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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99663"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX, a developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, has announced that the Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo, an online trade show, will take place from Monday, March 15, through Thursday, March 18.
The event will feature: live webinars; new technology previews; partner presentations; daily raffle prizes; and Q&A's with product managers. For more info regarding the Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo, including webinar access details, visit http://www.borisfx.com/events.php#expo .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99640"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">bambooapps has announced Quiet Read Pro (http://www.bambooapps.com/free-stuff), a update to their link management application for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"). It offers a Bookmarklet and MobileMe syncing.
Quiet Read lets you save any link for later. There's a free version, but there is a set of features that is only available after purchasing a license for US$9.95. These features are: the ability to send links to Instapaper; the ability to send links to Read It Later; the ability to shorten links; a blobal shortcut; and a link list search and filter
Quiet Read Lite is completely free. Quiet Read Pro is $9.95 (USD), and you can purchase a license at our online store. Quiet Read needs Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6), and is available in Traditional Chinese, Polish, Helenic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99639"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Eltima Software has released Folx 1.0 (http://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html), a free download manager for Mac OS X. It can download not only common files, but also torrent content.
With Folx all your downloads can be split into two threads. The app also sports Tags. Just mark your downloads with tags that characterize them  best, and you'll be able to find them anytime. When downloading several files you can prioritize the ones you need to download faster by just dragging them to the top of the queue.
Folx can also automatically resume your downloads in case the process was interrupted for some reason (if resuming is supported by a server). It's also available as an US$19.95 pro version in which downloads can be split in up to 10 threads to achieve even faster download speed.
If you need to download torrent content, Folx also features built-in torrent search, meaning you can look for needed torrent right from Folx by just entering a keyword into the dialog. You can also...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99631"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intego (http://www.intego.com) has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, featuring the latest version of its anti-malware and network security software together with BitDefender Antivirus 2010 so Mac users can protect their Windows installations. VirusBarrier X6 now provides protection from both malware and network threats.
VirusBarrier X6 includes new threat-detection techniques, improved methods of detection, combined detection protocols, proactive behavioral analysis, and a range of defensive functions. The new version includes more than 100 new features.
VirusBarrier X6 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. Standard licenses protect up to two Macs and one Windows installation. It's also available in family packs that protect up to 5 Macs and 1 Windows installation. For pricing and upgrade information, visit the Intego web site.
Also available is Internet Security Barrier X6 DP, which includes VirusBarrier X6 and four other Intego programs, ContentBarrier, Personal Backup, Personal...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99630"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">About Objects is set to offer an updated version of its iPhone development training course that now includes full coverage of iPad development. Classes will be held in Cupertino, California, on April 24-30, and in Reston, Virginia, May 24-28.
The folks at About Objects say the new five-day course, "Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development," is part of a series that's proven popular with developers from such companies as Apple, eBay, Genentech, Intuit, Raytheon, NASA, and Yahoo!
There are two other courses in the series: ANSI C Programming, and Objective-C for Beginners. This allows developers to "right-size" their training by choosing the mix of classes they need. Classes are taught by two well-known iPhone developers: Jonathan Lehr, founder of About Objects, and Aaron Morse, developer of numerous iPhone apps including TapDefense, and Trenches. Both have extensive training backgrounds that include years of teaching beginner-level, intermediate, and advanced development topics...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99629"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple continues to lead Dell and HP in customer satisfaction with phone-based technical support, but HP made marked improvements since 2008, according to the latest study conducted by Vocal Laboratories (http://www.vocalabs.com), a company that helps brands improve customer service by collecting feedback about customer service quality.
In 1,157 telephone interviews immediately following a support call in 2009, 64% of Apple customers were “Very Satisfied” with the experience, as compared to 45% of Dell customers and 47% of HP customers.
Compared with 2008, HP customers in 2009 found it easier to reach an agent, experienced fewer problems with the automated portion of the call, and felt like they were made to go through fewer irrelevant or repetitive steps. These changes led to a nine percentage point year over year improvement in customer satisfaction with the agent at HP, and a whopping 17 percentage point improvement in customer satisfaction with the automated portion of the call....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99618"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">"Fast Company" has announced its annual "Most Innovative Companies" issue, which honors major brands including Apple (naturally), Facebook, Google, Cisco, Disney, and GE, along with such rising newcomers Intermap Technologies, Foursquare, and Clearwire.
Overall, "Fast Company" recognized 250 plus companies, including the Top 50, 59 Innovation All-stars culled from past Top 50 honorees, plus ranked the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in 24 categories, including advertising and marketing, biotech, film and TV, media, music, and mobile. Intermap was named in the top 10 mobile companies list that also included Apple, Google, Amazon, Ford, and others.
To create this year’s Most Innovative Companies issue, "Fast Company" had its editorial team analyze information on thousands of businesses across the globe. It’s not just about revenue growth and profit margins; it’s about identifying creative models and progressive cultures -- to define the many forms of innovation that exist across the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99607"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AMF Software (http://www.jamfsoftware.com/) has launched Casper Suite 7.2. The Casper Suite simplifies the lives of system administrators with one centralized framework to inventory, image, update and maintain Mac computers.
Casper Suite 7.2 allows administrators to extend and automate enterprise products on Mac OS X using Extension Attributes, while unifying administration of software into a single console. Additionally, new setup assistants like the Policy Assistant have been incorporated for easier day-to-day use and unleash the depth of the Casper Suite’s capabilities within a simplified and improved user interface. Finally, version 7.2 offers the ability to use Apple's native technology in managing settings on client computers (also known as MCX) will be greatly enhanced by taking advantage of (and contributing to the expansion of) the offerings of the Manifest Destiny open-source project from the creators of AFP548.com.
What's more, version 7.2 broadens the capabilities of the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99606"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SmileOnMyMac (http://www.smileonmymac.com) has updated TextExpander, a Mac OS X utility that lets users define abbreviations for frequently-used text strings and images, to version 3.0 The new version introduces features to make it easier to create and edit snippets.
Users can define a keyboard combination, also known as a hotkey, to open a quick entry window for snippet creation. The last-expanded snippet can also be edited via a hotkey, making it easier to keep snippet content updated.
TextExpander 3 features new "fill-in" snippets. A fill-in snippet can have multiple blank fields in the snippet content that prompt for additional information to be entered manually. For example, a user can invoke a fill-in snippet for a receipt and proceed to fill in the name, product, and order number for the recipient.
New options for searching and finding snippets have been added. Users can now locate snippets via a search field in the menu bar. They can also type a few letters and then display...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99434"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted the iPhone SDK 3.1 beta and iPhone OS 3.1 beta on the iPhone Dev Center. Apple says they're for developers and testing only and should be installed on devices dedicated to iPhone OS 3.2 beta software development.
The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone. iPhone DSK 2.2.1 is available as a free download for Apple Developer Connection (http://developer.apple.com/) members.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99431"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">According to a new Stanford University study, iPhone users are becoming so reliant on their iPhones that they are actually reporting being addicted to their the Apple devices.
Almost half of the respondents in the 200 person study acknowledged an iPhone addiction, reports "The Huffington Post" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/iphone-addiction-study-pa_n_490...). Students were asked to rate their addiction to their iPhones on a scale of one to five, from "not at all addicted" to "fully addicted." 45% answered with a four or above.
The "Post" notes that the iPhone is seen less as an outside device and more of an extension of the person due to the amount of personal information held on it and the ways in which students use it to organize and facilitate their social lives. Stanford esearchers were surprised by how readily students seem to anthropomorphize the device.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99422"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The 1394 Trade Association (http://www.1394ta.org) -- of which Apple is a member -- has issued its new 2010 FireWire Design Guide, which details the guidelines for implementing FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports on high level complex devices such as personal computers and automobiles, and on simple devices such as consumer electronics products.
The new guide, which is available on the 1394 Trade Association web site, includes references to normative specifications as well as full reference designs that can be used as is or -- with the careful consideration of the trade-offs -- as a starting point for an optimized proven design. It also includes a comprehensive checklist of all of the factors and specifications a designer who plans to use 1394 should look for, from 1394-compliant connectors to a full range of power and configuration issues.
There are chapters on mechanical issues, robust port design (ESD & Late VG), system design, cable power, link selection, firmware/higher layers and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99421"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">On April 24-25, Pearson will host the second "Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference," at Seattle’s Bell Harbor Int’l Conference Center. Authors and experts will join developers to share their knowledge, and participate in discussions, how-to sessions, and networking opportunities around the topic of application development.

What's more, the new iPad will be an integral part of conference activities. The conference is designed for: iPhone and iPad developers; long-time Mac developers wanting to leverage their existing skills; GUI designers; UX experts; and mobile application specialists.
