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<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90342"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer
Science have developed two new tools to help computer programmers
select from among thousands of options within the application
programming interfaces (APIs) that are used to write applications in
Java, today's most popular programming language.
The tools -- Jadeite (www.cs.cmu.edu/~jadeite) and Apatite
(www.cs.cmu.edu/~apatite) -- take advantage of human-centered design
techniques to significantly reduce the time and guesswork associated
with finding the right classes and methods of APIs.
APIs are standardized methods that a Java program uses to ask the
computer's operating system or another program to do something, such
as opening a file or sending an email. Choosing APIs for
accomplishing a given task is at the heart of Java programming, but
is not intuitive, said Brad A. Myers, professor of human-computer
interaction. With more than 35,000 methods listed in 4,100 classes in
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90340"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Virtual Programming and Atari have announced today that the latest
chapter in the Riddick franchise, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault
on Dark Athena (http://atari.com/riddick/), is coming to the Mac.
The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena contains a brand new
full-length Riddick campaign in addition to a pixel-by-pixel remake
of the title, (i)Escape from Butcher Bay.(/I) In addition to the
single player action, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark
Athena brings Riddick into the multiplayer arena for the first time,
with six online multiplayer combat modes including the Pitch Black
mode.
Here's how the game is described: "Reprising his role as Riddick, Vin
Diesel brings his unique vocal talent to The Chronicles of Riddick:
Assault on Dark Athena, creating a powerful anti-hero with a talent
for chilling one-liners. Diesel is joined by a high calibre cast of
actors including Lance Henriksen, Wade Williams, William Morgan
Sheppard, and Michelle Forbes who brings depth...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90339"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Mailprotector (http://www.mailprotector.net), which specializes in
managed email security services, has unveiled quota-free hosted
Exchange services. The new service goes beyond alternative hosted
Exchange offerings by eliminating downtime resulting from restrictive
mailbox limits that are exceeded quickly, preventing email access,
the company says.
Mailprotector features fully hosted MS Exchange 2007 mailboxes with
unlimited storage capacity protected by Mailprotector's email
security service that includes spam, virus and phishing removal.
Mailprotector's production hardened infrastructure provides
unparalleled redundancy and availability as messaging data is
processed and stored on independent systems with real-time mirroring
for the ultimate in information availability.
Mailprotector's unlimited Exchange hosting and email security
solution is available immediately and priced based on environment and
options. Quota-free email hosting services start at US$12.95 per user.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90336"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">DAZ 3D (http://www.daz3d.com) has announced a new free version of its
3D art and animation package, DAZ Studio 3, as well as the debut of
its enhanced, professional-quality toolset, DAZ Studio 3 Advanced,
whic is targeted to 3D animators, designers and illustrators.
DAZ Studio 3 offers improved OpenGL preview display with new camera
and light pointer tools, depth of field and support for version 8.5
of Pixar's RenderMan compliant 3Delight render engine. This tool is
designed to allow hobbyists to create digital art and animation using
their choice of virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, accessories
and environments. Users can select their subject and/or setting,
arrange accessories, setup lighting and immediately begin to create
artwork.
DAZ Studio 3 Advanced adds a set of new professional-level tools
including advanced render effects and shaders, COLLADA import/export,
animation keyframe editing, figure mixing and support for 64-bit
systems.
Now available forMac OS X 10.4 or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90337"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">DAZ 3D (http://www.daz3d.com) has announced a new free version of its
3D art and animation package, DAZ Studio 3, as well as the debut of
its enhanced, professional-quality toolset, DAZ Studio 3 Advanced,
whic is targeted to 3D animators, designers and illustrators.
DAZ Studio 3 offers improved OpenGL preview display with new camera
and light pointer tools, depth of field and support for version 8.5
of Pixar's RenderMan compliant 3Delight render engine. This tool is
designed to allow hobbyists to create digital art and animation using
their choice of virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, accessories
and environments. Users can select their subject and/or setting,
arrange accessories, setup lighting and immediately begin to create
artwork.
DAZ Studio 3 Advanced adds a set of new professional-level tools
including advanced render effects and shaders, COLLADA import/export,
animation keyframe editing, figure mixing and support for 64-bit
systems.
Now available forMac OS X 10.4 or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90338"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">DAZ 3D (http://www.daz3d.com) has announced a new free version of its
3D art and animation package, DAZ Studio 3, as well as the debut of
its enhanced, professional-quality toolset, DAZ Studio 3 Advanced,
whic is targeted to 3D animators, designers and illustrators.
DAZ Studio 3 offers improved OpenGL preview display with new camera
and light pointer tools, depth of field and support for version 8.5
of Pixar's RenderMan compliant 3Delight render engine. This tool is
designed to allow hobbyists to create digital art and animation using
their choice of virtual people, animals, props, vehicles, accessories
and environments. Users can select their subject and/or setting,
arrange accessories, setup lighting and immediately begin to create
artwork.
DAZ Studio 3 Advanced adds a set of new professional-level tools
including advanced render effects and shaders, COLLADA import/export,
animation keyframe editing, figure mixing and support for 64-bit
systems.
Now available forMac OS X 10.4 or...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90334"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of Ontrack Data Recovery
solutions and legal technologies products and services, today
announced data recovery capabilities for Apple Inc.'s Xsan 2
clustered file system for Mac OS X. Utilizing newly developed
proprietary technology, Ontrack Data Recovery specialists can now
recover data from an Xsan server that has encountered a volume
corruption.
