Bad Dog Apps has released BdPricer (http://web.me.com/alanc/BdPricer/Information.html ) for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's a shopping companion that lets you compare pricing. You can use its quick look-up directory to find common items from 15 main product categories, with over 150 sub categories and 3,000 sub category item. BdPricer keeps track of all your searches and allows you to bookmark common searches. Product items can be stored and searched on in the favorites view. Use the BdPricer's quick look up directory to find common items form 15 main product categories, with over 150 sub categories and 3,000 sub category items, to instantly find the products your are interested in. You can use BdPricer's information to make the right product choice or pricing to negotiate a better price, according to the folks at Bad Dog Apps. Features also provide the option to navigate to the store that has the product on-line to order it right from your phone. An Internet connection or 3G wireless...

Epson America (http://www.epson.com) has announced three new high-definition home theater projectors -- the PowerLite Home Cinema 6100, Pro Cinema 7100 and Pro Cinema 7500 UB. The Home Cinema 6100 provides full 1080p resolution for US$1,999. The new Pro Cinema 7100 and 7500 UB offer true 1080p resolution with the latest Epson 3LCD and D7 technology to deliver higher contrast and brightness -- up to 75,000:1 ratio. In addition, the Epson Ensemble HD Home Cinema System, a complete home theater solution, has received a 2008 Exc!te Award from CustomRetailer Magazine. The Exc!te Awards recognize innovative products that demonstrate excitement and growth in the custom installation and consumer electronics industries.

iSkin (http://www.iskin.com) has introduced its new US$29.99 solo bodyguard for the iPhone 3G. It sports a high-gloss finish accented with curves. It encapsulates the iPhone 3G and is designed to protect against impact, scratches, dirt, dust, and everyday hazards. This protection and design is complemented by a touch compatible clear protective screen film to guard against scratches, integrated volume and power button protection, unobstructed access to all ports and controls, and a non-slip grip surface. The solo's slim-fitting design easily slides into a pocket, purse, or any other compact space, according to the folks at iSkin. The solo bodyguard is offered in four color finishes: Puma (opaque black), Baron (translucent red), NightCrawler (translucent blue) and Angel (opaque white).

Network storage provider QNAP Systems has unveiled the QGet remote download control utility for Mac users to improve their experience of using the Download Station of Turbo NAS series. The Download Station is a l function of QNAP's Linux-embedded Turbo NAS, which supports computer-less BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP download. In addition to using the web browser to access the web-based Download Station, Mac users can now use the QGet utility to remotely manage multiple download tasks of one to many QNAP NAS servers from LAN or over the Internet. For example, the users can view the download percentage, pause/ restart/ delete the download tasks, set schedule download, or configure the download settings of different NAS servers. The QGet remote download management utility is available in Mac and Windows versions with multilingual support, .e.g. English, Traditional & Simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. QNAP Turbo NAS users can download the software from the official...

Ambrosia Software has released the US$2.99 mondo Top 5 Solitaire game (http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/mondotop5mobile/ ) for the iPhone and iPod touch. It bundles the five most popular solitaire games from Ambrosia's mondo Solitaire game. mondo Top 5 Solitaire includes tools such as a magnifying glass and the paper clip help you intuitively manage your game. It's designed as a casual game you can play whenever and wherever, yet dismiss quickly to take phone calls or send messages. When finished, simply tap on the game application's icon and head right back into the action.

DVcreators has released DVKitchen, a Mac OS X application for publishing video on the Internet. It features batch video encoding, integrated uploading and remote FTP server management, HTML code generation, and still frame export, along with media publishing functions. The user can import a folder of movies and start encoding and uploading with as few as two clicks, says Josh Mellicker, principal DV Kitchen designer. He adds that DV Kitchen is the only software available that includes built-in tools to help the user determine the optimum encoding recipe for the movies they want to publish on the web, such as SampleLab and the Bitrate Budget Calculator. DV Kitchen also features TimeFreezer, an environment designed expressly for exporting high quality still frames of video at any size, then publishing to the web in a few clicks. DV Kitchen is currently only available for Mac OS X. For more information, to view demonstration movies and to download a free 20-day trial of DV Kitchen, visit...

ProteMac has released ProteMac Meter 1.0 (http://www.protemac.com/Meter/), a network Activity monitor and network traffic logger utility for Mac OS X. It costs US$29.95 for a single-user license. ProteMac Meter shows information about each connection: application network connections, host availability, remote host name, amounts of incoming and outgoing traffic through connection or application, timestamps of the first and last activity, application that initiated or accepted this connection, full path to the application the process belongs to, and more. The traffic summary indicator shows an upload and download speed graph and traffic totals specially for selected application. You can view all established connections, monitor network and per application traffic over a certain period, setup various notifications and much more. You can use ProteMac Meter right from your menubar.