Speakers include Addison-Wesley authors Erica Sadun, "The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook, Second Edition"; Kevin Avila, "Core Audio" (publishing in November); Joe Conway, "iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide; Erik Buck, Cocoa Design Patterns"; Aaron Hillegass, "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X"; Mike Daley, "Learning iPhone Game Programming" (Rough Cut); Suzanne Ginsburg, "Designing...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99406"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Source R&D has released the the US$149.99 Warpia Easy Dock (http://www.warpia.com/Product_Guide-Easy_Dock.pdf), which will allow users to wirelessly connect their Mac (and PC) laptop to any traditional desktop setting. 
Based on wireless technology from Wisair, a provider of single-chip based Wireless USB solutions, the Easy Dock consists of a USB dongle that connects to your laptop and a receiver that connects to your monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speakers. Your laptop will instantly recognize the dongle and begin submitting a wireless signal to the receiver, transmitting the image with a resolution of up to1400x1050 to your monitor’s screen, according to Marc Levaggi, of Source R&D. 
It supports up to 1400x1050 resolution and HD video up to 720p. The Easy Dock works with Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, as well as Windows 7, Vista, and XP.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99404"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GameSpy Technology, a provider of online gaming services, has announced updates to their suite of tools for developers of iPhone games, including an entirely new customizable user-interface (UI) toolkit and new services such as in-app purchases and push notifications.
Developers can either implement the new UI as is, change the appearance to match their game/brand or use the provided APIs (application programming interfaces) to include GameSpy's services into their existing game UI. The GameSpy API is common across all gaming platforms.
A preview release of GameSpy's new iPhone development services can be previewed during the 2010 Game Developers Conference, held in San Francisco from March 9 through March 13.  Interested developers can stop by GameSpy, located in Moscone South Hall #1124 on the GDC convention floor. More info can also be found online at http://www.poweredbygamespy.com .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99372"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">UniPrint (http://www.uniprint.net) has launched UniPrint Version 7.0.  Incorporating an enhanced printer driver, UniPrint Version 7.0 is the first printing solution that significantly improves overall printing quality, speed, manageability and security for Mac users working in a 32- or 64-bit physical or virtual desktop environment, according to Arron Fu, vice president, Software Development, UniPrint.
The new version introduces a completely redesigned central management console. UniPrint can now centralize the task of managing server licenses. With the new management console, system administrators can utilize any machine that has a UniPrint component installed to apply a single license file on the designated license server, and also monitor license usage in real time from any remote location.
UniPrint 7.0 also introduces a number of new features that make printing simpler and faster for the user, says Fu. This includes a unique Printer Profiler tool that allows system administrators...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99282"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Jumsoft (http://www.jumsoft.com) has announced Pages Clip 6.0, continuing its collection of add-ons for iWork, Apple's US$79 suite of productivity tools.
Pages Clipart provides users with options for illustrating their presentations, invitations, Web pages, posters, newsletters, and a variety of other documents. Use of the clipart images isn't limited to Pages (the word processing/document creation component of iWork). They're also compatible with Keynote, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and various graphics editors.
Pages Clipart 6.0 sports 1,000 images. They're divided into 12 categories and cover a range of topics, such as work, leisure, family, IT, nature and baby care.
All image files in Pages Clipart 6.0 are available in PNG and PDF formats; the former supports more advanced options for image customization, while the PDF images can be enlarged multiple times without degrading their quality. Each image features a transparent background, which allows the user to place it over...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99281"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Araelium Group has released Querious (http://www.araelium.com/querious), an US$29 database management application for Mac OS X. It includes the ability to view, edit, and search data, manage table schema, indexes, queries, and users, and ships initially with a native connector to MySQL 5. Direct, SSH, and SSL connections are all supported.
The Querious interface features a design enabling fluid navigation between viewing data, editing schemas, writing queries, and administrating users, according to Seth Willits, creator of the software. Tabbed windows allows multiple active views at the same time including multiple sessions and query results.
Data searches are done with the built-in Records Filter placed above the records view, or with full SQL queries. Queries are kept in a history, or saved as favorites in user-defined folders. Previously saved queries can be modified. Data can be exported as SQL, CSV, Tab, and other formats. Full backups can be exported with optional table create...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99268"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mapdiva has updated Ortelius (http://www.mapdiva.com/ ), its map illustration software for Mac OS X, to version 1.0.7. With the update, Ortelius User's Guide is now online
Version 1.0.7 adds dozens of fully editable map templates. Also included are automatic junctions and style transitions and new styles and symbols.
Ortelius is a vector-based drawing program made especially for (though not limited to) map design and presentation. Through its drag-and-drop interface, Ortelius offers a solution for floor plans, landscape plans, scaled drawings, and a variety of custom maps.
Ortelius allows you to draw directly with features such as roads, rivers, coastlines, buildings, symbols, and contours. It's designed for reports, presentations, books, research papers, invitations, magazines, web sites, brochures, public displays, and new media applications with professional-level results.
Every drawing feature supports map attribute information, such as those imported from geographic information...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99264"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Toon Boom Animation has announced the upcoming release of Toon Boom Animate 2 (http://www.toonboom.com/products/animate/), an update of the animation software that lets you publish animation for all types of media, from online to HDTV.
Version 2.0 will offer: distribution of character parts to layers; adjustment of velocity on multiple character parts; creation of richer-looking ambiance; SWF export with effects; direct import of scanned drawings (TWAIN); and text capability.
Animate can handle such formats and jobs as vector, bitmap, symbols, pegs, camera, morphing, inverse kinematics, advanced lip sync and more. It enables users to create traditional and bitmap animation as well as combine both styles. Users can access lip-sync and cell swapping tools.
Buy Toon Boom Animate 2 is available now at the special pre-launch price of US$549.99 until March 21. As of March 8, all new clients will receive a Toon Boom Animate 1 product code. Their Animate 2 product code will be automatically...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99262"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) says its its OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini is the first 2.5-inch, 1TB, quad interface, bus powered portable storage solution on the market and available for immediate ordering with 10 models priced from US$119.99.
It sports FireWire 800/400, USB 2.0, and eSATA interface connectivity. The fanless Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini delivers storage/backup to Mac or PC users in a portable, brushed aluminum. No AC adapter is required.
In addition to the new 1TB model, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro mini is available in nine other quad interface models offering a variety of speed, capacity, and drive type options. They're compatible with Apple operating systems from Mac OS 8.6 through Mac OS X 10.6.x.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99260"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacVector has released MacVector 11.1. This release as been designed to consolidate and "tweak" the new features and changes that have been made over the last four major releases.
MacVector 11.1 is designed to simplify and speed up many common workflows as well as providing better integration with Mac OS X and improving performance, according to MacVector President Kevin Kendall.  Changes include increased interactivity between different views of a sequence, drag and drop of files and sequences between windows and dialogs, Growl support for the job manager, many performance enhancements and literally hundreds of other interface tweaks.
MacVector 11 pricing can be found here: http://www.macvector.com/Buy/11201995.html . Version 11.1 is a free update for registered users of version 11.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99259"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Artman21 has released an update (version 1.0.2) of the system preference pane, JeditAnywhere (http://www.artman21.com/en/jeditanywhere/), that lets you edit the selected text in mailers, word processors or other applications with the Jedit X text editor..
With JeditAnywhere, by tapping the option key twice, you can invoke Jedit X and edit the selection without the copy and paste operation. After you've finished editing, tap the option key twice again, and the results will be written back to the selected area of the target application.
JeditAnywhere requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and Jedit X Rev.2.20 or higher. It costs US$12.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99255"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Monkeybread Software has released version 1.0 of the MBS SQLite Extension (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realserver/).
The MBS SQLite Extension is three things in one: a plug-in for the REAL Server from REALsoftware; a plug-in for SQLiteManager from sqlabs; and an extension for SQLite that you can use in all SQLite based database engines including the REALSQLDatabase class in REALbasic.
SQLite Extension supports Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Example projects for REALbasic are included for both REALSQLDatabase class and REALSQLServerDatabase class.
You can test the plugin for free up to 10 minutes per launch in a demo mode. Licenses are available for approximately US135 9 per developer with one year of free updates.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99254"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Elgato (http://www.elgato.com) has announced what it says is the world’s smallest hybrid TV tuner stick. The next generation of EyeTV Hybrid introduces an ultra-compact enclosure in a matte aluminium finish.
The TV tuner stick comes with EyeTV 3 software for Mac and a driver for Windows 7 Media Center. The price of the new version of EyeTV Hybrid remains the same at US$149.95.
With EyeTV Hybrid, users can watch and record live television on a Mac or PC. EyeTV Hybrid works with an antenna to receive digital TV that's broadcast over-the-air for free (often in HD), and it receives unscrambled cable TV -- both digital and analog. EyeTV Hybrid comes with a video input cable so users can capture SD video from sources like a VCR or cable box.
