http://yml.macosg.com/ -- or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/QT/stream.mov .
You can join one of the two Chat Rooms that run during the live show -- on the live video site or on the dedicated IRC Server at irc.chat-solutions.org in the #yourmaclife Channel .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113772"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">USB analyst Maynard Um told clients today in a note that Apple sold 7.5 million iPhones in the first three months of 2010, according to a recent Q-Series survey.
The study also found that Apple leads the smartphone industry in both mindshare and retention rate. Fifty-six percent of respondents in the Q-Series survey think Apple is the best smartphone manufacturer. According to "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com) the implied retention rate among a sample of 310 users is 95 percent. As Um notes, that's well beyond anything else seen ever in the industry.
What's more, 90% of iPhone owners think that Apple is the best handset maker on the market, the analyst adds. When it comes to the iPad, Um is forecasting that Apple will ship 2.1 million in its 2010 fiscal year and 4.6 million in fiscal year 2011.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113771"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The iSuppli research group (http://www.isuppli.com) says the iPad costs Apple about US$259.60 to build, reports "BusinessWeek" (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2010/tc2010046_788280.htm?).
Materials for the Apple device include a touchscreen display that costs $95 and a $26.80 processor designed by Apple and manufactured by Samsung Electronics, according to iSuppli. The research group's analysis means that the components of the lowest-priced iPad, which includes 16GB of memory, constitute 52% of its $499 retail price, on par with other Apple products including the iPhone 3GS.
A mid-priced 32 GB version of the iPad that sells for $599 contains $289.10 worth of materials. A high-end 64 GB version, which retails for $699, contains components that cost $348.10, according to iSuppli. Much of the iPad's component costs went toward making the device appealing to use, says iSuppli principal analyst Andrew Rassweiler.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113770"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Datamation Systems (http://pc-security.com/) has released the DS-Netvault-IP, a security cart and storage solution for the iPad. It secures, stores and recharges as many as 40 of the Apple devices.
The DS-Netvault-IP will also work with ebook readers, such as the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Sony Reader, as well as many tablet PCs. It boasts a three-point locking system and is equipped with ample outlets for recharging batteries and powering peripherals.
The DS-Netvault-IP is also equipped with innovative wire management features, medical grade wheels and adjustable dividers. The interior can be reconfigured to accommodate changing technologies. Contact Datamation Systems for pricing.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113769"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">STM Bags (http://www.stmbags.com) has announced the US$44.95 micro iPad bag for, as you might guess, the Apple iPad. It sports tuck away handles and is designed to protect the new Apple device from scratches and external abuse.
A front flap pocket stows your cords, keys and other sundries. Adjustable and removable shoulder strap also included.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113768"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has announced BatchOutput 3.6.6, a maintenance update to its professional solution to automate printing and exporting to various formats from Adobe InDesign. The new version improves export of InDesign documents to INX file format.
BatchOutput automates InDesign output workflow of printers, ad agencies, service providers and publishing houses. With the software, users can select the files to output and adjust the settings, instead of opening and printing each document manually. For example, BatchOutput can be left to output hundreds of InDesign files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.
BatchOutput also allows users to output InDesign documents as single pages, update links automatically, and output files invisibly for the user. The software automatically composes complex variable file names. Because BatchOutput can run in the background, it allows users to keep working with other programs during processing....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113767"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">zCover (http://www.zcover.com) is shipping its gloveOne silicone protection case for the iPad. The case features a Dock-in-Case "smart design" that allows the iPad to be docked into Apple original iPad Dock while it's still in the zCover case.
 
The gloveOne is a form-fitting, contour design with an ergonomic engineering concept. According to the folks at zCover, side finger grips are comfortable to use and the space between finger grips and the back open formed an airflow cooling system.
Besides full access to all control functions, ambient light sensor, and die-cut open for speakers, microphone, and headphone jack, the case has an integrated flip cover protecting Apple Dock Connecter Port. The gloveOne retails for US$39.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113765"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intego (http://www.intego.com), the Macintosh security specialist, has released release of VirusBarrier X6 10.6.5, a free (to registered users) maintenance version its antivirus and anti- malware software for Mac OS X. It now scans iPads for malware and malicious files.
In addition to iPad compatibility, VirusBarrier X6 adds the following features:
° A new option allows users to submit URLs that are flagged as web threats or phishing sites to Intego for analysis;
° A contextual menu in the log allows users to add sites flagged as web threats or phishing sites to the Trusted Sites list;
° A button in the web threat and phishing alerts allows users to add sites to the Trusted Sites list;
° A button in the behavioral analysis alert allows users to trust an application;
° An "Always require a password to access the interface" checkbox has been added to the advanced preferences;
° A new advanced scan option allows users to skip Boot Camp volumes during malware scans.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-113757"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Taco Software has released Taco HTML Edit 2.6 (http://tacosw.com/), the latest edition of its HTML and PHP editor. The upgrade includes a revamped interface for Code Clips, which provide a way to access frequently used text segments.
The Component Library, introduced in version 2.5, has also received user interface enhancements and the addition of two new components. There are other tweaks, as well.
Taco HTML Edit costs US$24.95 per license, and can be downloaded from Taco Software's web site. Taco HTML Edit requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. A free, 30-day trial is available.</div></div></span>
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