Native Instruments just launched Guitar Rig Hero, a four-week worldwide video contest that challenges musicians to demonstrate their skills and creativity in combination with the Guitar Rig Hero software. Hosted on a dedicated YouTube channel, the competition features prizes worth over US$10,000, and is co-hosted by a jury of international pro guitarists. With YouTube already populated by a multitude of home-made Guitar Rig Hero videos, Native Instruments now calls on all users of its digital guitar studio to take their performance to the next level. The Guitar Rig Hero contest allows everyone to compete for a range of prizes including several Gibson guitars, a Quad Core-powered Fujitsu-Siemens laptop, various NI products and more. A further reward is the attention of the international YouTube community and of the high-profile Guitar Rig Hero jury that features artists like Deftones, Dweezil Zappa, Mogwai and many others. Participants are asked to capture a video of their most...

iPresentee has released Keynote Animations 2.0 to be used with Apple's Keynote presentation software. The new release retains 50 animations from the previous release and adds 30 new animations for Keynote. To use, you select the right animation, drag it to the chosen slide, press play and that's it. The background of all animations for Keynote is transparent and can be used on any colored background. Within Keynote these animations can be changed in size, rotated, increased or decreased in opacity or even overlapped with one another to create extra effects. Keynote Animations 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later and any version of Keynote. It may be purchased for US$25. Keynote Show users may upgrade Keynote Animations for free. Samples and more information about Keynote Animations 2.0 are available immediately at the iPresentee web site (http://www.ipresentee.com/).

Syncro Soft has released version 4.0 of its Subversion (SVN) client (http://www.syncrosvnclient.com). The upgrade adds Subversion 1.5 features such as merge tracking, sparse checkout and relative URLs for the svn:externals property and a merge wizard that simplifies the SVN merge operations. Starting with SVN 1.5 the revision at which a branch is merged is remembered. This is useful for the next merge operation when only the changes committed to the branch after the previous merge operation are considered, according to the folks at Syncro Soft. Sometimes not all the files and subdirectories of a repository are needed in a working copy. In these cases only the needed subdirectories and files can be checked out from the repository by selecting one of the following checkout depths for a directory: recursive, immediate children, file children only, this folder only. A new action "Update to revision" is available in the Working Copy view. It allows updating the resources selected in the...

Recordare LLC has released version 4 of its Dolet plug-in for the Sibelius 5 music notation program. Recordare's Dolet plug-ins serve as "universal translators" between music notation programs. The Dolet 4 for Sibelius plug-in saves MusicXML 2.0 files from Sibelius. This lets Sibelius users share files with users of other music applications. The Dolet 4 plug-in also supports many new Sibelius 5 features. Combined with MusicXML 2.0 support, this greatly increases the fidelity of moving sheet music from Sibelius to Finale and other programs. New features saved in Version 4 include beaming, cautionary accidentals, chord symbol diagrams, tablature staff tuning, multi-measure rests, double-note tremolos, percussion staff formatting, and blank pages. Dolet 4 for Sibelius supports Sibelius 5 on Mac and Windows systems. It's available for US$149.95 direct from Recordare at http://store.recordare.com/dolet4sib.html Upgrades from Dolet 3 for Sibelius are available for $99.95.

Alta Vida has updated Babelingo (http://www.ibabelingo.com/), the language translation utility for the iPhone and iPod touch, to version 1.2. Version 1.2 includes professionally translated phrases in the Czech and Hindi languages. Containing more than 300 phrases and words, Babelingo is a phrase book communicator. It can translate to and from nine different languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Czech, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese. Each category, phrase, word, and screen can be presented in any one of the supported languages. The user chooses his native language, the alternative audiences language, and Babelingo does the rest. Phrases are grouped by category in a flat list for fast navigation. Tap a phrase and its translation is immediately displayed. For commonly used phrases, users may add them to a favorites list for quick access. You can search for phrases using key words. Version 1.2 is a free upgrade for registered users. For new users the cost is US$5.99...

