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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89842"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) is offering third
party 1066MHz DDR3 EEC memory upgrades up to 32GB for the new Mac Pro
"Nehalem" models announced by Apple last week.
OWC says the Mac Pro memory upgrades fully meet Apple Design
Specifications, including specific required thermal EEPROM, board
design, chip components; and are fully RoHS and JEDEC
compliant. Pricing for the upgrade kits can be found here:
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89841"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Stellar Data Recovery has launched Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data
Recovery 3.5 (http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/), an update of
the application for retrieving lost data. The upgrade has a new
bootable DVD feature.
If your Mac won't boot up, this DVD overrides the operating system to
permit access to data. The DVD is available in Stellar's boxed
version or can be burned to DVD from the download version.
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery is backed up with 24X5
technical support and also continues to offer advancements of the
product through Live Updates option. It's an Universal Binary product
that works on both Intel and Power PC Macs.
A demo is available at the Stellar Phoenix web site. Stellar gives
two options of purchasing this software. First one is downloading
demo version via the Internet and activating it, and the second one
is ordering a box version. They cost US$129 and $149, respectively,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89840"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Markzware (http://www.markzware.com), a developer of data extraction
and conversion software and inventor of preflighting, has released an
upgrade to its PUB2ID conversion tool for InDesign CS3 and CS4.
PUB2ID v2 (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is a plug-in that
enables users to convert native-application Microsoft Publisher files
(MS Publisher versions 2002 through 2007) to Adobe InDesign while
preserving the content, as well as the styles and formatting.
The Adobe InDesign user simply clicks on "File" in the toolbar, then
"Open," and selects the Microsoft Publisher file for conversion.
Markzware's PUB2ID v2 is available from Software House International
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89839"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aharon Rabinowitz and All Bets Are Off Productions have released The
Crowd Control Library of Pre-Keyed Alpha Stock Footage
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89838"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iPresentee, (http://www.ipresentee.com), a developer of add-ons for
Apple's iWork and iLife applications, has released Keynote 3D Stuff
2.0, a package of 3D images to be used with Apple's Keynote, iWeb and
Pages apps.
The Keynote 3D Stuff package includes 115 different 3D objects,
ranging from futuristic apples to pencils, from metal to glass
objects, and a more. The package combines 70 images included in
version 1.0 with 45 new ones created specifically for this release.
Each 3D image is optimized for 1024x768 pixels in size presentations
and for Pages documents or iWeb templates of any size. The background
of all Keynote 3D Stuff objects is transparent and can be used on any
colored background. Within Apple's Keynote, iWeb and Pages, these
objects can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in
opacity, fitted with shadows or overlapped with one another to create
extra effects.
Keynote 3D Stuff costs US$20. It requires Mac OS X and any version of
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89837"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Feral Interactive (http://www.feralinteractive.com) has launched its
own demo download area and is hosting its own demo server to expand
the reach of its products. In addition, the area launches with a
number of new demos.
The site allows consumers to download via BitTorrent or via a direct
download. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing communications
protocol. Users can download the demos using a BitTorrent client
program. If a direct download isn't available yet, it's likely a
brand new demo, and Feral provide a direct link in the near future. A
quick guide to using BitTorrent is available on the site for those
not familiar with the technology.
The following seven demos are now available: Colin McRae Rally Mac -
Multiplayer Demo Universal; Black and White 2 Demo Intel; ToCA DTM V8
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89836"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Independent game developers at the Mac games and reviews website,
Macgames.org, have announced the release of their first game, a new
tennis game for the Mac, Smashing Tennis
(http://www.macgames.org/smashing-tennis/). It costs US$9.95
Here's how the game is described: "Smashing Tennis was created with a
specific focus: to make a game challenging and entertaining for avid,
arcade tennis players. Realistic physics were incorporated into the
game as best as could be done in a 2D environment, therefore, the
game play is accentuated by real ball flight trajectory, as well as
sound effects, which are recordings of actual tennis matches. The
court surfaces also come into play and greatly vary the feel and
style of game play. Each court surface offered in Smashing Tennis:
grass, clay, hard decoturf courts, behaves as on real life tennis
court surfaces, such that grass courts will have a fast performance
with balls skidding and bouncing low favoring serve and volley
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89835"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has introduced the all-new iPod shuffle, the world's smallest
music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and
the "first music player that talks to you." It's VoiceOver feature
enables iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist
names.
The third generation iPod shuffle is smaller than a AA battery, holds
up to 1,000 songs and has all of the controls located on the earphone
cord. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume,
switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. iPod
shuffle features a gorgeous new aluminum design with a built-in
stainless steel clip that makes it ultra-wearable
Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPod and iPhone Product
Marketing, notes that the iPod shuffle is based on Apple's shuffle
feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. And
now, when you can't remember the name of a song or an artist playing,
with the press of a button iPod shuffle tells you the name of the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89834"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Plustek Technology (http://www.plustek.com/usa) has announced the
MultiServer MFA100S, a multi-function server for small office/home
office (SOHO) and medium enterprise (SME) environments. MultiServer
MFA1000S offers diverse functionalities like email, anti-virus,
anti-spam, firewall, Quality of Service (QoS), Multi Router Traffic
Grapher (MRTG), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), SMS, system
recovery etc.
Mac compatible, it also functions as web server, email server, FTP
server, PHP MySQL server, NAT server, Samba server, DHCP server, DNS
server and Dynamic DNS server. The MultiServer MFA1000S allows SOHO
and SMEs to run their own email services so that a company's
classified and confidential information is not under a third party's
safekeeping, according to the folks at Plustek.
It leverages on the strengths of Linux operating system to maximize
safety and prevent intrusions, leakages etc. Encrypted data
transmission (Secure Socket Layer or SSL mechanism) prevents the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89833"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Newer Technology (http://www.newertech.com) has released a new
version of its miniStack, a hub storage solution that now features up
to 1.5TB of storage.
The miniStack has FireWire 400, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 and eSATA
interfaces. Each miniStack model features a rear and side-powered hub
port configuration with up to three FireWire 400 (one uplink and two
additional) and four USB 2.0 (one uplink and three additional) ports.
Designed to mirror the size and appearance of the Mac mini, the
miniStack is also designed as a space-saving desktop hub for use with
the new iMac and MacBook Pro 17-inch models. Its 6.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 case
houses a single Serial ATA (SATA), 7200RPM hard drive up to 1.5TB.
The NewerTech miniStack is available in two models priced starting
from US$104.99: the "dual interface" miniStack v2.5 which features
three FireWire 400 and three USB 2.0 ports and comes in 10
pre-configured 7200RPM solutions from 80GB to 1.5TB; and the "quad
interface" miniStack v3 which offers one...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89832"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">XB Software has released MaxTreeGrid (http://www.maxtreegrid.com/),
AJAX-backed JavaScript control which allows you to represent data as
tree hierarchy, plain grid or combine both views as treegrid. It
allows data loading from numerous data sources -- from server side
script such as PHP, JSP, ASP, and others, or JS, XML, CSV, JSON, HTML.
