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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208389"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software maker, has deployed 1,100 iPads to executives and sales personnel to conduct critical job-related tasks. The company said it expects 700 more iPads to be deployed soon, reports "Computerworld" (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184419/BI_firm_takes_iPads_over_...).
MicroStrategy is one of the largest business users of iPads to go public about its deployment, the article adds. Most other businesses that have talked about iPad use have around 100 users.
MicroStrategy said it is using some applications that can run on both the iPad and the iPhone, while others are designed to fully take advantage of the larger 9.7-inch iPad touch screen. For example, some of the latter applications help sales personnel easily show off videos or live demonstrations to customers during face-to-face meetings, Mark LaRow, senior vice president of products, told "Computerworld."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208370"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Customers who buy an iPhone 4 after Sept. 30 won't able to request a free case through Apple's case program, Apple announced today (http://www.apple.com/iphone/case-program/). However, they will be able to contact AppleCare to request a free Bumper.
"We now know that the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought," says Apple. "A small percentage of iPhone 4 users need a case, and we want to continue providing them a Bumper case for free."
For everyone else, Apple is discontinuing the free case program on all iPhone 4s sold after Sept. 30. The company is also returning to its normal returns policy for all iPhone 4s sold after that date. Users experiencing antenna issues should call AppleCare to request a free Bumper case.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208357"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">JPMorgan Chase & Co. may soon let employees use iPhones for corporate e-mail, making it an alternative to Research in Motion’s BlackBerry at the bank for the first time, reports "Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-10/jpmorgan-said-to-test-iphone-fo...), quoting "two people familiar."
JPMorgan is purportedly testing the iPhone and smartphones based on Android software. The bank is the second-largest in the U.S. by assets and has about 220,000 employees worldwide.
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, said it is also considering allowing its staff to use iPhones for company messaging as more of them opt for the Apple product, adds "Bloomberg." UBS has more than 63,000 employees.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208335"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released several printer and scanner driver updates for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").
They involve products from Brother, Infotec, Laner, Gestetner, Ricoh, Savain and NRG. You can obtain 'em via the Software Update component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208311"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The French site Mac4ever (http://www.mac4ever.com/news/57279/rumeurs_du_vendredi_ilife_et_facetime/) says that Facetime, Apple’s open source video chatting protocol, will be coming to iChat on the Mac -- and to Windows, as well. I think they're right, and have predicted this before.
In case you're not familiar with it, FaceTime is video calling that uses Wi-Fi. Apple says that using FaceTime is as easy as making a regular voice call, with no set-up required. On the iPhone 4 and fourth gen iPod touch, you can instantly switch to the rear camera to show others what you are seeing with just a tap.
FaceTime works right out of the box. You don't have to up a special account or screen name.If you want to start a video call with your best friend, find her entry in your Contacts and tap the FaceTime button. Or maybe you’re already on a voice call with her and you want to switch to video. Just tap the FaceTime button on the Phone screen. Either way, an invitation pops up on her iPhone 4 screen...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208310"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8% of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to the Gartner research group (http://www.gartner.com).
Symbian will remain at the top of Gartner's worldwide OS ranking due to Nokia's volume and the push into more mass market price points. However, by the end of the forecast period, the No. 1 spot will be contested with Android, which will be at a very similar share level.
Communication service providers' (CSPs') marketing and vendor support for Android-based smartphones will drive the platform to become the second-largest platform, following Symbian, by year-end 2010 (see Table 1). This is almost two years earlier than Gartner predicted a year ago.
"The worldwide mobile OS market is dominated by four players: Symbian, Android, Research In Motion and iOS," said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner. "Launches of updated operating systems -- such as...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208302"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe says it will resurrect a tool that lets developers port Flash applications to the iPhone. The move came after Apple tweaked its App Store review guides.
"Apple's announcement today that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines has direct implications for Adobe's Packager for iPhone, a feature in the Flash Professional CS5 authoring tool," Adobe said in an online statement (http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/09/great-news-for-developers.html). "We will now resume development work on this feature for future releases. This is great news for developers and we’re hearing from our developer community that Packager apps are already being approved for the App Store. We do want to point out that Apple’s restriction on Flash content running in the browser on iOS devices remains in place."
Adobe says it will continue to work to bring full web browsing with Flash Player 10.1 as well as standalone applications on AIR to a broad range of devices, working with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208298"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AJA Video Systems (http://www.aja.com) has announced the availability of Hi5-3D, a new mini-converter that combines dual 3G SDI inputs into various multiplexed 3D formats for output on true 3D HDMI 1.4a and SDI to enable simple, flexible stereoscopic viewing on 3D monitors and projection systems. The company has also unveiled its new KONA 3G capture card.
The Hi5-3D's true HDMI 1.4a output supports EDID transactions that automatically configure 2D/3D functions according to the HDMI monitor's capabilities. Input SDI 2 is frame-synchronized to input SDI 1 in 3D modes and SDI input audio is embedded in both the HDMI and SDI outputs. Hi5-3D also supports 2-channel RCA audio output with user control of channel selection, along with AJA's Mini-Config application for user configuration and firmware download.
The Hi5-3D will available In October at a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$495. For a complete set of features and technical specifications, please visit http://www.aja.com...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208296"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">KT, Korea's second-largest mobile-phone carrier, provided Apple's latest gadget to its first 10,000 customers on the first day of its release and says it has received nearly 300,000 orders, including 20,000 on Friday alone, reports the "Korea Times" (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/09/133_72869.html).
KT has sold nearly 900,000 of Apple's previous handset, the iPhone 3GS. It hopes that the iPhone 4 will further boost its efforts to narrow the gap with rival SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier, says the "Korea Times."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208295"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AccessoryGeeks (http://www.AccessoryGeeks.com) has announced the US$24.99 Aegis Premium iPad Vertical Leather Stand Pouch that has been custom made for AccessoryGeeks' customers. Cases are available in black synthetic leather with a soft, gray suede interior.
The cases include an elastic strap band that acts as a flap safety closure, intricate stitch detail, a padded layer for additional protection, and iPad-specific cut outs to allow for full access to buttons and product functionality, says AccessoryGeeks Vice President, Karen Kang. The case is designed to also act as a stand to erect the case in a more user-friendly fashion. It allows multiple standing options based upon the user's preferences, including straight up at a 90 degree angle, or in a slanted fashion at either 30 or 45 degree angles.
AccessoryGeeks also offers a full line of synthetic leather iPad flip cases with magnetic closure. Retailing at $19.99, these cases also protect iPads from dust, dings and scratches.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208239"><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 4.3.10. The upgrade addresses issues with Finder labels, as well as adding more capabilities for AppleScript users.
Default Folder X 4.3.10 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-208226"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Blackmagic Design (http://www.blackmagic-design.com) is shipping DaVinci Resolve 7.0 for Mac OS X with pricing starting from US$995. It's the latest version of the high end DI grading system with features used by both Hollywood and high end post production.
The new version includes a new user interface developed with colorists and benefits from the decades of DaVinci color grading experience, according to the folks at Blackmagic Design. The new DaVinci Resolve 7.0 for Mac now reads and writes all the common Apple ProRes file formats including 4444, 422, 422(HQ), 422 (Proxy) and 422 (LT) directly on the timeline with no conversion required. Colorists can just select the clips in their media storage and DaVinci Resolve will play and grade them in real time, even if there are mixed resolutions and formats on the timeline.
Both Mac OS X and Linux systems now support read and write of DNxHD files with the optional DaVinci Resolve DNxHD Update. This optional $500 update allows native DNxHD...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208225"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aqua Connect (http://www.aquaconnect.com), the folks behind the enterprise grade Mac terminal server, says that Sun Media Corporation and Database Publishing Systems, Inc., have chosen Aqua Connect Terminal Server as their Mac deployment solution. Aqua Connect also announced support for the Adobe Creative Suite 5 volume licensing edition.
Sun Media Corporation and Database Publishing Systems were faced with the possibility of moving off of the Mac platform for their application deployment. Their users and customers were dependent on Mac applications, which made switching platforms costly and time-consuming. Aqua Connect’s OS X terminal server enabled both organizations to centralize their Adobe Creative Suite deployment and give their end-users and customers remote access to custom Mac applications.
"The Mac platform and applications have experienced an overwhelming adoption rate within the media and publishing corporations," says Renee Mehrian, executive vice president of Aqua...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208224"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sonnet Technologies (http://www.sonnettech.com) has announced the Fusion RX1600 Vfibre, an expandable 16-drive RAID video editing SAN server with multi-user Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity built in.