Griffin Technology has announced the availability of its latest iTunes app -- Double Bonus Slots. The video slots gaming app builds on the success of other Griffin iPhone and iPod touch apps, including Lucky 7 Slots and the poker app 5-Card Touch. Double Bonus Slots tracks winnings and starts each person off with 1,000 credits. Gamers place their bets then tap the screen to set the reels rolling. Griffin added wilds and variables to double the chances of winning big. Double Bonus Slots takes full advantage of the iPhone's beautiful wide-screen view with smooth, fast-moving graphics. Double Bonus Slots features: ° Easy to play slots simulator ° Fast animation and graphics ° Large, wide-screen view in landscape mode ° Keeps track of your winnings won and lost ° Compatible with iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod touch ° Requires iPhone 2.0 Software Update Double Bonus Slots is priced at $1.99, and is now available at the Apple App Store. For additional information on Double Bonus Slots, please...

Other World Computing (OWC) , says it will increase warranty coverage by up to triple the duration on itsFireWire/USB 2.0 storage solution line. Here's how it will go: ° Mercury On-The-Go Bus Powered Portable Solutions from one year to three-year warranty; ° Mercury Elite-AL Pro Single Drive Storage Solutions from two year to three-year warranty; ° Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual-Drive Storage Solutions from two year to three-year warranty; ° Mercury Elite-AL Pro RAID and Mirror Solutions from two year to three-year warranty; ° Mercury Elite Pro Classic Portable Solutions from two year to three-year warranty. The OWC lines are extending to a two-year warranty coverage. This OWC Neptune "Value Done Right" Single Drive Storage Solution goes from one year to a two-year warranty. Extended warranties are for pre-configured storage solutions, including enclosure and drive, are also available. For more info, go to http://www.macsales.com

Global Delight has released a major update to Web2 Delight, an utiity for transferring videos and photos from the Internet to Mac, iPods and iPhones. This release includes new feature additions, several UI tweaks and enhancements on the existing feature set. "Over 60,000 downloads has helped us analyze the way people use their videos and photos on their iPods/iPhones/ Mac and we have refined the tool to suit users' needs", said Rohith Bhat, CEO of Global Delight. "This release includes more than 25 new features and other improvements, which will make the user experience delightful with this must have utility". What's new in this release: New features have been added based on the customer demand, which include adding a new video site, retaining original FLV videos and an export option to AVI, MOV and 3GP formats, downloading videos using URLs and including the ability to download H.264 videos if available, more sorting options for searching the videos/ photos, such as newly added to...

Jumsoft (http://www.jumsoft.com} has released Education iWeb Themes: Primary, Cool Class, Teens, College, or University. You can choose the theme that you prefer and create a net space for your affinity group. For Knowledge Day, Jumsoft is offering a great opportunity to purchase one Education iWeb theme and get five other variations for US$2 each. In other words, when a customer buys one particular Education iWeb theme, he or she can get five different color variations to use with it. This allows everyone to find a style that fits. Education iWeb themes are recommended for those who belong to an educational community from primary-school to the university. They are also great for companies that provide goods for student customers. Exceptional designs with sweet details will help you display the essential information in the best possible way. As always, each theme contains numerous page layouts a designer is likely to need, such as "Welcome," "About Me," "Photos," "My Albums," "Movie...

Helium Foot Software has released MercuryMover 2.0 public beta (http://www.heliumfoot.com/mercurymover). The app lets you move and resize the windows on a Mac from the keyboard. Version 2.0 brings one-key shortcuts and a display of the size and position of the active window. During the three-week public beta period, MercuryMover 1.1 will be discounted by more than 20 percent. Version 2.0 will be released on Sept. 21, and will be a free upgrade for all version 1.x license holders. Shortcuts, the flagship feature of this version, provides a mechanism to assign a single key to a favorite window size and/or position. While using MercuryMover, typing that key will instantly change the window to the specified size and location. Shortcuts can be created by cloning the size and position of an existing window or by typing the width, height and left/top coordinates into the shortcut editor in MercuryMover's preference pane. Also, MercuryMover now includes a heads-up display that shows the...

Xnet's iSoftPhone goes Live to launch A1 over IP, the new service from Mobilkom Austria. Xnet has developed the new A1 iSoftPhone for Mac OS X with Carrier-Grade Voice Communications. The beautifully sleek A1 iSoftPhone is based on Xnet's iSoftPhone for Mac OS X which is heavily integrated with the OSX platform. Xnet's A1 iSoftPhone is a feature rich desktop application and can serve as a primary or secondary phone device for mobile subscribers. It may be used in parallel with any existing mobile phone, using the same number as the mobile phone. The A1 iSoftPhone has access to many advanced VoIP and messaging (SMS) features provided by Austrian Mobile Carrier. The mobile subscriber receives the following benefits: Turns the Mac into a comprehensive communication centre. Integrated with the existing Address Book. Same call number as mobile phone. Call pickup on mobile or desktop phone. Free Internet Telephony. Send/Receive SMS with finger speed. Receiving calls abroad without roaming...