EyeTV Hybrid comes with Elgato’s EyeTV 3, TV software for the Mac. With EyeTV 3, users can watch, pause, and rewind live TV on a Mac. You can search the Program Guide and record one show or create Smart Series Guides to record an entire season. You can...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99253"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Alchemist Guild has released Warehouse 1.0 (http://www.warehouseosx.com), a task-based backup solution for Mac OS X. The US$9.99 offers a lightweight single window interface for backing up files from your Mac to any removable media device such as external hard drives, USB memory sticks or even other Macs connected on a network.
Warehouse uses a task based system that lets you create an unlimited number of tasks each with source folders, destination location and an option of four backup modes. It lets you schedule tasks to run in the background (using a variety of scheduling options) so the application itself can usually remain closed while it backs up files while you work.
Like TimeMachine, dated folders containing only changed files are incrementally backed up thus saving disk space. If you want to restore old archives browse them like other folders in the Finder and copy out files you want restored.
With Warehouse, you synchronize the contents of two folders on any destination...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99252"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">In response to a survey conducted by the The Enterprise Desktop Alliance (http://www.enterprisedesktopalliance.com) -- an organization to help IT departments integrate Macs into the corporate environment -- 260 IT administrators from large organizations with both Macs and PCs responded that Macs are less expensive than PCs to manage.
In some categories such as troubleshooting, user training and help desk calls, three times as many administrators said that Macs cost less to manage. Approximately 29% of the respondents cited lower total cost of ownership as one of the key reasons their organization buys Macs. Overall 45% cited lower total cost of ownership, ease of technical support, or both, as a significant factor in their Mac purchases.
The full survey inquired about buying plans, IT management and administration issues, and the cost of managing the systems. Related to the cost of managing Macs, the survey asked the respondents to estimate the relative cost of a number of factors...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99238"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileMaker (http://www.filemaker.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has released FileMaker Pro 11, which sports such new features as charting, “on the fly” reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and tools for easier database creation.
Also available today with new features is the entire FileMaker 11 product line, which includes FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11 and FileMaker Server 11. FileMaker Pro 11 offers a selection of dynamic professional-quality charts (pie, bar, area, and line), empowering users to visualize, evaluate and report on data within a new or existing layout, according to Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker.
For example, users can add a pie chart tab within a FileMaker Pro layout to see their sales depicted graphically any way they chose -- weekly, monthly, regionally and more.  FileMaker Charts can also be published to the web using FileMaker Pro Instant Web Publishing. FileMaker Pro 11 users can now create “on the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99180"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple, Facebook, Twitter and HP declined to testify at the second session of the US Senate Judiciary Committee's second hearing on Human Rights and the Law, which looks at protecting privacy of individuals who use the Internet for political and commercial use. They declined, and Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin blasted the companies for this.
According to a "ZDNet" report (http://government.zdnet.com/?p=7497), he had this to say: "The bottom line is this: with a few notable exceptions, the technology industry seems unwilling to regulate itself and unwilling even to engage in a dialogue with Congress about the serious human rights challenges the industry faces.
"In the face of this resistance, I have decided that it is time to take a more active role. At our hearing two years ago, I indicated that Congress could step in if the industry failed to take concrete action to protect internet freedom.
"Today I am announcing that I will introduce legislation that would require internet...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99115"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Badia Software has released a public beta version of Exportools Professional 3.0, its flagship software for high-end exporting and printing of multiple Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress documents.
The latest version has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, and it's the first add-on for InDesign and QuarkXPress built with 64-bit code, boosting overall performance and stability. Almost every aspect of Exportools Professional's functionality has been refined and improved, according to the folks at Badia.
Exportools Professional 30. requires Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"), Adobe InDesign CS3 or CS4, and/or QuarkXPress 8. It's currently in public beta, so users can test it and send feedback regarding its performance and usability. Just remember that beta software is unfinished software so use with care.
Pre-orders are available for US$135 until March 31 with savings of 25%. For more info downloads, go to http://badiasoftware.com/ .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99106"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The latest release of Caedium (version 2.1) from Symscape for the Mac now supports Mac OS X (10.5 and higher) in addition to Windows and Linux. Also in this new release are various enhancements to 3D selection, the properties panel, and geometry creation for all platforms.
Functionally the Mac version is identical to the Windows and Linux versions of Caedium. Version 2.1 also sports: improved 3D selection speed and shortcut key conveniences; a properties panel that switches tabs and expands new properties; the ability to import ASCII point sets as vertices and groups for spline fitting; and the capability to create a rectangular grid as the basis for geometry placement and construction.
A 30-day demo is available for download. For pricing info go to http://www.symscape.com/products .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99073"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Native Instruments has introduced Evolve Mutations 2 (http://www.native-instruments.com/EvolveMutations2.info), a new Kontaket Player-based instrument for movie, TV and game composers. Developed in collaboration with the sound design house, Heavyocity, and powered by the industry-leading Kontaket engine, Evolve Mutations 2 includes an arsenal of instruments, rhythms and ambience.
As the latest addition in Heavyocity's "Evolve" series, Evolve Mutations 2 contains over 300 new sounds based on 2GB of samples. The material is organized into four categories: Rhythmic Suites, Percussive Kits, Stings & Transitions and Tonality & FX.
Evolve Mutations 2 also introduces the new Trigger FX feature, a sound processing section that takes advantage of Kontaket's effects capabilities. With Trigger FX, the keys within a certain octave on the keyboard activate different specific sound treatments including saturation, panning, delay effects and more, which can be layered and combined to create...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99077"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Eternal Storms (http://www.eternalstorms.at) has updated their flickr client, flickery, for Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") to version 1.8. The upgrade adds Google Maps to the search functionality to bring more powerful searches to flickery users.
With flickry, you can browse flickr's photos, view and comment on pictures of your friends, or upload and manage your own photos and favorites. flickery offers three ways of viewing photos: the miniature-overview of the photos where you can see multiple pictures at a time; the full-window-view, which lets you view one photo at a time in detail; and the full-screen view.
You can upload photos to your flickr.com account, as well. The app also gives you the possibility of editing your photos before you upload them. flickery costs US$19.20, though version 1.8 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99072"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Synology America (http://www.synology.com), which specializes in network attached storage servers, has introduced DiskStation Manager (DSM) 2.3. It sports such new features as encryption, easy setup of RAID volumes with SHR, backup to the Cloud, video surveillance with iPhone DS cam and more.
 
Built on Synology's DiskStation Manager firmware, DSM 2.3 was developed specifically for the DiskStation to serve as the digital hub of the home or office. With integrated applications for file sharing, remote access, automatic backup, multi-media streaming, surveillance and email or web hosting, the DiskStation with DSM 2.3 can replace multiple other devices and solve the needs of even the most sophisticated users, says Doug Self of Synology.
Features of version 2.3 include:
° Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), which lets customers grow their storage capacity by adding new disks, or upsizing the capacity of disks;
° Double protection with cloud Backup -- a built-in utility lets you back up to the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99034"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Microvision (http://www.microvision.com), a developer of ultra-miniature projection display products, has announced the opening of its web store for U.S. customers for the Showwx laser pico projector.
Microvision plans to begin taking on-line orders through its web store at 12 noon (Eastern) starting on March 24 for the "Made for iPod" device. Microvision is introducing two product offerings in the U.S. -- the Standard Edition Showwx and the Limited Edition Showwx promotional bundle.
The laser pico projector Standard Edition comes with accessories and an optional VGA dock to connect to a variety of mobile devices. The iPhone-sized Standard Edition is priced at $549.
To celebrate the introduction of the world’s first laser pico projector based on Microvision’s PicoP technology in the United States, Microvision is offering U.S. customers an opportunity to purchase a $999 Limited Edition Showwx bundle. It comes with a personalized splash screen bearing the name of its owner, Showwx with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99027"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tension Software has updated Mac Restart X (http://pomola.com/products_macrestart/macrestart.html) -- a Mac OS X app that can restart a Mac on a regular basis or one time only at a specific date and time or at launch using it via Apple iCal or other applications -- to version 1.5. The upgrade adds a Today button in the "Restart on Date" section and an Open Page option in the "Restart from Web Page" section.
Mac Restart uses the native Mac OS X Date Time Calendar control. It warns the user before a restart, showing a progress bar or jumping from the dock. And the software has a variable warning time interval adjustable in the preferences.
Mac Restart requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. It costs US$20, though version 1.5 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99024"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-G2, which it says is the world's first digital interchangeable lens system camera with a movable LCD that allows for touch-control. It's the successor to the Lumix G1, which was the world's first Micro Four Thirds digital camera.