This 4U rackmount system integrates Tiger Technology metaSAN Storage Area Network (SAN) Server software with an ATTO dual RAID controller-equipped SAS/SATA storage system. Capable of supporting a 4K workflow or multi-stream, multi-user collaborative workflows, Fusion RX1600 Vfibre provides direct connection for up to twelve 8Gb Fibre Channel users and 6 Gb/s aggregate bandwidth for users connected via Gigabit Ethernet.
Optimized for video editing, the base configuration Fusion RX1600 Vfibre provides four Fibre Channel ports, expandable to 12 -- additional Fibre users can be served with a Fibre Channel switch. Fusion RX1600 Vfibre supports multipath I/O to enhance performance and fault tolerance, combining data paths from two or more FC ports to increase performance to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208094"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ATTO Technology has announced an offering of storage connectivity options for Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X software. ATTO’s high-performance host bus adapters (HBAs) and RAID adapters meet Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X bandwidth requirements to ensure fast and interactive editorial finishing with real-time uncompressed playback at any supported format, according to Tom Kolniak, director of products, for ATTO Technology.
ATTO Celerity and ExpressSAS products are available through a wide network of domestic and international partners. For a list of qualified ATTO Technology partners, go to http://www.attotech.com/howtobuy/findreseller.html .</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208173"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Netviewer, a European provider of web collaboration solutions, has now expanded its product range for Mac users with version 6.1.1 of Netviewer Meet. This web conference solution now supports audio conferencing via Voice over IP (VoIP) under Mac OS X, in addition to high-quality webcam video transmission of the conference participants.
 
Customers can now download version 6.1.1 of Netviewer Meet for Mac from the MyNetviewer portal (http://www.netviewer.com). The solution is available as software-as-a-service. Non-commercial usage is free of charge.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208158"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Autodesk is introducing Autodesk Flame Premium 2011, a solution for 3D visual effects creation, editorial finishing and real-time color grading. Flame Premium combines the latest 2011 extension 1 releases of Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Smoke Advanced and Autodesk Lustre software into a single offering for post-production companies
Flame Premium gives new and existing customers access to Flame, Smoke Advanced and Lustre -- running on a single workstation and at a special price. New customers can purchase Flame Premium software for as little -- "little" being a relative term -- as US$129,000. Autodesk Flame 2011 customers can upgrade their licenses to Flame Premium for as little as $10,000 per Flame license, adding Lustre and Smoke Advanced to their creative capabilities.
Autodesk Smoke Advanced 2011 customers can upgrade their licenses to Flame Premium for as little as $25,000 per Smoke Advanced license, adding Flame and Lustre to their creative capabilities. Similarly, Autodesk Lustre...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208095"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Omni Group (http://www.omnigroup.com) has updated Omni Focus, its task management tool for Mac OS X , to version 1.8. The upgrade will clean up automatically when switching views, moving items to their proper locations, just like OmniFocus for iPhone and OmniFocus for iPad.
Filtering is improved with the more flexible View Bar. All items, including groups, projects, and Inbox items, can appear in Context-mode lists, making them easier to find. Also, groups and projects can now become next actions, so there's no need to switch to Planning mode to finish up a project.
Perspectives can now be shared as files by dragging them out of OmniFocus. As introduced in OmniFocus for iPhone, a new bookmarklet can send web pages to the Inbox from a web browser.
Synchronization is faster and even more stable. Additionally, due item alerts can be synchronized alongside the OmniFocus database as a calendar.
You can add or hide features such as start and due dates, time estimates and task...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208034"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Investors should buy bullish Apple options because the largest technology company by market value may gain on “strong” growth from iPad sales and rising demand for its products in China, Morgan Stanley said.
"Bloomberg" (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/buy-apple-call-options-on-ipad-...) reports that Equity derivatives strategists Christopher Metli and Sivan Mahadevan recommended purchasing January US$280 calls while selling the same number of January $320 calls, a strategy known as a call spread that cuts the trade’s cost while capping potential profit.
Apple rose 2% to $262.92 yesterday to extend this year’s advance to 25%.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208007"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SmileOnMyMac has updated PDFPen (http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/download.html), its PDF editing and form-filling tool for Mac OS X, to version 5.0. The upgrade includes the ability to redact or replace text, including OCR text.
Users can also initiate search and replace and search and redact functions to remove multiple instances of sensitive information. Additionally, PDFpenPro 5.0 can now convert websites and other HTML documents into PDFs, complete with hyperlinks.
PDFpen costs US$59.95, and PDFpenPro is $99.95. Family pack licenses, which cover up to five computers in one household, are $74.95 for PDFpen and $129.95 for PDFpenPro. Upgrades from earlier versions of either application are $25, and free to users who purchased after Feb. 14, 2010. Upgrades from any version of PDFpen to PDFpenPro 5.0 are $40.
PDFpen 5.0 and PDFpen Pro 5.0 require Mac OS X 10.6 or later. Demo versions are available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208004"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Recosoft Corp. (http://www.recosoft.com) is shipping PDF2ID Standard/Professional 3.0, an upgrade of the PDF-to-InDesign conversion tool for Mac and Windows platforms. PDF2ID converts PDF files to native InDesign documents.
Version 3.0 incorporates over 150 new features and enhancements and has been designed to operate with Adobe InDesign CS3/CS4/CS5. What's more, PDF2ID 3.0 enables the conversion of variable page size PDFs to variable page size InDesign documents and contains new options to control how graphics objects are processed.
Finally, PDF2ID v3.0 intelligently identifies text frame wrapping around graphics objects ensuing in better layout accuracy in the resulting InDesign file, according to the folks at Recosoft.
PDF2ID v3.0 is available immediately from the Recosoft web store in the following configurations: PDF2ID Standard 3.0; US$299; PDF2ID Professional 3.0, $399;
PDF2ID Standard 3.0 Upgrade, $129 (for PDF2ID v1.x/2.x licensees); PDF2ID Professional 3.0 Upgrade, $159 (...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-208003"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Renegade Media Group (http://www.renegademediagroup.com/), a sample library company founded by producers Josh Harris and Bobbybass, has announced BLAST: Modern Urban Production Tools Vol. 1 and 2, two new sample libraries of kits, sounds, and loops.
BLAST Vol. 1 contains more than 500 Hip Hop, R-n-B, Southern, Crunk, and Tribal sounds that includes full construction kits, single drum shots, and keyboard loop idea starters and building blocks. This library totals more than 4GB of content.
BLAST Vol. 2 picks up where Vol. 1 left off and continues with more than 450 total sounds and nearly 3GB of total content. Both BLAST Vol. 1 and 2 are available in Acidized Wave Files, Apple Loops, Rex2, and Reason Refill formats.  
BLAST: Modern Urban Production Tools Vol. 1 and Vol.2 are available for US$79.99 each.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207988"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Parallels (http://www.parallels.com) has announced the Sept. 14 availability of Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac, the latest version of the software for running Windows and Mac applications side-by-side on a Mac without rebooting. The new version has more than 80 new and enhanced features, says Serguei Beloussov, chairman and CEO of Parallels.
He says 3D graphics run nearly 40% better than before. Boot time for Windows is 41% faster than before, and Parallels Desktop 6 also boosts speed for working with files on USB drives, networks and in shared folders, says Beloussov.
Parallels also announced the availability of Parallels Desktop 6 Switch to Mac Edition, which includes Parallels Desktop 6 plus new features specifically designed to make the move from PC to Mac smart and simple. The Switch to Mac Edition provides a set of switching tools and includes a Parallels High-Speed USB data transfer cable.  All of your programs, files, user settings and now even your browser favorites and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207981"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">A pilot project in four California school districts will replace 400 students' eighth-grade algebra textbooks with iPads in an attempt to prove the advantages of interactive digital technologies over traditional teaching methods, reports the "Hillicon Valley Hill" (http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/117625-california-te...).
Education firm Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has teamed up with California Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss for the pilot, which will take place at Long Beach Unified School District, Riverside Unified School District, Fresno Unified School District and San Francisco Unified School District.
"This is a seminal moment. It marks the fundamental shift from print delivery of curriculum to digital," saysJohn Sipe, vice president of K-12 sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Students randomly selected for the program will receive iPads loaded with digital versions of their textbooks for the coming school year. Their progress will be tracked and compared...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207958"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Bluestreak Technology (http://www.bluestreakteck.com), which specializes in delivering software presentation solutions on embedded devices, has announced from IBC 2010 the launch of MachBlue XT, an integrated Flash and HTML5 application platform.