ShadeCaes (http://www.shadescases.com) has released Shades Cases for the iPhone 3G model. The new cases are now available to purchase online at the company's web site, starting at US$16.95. The new cases keep the same thin, sleek look as the original iPhone cases, measuring only .4mm thin and weighing 0.5 ounces with built-in, "ultra-clear" screen protection. They allow you to work the iPhone screen interface. What's more, now the Shades Cases are sprayed with a special coating causing the cases not to stick to the screen as before. The new cases will come in 11 different colors.

Salling Software AB has released Salling Media Sync, an application that synchronizes playlists, music, and podcasts in iTunes onto mobile devices from Sony, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. "There are a lot of frustrated phone owners out there who love iTunes, but can't easily get their tracks onto their non-Apple device," says Salling Software President Jonas Salling. "With Salling Media Sync, they don't have to choose between their phone and iTunes: they can use both, together, seamlessly. And it's free for basic use, with no track limit, no playlist limit, and no expiration--ever." Once the phone is connected to a USB port, the users select the playlists and podcasts they want on the device. Salling Media Sync not only uploads the music tracks and podcast episodes, but also replicates each actual playlist on the device and -- on devices that support it -- transfers play count metadata for each item to the device. However, Salling Media Sync wcan't bring over DRM-protected content. Salling...

Brainstem Games (http://www.brainstemgames.com), an indie game development company based in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, will be showcasing their first title at this year's Austin Game Developers' Conference. Their game, ON Chapter 1: Obscura Nomen, is a 3D multiplayer space shooter for the personal computer. Up to 32 players can take on the role of pilots for either the horse-like Mhori or the cat-like Mentki in a series of space battles. Each battle takes place on a map tailored for a specific mode of play. Players can participate in a soccer-like match, join with other players as a team to destroy the opposing team's base, or fight against all other players in a free-for-all competition for the highest score. Brainstem plans on releasing ON Chapter 1: Obscura Nomen in the fourth quarter of the year. The game will be available as a digital download for Mac, Windows and Linux platforms.

Canto (http://www.canto.com) has launched a redesign of its English language web site and announced Canto Marketplace, a resource designed to demonstrate the size of the Canto Partner Network, according to Marketing Director Steffen Setzer. The Marketplace organizes Cumulus add-on products developed by Canto Partners into a single resource for the first time. In the weeks following the site launch, Canto will unveil the company's monthly "Canto eNews" emailing in a new format, with increased reader focus. Publishing content as it becomes available will enable Canto to provide a more dynamic flow of information, while providing a monthly emailing of content summaries targeted at specific audiences, says Setzer.

Sanyo (http://www.sanyo.com) has released the PLV-Z60, a 1200 lumens home theater projector with 1000:1 contrast ratio and two HDMI inputs. The projector has 12-bit digital processing that provides a video decoder, scaler and gamma curve generator for greater picture performance, according to Mark Holt, vice president and general manager for Sanyo's Presentation Technologies Division. The PLV-Z60 also has a lens shifting system and near-silent fan. It's 3D color management system adjusts hue, gamma curve and color levels. The bright PLV-Z60 is equipped with three wide 16:9 HD LCD panels that produce a 1280 x 720 pixels (2.76 million) image. To facilitate ease of installation and operation, the PLV-Z60 is outfitted with Sanyo's lens shifting function and a 2x optical zoom, which allows projection of a 100-inch image from 9.8 to 20 feet away. The side panel adjustments move the lens vertically and horizontally to project a geometrically accurate and undistorted picture. The Advanced...

Marketcircle (http://www.marketcircle.com) has released Daylite 3.7.6 is now available and is a free upgrade for all Daylite 3 users. A sync failure no longer forces a restart of Daylite. Daylite now remains online or offline and allows you to continue working. Some extra checks have been implemented to report the proper cause of a sync failure. In Daylite 3.7.6, the contact detail will now show the contact's default organization in all views. When merging with the iWork suite, merged documents now remain open when choosing "Open in Editor." Daylite 3.7.6 adds a "Do Nothing" action in the merge options. It also adds the ability to schedule automatic database backups through the Daylite Maintenance Preferences. Daylite 3.7.6 is a free upgrade for registered users. Daylite 3.7.6 is included in the Daylite Productivity Suite that bundles Daylite with Marketcircle's Daylite Mail Integration Module for US$189. Sold separately, Daylite 3.7.6 retails for $149 and DMI retails for $49....