Fltering and sorting capabilities are built in in MaxTreeGrid and can
be extended according to customs preferences. According to the folks
at XB Software, the entire grid functionality occupies barely 23
kilobytes (gzip compression).
The component is written in pure JavaScript and doesn't need to
invoke any additional items from a server, which means MaxTreeGrid is
compatible with any server technology. Included in the component are
additional libraries that allow you to link a grid with any
server-side script through any REST-like server side API (application
programming interface).
A demo version of MaxTreeGrid is available for download.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89831"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tomorrow Mikogo (http://www.mikogo.com/Mac) will announce the
availability of its latest version, Mikogo Beta for Mac computers,
providing an online meeting solution to Mac users around the world.
Designed for online meetings, web presentations, webinars and more,
the beta version provides Mac users with a quick solution to start a
meeting and invite both PC and other Mac users to view their screen
in real-time over the web.
Mikogo's cross-platform functionality also enables both Mac and PC
users to join and view an online meeting started by a PC organizer.
Once a meeting has started and participants are viewing the
organizer's screen, users of the new version can enjoy the following
features: screen sharing with up to 10 participants; a switch
presenter; a participant pointer; pausing of transmission; the
ability to copy/paste/email meeting info; voice conferencing service;
and instant screen build-up.
"Mikogo has already appealed greatly to the web and business
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89830"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aleratec (http://www.aleratec.com) -- a developer and manufacturer of
solutions for the USB, Flash, HDD, Blu-ray, DVD/CD, duplicating, and
DVD/CD publishing markets -- has announced two new systems for
duplicating large volumes of flash drives.
Data throughput isn't limited by the number of flash drives loaded in
either the 1:118 USB Copy Tower SA or the 1:27 USB Copy Tower SA.
flash drive duplicators, according to Alteratec President and CEO
Perry Solomon. The 1:118 will copy, compare, or erase up to 118 flash
drives and the economical 1:27 will copy, compare, or erase up to 27
flash drives. These USB flash drive duplicators are stand alone so
no computer or any other equipment is required. Duplicating control
functions are selectable via a built in duplicator controller with a
back lighted LCD display.
The 1:118 USB Copy Tower SA will copy and compare 118 256MB flash
drives in about 50 seconds, says Solomon. You'll have to contact
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89829"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">In a survey conducted by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance, 235 of the
314 respondents expect to increase the number of Macs within their
organization. Less than 2% of the responding organizations said they
expected to reduce the number of Macs. The survey also shows that
productivity gains and employee preference are the primary drivers of
enterprises adopting Macs, with lower cost of ownership also playing
an important role.
The respondents were IT administrators, nearly 60% of whom manage 100
or more Macs within a wide range of enterprise class organizations.
Significantly, 91% of the IT administrators indicated that
integration and management parity between Macs and PCs were major
issues of importance to their organization. It is clear that
organizations want to be able to manage all systems and platforms in
one consistent manner.
"The importance of integration and management parity with PCs is an
indication that the Mac users realize that getting Macs is easier to
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89828"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has announced three new ways to carry
digital content -- itsaKey, iamaKey and PassKey USB key drives,
design by 5.5 Designers. The compact key-shaped design fits in a
pocket or on a key ring.
The itsaKey and iamaKey store up to 8GB of flash memory.
Alternatively, the PassKey has a built-in microSD card reader, which
allows you to use your memory cards as stylish and handy USB keys.
The three USB keys are built with metal. Additionally, the Gold SIP
connector on the iamaKey is both water and scratch-resistant.
Supported by the USB 2.0 interface, the LaCie iamaKey, itsaKey and
PassKey can be used with both Macs and PCs. In addition, the PassKey
is versatile; you can easily change the capacity by swapping the
microSD card (or micro SDHC). The LaCie Keys are available now,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89827"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">BrainBaths (http://www.brainbaths.com), a 3D sound application
layered with binaural beats, premieres for the iPhone and iPod touch
this week. It's available for US$0.99 at the Apple App Store.
It's designed as a "virtual mind spa." Listeners can "immerse in a
sound bath of powerful mind enhancing frequencies that tune the brain
into deep states of relaxation, focus and peak performance."</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89825"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kerio Technologies, a provider of Internet security and messaging
solutions and select member of the VMware Technology Alli
(http://www.kerio.com/kms), which has achieved VMware Ready status.
This designation indicates that Kerio MailServer Virtual Appliance
has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by
VMware. VMware provides TAP program members with tools to develop
products that are complementary to VMware virtualization software and
deliver high-value solutions to joint customers.
This new certification allows Kerio MailServer to be "dropped" into a
VMware server infrastructure with standard configuration and doesn't
require a separate OS installation. Once installed, Kerio MailServer
Virtual Appliance can be administered remotely and updated like the
standard product.
Kerio MailServer 6.6 is immediately available on Cent OS. The product
is localized into 16 languages.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89824"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">XChange UK (http://www.xchangeuk.com) has announced a new CtrlChanges
plug-in that offers users new ways to manage text changes within
Adobe InDesign and InCopy. The plug-in is geared toward users who
"require a clear and accurate solution to a common problem, to
visually be able to see what has been changed in an InDesign
document."
Features include the ability to keep track of any text changes,
display added text in Layout view, display removed text in Layout
view, keep track of which user made the change and when the change
occurred. CtrlChanges comes in three versions: Light, Standard and
Pro. They cost approximately US$56, 44, $215 and $454, respectively.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89823"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Derman Enterprises announces Sync'Em 1.25, an update of the sync hub
for Macs that's designed to multi-sync Microsoft Exchange, Google and
Apple contact and calendar information.
Sync'Em version 1.25 adds support for Exchange autodiscovery --
making it much easier to set up Exchange access in organizations were
autodiscovery is configured -- as well as improving Exchange and
Google sync performance while adding some user interface
enhancements, fixing a memory leak and working around an Exchange
server issue.
Sync'Em is unique in its ability to multi-sync -- sync multiple
configurations, each involving multiple information sources with each
syncing bidirectionally or unidirectionally. Sync'Em has its own
full-featured sync engine that syncs non-Apple sources directly,
enabling it to sync Exchange-to-Exchange, Exchange-to-Google and
Google-to-Google and perform multi-source conflict resolutions in one
interaction.
Today Sync'Em syncs Exchange, Google/Gmail and/or Address Book
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89822"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">magazines, newspapers, books, and corporate agencies -- has released
Smart Styles for Adobe Creative Suite 4. Smart Styles is an automated
formatting tool that simplifies repetitive formatting of text,
frames, and other objects in InDesign and InCopy.
Besides support for CS4, the new Smart Styles release also
incorporates Nested Styles enhancements (including GREP) and
enhancements for text with a stroke. Users of Smart Styles simply
drag a styled object into a Smart Styles library, after which Smart
Styles intelligently analyzes its formatting, according to Erik
Schut, president of WoodWing Software. Page designers can then drag
this Smart Style object out of the library and onto another page
element to apply the same formatting. Smart Stylescan also deal with
variations when the target object is different from the original.