According to Dominique Jodoin, Bluestreak Technology CEO and president MachBlue XT offers a flexible solution to the current Flash versus HTML5 technology battle that is forcing network operators to maintain multiple application platforms to achieve true cross-platform support. MachBlue XT unites the top presentation technologies, including Flash and HTML5, into a single open platform for delivering rich media experiences uniquely optimized to run across TVs, set-top boxes, mobile phones, and other consumer electronic devices, he adds.
The platform includes both a custom Flash player as well as an HTML application engine, specifically optimized for embedded devices. Additionally, open libraries and interfaces speed development of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207953"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vector 3 (http://www.vector3.tv), a developer of IT-based graphics and playout solutions, announced today that its Vector MultiPlay product line now supports the Apple ProRes codec.
The newly supported codec offers full format compatibility to Vector MultiPlay customers who use Final Cut Pro for production. MultiPlay is Vector 3's IT-based, multi-channel playout solution that's designed to optimize redundancy management for multi-channel broadcasters.
ProRes is a standard-definition and high-definition lossy video compression format developed by Apple for use in post production. It was introduced in 2007 with Final Cut Studio 2.
Attendees to the IBC 2010 exhibition, held in Amsterdam from Sept. 10–14, can visit Vector 3 and learn more about their support for the ProRes codec on stand 7.C01.     </div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207952"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Pentax (http://www.pentaximaging.com) has announced two compact cameras: the Optio RS100 and the Optio RZ10. They'll ship in October for US$149.95 and $219.95, respectively.
The Optio RS1000 may be "dressed" to match the personality and style of its owner. This cosmetically customizable digital camera features a removable faceplate to hold interchangeable skins of any personal design.
The Optio RS1000 features 14 megapixels, a three-inch LCD monitor, and a 4X optical zoom lens covering 27.5mm wide angle. It's encased in a lightweight body about the size of a credit-card.
The Optio RZ10 digital compact camera boasts a 10X optical zoom lens, a 10X zoom and macro focus settings. The camera also features dual Shake Reduction (mechanical sensor-shift and digital) for blur reduction and an upgraded Auto Picture mode for “hands-off” selection of the most appropriate shooting settings.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207947"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Navara (http://www.navara.com) has introduced version 6.2 of the Navara Mobility Suite. This new version enables software providers to mobilize any B2B application or workflow onto any device, including the iPhone.
With all major device types supported by the Navara Mobility Suite -- including Windows Mobile, Blackberry and iPhone -- software companies can now support their client’s growing mobile workforces, especially in healthcare, sales and field service organizations, says Ken Heard, vice president of sales, Navara. Allscripts, the largest supplier of healthcare software in the United States, is the first user of version 6.
In addition to support for iPhone, version 6.2 of the Navara Mobility Suite introduces the Navara Store to help improve the control, configuration and administration of mobile applications onto different devices. Simplified system management tools make it possible to remotely install the software client, and new communication settings allow end-users to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207946"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">AKVIS (http://www.akvis.com) has released version 7.0 of its photo collage program AKVIS Chameleon. The new version offers a standalone program in addition to the plug-in.
The plug-in version is compatible with Photoshop CS5 64 bit. Also there's improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7.
AKVIS Chameleon has four operating modes. In Montage mode, you can take a rectangular part of the source image and then use two pencils -- red and blue -- to roughly indicate the parts that should appear on the resulting photo collage.
In Chameleon mode, from which the program gets its name, and object is pasted into a picture in such a way that the object adapts to the new color range and blends with the background, as chameleons do. Blend mode works in a similar fashion to Chameleon mode, in that it adjusts the color range and smoothes the borders of an object, but in addition it makes the object semi-transparent, so that the color and texture of the background can be seen through.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207942"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Microsoft France has let slip the launch date of Microsoft Office Mac 2011 on its annual September meeting held at its HQ near Paris, reports "MacGeneration" (http://www.macgeneration.com/news/voir/167861/microsoft-office-2011-pour...).
Microsoft Office Mac 2011 should be launched on October 27, 2010. (Thanks to Anthony Nelzin, editor of "MacGeneration" for the heads-up on this.)</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207934"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has issued a statement on its review guidelines for the Apple App Store. It reads:
"The App Store has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world’s largest mobile application platform and App Store developers have earned over one billion dollars from the sales of their apps.
"We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our iOS Developer Program license in sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9 to relax some restrictions we put in place earlier this year.
"In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207925"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released iMovie 1.1 for the iPhone. The new version adds support for the fourth generation iPod touch that was unveiled last week.
iMovie 1.1 also adds the ability to split video clips, video scrubbing support, support for automatic music looping when videos are longer than music tracks, and an in-app page of tips. It's available for US$4.99 at the Apple App Store.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207924"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has debuted new USSB 3.0 hard drives: the LaCie Minimus and LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0. The former offers transfer speeds at 5Gb/second in a small Rikiki form factor. The latter is for for users who need terabytes of storage.
The Rikiki and Minimus hard drives are encased in brushed aluminum. It offers resilience from blunders, improved heat dissipation, and is fully recyclable. The drives come with LaCie’s Software Suite for setting up and backing up support for Macs or PCs. Macs don't yet support USB 3.0 so the drives will run at USB 2.0 speeds.
Additionally, each product comes with 10GB of Wuala online storage so you can store and share files online. The LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 is available in 500GB/1TB capacities starting at US$99.99. The LaCie Minimus is available in 1TB/2TB capacities starting at $129.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207921"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released iOS 4.1 for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as every iPod touch after the first generation model. (However, note that not all the features are compatible with every device.)
The update adds support for Game Center, HDR photo capture, HD video uploads and TV show rentals. It also fixes some bugs and glitches including a faulty proximity sensor that could cause accidental hangups while on a call, poor audio quality when using Bluetooth accessories, slow iPhone 3G performance, and Nike + iPod fixes.
iOS 4.1 is a free update for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and second-generation iPod touch or later. It's available via iTunes.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207920"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kobo, a global eReading service, has announced the Kobo Desktop Application, a free, downloadable application now available from http://www.kobobooks.com that enables users to read, build a digital library, and shop for eBooks directly from their computer or laptop. It's Mac OS X and Windows compatible.
The new application also allows Kobo customers with third party eReaders, such as the Sony Reader, to connect to the Kobo service to download or purchase content. Through the Desktop Application customers can instantly access their library and download their purchases directly to their computer and read offline without an Internet connection. Additionally, the Kobo Desktop Application enables users to shop for eBooks through the integrated Kobo eBook Store and download content to their desktop to easily build and manage their library.
Kobo currently offers dedicated applications for the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android, Android Tablets, as well as the Kobo eReader. Now with the Kobo...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207923"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple earns yet another Readers' Choice Award from "PC Magazine" (http://www.pcmag.com) in ranking laptops and portables. Apple had an overall score of 9.2 (out of 10), 9.3 for reliability, 8.6 for tech support, 8.1 for repairs, and a 9.3 score for those who would recommend the company's products for others.
For the most part, Apple's results remained consistent with last year. "PC Mag" readers rated the company a 9.3 for reliability despite the fact that 15% of Apple respondents reported that their laptops needed repair. The repair rate is the "main chink among Apple's otherwise stellar ratings," says "PC Mag." Only Dell and Fujitsu had more laptops needing repairs (18% each); Apple was on par with Lenovo and HP, with 15% needing repair.
Apple's satisfaction with tech support slipped slightly from last year from 8.8 to 8.6. "It's still head and shoulders above the competition -- Lenovo is next at 7.3 == but, hopefully, this doesn't foretell a trend," says "PC Mag." Among laptops used...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207922"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has posted the iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL851). It's a 9.94MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.6.x.
The iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU) lets you create, maintain, encrypt, and install configuration profiles, track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications, and capture device information including console logs. It's recommended for those managing devices running iOS 4.0 or later.

Configuration profiles are XML files that contain device security policies, VPN configuration information, Wi-Fi settings, APN settings, Exchange account settings, mail settings, and certificates that permit iPhone and iPod touch to work with your enterprise systems. 


According to Apple, iPCU 3.1 adds support for new Mobile Device Management (MDM) features introduced in iOS 4 and enables wireless delivery of configuration profiles. It also includes support for Cisco AnyConnect and Juniper Networks SSL VPN clients, CardDAV, multiple Exchange...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207696"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Consumer demand for mobile applications will wear down resistance to in-app mobile ads, propelling the North American market to $2 billion by the end of the year, according to a new report by Parks Associates (http://www.parkassociates.com). "Monetizing Downloadable Mobile Applications" shows North American in-app ad revenue will surpass US$860 million in 2014 and paid mobile app profits will exceed $4 billion.