TLA Systems has announced a new release of the PCalc ((http://www.pcalc.com) calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's available to download today from the Apple App Store for US$3.99. The most notable new feature in this release is support for multiple undo and redo. All you need to do is flick the LCD display to the right to undo, or to the left to redo, and the previous value slides. Also, the RPN mode has been improved, with the "HP style RPN" option available to make PCalc behave more like "your trusty old calculator." You can also now change the colors of the LCD to simulate that old red LED calculator, or just choose a simple black on white display. In addition, the calculator keys have been made more readable, and the layout improved. TLA hasn't forgotten PCalc users on Mac OS X. Version 3.3 - the first PCalc update in nearly two years -- is coming soon. It incorporates all the improvements made to PCalc for the iPhone, and comes with a modern new look. PCalc 3.3 will be...

M Cubed Software has released Lighthouse Keeper (http://www.mcubedsw.com/software/lighthousekeeper), a Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") desktop client for the Lighthouse issue tracker. It costs approximately US$44 and offers support for multiple Lighthouse accounts. Lightouse Keeper also offers support for projects, ticket bins, milestones and tickets. Other features include: offline viewing and searching; an user editable global hotkey for adding new tickets; and instant searching across all tickets and projects A trial version is available for download. It limits you to working with just one product and updating your account manually. Educational discounts are available for students and teachers. Lighthouse Keeper requires a Lighthouse account.

IntelliScanner Corp. (http://www.intelliscanner.com) has introduced Custom Asset Tags, personalized asset tags for tracking home and business items with IntelliScanner's line of home and business scanners. By scanning the barcode on a custom asset tag, IntelliScanner mini users can track, search and sort their collections. Custom Asset Tags can be applied to books, furniture, electronics and other household items without barcodes, then scanned with IntelliScanner mini to create a home inventory for insurance or tax purposes. They can also be used with IntelliScanner SOHO, the portable scanner. Small business customers can add barcodes to their business by applying Custom Asset Tags to their assets and then scanning the barcode with IntelliScanner SOHO to track, sort and search their inventory. IntelliScanner SOHO and Custom Asset Tags work to instantly assign permanent barcodes to business inventory, says Paul Scandariato, director of IntelliScanner Corp. IntelliScanner SOHO users can...

SanDisk (http://www.sandisk.com) says it's increased the speed limit on digital photography by upping the speed of SD flash memory cards to 30 megabytes per second with the new SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC card. The 50-percent burst in performance lets consumers shoot like the pros with DSLRs using continuous shooting mode, and shortening the time spent offloading images, says Susan Park, director of consumer product marketing for SanDisk's performance cards. The cards, due in September, make it possible to record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image. The manufacturer's suggested retail price is US$64.99 for the 4GB card, $109.99 for the 8GB card, and U.S. $179.99 for the 16GB card. Simultaneously, Nikon formally announced its new Nikon D90 DSLR camera. It's the industry's first DSLR camera to take advantage of the new SanDisk Extreme III Edition 30MB/s SDHC cards. The Nikon D90 is also the first...

Tellini is pleased to announce the release of Tablatures 1.9 (http://www.tellini.org/mac/tablatures/). Tablatures is the first and only Mac OS X editor for PowerTab tablatures. PowerTab is a well-known and widely adopted tablature editor for Windows systems and thousands of transcriptions in this format are available on the net. Tablatures is thus an essential tool for guitar players wishing to learn new songs as well for trainers. Version 1.9 adds a zoom function, a metronome before MIDI playback and other minor improvements. Other general features of TabView include: * Export tablatures in MIDI format for playback or use in other applications (for instance, GarageBand). * Advanced playback of the tablature: follow the playback on screen, loop over selected parts, slow the tempo down for practice sessions. * Create beautiful prints of the tablature: you don't need to stay in front of your monitor to play along your favorite song. * Share your music even with those members of your...

Synchrotech has released the US$45 ExpressAdapt PCMCIA PC CardBus to USB Mode ExpressCard Adapter (http://www.synchrotech.com/products-expc/pcmcia-pc_cardbus-usb-expressca...), the second generation of CardBus to ExpressCard adapters, which combines the benefits of previous generation 16-bit and 32-bit adapters. The ExpressAdapt PCMCIA PC CardBus to USB Mode ExpressCard Adapter integrates the latest NEC ECOUSB controller with Synchrotech's voltage regulating circuitry. Utilizing ECOUSB provides ExpressAdapt with significant compatibility and performance features, according to Synchrotech. First, the ExpressAdapt needs no drivers on contemporary mainstream operating systems; it's recognized and supported automatically. Second, it harnesses the fastest USB 2.0 throughput to complement the latest HSDPA and EVDO Rev. A ExpressCards. Also, ExpressAdapt's integrated controller allows for low power consumption. It provides1000mA at 3.3V and 650mA at 1.5V. With the ability to supply power on...