The touch-control shooting lets the user adjust auto focus (AF) by touching the subject on the 3.0-inch, 460,000-dot high-resolution LCD. The Lumix G2, also shoots 720p High Definition video using the AVCHD Lite format, and joins the Lumix G10, also introduced today, as the latest models in the Lumix G Micro System.
With the touch-screen operation, users can even snap a photo by touching the Lumix G2's screen.  Additionally, the touch-screen operation can be used not only for shooting but also during playback.  Users can touch one thumbnail viewed among many to see the full size of the desired photo.  Also, to view images one-by-one, photos can be dragged across the screen to browse as though flipping the pages of a book...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99021"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">QNAP Systems (http://www.quap.com) has expanded their Business Series Turbo NAS lineup with two new 1U rack-mounted, 4-drive models, the TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP.
These new models, with up to 8TB of storage (using 2TB hard drives), have been certified as compatible with VMware's vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform. VMware's vSphere is a cloud operating system that offers a way to reduce IT costs and increase responsiveness.
The TS-459U-RP and TS-459U-SP incorporate the Intel Atom D-510 1.66Ghz dual-core processor and feature 1GB of DDRII RAM. The new models are differentiated with the TS-459U-RP containing redundant power supplies. Should one power supply fail, the other will continue to supply the power for the entire system and alert the administrator via email or SMS to the failure.
The TS-459U-SP contains a single power supply, and can be upgraded to the –RP configuration with installation of a second power supply module, sold separately. Both models support RAID 0/1/5/...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-99014"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LogMeIn Pro2 for Mac is now available, giving Macs the freedom to be accessed from virtually
anywhere, using an Internet-connected web browser or an iPhone.
With this newest version of LogMeIn Pro2, MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros can now be accessed by their users for work or play, in the office or out, from anywhere with an Internet connection. It sports secure file transfer and folder synchronization, printing from a remote Mac to a local computer over the web, on-demand desktop sharing with a remote user, and more. Whether Mac to Mac, Windows to Mac, or iPhone to Mac, Macs can be accessed and used from virtually anywhere, regardless of the user's location.
Pricing starts at US$69.99 per year per Mac, with multi-computer discounts available. To set their Mac free, users can sign up for a free, 30-day trial at http://www.LogMeIn.com/welcome/Pro4Mac .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98961"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pre-orders for the iPad start Friday, March 12, and at least two analysts are predicting the new device will fly off the shelves.
"I expect a surge going out the door," Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research told "Computerworld" (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9166958/Apple_s_iPad_Will_it_sell...). "There's a group of Apple advocates that will queue up no matter what. Apple has the most effective branding in the industry, and these people think of themselves as acolytes, they do think of themselves as the 'Mac' in Apple's 'I'm a Mac' ads."
Marshall of BroadPoint AmTech added that the iPad "will definitely sell out in a matter of hours." Saturday, April 3 is when the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. At least the Wi-Fi only version will; the Wi-Fi + 3G model will hit US store sleeves in late April.
In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a week from...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98725"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Hot on the heels of an announced release date (Saturday, April 3) for the iPad, Apple's stock has hit a record high of US$219.70, besting a previous high of $215.59, which it hit on Jan. 5 of this year.
Before today, Apple has been trading in a range between $190 and $215 since last October. Apple’s market cap is approaching $200 billion (it's $199.17 billion).</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98722"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">macProVideo.com (http://www.macprovideo.com) has released a new core training tutorial for Spectrasonics' new Trilian Bass Synth.
This new title is called “Trilian 101: Core Trilian” and is produced by a veteran educator and synthesist named Jonathan Perl. It's available now for both HD download (US$39.59) and for streaming in macProVideo.com’s Online Tutorial Library (to which you can subscribe for $25 per month).
Trillian is a bass machine with a large set of articulations and gestures that combine together utilizing Round Robin technologies to the programmer the ability to create the most realistic bass parts and outrageous bass sounds imaginable.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98681"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">By Fabio M. Zambelli
At the CeBit tradeshow for the digital industry held in Hanover this week,Apple won four iF product design awards: a silver award for the iPod nano and three gold awards.
The gold awards were for the for iPod shuffle, 13-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch LED Cinema Display. This year International Design Forum chose their favorites from 2,486 products submitted by the 1,016 entrants from 39 countries. 778 entries were awarded the renowned design seal of approval of the iF product design award.
You can read more here: http://www.setteb.it/?p=8357TARGET= . "setteB.IT" is an Italian language web site for Mac users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98680"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Smaato (http://metrics.smaato.com), a mobile ad optimizer and mobile advertising company has revealed its latest metrics to the global, mobile advertising market. It says Apple devices have dipped below the average Index of 100 and Windows Mobile has edge ahead of its rival for the first time -- though not universally.
The February metrics of Smaato show the worldwide CTR Index (click through rate) by operating system, the fill rates of mobile ad networks worldwide and for the USA as well as the worldwide ad network response time. With these Metrics Smaato has unveiled for the first time the CTR Index by operating system and the fill rates for South-East Asia.
Smaato’s metrics are based upon 35 mobile ad networks and over four billion ad requests served in the Smaato network of more than 3000 registered mobile publishers in February. The metrics show two strong performing networks with 90% and 87% fill rates. The average fill rate (32%) is considerably higher compared to that of India...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98658"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has lowered the price of annual enrollment in the Mac Developer Program (http://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/) from a minimum of US$499 to $99.
The Mac Developer Program offers a range of technical resources and support for developers and IT professionals innovating with Mac OS X. Among them are pre-release versions of the latest software, developer forums, development videos and technical support.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98641"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apps & More Software Design has released Job Timer (http://www.appsandmore.com/job_timer.html), a task time tracking and reporting solution designed to be run by Script Timer, its script, Automator workflow, and application scheduling utility for Mac OS X.
Job Timer can automatically keep track of the time spent on files belonging to any number of specific jobs, with no need to have to remember to start or change timers. The user can then schedule Job Timer to produce a report that will show the amount of time each job to be tracked was active, both cumulatively and since the previous report. This makes it easy to assign billable hours.
Job Timer can also keep track of, and report on, the time specific applications are the frontmost application. This provides a way to, for example, determine how much time was spent in a web browser or chat program as part of a work project.
Job Timer requires Script Timer 2.6.2 and Mac OS X 10.4. It comes bundled with Script Timer. It 's...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98640"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">St. Clair Software has updated Default Folder (http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html), its utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X, to version 4.3.6. The new version addresses issues with Mac OS 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"), Mac OS 10.4 ("Tiger"), Google Chrome and PhotoMechanic, as well as providing smoother and more consistent operation overall.
Default Folder X 4.3.6 is a free update for existing users who purchased a license or upgrade on or after June 1, 2007. The upgrade is US$14.95 for users who bought their copies before that date. Default Folder X costs $34.95 for a new license. Installers are available now in English and German and will be released shortly in Japanese, French, and Danish.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98639"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ExactCode has updated its ExactScan Pro (http://www.exactcode.de/site/products/exactscan/) scanning software for Mac OS X (10.4 and higher) to version 2.10. The upgrade sports a new TWAIN Bridge to enable third party applications to utilize ExactScan's built-in drivers and image processing.
Additionally, the new version adds automatic color detection, automatic source selection and more OCR languages. ExactScan 2.10 is currently in beta, and will be available as free update for ExactScan 2 users at the end of March.
ExactScan includes built-in drivers for over 180 document scanners, including devices from Avision, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox. Together with the Spotlight indexing services built into Mac OS X since 10.5 ("Leopard") this features form a document management solution suitable for small-office and home-office (SOHO) environments. What's more it has image enhancement algorithms that can recognize automatically how the images and documents have to be cropped and de-skewed...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98637"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Black Cat Systems has updated DX Toolbox (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/dxtoolbox.html) -- a radio propagation/conditions analysis and forecasting tool for amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners, and other radio enthusiasts -- to version 3.6.1. This version fixes bugs with the DX Cluster window, and display of solar flux values.
Several propagation forecasting charts are available in DX Toolbox to estimate signal levels and path conditions between any two points on the Earth. A grayline map of the world is also available. In addition to several propagation forecasting tools, DX Toolbox also gathers a variety of solar and geomagnetic information from real-time online sources, and presents them in charts and tables,
DX Toolbox sells for US$24.99, though version 3.6.1 is a free upgrade for registered users of version 3.x.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98638"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zenopolis has released Tiptoe 1.0 (http://www.zenopolis.com/software/tiptoe/), a privacy application for Mac OS X. It brings a "private browsing" like feature to all sorts of applications, enabling users to run these apps without a trail of their actions being stored.