Smart Styles also adds basic spreadsheet functionality to InDesign
and InCopy by allowing users to insert formulas into tables and sort
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89821"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">JAZ Games (http://www.jazgames.com) has released Sounds of Adventure,
a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It uses the built-in
accelerometer on the devices to create a mix of sounds -- crack a
whip, wield a laser sword, or snap nunchucks with a flick of the
wrist.
Here's how the game is described: "Once you have chosen your genre,
choose your weapon. With a number of weapons and gear to choose
from, you can don a Fedora and crack your whip, wield a laser sword,
jump on your trusty gelding and gallop across the high plains firing
your six-gun at fleeing bandits, or use your lightning-like fists and
kicks to let your buddies know you are indeed "The Kung Fu
Master." To engage the sounds, simply swing the phone from side to
side, or up and down likes the weapon of your choice to make the
sounds come alive."
The Sounds of Adventure is available for download from the Apple App
Store (http://tinyurl.com/anz3eu) for US$0.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89818"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Freeverse and MrJoy are donating their tower defense game, Hordes of
Orcs, to the non-profit Games For Soldiers organization. In turn,
Games for Soldiers will deliver the digital copies of the game to
over 20,000 American armed services personnel stationed throughout
Afghanistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait.
SPC Jesse Williams first began contacting video game publishers while
stationed in Afghanistan, securing donations to help outfit his
unit's MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) center. After returning
home, he founded the Games For Soldiers organization
(http://www.gamesforsoldiers.org), which has shipped thousands of
video games to armed services personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan in
2008, to both individual soldiers and base recreation centers and
Internet cafes.
Available for both Mac and PC systems, Hordes of Orcs is a game in
which you must build walls and lethal towers to defend your village
from the Orcs emerging from "The Glowing Portal of Really Bad Things
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89816"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mariner Software has released its first iPhone and iPod touch
application: Mariner Calc
(http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=136). It's now
available for US$9.99 at the Apple App Store.
In development for more than a year, Mariner Calc takes advantage of
almost two decades of spreadsheet experience on the Mac, according to
Michael Wray, president of Mariner Software. It also introduces the
ability to view and edit native Microsoft files (.xls format Excel 97
and up) on the iPhone.
Mariner Calc includes 24 math functions, 18 finance functions, 17
trig functions, 13 statistics functions, 14 lookup functions plus
logic, date, text and info functions -- with many more on the way. It
also supports splitting panes and freezing, as well as creating
borders and changing fonts, colors and alignment. Landscape and
portrait views are both available.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89815"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ASK Video Interactive Media, a creator of software tutorials on DVD,
is now shipping the first DVD in a 4-part training series for Pro
Tools 8. Pro Tools Level 1 (http://www.askvideo.com) is Mac and PC
compatible and features 32 tutorial videos for more than three hours
of instruction.
Pro Tools 8 has a sleek new interface, tons of new virtual
instruments, new scoring and MIDI options, and ASK Video new gets
users started and PT veterans up to speed quickly, says Steve
Kostrey, CEO of ASKVideo. From installation, setup, and a tour of the
interface to recording, editing, and finishing up with three chapters
on Boom, the MIDI Grand, and Eleven Free, Pro Tools Level 1 is
targeted to all Pro Tools HD, LE, or M-Powered users.
Pro Tools 8 Tutorial DVD Levels 1 is available for US$49.99. It
requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89813"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Cocktail 4.3 (Tiger Edition)(/a), an update of the general purpose
utility for Mac OS X, has been released. This version
(http://cocktail.maintain.se) adds the ability to clear potentially
harmful files such as most common trojans and worms (iServices.A,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89810"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mark/Space (http://www.markspace.com) has released a free app, Fliq
Docs, which works with the Mac and PC versions of Fliq to allow
iPhone and iPod touch owners to take files and documents wherever
they go and share them with others.
You can transfer via Wi-Fi almost any type of file to the iPhone or
iPod touch by using the Mac or PC desktop versions of Fliq. You can
view, organize, and send documents, including PDFs, Microsoft Office
files, text documents and even photos, music and videos to other Fliq
users.
For example, you can drag and drop a PDF or Word file from a Mac or
PC and transfer it to an iPhone or iPod touch to take to a meeting.
You can save a PowerPoint from an offsite meeting on the iPhone and
later transfer it to a work computer at the office. You can keep a
copy of directions on your phone to send to others.
Fliq Docs is available now from the Apple App Store. It's free for
iPhone and iPod touch users. Fliq for Mac or Windows PC is US$19.95.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89805"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Blastwave FX (http://www.blastwavefx.com), a HD sound effects label,
has released 20 sound effects libraries
(http://www.blastwavefx.com/all_prodcats.php) on an USB flash drive.
They're Mac and PC compatible.
The libraries currently available on USB Flash Drive include:
Ambience I, Animals I, Cartoon I, Emergency I, Fire I , Foley I,
Horror I, Household I, Humans I, Impact I, Industry I, Musical I,
Office I, Science Fiction I, Sports I, Technology I, Transportation
I, Warfare I, Water I, and Weather I.
Each library is delivered on a 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB or 16 GB USB flash
drive depending on the format selected. Available formats include
16/44.1, 24/28, and 24/96 broadcast .wav files.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89804"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileAid (http://www.digidna.net/fileaid) for the iPhone and iPod
touch is being offered for free through March 17. You can find it at
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89803"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CyberTouch|AV (http://cybertouch.com/er1900x.html) has introduced the
ER1900, the latest addition to its line of touch screen LCD monitors.
Available now, The ER1900 is a professional-grade 19.0-inch
integrated touch screen LCD monitor designed specifically for 19-inch
rack mount applications.
It utilizes a 19.0-inch wide screen diagonal color TFT LCD as display
and a resistive touch screen as the input device. Touch screen
communication to CPU is RS232 or USB. The ER1900 is designed for any
application that uses racks. The wide-screen aspect ratio allows
display of more information while reducing the number of screens and
increasing interactive efficiency, according to the folks at
CyberTouch|AV.
Incorporating an 8-wire resistive touch screen, the ER1900's touch
surface is protected by a chemical and abrasion resistant
polycarbonate overlay. It responds to the touch of a finger, stylus
or a gloved-hand. The ER1900 interacts with most software
applications after installation of driver...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89802"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Happier.com (http://www.happier.com) -- a web site created to help
users measure, track and improve their level of happiness --
released a mobile application for the iPhone. Users of happier.com's
"gratitude journal" are directed to make a daily entry of three
positive events that happen each day.
A 24-question assessment then informs the user of their happiness
score. Users can track milestones and increase their happiness over
time using the gratitude journal. The new mobile application includes
an introduction by "happiness expert" and University of Pennsylvania
professor, Dr. Martin Seligman.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89801"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">REAL Software, creator of REALbasic -- a cross-platform development
tool for creating software for Mac, Windows and Linux -- is now
shipping REALbasic 2009 Release 1. The first release of 2009
continues to focus on product quality and reliability, while
introducing 27 new features and 100 improvements, according to Geoff
Perlman, founder and CEO of REAL Software.