Yanobox (http://www.yanobox.com) has released Motype, an animated text generator for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Final Cut Express and Adobe After Effects by Yanobox, the latest company to deliver innovative visual effects with FxFactory. Motype lets you create complex animations via a motion mixer that does away with keyframing. A set of parameters lets you configure motion blur, per-character particle emitters, randomized characters, 3D camera and environment. Motype costs US$99. A 15-day demo is available for download.

Zengobi has released Curio 5 (http://www.zengobi.com/curio), an upgrade of the brainstorming and project management application for Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard"). The upgrade features include a new Status shelf for tracking your to-do items across projects, iCal synchronization of events and to-do items, idea space templates, collapsible mind map and list hierarchies, an Inspector bar, figure styles, WebView figures, color-coded date adornments, beefed up Scrapbook shelf, improved search feature, cross-project linking, multi-touch support, plus much more. Curio is available in two editions: Standard (US$99) and Professional ($149, $69 academia). Curio is a brainstorming and project management application designed to promote visual thinking. Using Curio's innovative freeform interface and tools, you can gather, associate, and recall your ideas, while managing all the notes and documents associated with your project. A 60-day demo is available for download.

Lingon i Korg Software Creations' (http://lingonikorg.com) second application for the iPhone and iPod touch mobile platforms has been released on Apple's iTunes App Store. "We believe users all over the world will be excited about the possibility of using their beloved iPhones and iPod touches as always-accessible bill boards to project their messages over long distances, " says Oskar Lissheim-Boethius, Lingon i Korg's founder and CEO. "Our text input system lets our customers add symbols to their messages which don't even exist on the iPhone's built-in keyboard." Additional features include the ability roll the banner text at three different speeds; show the text in different sizes; as well as display the text with a plethora of contrasting color schemes, including Red on black and Black on red for light-sensitive environments (e.g. astronomy or photography darkrooms). Users can also access their 20 most recent banner text's, to avoid the tedious retyping of often used messages....

Sanyo (http://www.sanyo.com) has introduced a new full HD LCD projector for residential applications, such as home theaters and media room: the PLV-Z700. It will be shipping in October with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$1,995. The PLV-Z700 is one of Sanyo's least expensive projectors designed for residential installations, offering a full HD panel providing 1920 x 1080 resolution from high definition sources such as Blu-ray discs, HD camcorders, a wide variety of video on-demand services plus paid TV services from cable and satellite companies, in addition to terrestrial-based HD broadcasts, says says Mark Holt, the vice president and general manager for Sanyo's Presentation Technologies Division. Outfitted with a lens-shifting function, the PLV-Z700 can effectively adjust the equivalent of three screens vertically and two screens horizontally. Combined with the 2x zoom, which allows for an extremely long or short focus, it is possible to create a large screen...

The Association of REALbasic Professionals (ARBP) has announced that the second in a series of surveys to measure the needs and trends of the REALbasic community is now online. This nine-question survey is designed to find out more information about REALbasic consultants. The survey is completely anonymous and when it is complete, the results will be analyzed and reported back to the REALbasic community. The survey will run for the entire month of September. You can find it here: http://www.rbsurveys.com/arbp/survey.php .

Kensington (http://www.kensington.com) has received Apple's "Works with iPhone" certification for its line of battery packs and chargers for the iPhone 3G. The company's new line includes standard and mini battery packs. The mini is so small that people can keep it plugged into their iPhone at all times without it getting in the way, says Kevin Ngo, global product manager at Kensington. The new Car Charger lets people power up from their car's power outlet while they drive. The Car Charger Deluxe comes with a flexible arm and cradle for securely holding the iPhone within reach and keeping it fully charged, while driving. In September, Kensington will also add an International Travel Charger, a Power and Sync Cable and a Dual Charging Dock to its product line. Kensington offers battery charging capabilities for the iPhone 3G . The Kensington Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod provides rechargeable power to extend talk time up to six hours, as well as provide 100 hours of...

The Highly Technical Doohickey Company has released TickerMenu (http://www.TickerMenu.com), a Mac OS X-only application that lets you keep an eye on current stock prices by displaying them in the your menu bar. It costs US$8.95; a demo is available for download. Clicking on a quote reveals more information about the stock and its trading activity, including the day's high and low prices and trading volume. A click of a menu item leads directly to full information about a stock available from a variety of financial web sites. Stock prices are updated automatically. Also, they're color-coded to reflect daily increases (green) or decreases (red) in price; users may also select a greyscale display instead. Clicking on a quote in TickerMenu reveals more information about the stock and its trading activity, including the day's high and low prices and trading volume. A click of a menu item leads directly to full information about a stock available from a variety of popular financial web...