"As appetites for mobile apps grow, consumers will become more accepting of in-app ads," says Heather Way, research analyst, Parks Associates. "Our latest report shows 46% of adults 18-34 are either indifferent to in-app ads or willing to endure ads in free mobile apps."
New digital technologies will give companies an edge with more creative and personalized advertisements. Parks Associates' analysts say Apple's iAd mobile advertising ad network is a good example of using novel and captivating ads to keep consumers engaged. The launch of this ad network has experienced early...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207700"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MakeMusic (http://www.makemusic.com) has released Finale PrintMusic 2011 for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. This updated version of the music notation software includes new features and provides compatibility with current operating systems and files created with Finale 2011, MakeMusic’s flagship software package.
With a list price of US$119.95, PrintMusic is targeted to songwriters, teachers, band and choir directors, church musicians, students and other musicians. With it you can arrange pieces of up to 24 staves and extract individual parts from the score. Notes can be entered with a computer keyboard, a MIDI keyboard, with the exclusive MicNotator or by scanning existing music.
PrintMusic tools include Drum Groove and Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing. Music plays back using hundreds of built-in sounds or additional external sound libraries (sold separately), and can be shared with others using the free downloadable Finale Reader and by creating .MP3 files for use on iPods and beyond....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207694"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (http://www.hp.com/officejetpro) has unveiled two new Mac-compatible web-connected printers designed to help small and medium sized businesses save money while maximizing productivity.
The HP Officejet Pro 8500A e-All-in-One series and HP Officejet 7500A Wide Format e-All-in-One are designed for businesses looking for a wired or wireless all-in-one that offers impressive results and efficiency savings, according to Hatem Mostafa, vice president, Inkjet Business Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. For example, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A e-All-in-One series provides 50% lower cost per page compared with laser printers, he says.
HP ePrint technology, incorporated into the new printers, provides customers with theability to to print from any mobile device. Also, for the first time, HP business customers can print web content such as templates and stored documents without a computer by using HP print apps.
Plus, ePrint technology gives each printer...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207684"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CounterPath Corp. (http://www.counterpath.com) has announced the worldwide availability of X-Lite 4.0, an entry-level voice and video softphone for Mac and Windows PCs.
Available as a free download, X-Lite 4.0 is based on a year’s worth of beta user feedback. It takes many of the features from X-Lite 3.0 and adds a completely new user interface that provides the choice of a contact-centric experience, a dialpad-centric experience or a combination of the two. X-Lite 4.0’s other major features include:
° Call history, call display and message waiting indicator;
° Call-management tools such as redial, hold, mute and speakerphone;
° Managed contacts lists;
° IM and presence using the SIMPLE protocol;
° Automatic detection and configuration of audio devices;
° Acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control and voice-activity detection;
° A troubleshooting assistant to help users quickly resolve a variety of issues;
° Auto-complete list when placing calls;
° Support for a wide range of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207647"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Frictional Games, the makers of the Penumbra series, has announced that Amnesia: The Dark Descent game (http://www.amnesiagame.com) for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux is now available for instant download. It costs US$20..
Frictional Games says one of our goals with the game has been "availability," meaning that the game should be as available as possible for those that are interested in playing it. Because of this, the game is having a simultaneous launch on Mac, Windows and Linux. It also comes with four translations in addition to the original English version, is DRM free and available from most major online retailers in addition to our own online store.
Here's how the game is described: "Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person horror game with a focus on immersion. It is a game where atmosphere and story comes first. We hope that the game will be a breeze of fresh air, in a genre otherwise populated by "one-man-army action hero" sagas. In Amnesia you are almost completely...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207593"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, "Antennagate" -- the problems, or perceived problems, with the antenna on the iPhone 4 -- cost Apple 20% of sales -- but the lack of a Verizon iPhone is a bigger problem.
"Fortune" (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/08/antennagate-cost-apple-20-of-sales/) says those are some of the findings a survey released Wednesday by Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster. His team interviewed 258 cell phone users in downtown Minneapolis. Munster says:
° 177 respondents, or 69%, indicated that they were aware of iPhone 4 quality issues. Of those who are aware of the antenna issues, 20% indicated that they impacted their purchase decision.
° For every one respondent that acknowledged the antenna issue about three complained about the iPhone not being on Verizon.
° Despite this, Apple continues to sell iPhone 4s faster than it can make them.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207591"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The iPad may not be cannibalizing Mac sales, but it’s putting the smackdown on the entire PC market -- and not just networks, UBS analyst Maynard Um told clients in a note today -- as reported by "All Things D" (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100908/forget-netbooks-ipad-canniba...).
“Sales of traditional notebooks appear to be feeling pressure from the iPad, causing a scramble by vendors to launch iPad-like tablets,” Um says. “We believe that a majority of this impact is occurring on the lower end of PC sales as the iPad is priced close enough to this range that it becomes attractive to consumers looking to make purchases within this segment. We are not sold that the iPad is purely cannibalizing PC sales, as the functionality of the iPad can not yet fully match the functionality of notebook PC’s. However, consumers who purchase iPads may be more willing to delay purchases and upgrades of existing PC’s.”
He expects this trend to continue into 2011.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207590"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released Safari 5.0.2 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070). The 37.56MB download requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or Windows XP/Vista/7.
According to Apple, the update contains improvements to compatibility and security. You can obtain it via the Software Update component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207589"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released MobileMe iDisk 1.2.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It's available at the Apple App Store.
According to Apple, MobileMe iDisk 1.2.1 fixes an issue that prevented some Keynote files and other package files from opening properly on the iPad. It also corrects a problem where rotated images wouldn’t display properly, and improves overall performance and stability.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207588"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Nikon (http:///www.nikonusa.com) has released two new CoolPix cameras: the S8100 and P7000. Both will be available later this month. The S8100 has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$299.95; the P7000 is $499.95.

The S8100 offers a 12.1-megapixel backside illumination CMOS sensor and a 10X zoom that will capture fast-moving subjects in still images and HD (1080p) movies. It not only features high-speed shooting at five full resolution frames at up to 10 frames-per-second (fps), but a pre-shooting cache that records up to two shots before the shutter-release is fully pressed.
For fast action shots, the S8100's Sports Continuous mode records up to approximately 120 fps.  With Subject Tracking, the S8100 automatically tracks a designated subject by activating autofocus (AF). The S8100 also adopts Nikon's exclusive Expeed C2 image processing engine, which is customized to each CoolPix model to further drive enhanced performance, outstanding image quality and HD video,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207572"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">App4mac has introduced Delegate 1.1 (http://www.app4mac.com/delegate.html), an update of the to-do lists manager designed for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. It allows users to share a to-do list on the internet for remote access from any location.
Version 1.1 has new options to authorize the editing of a to-do list from a remote access and in the preferences to disable confirmation messages. It also: improves support of foreign languages; support of the iPhone/iPad version; user feedback; and the user interface.
Delegate has a built in tagging feature, which allows you to tag additional information to your tasks. This information can be anything you find necessary or helpful, such as due dates, priority levels, and contexts. It's compliant to GTD method Getting Things Done.
The Mac version allows users to share a to-do list on the Internet with a free online service powered by app4mac Delegate Server solution. Using this feature requires a user license. As an option, Mac users can use...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207559"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Bohemian Coding has introduced Sketch 1.0 (http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch), a vector drawing application for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Its intentionally minimalist design is based upon a drawing space of unlimited size and layers, free of palettes, panels, menus, windows, and controls.
Tools and modifiers are accessed as needed from drop-down graphical menus, and help/control dialogues open and close automatically. Sketch offers vector drawing and text tools and can be used in conjunction with the company's bit-mapped graphics editor, DrawIt for Mac OS X, as well as the portable SketchPad app for iPad.
In addition to a wide of object creation tools, Sketch features a host of object modification tools. These include: precise Boolean operations, join & split, decorate, transform, scissors, rotate, smart rotate, stroke width, patch, blob, eraser, distort, and mirror. Of special interest are dynamic Boolean operations on groups of vectors rather than complete shapes, and smart...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207558"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">QNAP Systems (http://www.qnap.com) has announced the fall 2010 refresh of its Business Series Turbo NAS servers for SMB and corporate users.
New are the 2-drive TS-259 Pro+, the 4-drive TS-459 Pro+, the 5-drive TS-559 Pro+, and the 6-drive TS-659 Pro+ with up to 12TB of online storage (using 2TB hard drives). The new Business Series Turbo NAS Pro+ models incorporate new dual-core Intel Atom processor D525 with 1.8GHz clock speed and 1GB RAM, which can achieve up to 116MB/second transfer rates (FTP/Samba reads).