Among other things, this release includes a new Quickstart window
that helps new users get started developing software in REALbasic.
Also, REAL Software recently launched a new Affiliate Program where
developers, and those with a web presence, can help promote REALbasic
2009 Release 1. The Affiliate Program
(http://www.realsoftware.com/affiliate) allows affiliates to
advertise REALbasic on their own web sites, and REAL Software will
pay a commission to the affiliate for each new license sale they
generate.
REALbasic is available in a free 30-day trial edition. REALbasic
Personal Edition for Mac or Windows is priced at US$99....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89800"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has released Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw 5.3,
available immediately for download at
www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/. The Lightroom 2.3 and Camera Raw
5.3 updates, originally posted as release candidates for community
testing on Jan. 23, provide raw file support for the newly-released
Nikon D3X and Olympus E-30 cameras.
The Lightroom 2.3 update also provides support for eight additional
languages including Dutch, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish,
Swedish, Korean, Chinese (simplified) and Chinese (traditional).
Additionally, it addresses several issues including a solution to a
memory leak that affected some customers of the Lightroom 2.2 release.
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 update is available as a free
download for existing Lightroom 2 customers and the Photoshop Camera
Raw 5.3 plug-in is available as a free download for existing
customers of Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Elements 7, Premiere Elements 7
and Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac. Both updates can be...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89799"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has introduced the new Mac Pro using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon
processors and a next-generation system architecture to deliver up to
twice the performance of the previous generation system. The new Mac
Pro starts at US$2,499.
"The new Mac Pro is a significant upgrade and starts at $300 less
than before," says Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing. "The Mac Pro features an advanced system
architecture, new faster processors and our best-ever graphics
options to deliver a faster, more powerful system that our
professional customers are going to love."
The new Mac Pro includes Intel Xeon processors running at speeds up
to 2.93GHz, each with an integrated memory controller with three
channels of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory that delivers up to 2.4 times the
memory bandwidth while cutting memory latency up to 40 percent, he
adds. Every Mac Pro comes standard with the Nvidia GeForce GT 120
with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, a high-performance graphics card with...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89798"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has updated its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines. The iMac
update doesn't include a quad-core option as many have hoped but does
include a 24-inch iMac that's priced more affordably. There's also a
Mac mini with new integrated graphics.
For the same US$1,499 price as the previous generation 20-inch iMac,
the new 24-inch iMac delivers a 30 percent larger display, twice the
memory and twice the storage, according to Apple. Delivering up to
five times better graphics performance, the updated Mac mini now
features the same groundbreaking Nvidia GeForce 9400M integrated
graphics introduced with the aluminum unibody MacBook family.
Apple Chief Operating Officer says that the Mac mini is the world's
most energy efficient desktop, drawing less than 13 watts of power
when idle. All iMac and Mac mini systems come with Mac OS X 10.5
("Leopard") and iLife '09.
The iMac line starts with the 20-inch iMac for $1,199 with a 2.66GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 memory, a 320GB...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89797"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Delkin has launched a new line of VideoPro Flash memory cards
(www.delkin.com/products/videopro) for recording Full-HD video.
They'll be available in SDHC format.
Delkin's VideoPro cards, when used with the company's ExpressCard
adapters or USB 2.0 readers, reduce the time needed to download
digital video files to a computer. The memory card line uses high
grade SLC NAND flash products, advanced controller design, and
quality control guidelines based on ISO:9001 standards, according to
the folks at Delkin.
The VideoPro line of memory cards is expected to ship worldwide by
April. They will be offered in 4GB/1 hour, 8GB/2-hour, 16GB/4-hours
and 32GB/8-hours -- on the HD Standard setting -- for SDHC format.
Suggested retail prices are US$59.99, $99.99, $149.99, and $239.99
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89796"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Western Digital has announced that WD ShareSpace network storage
systems now offer 8TB of capacity, up to 30 percent faster transfer
speeds, and DLNA media streaming capabilities. The company has
incorporated its 2GB WD Caviar Green drive into WD ShareSpace's
flexible four-bay design, which allows WD to offer 8 terabyes of
storage in a small footprint, the company says.
The included WD Anywhere Backup software provides automatic and
continuous protection for the valuable data from every Mac and PC on
the network. To speed up both backup and storage, WD improved WD
ShareSpace's read and write speeds up to 30 percent for large media
files. Current WD ShareSpace owners may download the new firmware
update (http://www.wdc.com/en/products/wdsharespace/) to experience
these performance improvements.
To meet the needs of digital media enthusiasts, WD added a DLNA
Certified media server to the WD ShareSpace system, to facilitate the
streaming of music, photos and videos to DLNA-Certified...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89795"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Tolis Group has released BRU Producer's Edition
(http://www.productionbackup.com/) for Mac OS X. It's a tool for
archiving creative artist sessions and is targeted to music, film and
graphic arts pros.
Producer's Edition (PE) lets users collect and organize assets and
create session archives. It's compliant with the NARAS/AES standards
document. QuickBackup and Advanced Backup Mode choices allows users
to define how the archives will be created on either disk or tape,
and the Doubler Archival Mode allows users to create two exact,
simultaneous tape copies for error-free archival and asset delivery
for commercial production.
Producer's Edition costs US$499 for a single-user license. A
five-pack license is $1,900, and a 10-pack license is $3,200.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89794"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">beamMe (http://beamMEpro.com) has released beamME Pro for the iPhone
and iPod touch. Like the free app. beamME, the Pro version empowers
iPhone and iPod touch users to send their socially networked contact
card to anyone, on any device, anywhere in the world, without
changing address books or requiring subscriptions and downloads.
Available now at the Apple App Store, beamME Pro offers contact
mapping and history, the ability to beam any card and an ad-free user
experience. The free version is ad-supported.
beamME Pro also lets you beam any info (personal, business or third
party). It automatically records contact location and generates maps.
With beamME Pro, you can see the complete contact history.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89793"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">NetGear (http://www.netgear.com) says it will soon start shipping new
versions of its unmanaged series of network switches to provide small
to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with new options to reduce their
network energy requirements.
Aimed directly at SMBs and delivered via NetGear's reseller partners,
both rack-mounted and desktop "green" switches incorporate new
hardware that optimizes power efficiency and enables new power
management modes that can reduce power consumption by as much as 52
percent, leading to significant savings on network energy costs,
according to Sanjay Kumar, NetGear's director of SMB Switching
Products. NetGear will provide a demo of these new switches and
display its full line of SMB devices -- including the following ones
-- at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, March 3-8.
The company is also expanding its ProSafe FSM line of Managed, Fast
Ethernet switches for SMBs. The new ProSafe FSM Series of Layer 2
Fast Ethernet Switches are the first SMB...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89792"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Simultravel GPS (http://www.simultravel.com) is a new iPhone hotel
reservation application with interactive maps. It's available for
US$0.99 at the Apple App Store
(http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore); there's also a free "lite"
version.