Jumsoft (http://www.jumsoft.com) has released Stationery Pack for Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") Mail. The revamped pack sports 50 new design options for a variety of occasions as well as 50 themes from the previous version. The Stationery comes with a installer, and displays in Apple Mail New Message stationery menu. All of the stationery themes are categorized under Family, Congratulations, Invitations, Emotions, Vacations, Seasons, Sports, Happy Day and Neutral. The Stationery Pack may be purchased for US$39. The upgrade is free for registered users.

Lexar Media (http://www.lexar.com] has introduced its 16GB-capacity JumpDrive Secure II Plus USB flash drive. The 16GB Secure II Plus JumpDrive is intended for consumers and small business users who want to securely back up, store and share large files and amounts of data. The JumpDrive Secure II Plus features a built-in capacity meter, along with advanced security software. The onboard capacity meter feature on the JumpDrive Secure II Plus lets you gauge the available storage space on the drive. The 10-bar capacity meter shows available storage space at a glance, without even plugging it into a computer. It requires no software drivers, no administrative privileges, and it works across platforms and functions independently of the operating system. JumpDrive Secure II Plus comes pre-loaded with security software. Users can create multiple password-protected areas using 256-bit AES encryption, then drag files into these secure areas for automatic encryption. When users drag the files...

The US$24.95 Lapstrap (http://www.TheLapStrap.com) is designed to allow continued use of your existing laptop bag with the Transportation Security Administration's new "checkpoint friendly" program guidelines. It also doubles as an accessory that creates a shoulder strap for your laptop computer. The LapStrap allows the computer to be secured over your shoulder, which frees both hands to gather additional items such as keys, cell phone, and boarding pass. Custom colors and logos are available. The LapStrap sports: a neoprene shoulder pad; padded nylon construction; and adjustable buckles. It comes in adult and youth sizes.

Epson (http://www.epson.com) has announced the latest consumer scanner in its line-up: the US$99 Perfection V300 Photo. It can handle everyday scanning need from photos and slides to negatives and documents to 3D objects using the high-rise, 180-degree lid. Offering 4800 dpi (dots per inche), the Perfection V300 Photo features one-touch scanning and photo restoration with Epson's Easy Photo Fix technology. It also sports Epson's ReadyScan LED technology, which delivers fast scans and no warm-up time. The Epson V300 Photo has four buttons to quickly and automatically scan, copy, e-mail, or PDF documents, photos and more. It utilizes 4800 x 9600 dpi maximum hardware resolution with 48-bit color scanning and 3.2 dynamic range. The Epson V300 Photo features four scan modes to accommodate various user levels and abilities. Full Automatic Mode allows users to automatically scan photos, documents and film with just the touch of a button. Home Mode provides users more control over scans with...

Akvis has released version 6.0 of its photo collage plug-in Akvis Chameleon (http://akvis.com/en/chameleon/index.php) for Mac and Windows. It adds a Montage mode and improved compatibility with Photoshop Elements 6.0. In Montage mode, for instance, 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 -- for instance, a figure of a person, and the parts that should blend away -- the rest of the background and irrelevant objects. The other two modes were available in the earlier version of Chameleon. In Chameleon mode the plug-in pastes an object into a picture in such a way that the object adapts to the new color range and blends with the background, as chameleons do. In this way you can add clouds to a clear sunset landscape and the clouds will adopt a red tint. Or you can paste a new nose into a face and the nose will acquire the complexion of the "receiving" face...

Axamblis (http://www.axamblis.com/) has released of Imprint Studio 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard"). Imprint Studio is a tool that allows you to print posters using a standard format printer by splitting up an image into several smaller tiles, which can then be printed and assembled to form the final poster. Imprint Studio offers an easy-to-use interface and addresses hobby photographers as well as professionals of the metier. Imprint Studio uses Mac OS X Leopard's new cutting edge technology CoreAnimation to create an appealing and easy-to-use user interface. Printing a poster is as easy as choosing the image and the posters size and hitting print. But as the application is targeted to a wide range of users, many options are available to further customize the result. Imprint Studio takes an image as input, lets you add text and images in each of the corners and choose the size of the final poster. The print engine splits up the poster into tiles which can be printed using your...