Turbo NAS Pro+ series comes with the new version 3.3 of the QNAP NAS management software embedded as firmware. Contact QNAP for pricing options.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207557"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Raidon (http://www.raidon.com) has launched its first generation of HyBrid RunneR, iR2420 internal storage devices. It utilizes the speed performance of SSD and large capacity of HDD. It's based on RAID technology.
According to the folks at Raidon, the HyBrid RunnR provides optimum data access rate, while obtaining cost-effective capacity of HDD for instant backup or backup scheduling to secure the valuable data from the possibilities of SSD failures. What's rmore, the remaining capacity other than the reserved SSD backup sectors from HDD will also be partitioned into an individual volume to provide an additional storage space.
 
SSD can be individually taken out as a portable storage on field, and upon return insert the original SSD back into the iH2420, which will automatically backup the existing data from SSD to HDD. If in the event that SSD is damaged, you can replace it with a new SSD and iH2420 will recover the original data from HDD to the newly replaced SSD.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207556"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Stellar Information Systems Limited has released Stellar Drive ToolBox (http://www.drivetoolbox.com/), an utility to optimize the performance of your Mac's hard drive. It's an "all in one," pre-crash hardware maintenance utility that optimizes, protects, manages, repairs, and sanitizes your Mac hard drive volumes.
 
The Software is a combination of 13 hard drive maintenance and management tools. The modules include Surface Scan, Drive Initialization, Benchmark, Drive Performance, Volume Repair, Crap Remover, Drive Stats, Free Space Optimizer, Manage Volume, Stellar Shield Raw Data Editor, Wipe and Drive Clone
 
Stellar Drive ToolBox is available in both the CD and Download versions for single home user, Administrators, and Technicians. The single home user edition is available for US$99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207553"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">More details -- including the speaker list and topics -- are now available for the 2010 MacTech Conference (http://www.mactech.com/conference), which will be held Nov. 3-5, 2010, in Los Angeles at the Sheraton Universal in Universal City.
The MacTech Conference will have two separate tracks: one focused on IT, and one focused on programming/development. Sessions will focus on both desktop and mobile, with appropriate levels of attention paid to the Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod. You can check out the speaker and topic list
(http://www.mactech.com/conference/sessions) for specific sessions. The conference will kick off on with a keynote by Andy Ihnatko at 10 am on Wednesday, Nov. 3.
"We're thrilled to welcome Andy as our keynote speaker," Neil Ticktin,
editor-in-chief/publisher, "MacTech Magazine." "As an internationally beloved tech journalist (not to mention that he's the technology columnist for the "Chicago Sun Times"), Andy is insightful, funny, and simply a pleasure to work with....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207466"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Enfocus (http://www.enfocus.com/contentpage.php?id=794) has announced PitStop Workgroup Manager, an efficiency tool developed to simplify the use of Enfocus PitStop Pro in multi-user, collaborative working environments.
 
PitStop Pro is designed to operate as a standalone desktop application, but in practice it is frequently used in workgroups, where people need to collaborate. This means different team members wish to share Preflight Profiles, Action Lists, Workspaces, etc., while the team manager needs to control the settings that are used. Although you can export the PitStop Pro Action Lists and Preflight Profiles for import by other users, there's been no way to manage this across a workgroup from a single central point and make sure that everybody uses only the latest settings.
 
PitStop Workgroup Manager solves this issue. To be released at the same time as new PitStop Pro 10, the Workgroup Manager runs on a central computer and allows one person to control the allocation of...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207465"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Michael Amorose has released GameIntro, an iPhone application template project for Xcode 3.2. It provides a starting point project for creating view-based iPhone game apps in Xcode.
GameIntro includes an application template that provides code and resources for displaying two company splash screens for iPhone games on startup, and an application icon. It's free and can be downloaded from the author’s web site (http://www.michael-amorose.com/software/cocoa_classes/index.htm).</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207422"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Oranged Software (http://www.oranged.net/) has released Studiometry 8, an update to the Mac OS X compatible software for companies to organize, plan, invoice, track and create with client and project data. The new version adds new icons, Blueprints for creating commonly used work items, a new calendar and more.
Studiometry 8 is available for US$199.95 for new licenses, and upgrades from Studiometry 7.x start at $59.95. Multi-User packs and bundles with our other apps are also available.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207420"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has released iWeb 3.0.2 (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1104). According to Apple, this update refines comment and search support for blogs and podcasts published to MobileMe.
It also resolves some issues related to publishing sites to MobileMe. It's a 177.14MB download and requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later. You can obtain iWeb 3.0.2 via the Software Update component of Mac OS X's Systems Preferences app.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207419"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Hypershop has released a HyperDrive hard drive (http://www.hypershop.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=IPHD%2D000) designed specifically for the iPad. It's an USB hard drive that can purportedly carry up to 750GB of HD 720p video and photos.
The HyperDrive can also be used to back up and view view memory cards without computers or external power. With it you can perform file and folder operations like copy, cut, paste, delete, rename, create new folder, sort file directory by name/date/type, format hard drive, erase card etc.
The HyperDrive lets you selectively copy single or multiple files/folders between memory card and internal hard drive. Pricing ranges from US$299 for a 120GB model to $399 for a 250GB version.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207395"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">UBS telecom analyst John Hodulik has raised his forecast for September quarter Apple (AAPL) iPhone activations at AT&T to 4.5 million from 2.5 million, which would be up from the 3.2 million activated in the June quarter, as reported by "Barron's" (http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2010/09/07/apple-ubs-bumps-up-outlook-for-sept-qtr-att-activations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+barrons/techtraderdaily/feed+(BARRONS.com+Blog:+Tech+Trader+Daily).
In response, Hodulik trimmed his third quarter EPS [earnings per share] estimate for AT&T to 55 cents, from 60 cents, to reflect the resultant pressure on the company’s margins. For all of 2010, he goes to $2.30, from $2.40; for 2011, he now sees $2.45, down from $2.55, notes "Barron's."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207364"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Gertrudis Graphics has released GMX-PhotoPainter (http://www.gertrudisgraphics.com/), an US$59 standalone Mac and Windows program that transforms an image (generally a photo) into an original artwork. With it, artists can start with an existing picture such as from a digital camera or scanner, a 3D rendering or painting from another program or imaging application.
GMX-PhotoPainter first performs a topological analysis of the image's content and builds a matrix of flow direction vectors. Users can then paint a few quick strokes across the desired features of their image. GMX-PhotoPainter uses this information to generate something that looks more like hand-drawn masterpieces, according to the folks at Gertrudis Graphics.
While one of the main goals of GMX-PhotoPainter is enabling users to create their own styles, there are a number of standard, "ready to use" styles which successfully imitate traditional media: Watercolor, Oil painting, Crayon, and Pen & Ink. Each of these comes...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207362"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Thursby Software Systems has released ADmitMac PKI 3, its third generation Mac-Windows integration software. It enhances security, increases efficiency, reduces identity fraud and protects personal privacy for government and enterprise clients integrating Apple Macs into their enterprise PC worlds using CAC and PIV smart card security, according to the folks at Thursby.
ADmitMac PKI now supports Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard"), as well as Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") operating systems. It also adds formal support from Thursby for all of the U.S. Government CAC Next Generation cards, including Gemalto TOP DL GX4 144K and Oberthur ID One 128 v5.5 Dual. ADmitMac PKI continues to include all of Thursby's additional networking software from both DAVE and ADmitMac technologies including full OCSP, Microsoft DFS and single sign on over VPN support.
Thursby's software is engineered and supported by Mac-Windows specialists from Arlington, Texas. Their client-based solutions allow Macs to be...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207356"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The worldwide market for converged mobile devices (also commonly referred to as smartphones) is expected to grow 55.4% this year compared to 2009 amid greater-than-expected demand for the do-it-all devices. This is 10% higher than the previous forecast from the International Data Corporation (http://www.idc.com) "Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker."
IDC now expects mobile phone vendors to ship 269.6 million converged mobile devices this year compared to the 173.5 million units shipped in 2009. The increased market forecast for smartphones comes amid the launch of several new models, such as the BlackBerry Torch, EVO 4G, and the iPhone 4, in recent months.
"The smartphone is the catalyst behind the rebound in the worldwide mobile phone market this year," says Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. "Additional product introductions and an expected flurry of smartphone buying activity in the second half of the year will push the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207355"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LanSchool Technologies, a provider of classroom management software, has updated the software for it teacher console for its classroom management software, to version 7.5. The upgrade brings the Mac version to feature parity with the Windows version, adds audio listening and broadcast for language labs, introduces efficient Multicast video distribution and playback and adds real-time keystroke alerting on banned words to help teachers control cyber-bullying in the classroom.