The ability to reset (remove) existing privacy data is also included. When using applications on their Mac users often leave behind a trail of information about what they have been doing. This can include recent items, history and cache. While this information can be really useful, users may not want it stored on a shared Mac. With Tiptoe the user can choose to open supported applications with privacy so no trail is left behind, but the previous, useful, information they want to keep is left untouched, according to the folks at Zenopolis.
Tiptoe also enhances existing browser privacy. For the supported browsers that don't yet provide a "Private Browsing" feature (Camino, OmniWeb, Opera), Tiptoe provides it. For browsers...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98636"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Well, Apple said late March, but Saturday, April 3 is close enough, it seems. That's when the iPad will go on sale in the U.S. At least the Wi-Fi only version will; the Wi-Fi + 3G model will hit US store sleeves in late April.
In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Beginning a week from today, on March 12, US customers can pre-order both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models from Apple’s online store (http://www.apple.com) or reserve a Wi-Fi model to pick up on Saturday, April 3, at an Apple retail store.
The Wi-Fi iPad will set for a suggested retail price of US$499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB models. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available in late April for a suggested retail price of $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB.  iPad will be sold in the US through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98501"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">HDMI Licensing (http://www.hdmi.org), the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification, has announced, on behalf of the HDMI Founders, the release of HDMI Specification version 1.4a.
The new version features enhancements for 3D applications including the addition of mandatory 3D formats for broadcast content as well as the addition of the 3D format referred to as Top-and-Bottom. The complete HDMI Specification version 1.4a, along with the 1.4a version of the Compliance Test Specification (CTS), is available to adopters on the HDMI Adopter Extranet.
An extraction of the 3D portion of Specification version 1.4a is available for public download on the HDMI web site. The purpose of the extraction document is to provide public access to the 3D portion of the HDMI specification for those companies and organizations that are not HDMI Adopters but require access to this portion of the specification.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98432"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Penguin books (http://us.penguingroup.com/) -- the U.S. affiliate of the internationally renowned Penguin Group, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the world -- is looking to be one of the strongest contenders when it comes to ebooks on the iPad, it seems.
Recently, the company offered demos of upcoming books for the iPad. And, according to a report at "paidContent: UK" (http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-first-look-how-penguin-will-reinven...), "many of Penguin’s iPad books seem hardly to resemble “books” at all, but rather very interactive learning experiences, from its Dorling Kindersley and kids imprints --the Vampire Academy 'book' is 'an online community for vampire lovers' with live chat between readers, and the Paris travel guide switches to street map view when placed on a table."
“The iPad represents the first real opportunity to create a paid distribution model that will be attractive to consumers,” CEO John Makinson said at the FTs Digital...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98431"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted a job opening (http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=48783...) for a senior interactive web developer. The person hired will "help redefine advertising on mobile devices."
Here's some info from the job posting: "The Senior Interactive Developer will be responsible for the front end web UI development of compelling, interactive digital advertising experiences. We're looking for individuals with a proven track record of developing high profile customer-facing projects under demanding timelines. Bonus points for having experience developing for the iPhone browser and/or applications. This is a hands-on position where the Senior Interactive Developer will be involved in client discussions, proof-of-concept coding, working with and adding to the existing framework, production deliverables and more.
"Strong web technology fundamentals are a must, but you have more. You’ve worked with code libraries and frameworks and have extended them...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98430"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tension Software has updated CryptoEdit (http://www.pomola.com/products_cryptoedit/cryptoedit.html), a Mac OS X program to create and edit protected encrypted documents, to version 1.5. In the new version saved documents remember their position and size.
CryptoEdit can import from other documents in standard TEXT or RTF or RTFD (RTF + images) . Documents can also be exported as TEXT, RTF or standard RTFD (included images)
CryptoEdit document are saved always encrypted for security purpose. Saving a document containing images will create on disk a single file with all the text and images encrypted in a single file. Any data the user puts in the document is encrypted and not redeable without the right password.
CrytopEdit costs US$25, though version 1.5 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98425"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Corsair (http://www.corsair.com) has announced the Flash Voyager GTR family of USB flash drives. The quad-channel architecture employed by the Flash Voyager GTR series delivers read speeds up to 34MB/second and write speeds up to 28MB/second.
The Flash Voyager GTR drives will be available in densities of 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. They feature a water-resistant rubber housing to protect the drive against accidental damage. Pricing hasn't yet been announced.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98401"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has topped the "Most Admired List" by "Fortune" magazine again. It's Apple's third year atop the llist.
Here's what "Fortune" has to say about Apple: "With 250 million iPods, 43 million iPhones, and 32 million iPod touches sold to date, plus the promise of a game-changing iPad, Apple won this year's vote by the highest margin ever for a No. 1. Two more years as champ and Apple will match GE for most appearances in the top spot.
"What makes Apple so admired? Product, product, product. This is the company that changed the way we do everything from buy music to design products to engage with the world around us. Its track record for innovation and fierce consumer loyalty translates into tremendous respect across business' highest ranks.
"As BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer puts it, 'The whole world held its breath before the iPad was announced. That's brand management at its very best'."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98398"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A federal judge in Delaware has agreed to put a patent fight between Apple and Nokia on hold pending resolution of their competing claims before the International Trade Commission.
"The Sacramento Bee" (http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/03/2580570/del-judge-puts-nokia-apple-pate...) is reporting that judge signed an order Wednesday staying litigation in a lawsuit in which Nokia claims that Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products ranging from the iPhone to computers. The order also covers counterclaims in which Apple alleges that Nokia has infringed on nine Apple patents that are the subject of an ITC complaint by Apple.
Last month it was announced that Apple's patent-infringement complaint seeking to block Nokia Oyj’s phone imports into the U.S. will be investigated by a U.S. trade agency. The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington will consider the complaint filed last month and decide whether to ban the imports.
In January Nokia filed yet another patent...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98393"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intel (http://www.intel.com) launched its first Intel Atom processor- based platform optimized for networked home and small office/home office (SOHO) storage devices.
Home server and SOHO network-attached storage (NAS) devices based on the new Intel Atom processor- based platform act as centralized hubs that organize, manage, protect and share documents, photos, videos and music throughout the home and small office, according to Seth Bobroff, general manager, Intel Data Center Group, Storage. This makes it possible to keep digital content safe and available anytime, anywhere, he adds.
With an up to 50% power reduction and improved performance1 compared to Intel’s previous generation of Intel Atom processors, the new Intel Atom processors paired with the Intel 82801IR I/O Controller enable vendors to deliver cost-effective, feature-rich and reliable systems that scale to support the demands of the evolving home and small office storage market, Bobroff says.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98382"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Macvide has announced FlashVideo Converter 3.7 (http://www.macvide.com/Macvide_FlashVideo_Converter/), an update of the Flash to video conversion utility for Mac OS X. The upgrade includes miscellaneous bugs fixed and more.
FlashVideo Converter allows conversion of Adobe Flash files to video. All of the most popular formats are supported, including MP4 (iPod Video), MOV, 3GP and MPEG.
FlashVideo Converter 3.7 is available for US$99.95 for a single user license. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Version 3.7 is a free update for registered users of version 3.0.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98375"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">app4Mac has updated Projector (http://www.app4mac.com/projector.html), a Mac OS X app designed to keep track of tasks and calculate a project's cost, to version 2.0.8. The new version adds an export option to the iCal format and tweaks the user interface.
Projector provides tools for professional project management. It's designed to help you organize, administer and monitor your tasks.
Projector works with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. It costs approximately US$74. All owners of a Projector or xTime Project license can upgrade to Projector 2.0.8 for free.
Also, the folks at app4Mac says an iPad version is coming soon.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98376"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CS Odessa has released MindWave (http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/mindwave), its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no-charge add-in to Google Wave that can be used as part of Google Wave to map out a strategy or brainstorm on a critical topic.
The ConceptDraw MindWave for Google Wave tool allows teams to collaborate on a mind map in an interactive flowing manner building a map structure that represents the planned work. The map add-in supports Google Wave playback that allows one to step back through a map.
Once a mind map is has the contents from the interactive session the mind map file can then be downloaded to one’s desktop to be further developed using ConceptDraw MindMap for Ma OS X or Windows.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98374"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Ohanaware has updated HDRtist (http://www.ohanaware.com/hdrtist/), its free HDR photography software for Mac OS X, to version 1.2. It's purportedly the most stable version of the app to date.
The large image corruption issue has been resolved along with image removal issue. Aligning images now preserves color profiles (RGB variations only) and the meta data. Making it easier to organize and store the processed HDR images. HDRtist now supports a folder of images being dropped into the main window. Interface changes on the main window include, now showing each images name, a new "Get Info" option and a "Show in Finder" option. Underneath HDRtist features new ImageIO kit code, a new toolbar and improved error reporting (which'll pick up crash reports).