Simultravel locates hotels within the desired area, displays pricing
information, and enables instant conversation with a live travel
agent. It offers access to rates from over 38,000 hotels across the
world and uses the Priceline Partner Network.
"One of the most notable benefits of Simultravel GPS is that it
enables iPhone owners to discover the best night's stay for a
person's travel budget," says David Saitta, president of Simultravel
Inc. "If someone has booked a room at one place and isn't satisfied,
a quick look at the GPS map reveals other choices and rates in that
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89790"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) has announced two
instant rebates on the purchase of an Axiotron Modbook, the world's
only Mac-based tablet computer that lets users draw and write
directly on the screen, and Modservice, a service that converts an
existing Intel Core Duo based MacBook computer into a Modbook.
With the US$100 instant rebate applied, the Modbook 13.3-inch model
is priced at $2,139, and the Modservice $150 instant rebate reduces
the conversion service cost to $1,149.
OWC is the exclusive US-based distributor of the Axiotron Modbook, as
well as being an Axiotron Authorized System Manufacturer (AASM), and
fully certified to convert existing MacBooks into full-featured
Modbooks. The Axiotron Modbook solution, starting from $2139
(including instant rebate), is available equipped with up to a Core 2
Duo 2.4GHz processor, Intel X3100 or Nvidia 9400M video chipset, up
to 6GB of memory, up to 750GB of internal hard drive capacity, and a
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89787"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released BatchOutput
3.5, an upgrade to its solution to automate printing and exporting
from Adobe InDesign. The new version adds the ability to automate
export of InDesign documents to the InDesign Interchange file format
(INX).
With BatchOutput 3.5, users can repurpose multiple InDesign documents
for its earlier versions with a click of a button instead of opening
and exporting each document manually. With the software, users only
need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, instead
of opening and printing each document manually. For example,
BatchOutput can be left printing or exporting hundreds of InDesign
files overnight, and the completed job can be picked up next morning.
BatchOutput also allows users to output InDesign documents as single
pages, update links automatically, and output files invisibly for the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89786"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Ambrosia Software is bundling three of its games for US$19, from now
until 11:59 pm (EST) on March 4 -- the launch date of Multiwinia,
their new real time strategy game for the Mac.
The "Insurrection Collection" (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/ic) is
comprised of three action-strategy games: DEFCON, Darwinia, and
Uplink. Purchased at regular price, they would cost $79.
DEFCON is an online multi-player simulation of global thermonuclear
war. In Darwinia, you will be enlisted to save a virtual world from a
deadly computer virus. In Uplink, you're the newest agent of the
Uplink Corp., a shadowy firm engaged in all manner of corporate
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89784"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica, has announced broad
availability of its consulting service Wolfram Solutions, which
provides "cradle-to-grave" solutions for business problems and
technical computing needs.
Wolfram Solutions offers consultants on an ad-hoc, by-the-hour basis
for a burst of expertise or energy, for a few days at a time to take
on specific deliverables under customer direction, or to manage and
conduct an entire multi-month project. To schedule a conversation to
talk directly with a Wolfram Solutions consultant, send an email to
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89782"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com) has introduced nine
new OWC Voyager hard drive docking bundles that come complete with
the NewerTech Voyager hard drive dock, a SATA hard drive in
capacitites up to 2TB and an US$200 retail value disk utility
software bundle consisting of Intech SpeedTools/Prosoft Data Backup
3/NovaStor NovaBackup.
Priced starting at $109.99, the Voyager Hard Drive Docking Bundles
feature either the NewerTech Voyager Q, the only "Quad Interface"
FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, & eSATA hard drive docking
station on the market or the New erTech Voyager S2 USB 2.0/eSATA
interface model, for plug and play compatibility with both Mac and
Windows systems.
The OWC Voyager Bundle is an external hard drive solution. To use you
insert the included 3.5-inch SATA I/II hard drive (up to 2.0TB) into
the NewerTech Voyager compact docking base and select the fastest
interface supported by the connected computer to backup and store
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89780"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Dalet Digital Media Systems (http://www.dalet.com) will unveil its
full HD and multi-format DaletPlus 3.0 media asset management
platform at the NAB 2009 exhibition held in Las Vegas, Neveda, from
April 20-23 at stand SU3702.
DaletPlus is a purpose-built enterprise media asset management
platform designed to facilitate complex HD production workflows and
archiving for news, sports and programs, as well multimedia content
creation and distribution to web, Mobile and VOD platforms.
Integrated production tools to ingest, produce, play-out and archive
are packaged into four offerings -- Dalet Enterprise Edition, Dalet
News Suite, Dalet Media Library and Dalet Radio Suite HD.
Version 3.0 of the Dalet solutions will showcase new production
features such as: integrated CG production in the Dalet timeline; a
new Dalet Dashboard for system-wide monitoring and analysis; native
integration with SeaChange video servers; and new ingest technology
based on cost effective IT servers.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89778"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Cortado (http://www.cortado.com), a company that specializes in
mobile applications, has announced the development of practical
business applications for the iPhone. A variety of new solutions will
become available within the next six months.
Cortado's Exchange Hosting, a solution optimized for mobile devices,
already offers a communication solution for iPhones used by
entrepreneurs, freelancers and small to medium-sized businesses. The
company says it will also be offering its standard business solutions
for the Apple device. This means iPhone features will be augmented by
classic computer functions such as printing, faxing, access to
corporate networks, scanning and copying, database access and much
more, according to Roger Guerrero, sales manager at Cortado.
"Within the next six months, we will be offering a series of business
applications through the Apple App Store, and are expecting to have
the 'Cortado Corporate Server for the iPhone' ready by summer," he
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89775"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mobui Corp. (http://www.mobui.com ), a mobile application development
agency, has launched Mobui Audience Chat, a mobile group chat
product. The company says it's the first chat application made
specifically for television broadcasters and studios.
Mobui Audience Chat enables television audiences to interact with the
shows they're viewing by posting opinions, comments, or questions in
chat rooms using their mobile phone -- including the iPhone. The
launch of Mobui Audience Chat enables television broadcasters and
studios to immediately deliver mobile group chat services with the
launch of new television programs or to enhance existing shows,
according to John Burry, Founder and CEO of Mobui.
Television viewers can use the product to ask a question of a show's
host or a reality show cast-off to gain a "behind the scenes"
perspective on the show as they watch it, he adds. Chat room postings
can also be broadcast on the television screen as the show airs.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89774"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ListServ Maestro 4.0, an update of the Mac OS X email marketing
solution powered by the ListServ email list communication software,
has been released by L-Soft (http://www.lsoft.com). It provides
visual email analytics, a key new tool for immediate and
within-the-message visualization of click-rate data.
With ListServe Maestro, ready-to-use message templates allow you to
create HTML newsletters without HTML coding; just click on the
placeholders to fill the predefined areas with your own text and
images or create your own message templates from scratch. A/B-Split
Testing allows you to send two or more different versions of a
newsletter to distinct but random splits of your recipients and
compare the results.