LanSchool 7.5 also sports a new wireless protocol increases performance and reliability. And the new version adds iPad, iPod, iPhone teacher and student support.
The LanSchool Mac teacher console runs on Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") or higher. It has the same basic layout and features of the Windows teacher console, but looks and feels like a Mac program. From the console teachers can teach, monitor and assess students running on Macs, PC and thin clients.
LanSchool 7.5 is a free upgrade for customers that purchased...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207322"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The world's biggest mobile fair will host its first event for Apple developers next year "in a sign of Apple's huge influence over the industry, even though the company itself has never participated in the show," says "Reuters" (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100907/tc_nm/us_apple_mwc_developers;_ylt=A...).
Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, will add MacWorld Mobile to its new slate of events focused on developers. The event is scheduled for Feb. 14-17, 2011.
The GSM Association, which runs MWC, also said on Tuesday that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and Hewlett-Packard's Palm would be its partners for this year's App Planet developer event, which is part of MWC.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207321"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The CalDigit AV Drive (http://www.caldigit.com) is now shipping. It's CalDigit’s first single drive solution, and it has been completely optimized for audio and video. 
The CalDigit AV Drive is also the first USB 3.0 drive for the Mac -- though the the Mac doesn't support USB 3.0. The dual interface drive also supports FireWire 800, which has been optimized and runs up to 30% faster than other FireWire 800 drives.
FireWire 800 will allow you to connect to your current computer. Then when you get the CalDigit SuperSpeed PCI Express Card or a USB 3.0 equipped computer, you will be ready to start using the CalDigit AV Drive at the fastest possible speeds, according to the folks at CalDigit.
The 1TB CalDigit AV Drive starts at US$199 and the CalDigit SuperSpeed PCI Express Card is $59. A 2TB version of the CalDigit AV Drive is also available.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207310"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX (http://www.borisfx.com) says Final Effects Complete 6 AE (FEC 6 AE) is now available. FEC 6 AE brings over 110 designer effects and transitions to Mac and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5, CS4, and CS3.
The new release features support for native After Effects lights, on-screen overlay control widgets for streamlined workflow, audio-driven keyframe generation, and a new Compare Mode feature to compare the filtered result with the unfiltered source via either a side-by-side or live split-screen view. Each Final Effects Complete filter has been re-engineered for 64-bit operating systems.
Final Effects Complete 6 AE is available immediately through the Boris FX worldwide reseller channel and direct through the Boris FX web site for a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$895. Owners of previous versions of FEC AE may upgrade for $295.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207292"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has tweaked its new Ping social network for iTunes over the Labor Day weekend, cleaning out spams and scams that had appeared shortly after it launched last week, notes the "San Jose Business Journal" (http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/09/06/daily6.html?su...).
There are also new "back" and "forward" buttons added now to make Ping easier to navigate. On Friday Apple announced that in less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users have joined Ping, its new social network for music which lets users follow their favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading.
“One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined Ping,” says Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “As many more people download iTunes 10 in the coming weeks, we expect the Ping community to continue growing.”
Ping lets you follow your favorite artists such as Lady Gaga, Coldplay, U2,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207277"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Intuit (http://www.intuit.com) has announced QuickBooks 2011 for the Mac. The latest version of the financial software will be available Sept. 28 at a suggested retail price of US$229.95 for a single user license.
QuickBooks 2011 for Mac also features new reports and tools to help users track job-related mileage so they can claim the tax write-offs they deserve. Users can also customize reports and forms to reflect their brands and to show the exact data they need to show, says Dan Wernikoff, vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Financial Management Solutions division.
He adds that tTwo new features ensure that QuickBooks 2011 for Mac can grow as a small business expands:
° Multi-User Access allows up to five employees to simultaneously view and edit QuickBooks data files.
° User Permissions lets small businesses determine who can work in up to eight accounting activity areas. In addition, iChat integration allows logged-in users to communicate with each other using...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207276"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Extensis (http://www.extensis.com) has announced the immediate availability of Suitcase Fusion 3, the newest version of the professional-grade font manager for Mac and Windows operating systems and WebINK (http://www.webink.com), their new web font rental service.
Suitcase Fusion 3 enables designers to browse, preview, select and manage fonts from the desktop to the web. Features of Suitcase Fusion 3 include:
° Integration with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator CS5 via font auto-activation plug-ins;
° Web font selection and management through the Extensis WebINK font rental service;
° Web Preview mode allows users to see effects of using desktop and WebINK fonts on any web site;
° The app suggests "more fonts like this" using QuickMatch technology to locate similar fonts;
° Application Sets that immediately activate selected fonts when an application launches;
° Font Snapshots for quickly creating PNG font previews;
° Updated and modernized user interface;
° Localization into French,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207275"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Publicspace.net has announced Vitamin-R 1.28 (http://www.publicspace.net/Vitamin-R/index.html), an update of its Mac OS X compatible productivity tool for creative professionals. The new version improves support for the Pomodoro productivity technique.
Vitamin-R is a collection of tools and techniques for managing attention and maintaining motivation. According to the folks at publicspace.net, it complements the task capturing and organizing features of modern to-do list managers by forcing you to concentrate fully on one task a time and keeping distractions at bay. It breaks down large, vaguely defined tasks into a series of short "time slices" of between 10 and 30 minutes, each with specific and actionable objectives.
Vitamin-R provides you with the "Now & Later Board," complete with FastType magic, to give you a place to quickly dump all those things that go through your head and allows to get back to the task at hand. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207274"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tension Software has updated Calcine (http://pomola.com/products_calcline/calcline.html), a modern version of the desktop calculator, to version 2.1.1. The upgrade adds new keyboard shortcuts.
Calcline starts as a small window utility. Insert a mathematical expression to evaluate, and the software will do the work.
Calcline costs US$20, and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Version 2.1.1 is a free update for registered users of version 2.x. For new users the cost is US$20. Calcline is an Universal Binary product, so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206873"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The latest version of the Apple TV may face a more challenging market than its predecessors, according to one analyst. Previous versions had difficulties gaining traction, and according to Paul Erickson, senior analyst at IMS Research, the new and improved Apple TV may encounter a similar fate.
According to Erickson, Apple’s price reduction and added content options might not be enough to attract mainstream consumers.
"Today’s competitors are devices that are already in, or going into consumer households -- Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, game consoles, and connected TVs," he says. "These devices already integrate similar access to paid and free content. The most significant are game consoles and BD players – both of which trump Apple TV in terms of must-buy priority for consumers.”
Erickson also cites these obstacles to Apple TV’s success:
° Domestically, pay-TV penetration is very high, and HD VOD and DVR services are well-adopted and already available from all major pay-TV providers...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207132"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">As many Mac User Groups in the northern hemisphere return from summer vacation, "The MUG Event Calendar" starts to fill up with presenters and presentations.
Apple Senior Systems Engineer Dave Marra will make two MUG stops on his perpetual user group tour: one in Connecticut and the other in Pennsylvania. Greg Scown of Smile Software will show off the company’s latest and greatest products at a California group, and Mac User Groups every where will be talking about last week’s Apple announcements about new iPods, a new Apple TV, a new version of iTunes, and more. Other topics that will be up for discussion include Google Docs, document scanning and archiving, DropBox, Mac freeware, video conferencing, iMovie, Blurb Booksmart and much more.
"The MUG Event Calendar" can be found at The MUG Center (http://www.mugcenter.com), an online resource for Mac User Groups. MUGs are good places for making new friends in the Mac community, imProving your computing skills, finding solutions to...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207091"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">UK: Lloyd’s has joined with brokers Marsh, Cooper Gay and RK Harrison Group to trial the use of iPad in its underwriting room, reports the "Post Online" (http://www.postonline.co.uk/post/news/1731411/lloyd-s-trial-ipads?WT.rss_f=News&WT.rss_a=Lloyd’s+to+trial+Ipads+in+underwriting+process).
The trial will get underway any day now and will see the Apple tablets used as an alternative to the traditional underwriting slips. Lloyd’s said that the iPads will effectively be used as an "electronic slip case," enabling brokers to take documents in to the market electronically, review documents with underwriters and annotate them where required, notes the "Post Online."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207090"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The new Apple TV (take three, if you will) will give Apple an entry in the market for Internet-enabled living room devices, the fastest-growing major segment of Internet-connected products, according to the iSuppli research group (http://www.isuppli.com).
Shipments of Internet-enabled living room devices -- a range of products including Internet-enabled TV sets, video game consoles and set-top boxes -- are forecast to amount to more than 430 million units in 2014, up from 99.3 million in 2009, says iSuppli. At a CAGR [compound average growth rate) of 34.1% from 2009 to 2014, shipments of the digital living room devices will rise faster than those of the other high-volume Internet-access platforms. Computers and smartphones, whose shipments will grow at CAGRs of 12.1% and 22.7%, respectively, during the same period.