HDRtist creates HDR photos and tone maps them in a single step. You can choose from four different tone mapping techniques. Even if you're not into HDR photography, HDRtist is a great tool to have for dramatizing dull photos, livening...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98371"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">TrendNet (http://www.trendnet.com) has launched the US$159.99 450Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router. Three external antennas broadcast on the 2.4GHz spectrum.
Three spatial streams per antenna produce a record 450Mbps theoretical wireless throughput. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology boosts wireless coverage, signal strength, and throughput speed. The router has one Gigabit Wide Area Network port and four Gigabit Local Area Network ports.
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) integrates other WPS supported wireless adapters at the touch of a button. You press the WPS button on the TEW-691GR, and then press the WPS button on a compatible wireless adapter. Confirm you would like to connect and the devices automatically exchange information and connect. The router is compatible with IEEE 802.11n and backward compatible with IEEE 802.11g/b/a compliant device.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98332"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The LTE trials being run by Verizon Wireless are going well, and the company says it is still on schedule to make LTE available to 100 million Americans by the end 2010, reports "ZDNet" (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=31508&tag=wrapper;col1).
The the real-world broadband speeds that engineers are seeing on the nascent 4G network are "way beyond what customers get on the current 3G networks (including Verizon’s)," the article adds.
“We are on track to deliver an outstanding wireless data experience to customers in 25 to 30 markets covering roughly 100 million people by year’s end," Verizon Wireless Chief Technical Officer Tony Melone says. "As device makers, manufacturers and others around the world begin to introduce newer and faster products to take advantage of these incredible new speeds, Verizon Wireless will be positioned to offer our customers new and exciting [services].”
Okay, now how about a "Verizon iPhone"?</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98190"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Super Talent Technology (http://www.supertalent.com), a manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, has announced the new USB 3.0 SuperCrypt drive, which supports AES hardware encryption.
Available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, this new drive supports USB 3.0 speeds of up to 240MB/second. Measuring 95 x 34 x 15.4 mm, the new SuperCrypt Drive requires no separate cable and is fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports, at USB 2.0 speeds. Super Talent offers two AES encryption options, both of which include the STT encryption utility for password control: the SuperCrypt drive features 128-bit ECB encryption, while the SuperCrypt Pro features 256-bit XTS encryption for very robust security.
The USB 3.0 SuperCrypt drive will be available later this month. Pricing hasn't been announced.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98187"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple is trying to lure music labels away from Amazon's Daily Deal, according to "Billboard" magazine (http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/upfront/e3i5207f...). With the Daily Deal, music labels offer Amazon new music a day before it’s sold elsewhere, and the music then gets promoted at the top of the Amazon music download page.
In exchange for a Daily Deal promotion on a new album, Amazon has been asking labels to provide it with a one-day exclusive before street date and such digital marketing support as a banner ad on an artist's MySpace page and messages on label and artist Web sites and social network feeds. And Apple doesn't like that.
"Billboard" quotes unnamed sources as saying that iTunes representatives have been urging labels to rethink their participation in the Amazon promotion and that they've backed up those warnings by withdrawing marketing support for certain releases featured as Daily Deals. In response, label executives at Capitol, Capitol...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98164"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sonnet Technologies (http://www.sonnettech.com) has introduced the latest addition to its Fusion line of RAID storage systems: the D800P2.
The D800P2 is a mid-level, software-configured RAID storage system containing eight hard drives, which can be formatted in RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 sets, or JBOD (individual drives) for individual projects or daily backups. The unit's dual port multipliers offer high-performance data transfers of up to 390 MB/second write, 475 MB/second read.
The D800P2 is designed for use with the Sonnet Tempo SATA E4P, Tempo SATA X4P, and Tempo SATA Pro ExpressCard/34 SATA controller cards for Mac and Windows PCs to support multiple streams of ProRes HD video. An economical solution, the D800P2 enables Sonnet's customers to choose a system preconfigured with RAID/Enterprise edition or select Sonnet-certified desktop hard drive modules in 4TB to 16TB capacities, or without drives. Simple to deploy, the D800P2 includes two 2-meter locking eSATA data cables to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98163"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released ProKit 5.1 for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. The upgrade (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1008) fixes issues with user interface software resources that are shared by Apple's pro apps.
The issues addressed include: corrected an issue with improper scrolling behavior; resolved memory leaks for improved performance; and addressed layout of interface elements in certain application alert windows. The update is recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, Final Cut Express, Soundtrack, Logic Pro and Logic Express.

The update is 32.39MB. ProKit 5.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98162"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">According to the "Mobile & Social Media Study: Physicians’ Views of Emerging Technology" report from SDI (http://www.sdihealth.com) -- a healthcare analytics organization -- approximately 30% of physicians access medical information using a handheld device or smartphone. The most popular handheld device or smartphone is the iPhone, with 31% of respondents owning one.
Not surprisingly, 95% of physicians who use handheld devices/smartphones download applications to access medical information. The most popular application reported is Epocrates, followed by Medscape and Skyscape. The majority of handheld device/smartphone users also access medical information utilizing desktop and laptop computers.
However, the type of medical information physicians seek differs greatly by device. When using a handheld device or smartphone, physicians are most likely to access information about drugs, drug interactions, and prescribing. When using a computer, physicians are more likely to seek...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98154"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SuperSync (http://www.supersync.com/) -- Mac OS X compatible software that acts as a music collection’s central hub, retrieving, organizing, and syncing all music and movie files across machines and disk drives in order to create one consistent, complete music library -- has been updated to version 3.5. The upgrade adds instant access to all of Apple's iPhone and iPod products.
Now users can retrieve, backup and merge their iPod/iPhone music/video collection and playlists to any computer running SuperSync. With SuperSync, users can retrieve a song from a laptop, play or download a song from a home computer while at the office, upload a new album from the road, or back-up an entire music library on a new computer or network drive. It allows visual comparison of two music libraries locally or over the net. With this feature, users can see what music is located in each library. They can select the tracks they want copied from one library to the other, and click Syncrhonize to begin one...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98152"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SkypeCap has updated SkypeCap for Mac (http://www.skypecap.com/SkypeCap_for_Mac/), their Skype audio session recorder for Mac OS X , to version 3.7. It's a maintenance update that fixes some bugs.
SkypeCap for Mac allows you to record audio conversation from Skype to audio mp4 file. It fully integrates the process into the Mac experience by allowing human interaction during recording. You can save your Skype sessions so that you could hear them again later or share them with someone else.
You can use SkypeCap to record Skype Casts, teleconference calls, meetings, training sessions, announcements, interviews, group brainstorming sessions, telephone and cellular phone calls and more.
SkypeCap costs US$49.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Version 3.7 is a free update for registered users of version 3.x.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98150"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">publicspace.net (http://www.publicspace.net/) has released A Better Finder Rename 8.5.3, an update of the renaming solution for the Mac. The new release allows diacritical marks such as accents and umlauts to be removed from file names automatically.
A Better Finder Rename is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.
A Better Finder Rename costs US$19.95. Business, family and enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a "forever upgrade" with their purchase.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98149"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">BeeSoft (http://www.beesoft.net) has updated ProTA and ProTA Gold, stock market charting and technical analysis software for Mac OS X, to version 3.2.3. The upgrade offers compatibility with the February 2010 changes to options symbology as set forth by the Options Clearing Corporation.
For new users ProTA 3.2.3 is US$129, and ProTA Gold 3.2 is $299. Discounts are currently available for registered owners of the previous, Classic versions. Both programs can be evaluated in a free, fully-functional trial mode, but the database is limited to the Dow 30 stocks plus Apple, Inc. and the S&P 500 Index.
ProTA software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Version 3.2.3 is a free update for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98145"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Monkeybread Software has released version 10.1 of the MBS plug-in for REALbasic. The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with 1,300 classes featuring over 28,000 documented functions.
In this release Monkeybread updated libraries to new versions: CURL 7.20.0, RegEx to 8.0.1, DynaPDF 2.5.0.504 and sqlapi 3.7.30. The DynaPDF 2.5 update offers improved font support.
The plug-in for Image Capture on Mac OS X has been rewritten; you can import pictures from a digital camera or a scanner using this plug-in. Also, the DNS Service plug-in part that offers Bonjour network discovery now purportedly works much better on Mac OS X and Windows. Finally, the AppleRemoteMBS class now handles the new aluminum remotes better.
The plug-ins require REALbasic 2006r4 or newer. Licenses are available for components or for the complete collection, with prices starting at US$29 for one component. The complete package costs $284.20...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98129"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple ranks fourth on the list of the top UK ecommerce shops in terms of visits. Amazon UK tops the list, followed by Argos and Play.com, according to the latest research from IMRG and Hitwise.