The automatic forward-to-a-friend functionality allows subscribers to
forward the newsletter to others. These forwards and any resulting
subscriptions can be tracked. Click rates can be shown as pins,
showing which links attracted the most attention visually. This
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89772"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ActiveState, the dynamic languages company, today announced the
release of Perl Dev Kit 8.0. Perl Dev Kit (PDK) provides essential
tools for Perl programmers, making it simple to build and deploy
applications.
PDK 8.0 now features cross-platform wrapping in PerlApp, allowing
ease of deployment to any platform regardless of development
platform. PerlApp is the industry-standard tool for creating and
deploying Perl executables to all major platforms, and is one of the
powerful tools included in PDK.
The release of PDK 8.0 also introduces to the newest feature for team
development: PerlCritic. PerlCritic allows developers to run coding
policies against source code to ensure their work conforms to either
industry standards or user-based personalized standards. Designed
specifically for small development teams, PDK 8.0 includes both
predefined and configurable policies.
The newest PDK includes the complete suite of tools for creating and
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89771"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Omni Group has released four of their software applications as
freeware: OmniWeb, OmniDazzle, OmniDiskSweeper, and OmniObjectMeter.
All versions are fully functional with no licensing restrictions, and
are available at no cost from The Omni Group's web site:
http://www.omnigroup.com/
"As a small company with limited resources, we have had to make some
difficult decisions about where to focus our attention as our
business continues to grow," says Ken Case, CEO of the Omni Group.
"By making these applications -- which are not currently under active
development -- available as free downloads, we hope that more people
are able to enjoy using them without the barrier of cost."
OmniWeb is a web browser. OmniDazzle is a set of visual screen
effects that can be used for presentations or capturing screenshots.
OmniDiskSweeper is a disk cleanup utility, and OmniObjectMeter is a
Mac OS X memory optimization developer tool.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89770"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Omni Group has announced the availability of OmniOutliner 3.8
(http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/), an update to
their popular note-taking and outlining program.
OmniOutliner and OmniOutliner Professional 3.8 now include Quick Look
support for document attachments, so you can quickly preview files
that are added or linked to in outlines. This allows you to view
large images in your document independent of the document window
size, or view files that don't display a preview in OmniOutliner
without having to open the file.
Other new features included updated Keynote import support, improved
HTML and Dynamic HTML export, and a number of improvements and bug
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89769"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of Oxygen XML Editor and Author
(http://www.oxygenxml), has announced the immediate availability of
version 10.1 of its XML Editor and XML Author containing a set of
tools supporting all the XML related technologies.
Oxygen combines content author features like the CSS driven Visual
XML editor with a fully featured XML development environment. It has
ready to use support for the main document frameworks DITA, DocBook,
TEI and XHTML and also includes support for all XML Schema languages,
XSLT/XQuery Debuggers, WSDL analyzer, XML Databases, XML Diff and
Merge, Subversion client and more.
Version 10.1 adds a new, redesigned XML Schema diagram that allows
visual XML Schema editing, a new XML Schema documentation engine
supporting multiple output formats, new features in the Author visual
XML editing mode, improvements in the Outliner and content completion
and updates the database support.
The new version adds a new simplified and improved visual editing
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89767"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has released an update to its Photoshop software, available
immediately for existing Photoshop CS4 users. The Photoshop 11.0.1
update addresses key issues reported by customers that may impact
performance.
The update also includes the
following enhancements: the ability to correctly recognize 3D
textures edited by plug-ins; improved quality of Auto-Blend Layers
(Stack Images); and fixes for issues that can be caused by corrupt
fonts or when pasting formatted text.
The Photoshop 11.0.1 update is available as a free download for
existing Photoshop CS4 customers at
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/ or through the Adobe updater
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89766"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">PopCap Games, a developer and publisher of casual games, has
announced that Peggle Nights, the second installment in the Peggle
series, is now available for Mac OS X. Peggle Nights carries a retail
price of US$19.95 and is available now for download at
http://www.popcap.com
Here's how the game is described: "Peggle Nights features 60 all-new
Adventure mode levels and 60 new Challenge mode hurdles, along with a
new "Peggle Master" power-up, new kinds of style shots, achievements,
and other special bonuses. The game takes players into the "dream
worlds" of each of the eleven Peggle Masters, providing five
beautifully rendered and themed levels for each character's secret
dreams and aspirations."
Peggle Nights supports downloadable expansion packs. Early next month
PopCap will release a free 10-level "Spring" themed bonus level pack,
the second free expansion pack to be released for the game.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89765"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Digieffects (http://www.digieffects.com), a developer of visual
effects software plug-ins, will launch the Natural Forces plug-in at
the upcoming NAB 2009 show. It allows users to create and simulate a
variety of natural phenomena such as flashes, fire, snow, rain,
smoke, clouds, electricity, stars, and more.
The plug-in will support Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Apple
Final Cut Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Boris RED. Pricing hasn't
been announced. Digieffects will have a booth (SL2529D) in the
Plug-in Pavilion at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas, April 20-23.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89763"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iFlyz (http://www.iflyz.com/) has announced iFlyz, an US$29.95
in-flight, hands-free solution designed specifically for air
travelers. The iFlyz's suction cup grasps any device and is designed
to relieve the strain of holding it for long periods of time while
watching a movie, surfing through music or reading online.
The iFlyz uses an adjustable clamp to attach to either an upright and
locked seat tray or one that's open during drink or dinner service
and has a flexible gooseneck that allows the attached mobile device
to be turned any angle or direction. The device has a three step
process: attach your phone or media player to the iFlyz suction cup;
clamp it to a meal tray in either the stowed and locked position or
unlocked and down position; and simply adjust the flexible gooseneck
to the ideal angle.
It's compatible with iPhones, iPod touches, iPods, Blackberrys,
SmartPhones, and PMPs of various brands. The iFlyz is 5.5 inches long
2.5 inches wide, and weighs two ounces.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89762"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aspyr Media has released VooDude for the iPhone and iPod touch. It
costs US$0.99 and is available at the Apple App Store
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89761"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aquafadas (http://www.aquafadas.com) has updated PulpMotion and
PulpMotion Advanced, slideshow and animation software for Mac OS X
10.4.11 ("Leopard"), to version 2.1. The upgrade integrates with
iLife' 09 and takes advantage of the new Faces feature in iPhoto,
both in the Standard and Advanced edition.
Via drag and drop, you can use your "Faces" and create slideshow
animations. PulpMotion will automatically turn the Faces information
from your pictures into zones of interest and animate them in
theme-specific ways.
PulpMotion 2.1 also integrate a new version of an existing theme,
Slideshow 3D '09, improved support for Lightroom 2 and various speed
and memory improvements during export. A single user license for
Pulpmotion is US$49. A single user license for Pulpmotion Advanaced
is U$89. Upgrades to version 2 for free for registered users.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89760"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple has announced the public beta of Safari 4,
the latest version of the web browser for Mac and
Windows computers. The Nitro engine in Safari 4
runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3,
the company says.