While Job's demonstration of the Apple TV was impressive, the device still must contend with a host of competing players, according to Jordan Selburn, principal analyst for...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207088"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The agenda has been set for the Third Annual FCPUG Amsterdam SuperMeet (http://www.supermeet.com) be held Sunday, Sept.12, at the Hotel Krasnapolsky in the heart of Amsterdam during IBC week.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the SuperMeet web site. Doors open at 16:30. As part of the Digital Showcase, there will be the inaugural "Open Screen Theater." Filmmakers and digital content creators wanting to "Get Seen" will have a 10 minute chance to do so in an informal, collaborative setting.
Scheduled to appear will be Joran Maaswinkel, senior editor of Bake Post, who will join Autodesk's Grant Kay to help demystify Smoke for Mac OS X. Warren Eagles, a color artist for more than 20 years on movies such as "The Great Raid" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," as well as TV series such as "Rush," will give an in-depth look and demo at the new DaVinci Resolve for Mac, including workflow demos within Final Cut Pro."
Max Burgess, offline/online editor at SpliceTV will...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207087"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Sunrise Telephone Systems KK has announced the 2010 edition of its A4M Macintosh Telephone System (http://www.sunrisetel.net/software/asterisk/a4m.shtml) based on a Mac OS X port of the Asterisk Linux PBX software.
The A4M software suite turns a Mac running Mac OS X (10.5 and 10.6) into a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system and Voice over IP (VoIP) server. An optional ISDN adapter provides connectivity to ISDN telephone lines.
The 2010 edition consists of a telephony server, an auto-starter, a configuration engine, several system preference panes and a switchboard application. The Cocoa graphical user interface (GUI) based preference panes are designed to make the task of configuring the telephony server easy and intuitive, following the philosophy of ease of use of the Mac platform.
The software will be supported on all Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher (Intel only). It will become available first for the Japanese market in late November or early December 0 for a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207083"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">QuickerTek has introduced its newest 802.11n device: the US$125 Quicky3 (http://www.quickertek.com/products/Quicky.php), the third generation Quicky. This 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHZ unit purportedly has a mile line of sight range, draws 50% less power then the first and second generations and has the theoretical limit of 300 megabits per second of 802.11n (the previous models were 802.11b/g which ran 54 megabits per second).
The Quicky3 has a detachable 5 dbi high gain antenna so that you can connect other antennas. It works on any Mac with any open USB port with operating system Mac OS X 10.4. and higher. The Quicky3 conforms to the wireless standards 802.11b/g/n, making it compatible with all networks and not exclusively AirPort networks.
In fact, according to the folks at QuickerTek it should work on most if not all wireless networks, especially modern ones like; D Link, Linksys and Belkin. Quicky3 supports 64/128~bit WEP, WPA2 (AES with IEEE 802.11x) and WPA(TKIP with IEEE 802.11x)...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207082"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zenopolis has released Gallery Grabber QED 1.0 (http://www.zenopolis.com/software/gallerygrabber/), an image download tool for Mac OS X. With it links to gallery pages can be dragged to the Gallery Grabber interface or the application can be launched directly from a browser using a Safari or Firefox extension.
Gallery Grabber automatically detects the type of gallery it's processing; for example, whether or not there are thumbnails and whether or not the images are embedded on a second page. When more control is needed, the software's automatic behavior can be overridden, forcing a gallery to be downloaded using a chosen method. It extracts only the gallery images themselves, leaving banners, thumbnails and page design behind. Gallery Grabber doesn't work with all types of web galleries -- in particular, search engine results, Flash galleries and pages with frames.
Gallery Grabber QED costs US$5.0 and requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. It's an Universal Binary app so runs natively on...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207077"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Developer David Kocher has updated Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/) -- an open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files andAmazon S3 browser -- to version 3.6. The upgrade adds support for Google Storage and file versioning in Amazon S3.
Google Docs support allows you to access your documents from within Cyberduck. It allows you to: download documents to various export formats; upload documents to your Google Docs account for storage or choose to convert documents to Google Docs format; and optionally convert PNG, JPEG and GIF images to Google Docs text documents using optical character recognition (OCR). Users with a Google Apps Premier Account can upload arbitrary files not supported by any of the Google Docs editor application.
Cyberduck 3.6 requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. It's freeware, but donations are encouraged to help fund further development.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-207074"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SB2 has launched Render[in], areal-time radiosity engine developed for SketchUp Free and Pro users. Now in beta testing, it purportedly gives SketchUp users definition, realistic renderings.
Render[in[ lets users: create a high definition rendering with no size limitation; use existing SketchUp parameters and add new ones; create a photo-realistic project environment (water, sand, grass) and a 3D sky with clouds; create artificial light sources; and see the final result in a real-time radiosity preview window.
Because Render[in] is fully-integrated into SketchUp, it uses the same settings. Once the model is ready, Render[in] offers realistic additions like a 3D sky, four types of clouds, and modifiable lighting sources. Render[in] also offers additional texture settings to choose from, like specular reflection and shininess, and auto-bump for materials.
The beta version is available for download at http://www.renderin.com ; just remember that beta software is unfinished software so...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206988"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">South Korea's KT Corp. says it will start offering the iPhone 4 in the country starting Sept. 10, reports the "Wall Street Journal" (http://macosg.me/2/te).
South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier by revenue said last month it would start offering the touchscreen device sometime in September and began taking pre-orders. The firm has an exclusive contract to offer iPhones in South Korea.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206986"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple says that in less than 48 hours since its launch on Wednesday, more than one million users have joined Ping, its new social network for music which lets users follow their favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading.
“One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined Ping,” says Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “As many more people download iTunes 10 in the coming weeks, we expect the Ping community to continue growing.”
Ping lets you follow your favorite artists such as Lady Gaga, Coldplay, U2, Jack Johnson, Yo-Yo Ma and more, to see what they’re up to, check out photos and videos they’ve posted, see their tour dates and read comments about other artists and albums they’re listening to. In addition, you can post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes and the concerts you plan to attend.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206870"><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/).
Chiaro Software has announced the availability of FireRocker HD, its US$0.99 radio app for the iPad. It replaces the old radio app called Radio Tool X Deluxe; however, all users of Radio Tool X products may download the FireRocker equivalent product for free.
RinnApps has released ArtikPix 1.0.1 for iPhone/iPod touch. It's an interactive articulation app with flashcard and matching activities for children with speech sound delays. It provides an experience for children to practice sounds independently, with their parent or speech-language pathologist. ArtikPix 1.0.1 is available for free with the "th" card deck. Additional decks can be purchased in the app for $2.99 each, in groups, or all decks for $49.99.
3D Magic Kft.has introduced Assault Commando 1.0, a $1.99 game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. It's a top-down 3D shooter, set in the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206869"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Android continues to put in a powerful performance as measured by the share of mobile web consumption attributable to devices running Google's operating system, as reported by the Quantcast (http://blog.quantcast.com/) research group. It's also catching up to iOS in OS share of mobile web consumption in the US (though it still has a ways to go to catch up).
In August Android took share from every corner of the market, putting in its best month share gain since November 2009. According to Quantcast, iOS has gone from about 68% of the market to 56% since May. In that time period, the Android has brown from less than 10% to 25%.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206867"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Economy-x-Talk has released Color Converter 3.0 (http://www.color-converter.com), an update of the color conversion tool for Mac, Windows and Linux systems. This tool encodes color values from and to any of the following color spaces: CMYK, H.Lab, HEX/HTML, HSV, RAL, RGB, XYZ and X11 Color Names. Additionally, it provides an RGB-based brightness value.
Color Converter can also analyze any area of your (primary) screen and display a color histogram based on the results of the analysis. A long list of X11 color names can be searched and color names can be converted to all other color spaces with a click of the mouse. With the release of Color Converter 3, Economy-x-Talk has added the ability to resize pictures.
Color Converter 3 is free a free update for current license holders of Color Converter 2. For new users the cost is just over US$10.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206866"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Playrix Entertainment has released Fishdom 2 Premium Edition for Mac OS X (http://www.playrix.com/games/mac/fishdom-2.html). The game is available exclusively on the developer's official web site. Fishdom 2 is the sixth title in the Fishdom series, not counting the game's recent adaptation for Facebook and soon-to-be-launched Playrix's first internal iPad port Fishdom HD.