Rounding out the top 10 are Amazon US, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Next and easyjet. Nine of the November 2009 top 10 brands (including Apple) are still in the top 10. Six of the top 10 have physical stores, the same as last quarter. 
"This new Hot Shops List (http://www.netimperative.com/news/2010/march/top-50-online-retailers-in-...) records retail traffic when online sales were growing at their lowest rate since records began, a decade ago," says IMRG CEO James Roper,. "The current recession began in December 2007 according the National Bureau of Economic Research (the official arbiter of recessions) so it is interesting to note how HSL rankings compare with the period prior to the economic collapse."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98114"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AT&T says the upcoming iPad will be mainly used by those surfing the web using Wi-Fi. The Apple device will be offered in just Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/3G models.
"My expectation is that there's not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription," AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said during a webcast of an investor conference on Tuesday -- as reported by "Macworld UK" (http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3214048).
Stephenson said the iPad will be a mainly Wi-Fi driven product. He thinks users will use it mostly around the home or taking advantage of free Wi-Fi spots offered by coffee shops, restaurants, etc.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98110"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek told clients in a report on Monday that a manufacturing bottleneck could limit supplies or push the launch to April. However, Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) -- which makes iPhones and iPods for Apple -- says everything is still on track.
Foxconn's component suppliers tells DigiTimes (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100303PD227.html) that their supplies are on schedule and Foxconn should be able to ship 600,000-700,000 iPads in March and one million units in April. As for whether Apple will delay the launch of iPad, the sources believe plans are unlikely to change.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98103"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Start-up airline Virgin America has decided HTML is "good enough" for animating online content on its brand-new website, which went live Monday, dumping Flash, reports "The Register" (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/02/virgin_america_html_flash/).
Virgin picked HTML to give users of iPhones and other mobiles the option in the future of checking in through their phone. The battle between Adobe and Apple has seen Flash deliberately excluded from the Apple device. Chief information officer (CTO) Ravi Simhambhatla told The Register: "I don't want to cater to one hardware or one software platform one way to another, and Flash eliminates iPhone users. This year is going to be the year of the mobile [for Virgin]."
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is no fan of Flash. He reportedly tried to convince "The Wall Street Journal" to ditch Flash and move to the iPad. Jobs said that Flash is a CPU hog, a source of security holes and a dying technology.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-98102"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Western Digital (http://www.wdc.com) is shipping its first consumer-oriented solid state drive (SSD) with the new WD SiliconEdge 2.5-inch SSD family. The company has also introduced WD SiliconDrive N1x 2.5-inch SSD family.
WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs are available in capacities up to 256GB, feature a native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface with read speeds up to 250MB per second (MB/second) and write transfer rates up to 170 MB/second. F
WD SiliconEdge Blue SSDs are available through select distributors and resellers. The manufacturers suggested retail price for WD SiliconEdge Blue SSD 64GB capacity is US$279, the 128GB capacity is $529, and the 256GB capacity is $999.
The WD SiliconDrive family is designed for embedded system OEM (original equipment manufacturer) applications and are single-level cell (SLC)-based systems. The products feature a native SATA 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/second) interface with target read speeds up to 240MB per second (MB/s) and write transfer...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97985"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">When Apple announced the iPad, it also announced the new iBooks app for iPad, which includes Apple’s new iBookstore, a way to browse, buy and read books on a mobile device. And Apple has plans for the iBookstore beyond the US.
A recent job posting (http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=48775) shows that Apple is looking for a manger of iBooks in the Asia Pacific and Canada areas to be based in Toronto or Sydney. The manager will be responsible for launching and growing the iBook business in these areas "and building an extensive offering for customers."
Here's more from the job posting: "This will involve working with the iBooks and iTunes teams in Cupertino, Canada, Australia and other countries, and with content partners to secure content from U.S., international and local providers, and to market that content on the iBooks store and through other marketing programs.
"The role includes: working with management, regionally and in Cupertino to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97979"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted a job opening (http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=48043f) for an iPhone Advertising SDK Manager. The company says "this will involve managing a talented team of developers working on the frameworks included in the iPhone SDK" (software developer kit).
"The ideal candidate will be responsible for the day to day management of the engineering, as well as related frameworks," according to the job posting. "He or she will spend much of their time interacting with the engineering team, program managers, other engineering teams, and executives. We need someone who is comfortable working in a fast paced environment with rapidly changing priorities."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97915"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Maintain has released Cocktail 4.7.1 (Snow Leopard Edition), the latest maintenance update of Cocktail (http://cocktail.maintain.se) for users running Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").
This version adds compatibility with the upcoming Mac OS X 10.6.3 and ability to stop Cocktail from logging out, restarting or shutting down the computer at the end of a scheduled programme. The update also features improvements on the clear Adobe Flash Player caches and cookies procedure as well as overall performance improvements.
Cocktail 4.7.1 (Snow Leopard Edition) requires Mac OS X/Mac OS X Server 10.6 or later and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X/Mac OS X Server 10.6.3. Cocktail (Leopard Edition) for Mac OS X 10.5 and Cocktail (Tiger Edition) for Mac OS X 10.4 are available for download from the Maintain web site.
Cocktail is a general purpose utility for Mac OS X that offers a variety of practical features designed to simplify the use of advanced UNIX function. A single user license...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97914"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Volitans Software has updated SMART Utility (http://www.volitans-software.com/SMART%20Utility.html), a hard drive status monitoring application that's compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.x, to version 2.2. The upgrade adds support for saving and opening drive reports in native format and support for printing SMART reports.
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements(called attributes) of a hard drive's operation. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is failing.
The SMART Utility can read and display these attributes. This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive, according to the folks at Volitans Software.
SMART Utility costs US$25 a personal license and $40 for a family license. SMART Utility is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97913"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Equinux (http://www.equinux.com) has released VPN Tracker 6.2, the newest version of its IPSec-based VPN client for Mac OS X. The upgrade supports the Cisco ASA 5500 series and has improved compatibility with many other Cisco devices for quicker connectivity.
VPN Tracker 6.2 follows high demand for the integration of Macs in Cisco-based enterprise networks. And it contains pre-configured device profiles for the Cisco ASA 5500 series.
VPN Tracker simplifies the roll-out of VPN software through a licensing and deployment system, according to equinux CEO Till Schadde. The Mail based software distribution automatically creates a special disk images that includes the correct edition of VPN Tracker, a pre-configured Secure Desktop and VPN Connection as well as the software-license. The software distribution is based on a voucher-system that makes licensing VPN Tracker child's play.
VPN Tracker 6.x is available in three editions and runs on Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. VPN Tracker Personal...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97912"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), an Adobe premier development partner and a provider of software solutions for the publishing industry, has released InPorter 2.0.
The latest version of MEI’s versatile add-on module for the vjoon K4 Publishing System includes support for reading XMP content embedded in files being “InPorted” into the workflow. InPorter is a server-side utility that streamlines and automates the process of moving content into K4, an editorial solution integrating Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy. InPorter handles any kind of object that can be managed in the K4 system, including InCopy articles, InDesign layouts, photos, ads, multimedia and more.
When content arrives in a watched folder, InPorter automatically checks it into the K4 database, applying the default metadata defined for that content type, or using custom metadata read from an XML-based job ticket or, with Version 2.0, from embedded XMP. The content is immediately ready to proceed through its normal K4 workflow....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97910"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Former Mozilla security chief Mwende Window Snyder has been hired by Apple. And, please, no comments about an Apple employee named Window.
Snyder started her new job Monday, where she's now working as a senior security product manager, according to "PCWorld" (http://www.pcworld.com/article/190524/exmozilla_security_chief_takes_job...).
At Mozilla, she was officially dubbed "Chief Something-or-Other." Snyder is also the co-author of "Threat Modeling," a standard manual on application security. Snyder was director of Security Architecture at @stake and was a senior security strategist at Microsoft in the Security Engineering and Communications organization. After leaving Microsoft in 2005, she worked as a principal, founder and CTO at Matasano Security before joining Mozilla in September 2006.
The photo is courtesy of "Live Journal" (http://community.livejournal.com/blackfolk/6270058.html)
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97892"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">When it comes to mobile advertising, the iPhone OS was most dominant in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong with 93%, 84% and 76%, respectively, of ad requests in December 2009, according to AdMob (http://metrics.admob.com).
These three countries are responsible for 69% of the region's total iPhone traffic. The Symbian OS lost 39%, 29% and 16% of ad requests in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, respectively.
AdMob stores and analyzes handset and operator data from every ad request in its network of more than 15,000 mobile web sites and applications to optimize ad serving. Each month, the AdMob Mobile Metrics Report aggregates this data to provide insights into major trends in the mobile ecosystem.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97889"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi says the iPhone's gross profit margins are approaching 60%. Assuming that the average selling prices of the Apple device remain constant, Sacconaghi estimates that the iPhone will boost Apple's overall gross margin 120 basis points in fiscal 2010 and "a stunning" 385 to 513 basis points in fiscal 2011.