New features include: Top Sites, for a visual
preview of frequently visited pages; Full History
Search, to search through titles, web addresses
and the complete text of recently viewed pages;
Cover Flow, to flip through web history or
bookmarks; and Tabs on Top, to make tabbed
browsing easier and more intuitive.
"Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed
and open standards back into web browsers, and
today it takes another big step forward," says
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari 4 is the
fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and
Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS
3 web standards that enables the next generation
of interactive web applications."
Safari 4 is built on the world's most advanced...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89759"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacSpeech, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of
MacSpeech Dictate 1.3, a significant update to the premier speech
recognition solution for the Macintosh.
Now, people can use MacSpeech Dictate to work with any document,
including those that were not created with MacSpeech Dictate.
MacSpeech Dictate 1.3 features a new "Cache Document" command that
allows MacSpeech Dictate to read a document's contents, in order to
navigate the document, and to enter and edit text.
MacSpeech Dictate 1.3 also introduces an extensive new Help Book
system, two new visual microphone status indicators, and new commands
for "Cache Selection," "Press The Key," "Press The Key Combo" and
"Cancel Training." MacSpeech Dictate 1.3 also fixes reported issues,
adds several enhancements and is free of charge to all registered
customers, using the "Check for Updates" feature.
"MacSpeech Dictate 1.3 now lets you use speech recognition with any
document you already have," explained Andrew Taylor, founder...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89758"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Other World Computing(http://www.macsales.com) has announced today
its newest OWC Mercury Pro Blu-ray/SuperDrive "Quad
Interface" External Drive solutions featuring 8X Blu-ray write speeds
of up to 2GB per minute.
The drives sport FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0, & eSATA
interfaces. They're compatible with both Mac and Windows systems.
The US$399.99 OWC Mercury Pro "Quad Interface" External Drive (model
BDR-203X writes and reads Blu-ray up to 8X, 16X DVD, and 32X CD burn
speeds. It includes all connection cables and two 25GB BD-R discs.
The $479.99 OWC Mercury Pro "Quad Interface" External Drive (model
BDR-203XT) with Roxio software writes and reads Blu-ray up to 8X, 16X
DVD, and 32X CD burn speeds. It includes all connection cables, two
25GB BD-R discs, and a full retail version of Roxio Toast 10
Titanium.
According to the folks at OWC, the Mercury Pro Blu-ray "Quad
Interface" External Drive solutions have been fully tested for
compatibility with most Apple and Windows...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89757"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">XChange International (http://www.xchangeuk.com) has announced
Enfocus PDF?Standardizer 1.0. PDF Standardizer is an all-in-one PDF
and color preflight and standardization tool designed for graphic
professionals who want control of their PDF files.
PDF Standardizer offers a way to create PDFs that comply to PDF
standards such as ISO 15930-1 PDF/X1-a and Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG)
specifications, as well as to color standards such as ISO 12647. It
combines the functionalities of Alwan CMYK Optimizer, Enfocus
FullSwitch and Enfocus PitStop Server.
PDF Standardizer is a fully integrated software solution and isn't a
bundle. It has a single installer and a single product key for all
three components. What's more, it has a wizard to configure each flow
as well as the flow's PDF and color settings. PDF Standardizer costs
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89756"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Corel Corp. has introduced Corel Painter 11, the newest edition of
the painting and illustration software that's compatible with Mac OS
X 10.4 and higher. The upgrade sports more than 40 new and enhanced
features.
There are new pressure-sensitive brushes, enhanced drawing tools and
customizable media. Painter 11 offers artists the ability to enhance
their creativity through the freedom to create and customize brushes
and media variants to their precise specifications, according to Rob
MacDonald, product manager for Corel Painter. New tools include new
artistic media, new hard media brushes, and new selection tools.
With Painter 11, artists can expand their digital toolset with
painting media designed to extend the capabilities of digital
photography programs such as Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo and Adobe
Photoshop. New color management improves color recognition when
importing files from other applications and individual color profiles
per document create greater color accuracy for each...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89754"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Navicat for MySQL (http://www.navicat.com), a graphical tool for
managing, monitoring, and developing your MySQL database, has been
updated to version 8, which includes some new features such
as exporting from MySQL to Excel file, supporting of ODBC Import,
Code Completion in all SQL Editor, Partitioning feature of MySQL 5.1
and more.
Navicat for MySQL can synchronize databases, import/export and back
up data. Features include: a visual query builder; SSH/ HTTP
tunneling for remote database connectivity; server-to-server database
transfers; data and structure synchronization; import/export of most
popular data formats to and from MySQL; task scheduling; and
"wizards" designed to walk users through the steps of migrating CSV,
DBF, TXT, XML, or other data formats to MySQL.
Navicat for MySQL requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. It's Universal
Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Navicat for
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89753"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Speck (http://www.speckproducts.com) has released new colors for its
expanding line of SeeThru hard shell cases for the MacBook line:
bright "hazard orange," along with purple, aqua and green. The new
colors, available today for the 13-inch and 15-inch aluminum unibody
MacBook and MacBook Pro, join the already available pink, red and
clear offerings from Speck.
Specifically designed for the new line of MacBooks, the translucent
SeeThru hard shell case snuggly fits the unibody aluminum notebooks.
The lightweight case snaps onto your MacBook or MacBook Pro.
All SeeThru hard shell MacBook and MacBook Pro case colors are
available today for US $49.95. The limited edition "hazard orange"
colored SeeThru is available only online via Apple.com and
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89752"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MacPractice (http://www.macpractice.com), a developer of MacPractice
DDS, has received certification from Suni Medical, Imaging, a
manufacturer of quality intraoral sensors for use in dentistry, for
the MacSensor Solution with SuniRay, which is Suni's top-of-the-line
intraoral CMOS sensor.
The SuniRay sensor utilizes the latest CMOS technology to deliver
high image quality with diagnostic capabilities. Suni's plug and play
sensors are designed for dentists to install and move from treatment
room to treatment room. Since one size does not fit all patients, a
smaller size #1 is available for children and adults with special
anatomical considerations.
A SuniRay sensor kit includes two sensors (size #1 or #2) for
US$13,495 for Mac users. Through March 2, MacPractice and Suni are
offering a $1,000 discount on a SuniRay sensor kit. The MacSensor
Solution with SuniRay requires MacPractice DR with the SuniRay
Interface to capture, view and manipulate images on every computer
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89751"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Aleratec, a developer and manufacturer of solutions for the Blu-ray,
DVD/CD, Flash, HDD, USB duplicating, and DVD/CD publishing markets,
has announced the stand-alone 1:1 HDD Cruiser, a high speed 1:1 hard
disk drive duplicator that can copy a hard drive at speeds up to
70MB/sec. The 1:1 HDD Cruiser is a stand alone unit that has the
ability to quickly make a copy of a SATA 3.5 inch hard disk drive,
making it an essential tool for quickly installing or upgrading new
computer systems. This innovative unit is also equipped with a USB
2.0 port that allows you to access both SATA drive bays from your
computer. This USB access is a powerful feature to help you view and
edit hard drives before duplicating.