In Fishdom 2 Premium Edition, players complete match-3 levels to earn cash that can then be used on building up the aquariums of their own design. Players create their Fishdoms by adding exotic fish, various ornaments and comfort items to their tanks. The Premium Edition is enriched with content such as Fishipedia of notable facts on Fishdom creatures and their real-world counterparts, original soundtrack, hidden object mini-games, themed desktop wallpapers and a bonus screensaver.
Fishdom 2 Premium Edition costs US$19.95. A demo is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206749"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">"DigiTimes" (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100903PD214.html) says that "market watchers" forecast that manufacturer Quanta will ship more than 10 million iPad touches for Apple by the end of 2010, "helping to ease the company's lower-than-expected sales of notebook products."
Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo predicts that overall iPod shipments will reach 20 million units with the iPod touch to account for more than 55% of that total. He thinks that the iPod nano and shuffle will each ship 20% and remaining 5% will be iPod classics.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206744"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">"All Things D" (http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100902/facebook-blocked-api-access-to-ping-...) reports that, according to "sources familiar with Facebook’s platform," the site has essentially denied Apple’s Ping access to application programming interfaces (APIs) that would allow it to search for an iTunes user’s friends on Facebook who also had signed up for Ping, Apple's new social music network that's part of iTunes 10.
Normally, this API access is open and does not require permission. That is, per "All Things D," unless some entity wants to access it a lot. In that case, Facebook requires an agreement for reasons primarily centered on protection of Facebook user data and, of course, infrastructure impact.
With 160 million iTunes users, that could potentially mean a lot of impact. "All Things D" says sources told them that Apple and Facebook conducted negotiations about an agreement, but could not come to terms.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206728"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SageTV (http://www.sagetv.com) has released SageTV HD Theater 300 for US$149.95. It's a networked media player that lets you enjoy virtually any home video, music or photo from your home network in Full HD on your HDTV.
You can also search, browse and play internet video from YouTube and many other popular online video services on the SageTV HD Theater 300. It supports the latest HD audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA for bitstreaming to your HDMI 1.3 receiver as well as two channel decoding to provide full audio support on all TVs in your home.
Setup with the SageTV HD Theater 300 involves connecting it to your HDTV and connecting to your home network. If you don‘t have a home network near the TV, the optional USB wireless adapter ($29.95) can be used -- or any USB storage will work as well. Any NAS with Mac or Windows compatible networking or UPnP can also be used with the SageTV HD Theater 300.
The SageTV HD Theater 300 can also work as a whole home HDTV DVR...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206707"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Revolution Software has released the "director's cut" of Broken Sword: Shadows of hte Templars, an adventure game for the Mac and PC. It's available for download at http://store.steampowered.com/app/57640/ for US$9.99, and a retail version, to be published by Mastertronic, will follow.
Here's how the game is described: "Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director’s Cut, is an update to one of the most popular adventures ever written, and boasts an all-new story arc woven into the original plot. With new facial animations drawn by Dave Gibbons (co-creator of Watchmen), enhanced graphics and audio, a context-sensitive help system designed for those stumped by the game’s ingenious puzzles, new mini-games and puzzles, and a new perspective on one of gaming’s most celebrated plots, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director’s Cut is an essential adventure for fans old and new."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206706"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">4Media has launched 4Media iPhone Max (http://www.mp4converter.net/iphone-max-win.html), an "iPhone Manager" for the iPhone 4 "without the restrictions and limitations of iTunes."
It's a free-to-try iPhone movies and music manager that supports transfer, convert, backup, copy, rip, and manage any format of movie, music and image between the iPhone 4, computer and iTunes. It also lets you rip CDs/DVDs, DVD folders and ISO images to the iPhone.
You can even use your iPhone as a portable hard disk. This converter offers you to create a new playlist or a new photo album, edit song tags, check and search files. It supports iTunes 9.2, iPhone 4 and iOS 4. Registration is US$49.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206704"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Yazsoft has updated ShareTool (http://www.yazsoft.com/st/) for Mac OS X, which lets you access all of your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world, to version 2.1.1. The upgrade delivers  iTunes 10 Home Sharing across the internet, the ability to run ShareTool as a background service, and more.
Formerly known as Rendezvous, Bonjour lets you create an instant network of computers and smart devices by getting them connected to each other. ShareTool automatically configures routers supporting NAT-PMP or UPnP. Remote services automatically appear in the Finder, iTunes, and other applications.
ShareTool 2.1.1 costs US$25 for a two-user license and $45 for a family pack (five licenses). Registered ShareTool 1.x users can upgrade to ShareTool 2.x for the reduced price of $15 (for two licenses).</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206705"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">PC World has launched an iPad Media Streaming service. Designed in collaboration with Livedrive, it allows iPad owners to store 100GB of media and data online. This can then be accessed and played through live streaming via a 3G or Wi-Fi network, all for £39.99 per year.
 
The launch of the service comes hot on the heels of the Meet iPad service. Available as a consultation in-store, the UK service has seen thousands of iPad owners booking one to one consultations with Apple trained expert store staff to get expert advice on setting up and using the iPad to its fullest capability.
 
Available to buy at PC World stores throughout the UK, the iPad Media Streaming lets you back up the majority of your media and data files from your Mac or PC online and then lets you access them remotely through your iPad, effectively increasing its hard drive by a further 100GB.
 
This service allows you to live stream your music, videos and photos direct from your online storage through this service and...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206703"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LittleFin Software has released Chronicle 3.4 (http://www.littlefin.com/chronicle.html), an update to their home finance and bill paying application for Mac OS X. The upgrade adds the ability to track income and compare it to bill spending.
Chronicle provides a graphical means to enter and track finances. Features include: automatic bill paying reminder; long-term debt tracking; database of payments and receipts; graphs and reports which analyze trends and averages; and a sortable list of upcoming bills which can be paid on-line from within the app.
In addition, Chronicle analyzes payments by month and year and displays the information graphically. It also averages payments so it is easier to budget for bills that fluctuate, like utilities or credit cards. Finally, the sortable overview screen displays at a glance when each bill is due. Colorful icons indicate when a bill is overdue, due soon, or due in the future. With a couple clicks, the user can log payments or make payments...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206599"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has spawned a new breed of USB key: the LaCie MosKeyto, a small flash drive that measures less than 20mm and weighs 10 grams. It comes in capacities up to 16GB with pricing starting at US$17.99 for a 4GB model.


The MosKeyto is so small it can even travel with the computer in a protective sleeve or briefcase, according to Alexis Kobassian, accessories product manager, LaCie. Because it lies flush against your device, there's no risk of damage to the port, computer or key if the drive is knocked or bumped, he adds.


Outfitted in s black plastic, the MosKeyto is also equipped with a durable nylon strap to attach to an accessible key ring and a cap to protect its USB connector. Additionally, LaCie has integrated an extra 4GB secure online storage from Wuala into the MosKeyto.</div></div></span>
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Vocalizer couples a new technology synthesis engine with an open input based architecture. It's one part effect plug-in and one part virtual instrument, according to the folks at SoniVox. Vocalists, non-vocalists, and producers feed Vocalizer any audio source, and it re-pitches, effects, and re-synthesizes the original source into a whole new sound.
Primarily designed for vocal use, vocalists will enjoy the vast options afforded by Vocalizer to add previously unattainable dimensions to their voice, says the gang at SoniVox. Inversely, non-vocalists will enjoy the opportunity to use their voices in musical ways that they previously thought impossible, they add.
Vocalizer also works well with other types of inputs. Drum and percussion tracks fed through Vocalizer...</div></div></span>
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The new products include the modal synthesizer Reaktor Prism (US$79), the studio reverb Reflektor ($119), the organ emulation Vintage Organs ($119), the effect suite Traktor's 12 ($79) and the amp emulation Rammfire ($59). All products are based on the technology of Kontakt, Reaktor and Guitar Rig, and can be used both within the full versions and the free Player versions of these instruments.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-206591"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">JNSoftware (http://www.jonn8.com/) has updated JABMenu, a tool for utilizing your Mac OS X Address Book data through a system-wide menu, to version 2.5. The new version adds support for networked sources (i.e., Exchange and CardDAV servers) and improved flexibility in acting on contact data through enhanced scripting support.
JABMenu also adds an option to toggle related groups in the "Groups" submenu for the contacts specified in the contact source preference. Additionally, the upgrade adds a menu item to clear the data cache without having to open the preferences window and help buttons in the preferences window.
JABMenu provides access to your contacts' phone numbers, email, instant messaging, and postal addresses, URLs, and notes. Selecting a menu item can trigger an action such as displaying it in large type, copying it to the clipboard, creating a new email message, dialing the phone, or showing an address on a map.
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