Convergent Living (http://www.convergentliving.com), a provider of control systems, has announced the addition of Apple's iPhone as yet another optimal interface for its suite of control applications. Convergent's patented control architecture is now accessible from anywhere via the iPhone using free, off-the-shelf software from Apple. In-home requirements are a Companion SideKick controller or the new LED backlit NEO8, 10 or 15 Smartscreens and router port forwarding. "We continue to preach the benefits of the user experience and thanks to iPhone's ease of navigation, exciting color-saturated graphics and Companion's user-consistent Adobe Flash GUIs, we can deliver on the oft-ignored premise that the user experience is paramount and not the plethora of gadgets," says Craig Slawson, Chief Wizard at Convergent. "Companion smartscreens and now the iPhone deliver unparalleled ease of use and wide-area-network (WAN) mobility for accessing and managing all home systems from a single...

IMSI/Design has released a free version of IDX Renditioner Express for Google SketchUp 6. The free version of IDX Renditioner Express -- which can be used for unlimited commercial or personal use -- plugs directly into the Google SketchUp interface and integrates one-click rendering with rendering capabilities. The free version of IDX Renditioner Express supports renderings up to 640 x 480 pixels. You can work directly in SketchUp for revisions to the model, materials, environments, and lighting. You can mix and blend both natural and artificial lights, including an array of point and spot light types. The product includes the LightWorks rendering engine from LightWork Design. The free version of IDX Renditioner Express for the PC is available now for download at www.IDX-design.com. A free version of IDX Renditioner Express for the Mac will be available soon. Visit the user forums at http://forums.idx-design.com. The full version of IDX Renditioner supports 16 megapixel images (4096 x...

Realmac Software has announced a minor update to RapidWeaver, its web site creation application for Mac OS X. Building on the all-new RapidWeaver 4.0, this update includes both bug-fixes and some small new features. RapidWeaver users can now enable Quick Look Previews for their saved projects, and also choose to have images automatically resized to a certain size when dragged into styled text areas. The update also bring much improved, and significantly simplified, support for publishing to Apple's MobileMe service. What's New in RapidWeaver 4.1? ° Quick Look Previews for saved projects ° Optional automatic image resizing when dragging images into styled text areas. ° Significantly-improved and simplified MobileMe publishing. ° Numerous other bug fixes. For an in-depth list of all RapidWeaver 4.1 features visit http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/ RapidWeaver 4.1 is a free update for registered users of RapidWeaver 3.6 and 4.0. A new licence is priced at $79 for new users,...

MacsDesign Studio has updated its flagship service management solution, Web Help Desk (http://www.webhelpdesk.com/help-desk-software/web-based-helpdesk.html), to version 9.0. The upgrade adds rules-based voting and approval process for change requests, an extensible plug-in architecture for third party asset management tools, and an AJAX enhanced user interface. According to Jonathan Lew, president of MacsDesign Studio, the latest version of the Web Help Desk software delivers numerous new productivity features, including: ° Change management control: automated and dynamic rules-based approval workflow to track and manage change request submissions and approval voting. ° Asset discovery data imports: scheduled imports of asset discovery data, providing technicians with the most up-to-data hardware and software information related to the service desk request at-hand. ° Mac and PC remote control: you can trigger Mac and Windows remote control sessions directly from strategically located...

MediaSilo (http://www.mediasilo.com), an online video management and collaboration leader, has eliminated browser-based upload limitations with an integrated FTP solution. The new feature allows video file upload without regard to file size, says CEO Kai Pradel. The new upload feature integrates FTP and removes the limitations of a browser upload, he adds. MediaSilo's suite of online video tools includes its signature collaboration toolset, content management and web broadcast channels. The integrated FTP upload feature maximizes workflow in each of these three key components of the product with a simple user interface, Pradel says. Dependent on workflow, users are now able to output content from the desktop as well. MediaSilo has FTP integration for Compressor and Sorensen. Also, the company recently announced a new pricing structure offering limited free service and an unlimited storage and bandwidth solution for US$99 a month.

If you use FileMaker Pro and you have an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch you can transfer that fully relational database to your iPhone or iPod. FMTouch supports multiple databases. Imagine having your contacts database, your inventory database, all with you on your iPhone. You can access your data anywhere and never have to worry about internet connections. While everyone else is suffering from the "no bars" crisis, you can be the hero by having all of your FileMaker data running locally on your iPhone. If you add, edit or delete records from your FMTouch database, you can easily sync to your main FileMaker database on your local or served file with our secure sync plug-in. FMTouch works equally well on both Macintosh and Windows. Come watch as Andy shows FMTouch from start to finish, soup to nuts - including the innovative style guide written by FMPug to help you design layouts that "fit" the iPhone or iPod Touch. You can also sign in to join the online chat with Andy and the FMTouch...