As reported by "Fortune" (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/02/what-doth-it-prof...), Sacconaghi iPhone prices are going up, not down, from an average wholesale price of US$588 in the third fiscal quarter of 2009 to $638 in the first fiscal quarter of 2010. The analyst also says there are no signs of price resistance from either customers or carriers as cellular carriers are lining up to get the iPhone.
Also, Sacconaghi says, "e note, that Mac gross margins are an estimated 2000 [basis points] above competitors and that a substantial gap in profitability has existed for more than a decade, widening along the way. We would...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97878"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Starting March 1, Microsoft began offering a browser ballot screen (http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_en.htm) to Windows users all over Europe. The ballot screen (also called the Choice Screen), which will be provided via a Windows Update, will contain the top 12 browsers including Safari, Opera, Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer.
It will have users pick a browser that they would like to use on their computer. This initiative was mandated by an agreement Microsoft reached last year with antitrust regulators in the European Commission. This was after Opera made the initial complaint to the Commission in December 2007 stating that Microsoft was engaging in anti-competitive practices by bundling IE with Windows.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97877"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Active Storage (http://activestorage.com) has released the 32TB XRAID, a high-performance RAID storage solution for media production and Apple professionals. These RAID systems feature Active/Active RAID controllers with redundant power and cooling in 3U of rack space.
It utilizes enterprise class 2TB SATA II hard drives and support 4K, multi-stream 2K and HD workflows of all shapes and sizes.The 32TB XRAID offers RAID 6 on standard direct-attached servers, and "spectacular performance" in Xsan2 installations (where up to four streams of 8-bit 1080p uncompressed video are supported on one 16 drive system), according to Alex Grossman, CEO of Active Storage. The 32TB Active XRAID also features a Mac OS X native Storage Management Suite and iPhone monitoring App, plus out-of-the-box Xsan optimization.
Active Storage XRAID systems are sold through selected VARs (value added resellers) and resellers. The Media optimized 32TB enterprise-class hard drive and redundant controller model...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97876"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Seapine Software (http://www.seapine.com), a provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, has released TestTrack 2010.1 The upgrade of the Mac OS X compatible software includes a number of new capabilities to support Agile development.
Key features enable development teams to better collaborate, improve productivity, shorten release cycles, and deliver higher-quality software product, according to the folks at Seapine. TestTrack 2010.1 offers a process-agnostic approach to development.
It also supports user acceptance testing and helps teams define doneness criteria for stories. TestTrack 2010 is available immediately for evaluation at Seapine Software’s web site. For more info on purchasing TestTrack Pro, TestTrack TCM, and TestTrack RM, contact Seapine Software sales.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97865"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Epson (http://www.epson.com) has introduced the Stylus Pro 7700 and Stylus Pro 9700 printers. They're specially engineered to exceed the expectations of CAD, GIS mapping, and corporate graphics professionals for applications such as architectural plans, engineering drawings, photographic GIS mapping, brilliant indoor signage, and more.
Epson America is also announcing it has joined forces with Ricoh Americas Corp. to sell these printers exclusively in North America. The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 (24-inch) and Epson Stylus Pro 9700 (44-inch) incorporate the company's latest achievements in high-performance ink jet printing such as MicroPiezo TFP print heads and UltraChrome Vivid Magneta inks, according to Reed Hecht, product manager, Epson America.
The Epson Stylus Pro 7700 and 9700 are currently available at a suggested retail price of US2,995 and $4,995, respectively.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97864"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Another day, another lawsuit. Apple has filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it," says Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."
HTC (http://www.htc.com) was founded in 1997 by Cher Wang, chairwoman, HT Cho, director of the Board & Chairman of HTC Foundation, and Peter Chou, president and CEO. It makes such smartphones as the Android and Touch Pro2.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97859"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Logitech (http://www.logitech.com) has released the Laptop Z205 speaker for laptop and netbook computers. The company has also updated its line of Harmony remotes.
The Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 (pictured) attaches to the top of most laptop screens.The speaker Z205 is small and portable -- approximately 1.35 inches thick and 2.5 inches tall. The included carrying case protects your speaker while inside your briefcase or backpack. The Logitech Laptop Speaker Z205 is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe for a suggested retail price of US$39.99.
Logitech has added to its line of Harmony remotes by unveiling the Harmony 600 Remote and Harmony 650 Remote. With the Logitech Harmony 600 Remote, you’ll see the commands you need for the devices you’re using, such as power and volume, on the monochrome backlit screen. The smart display can even provide help if you need it; just select the Help button and answer the questions that follow.
If you prefer a more colorful display, the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97856"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CalDigit (http://www.caldigit.com) has unveiled the HDPro2, the next generation of the HDPro. The HDPro2 has all the features of the original HDPro, but with nearly double the speed, over 700MB/second sustained with RAID 5 protection.
The HDPro2 also adds support for 8 SATA-II 3Gbs or 10000~15000RPM SAS drive modules. It features a next generation Intel XScale processor to accelerate the RAID engine. The HDPro2 also has a new environmental monitor and control system that communicates with RAID Shield, CalDigit’s RAID management and monitoring software.
The HDPro2 provides hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and JBOD support. It features Active Sustained Transfer Technology (ASTT). Its modular design allows for eight hot swappable drive modules in various capacities. It features an optional hot swappable load bearing power supply, two hot swappable ambient temperature controlled, and low noise smart fans. Even the built-in controller is removable/upgradeable. The HDPro2 is made of lightweight...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97855"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sorenson Media (http://www.sorensonmedia.com) has announced the wide release of the Sorenson 360 API, an application programming interface (API) that enables developers and business clients to create scalable, custom video solutions with minimal coding, and to integrate video into their web sites using the Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network.
Sorenson 360 is Sorenson Media’s re-imagined online video platform. According to Sorenson Chief Technical Officer Mike Flathers, the API interface provides users with access to the full range of Sorenson Media’s Total Video Solutions, such as: the ease and singular high quality of client-side, browser-based encoding; the ability to intuitively capture, upload and manage user-generated content on their site; and intuitive encoding solutions that slash development time and enable full video functionality on any web site, or web-accessible application within hours rather than days.
“At its core, the Sorenson 360 API is a set of RESTful interfaces...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97854"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Yazsoft has introduced Playback Media Server 1.5 (http://www.yazsoft.com/products/playback/information/), an update of their zero configuration media server for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. The update offers built-in HD MKV support for the Playstation 3 and Xbox.
Playback can share media stored in folders or even make entire disks available to a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360. No configuration is required. By default, it will share almost any content on the users system. And Playback automatically integrates with iTunes, iPhoto, and Aperture. Users can share all content from these applications transparently or choose specific playlists and albums.
Those who like to tinker will appreciate Playback's built-in Access Control List (ACL) and bandwidth throttling. The ACL allows users to control which devices have access to their media. Bandwidth throttling limits the transfer rate from the computer to their UPnP device. This allows others on the network to do other Internet related activities,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97718"><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/).
Spectrasonics is offering a free app, Omni Live, which turns an iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless remote control of the "Live Mode" of Spectrasonics' software synthesizer Omnisphere. Omni Live uses the Apple device's touch screen, allowing multi-touch, wireless remote sound selection of the Omnisphere plug-in on the user's computer.
Amy Miller has released Oy! 1.0, an US$0.99 iPhone/iPod touch app that provides recorded exclamations of dismay for any occasion. It also lets users listen to 20 witticisms for many of life's most common scenarios.
X Sigman Partners has announced TigerText for the iPhone and iPod touch. It allows users to send text messages that delete off of both the sender’s and receiver’s phone after a set period of time. Once a sender selects the text lifespan, expired text messages not only disappear from the phones, but aren'...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-97693"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Former Apple exec, Pablo Calamera, has been appointed to the newly-created role of chief technology officer for Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment company. At Apple he oversaw technology development for MobileMe.
As of March 8, Calamera will be based in New York, reporting to Evan Schwartz, Thumbplay CEO and co-founder. Calamera brings with him more than 25 years of experience in computer, mobile, set-top box and cloud-computing. This includes a total of 10 years at Apple, six years at Danger (acquired by Microsoft) and two with WebTV (also acquired by Microsoft).  
Calamera will have oversight of all technology initiatives for the company, including its recently launched Thumbplay Music. Thumbplay Music is a cloud-based service that provides unlimited, on-demand access to millions of songs and is now offered in the U.S. in Private Beta by invitation-only (http://music.thumbplay.com).   
Calamera most recently served as director of Apple's MobileMe, Apple's US$99-per-year, subscription...</div></div></span>
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