" The 70MB/sec copy speed of our new Aleratec 1:1 HDD Cruiser is
twice as fast as many competitive offerings and it is equipped with
quick load bays so there are no cumbersome external cables needed.
It is a fast and convenient HDD duplicator. Just load your source
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89750"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Agilis Software (http://www.agilis-sw.com) has announced that their
EasyLicenser License Manager and Orion Network Licensing Platform can
now protect 64-bit C/C++ applications running on Mac OS X, Linux,
Windows, Solaris-SPARC and Solaris-Intel platforms.
Linux support includes 32- and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE
and Ubuntu distributions and compatible platforms such as Fedora,
CentOS, OpenSuSE, and Novell SLES/SLED. Independent software vendors
(ISVs) can now use Agilis's licensing solutions to protect their
applications on this expanded range of platforms, as well as on any
Java-enabled platform. Orion can also protect C# and VB.net
applications.
The new releases are EasyLicenser version 2.5.11, and the Orion
client library version 2.0.11. Both new versions are available now
and all client libraries are compatible with Agilis' Acropolis
Integration Manager automated license generation, delivery and
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89749"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Enhance Technology (http://www.enhance-tech.com) has introduced the
new StorPack S23T/S34T/S35T Series, which sports a new black and
silver TeraStor Series T-shaped tray design that takes advantage of
the embedded light pipes to the backplane for LED signals and added
rear cooling fan for better performance.
The new Enhance Technology's StorPack T Series comes with multiple
removable drives trays, allowing users to add drives or increasing
capacity as needed. The Series is constructed in black aluminum
material with a cooling fan module and front to back vent airflow.
The new StorPack T Series is a high density multi-disk storage
backplane that allows multiple low-profile SAS or SATA hard disk
drives to be mounted on the server or external disk array enclosures.
It has an individual keylock for each hard disk for added security
for mission critical applications and is designed to be removed or
hot-swapped as required by user applications, allowing users to add
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89748"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The Final Cut Pro User Group Network has announced the 8th Annual NAB
FCPUG SuperMeet will be held at the Rio Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada) on
Tuesday, April 21. It provides an open forum for attendees to discuss
the rapidly changing landscape of postproduction and broadcast, talk
one-on-one with industry leading digital media technology developers,
and network with peers.
"The SuperMeet is and always has been the biggest party in town
during NAB week," says Michael Horton, SuperMeet co-producer and
founder of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group. "It has become
the social gathering place for editors and digital content creators
looking to network, inspire, learn from each other and just have a
good time."
Final Cut Pro User Groups (FCPUG) started as a grassroots movement to
connect Apple Final Cut Pro Editors at a local level. The producers
behind the SuperMeet have harnessed the energy of these local
chapters and turned FCPUG into the industry's most influential user
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89747"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Derman Enterprises has released Sync'Em 1.24, an update of the
multi-sync hub for Macs that's designed to sync Microsoft Exchange,
Google and Apple contact and calendar information.
Sync'Em version 1.24 adds support for recurring and detached calendar
events, support for Google App accounts, multiple usage and
error-handling improvements and now also handles invalid dates
returned from Google and multiple additional kinds of erroneous data
returned from Exchange.
Sync'Em is unique in its ability to multi-sync -- sync multiple
configurations, each involving multiple information sources with each
syncing bidirectionally or unidirectionally. Sync'Em has its own
full-featured sync engine that syncs non-Apple sources directly,
enabling it to sync Exchange-to-Exchange, Exchange-to-Google and
Google-to-Google and perform multi-source conflict resolutions in one
interaction.
Today Sync'Em syncs Exchange, Google/Gmail and/or Address Book
contacts and Exchange and/or iCal basic calendar events...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89746"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Paradigma Software (http://www.paradigmasoft.com) has updated its
Valentina database technology to version 4.0. The company also
announced addition of several new products to the Valentina DB
product line, including advanced reporting capabilities and new
connectivity with the iPhone. Version 4.0 also introduces a new
project file format for storing databases.
An addition to the Valentina DB product line is Valentina Reports and
Valentina Reporting Services. Valentina Reports is a report creation
and generation engine that drops right into the Valentina DB kernel.
Because it interfaces directly with the Valentina DB kernel, it's
possible to dynamically generate reports from any Valentina DB ADK or
from any Valentina Server product.
Valentina Reports is an optional add-on for Valentina ADK and
Valentina Developer Network products. Unlimited Report deployment is
available starting at US$200.
Valentina developer and business products support Mac OS X, Windows
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89745"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">PreViser Corp. (http://www.previsor.com), which makes risk and
disease analytic software designed to enhance treatment planning for
patients affected by oral disease, has announced a cooperation
agreement with MacPractice (http://www.macpractic.ecolm), a provider
of dental practice management and clinical software running on the
Mac. The agreement will involve cooperation in joint marketing and
promotional activities and the integration of PreViser analytic
technology into MacPractice DDS 3.6, making MacPractice the only
native Mac compatible practice management software to integrate the
PreViser toolset, according to MacPractice President Mark Hollis.
"While Macintosh users represent a subset of computer users, they
tend to be technically adept users who welcome innovation," says
PreViser CEO Carl Loeb. "We are very excited about the opportunity to
work with MacPractice in showing users of their software how PreViser
can help enhance practice revenue, increase productivity, enhance...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89744"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CS Odessa (http://www.conceptdraw.com), a provider of business
productivity and visualization software solutions, and Uptown have
partnered together in the development of a Japanese localized version
of the graphics and diagramming tool, ConceptDraw PRO.
Uptown Inc., a Japan-based company, was established to provide
business solutions and software applications to Japanese users with
cross platform (Mac, Windows, and Linux) environments. Uptown Inc.
has experience in software technology and localization for cross
platform products and solutions.
"We at Uptown Inc. are very happy to form this business alliance with
CS Odessa," says Takayoshi Nakao, President of Uptown. "ConceptDraw
PRO, which is the cross platform powerful business graphics and
diagramming application, fits our business philosophy, which focuses
on providing the Japanese business market with the best solutions at
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-89743"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Ross Video (http://www.rossvideo.com) has launched the new SoftMetal
3000 and 4000 Series Video Servers. The next generations in the
SoftMetal family are integrated media servers that come with I/O and
storage all contained in a compact 3RU package.
The 3000 Series is a Server Class Platform available in either
standard or multi-definition versions. The 3000 Series supports up to
eight simultaneous record/play channels in SD and up to four
simultaneous record/play channels in HD. It uses SATA drives and
offers up to 14TB of media storage.
The 4000 Series is a multi-definition server which supports up to
eight simultaneous record/play channels in HD. It uses high
performance SAS drives with a total capacity of up to 6.3TB. The 4000
Series is designed to support 1080p50 and 1080p60 3Gb/s operation.
Shipments of both the SoftMetal 3000 and 4000 Series Servers start in
March. SoftMetal Servers are designed to work in both live production
and master control applications, offering file...</div></div></span>
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