"Prior to this development, Xsan file system data recovery was mostly
limited to hardware-based failures. Enterprises that rely on the Xsan
file system would often have no other course of action other than to
reinitialize these very valuable and expensive servers when volume
corruption occurred making their data inaccessible," said Jeff
Pederson, manager of Ontrack Data Recovery operations for Kroll
Ontrack. "With the innovative development of Kroll Ontrack's Xsan
server specific data recovery capabilities, corporations have a
viable alternative for their data protection needs. Utilizing our
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90333"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileMaker Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has Bento
Template Exchange
(http://solutions.filemaker.com/database-templates/index.jsp), where
Mac users can post and browse many real-world uses of Bento, the
personal database from FileMaker. People interested in Bento can even
download templates and use them with a trial or full version of Bento
2 .
A Bento template is a pre-designed database form, but without any
data. A visitor who downloads, for example, the "My Wine Cellar"
template, has a ready-to-use wine tracking form -- complete with
fields for winery, vintage, price and more -- and can enter data for
their own wine collection. Or they can copy and paste existing
information from spreadsheets such as Excel or Numbers. Plus,
templates can be customized to meet each individual's unique needs.
Visitors to the Bento Template Exchange can browse through the most
popular templates, the newest templates, or look through 15
categories including Business, Music and Movies,...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90331"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">TeamViewer GmbH (http://www.teamviewer.com), a leading provider of
solutions for online communication and collaboration, has optimized
their software which now features enhanced stability, speed and
password management, for improved access to unattended servers and
computers. The new connection option grants trusted collaborators
secure, 24/7 control, for free.
Staying connected while on the go is always a challenge. With an
increasing number of people using more than one computer, organizing
information on a single workstation can be complicated, as well.
Striving to access information from servers and computers is a
dilemma faced by everyone, from business professionals to home users.
Designed to facilitate information access, TeamViewer software offers
a secure, easy to use, permanent connection to servers and computers.
Running the TeamViewer Host Module on the unattended station creates
a connection which grants access to trusted users based anywhere in
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90330"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for
video and film, announced that the Boris Continuum Chroma Key Unit
now includes a Chroma Key Studio filter for real-time previews and
rendering in Apple Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Final Cut Express.
Chroma Key Studio builds on the strength of Boris Continuum
Complete's keying and compositing tools with features such as a
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90329"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Scholars and students who once had to travel to museums or libraries
to view collections of historic images can now do so by clicking on
their mobile device instead. The Duke University Libraries has
launched the DukeMobile, an university digital image collection
specifically formatted for an iPhone or iPod touch. It's available
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90328"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Merlin, professional project management software for Mac OS X and
Daylite -- CRM and business management software for the same -- have
now been integrated with the introduction of LgoConsulting's
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90327"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">nova media today added the Samsung i8910 HD cell phone to the list of
supported devices of its iSync plugins software.
iSync plugins extends the built-in list of iSync compatible phones
within Mac OS X and allows cell phone owners to synchronise contacts
and dates between a cell phone and Mac OS X even if their phone model
is not yet supported by iSync.
"The Samsung i8910 HD is a very popular cell phone with outstanding
video capabilities and used by Mac users throughout the world, so we
are glad we offer iSync support for it." states Jan Fuellemann, PR
spokesperson at nova media. "All current users of iSync plugins 7.x
will already see this new phone in the list of supported devices,
once they open the iSync plugins preference pane on their computer."
iSync phone plugins are available online at http://www.novamedia.de
for Euro 9,95 plus VAT (US-$ 9.95 plus VAT for residents in the US
and Canada). System requirements are Mac OS X 10.4.9 or higher and a
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90326"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Avatron Software's founder, Dave Howell, a former Apple software
engineering manager, and his team of Mac OS X programmers, have
released Air Sharing Pro
(http://www.avatron.com/products/airsharingpro/), the second
incarnation of their file sharing app for the iPhone and iPod touch.
It's available for US$9.99 in the Apple App Store.
Howell says Air Sharing Pro gives iPhone and iPod touch users the
desktop-like ability to access, view, e-mail, print, store and manage
documents -- including large PDFs and high-resolution images -- as
well as zip/unzip files, including password-protected ones. The app
also gives users the ability to view everyday files, including videos
and music, and use their phones as wireless hard drives or thumb
drives to transfer and carry documents.
Users of Air Sharing Pro wirelessly connect their handheld devices to
their computers as an external drive and drag and drop documents
between the machines. Howell says that Air Sharing Pro gives users --
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90325"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Strata (http://www.strata.com) has released two applications that
plug-in to Adobe's Illustrator and Photoshop applications. Strata
Design 3D CX connects to Photoshop with six plug-ins as well as being
a stand-alone application.
Strata Enfold 3D CX (US$695) is a multi-featured plug-in for
Illustrator that adds a 3D view palette, two new tools and a host of
menu commands focused on folding print designs. In this latest
version of Strata Design 3D CX the rendering engine is faster, easier
to control and has more effects like photon-based lighting -- along
with established features like depth-of-field blur, motion blur and
particle effects, according to the folks at Strata. Also, there's a
new interface that Adobe users will recognize.
The Strata Design 3D CX upgrade includes several "connect to
Photoshop" features, as well as other enhancements to the 3D
application. Working in concert with these new Strata Design 3D CX
features, the upgrade also includes six Photoshop plug-ins.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90324"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">FileWave (http://www.filewave.com) has released version 9 of FileWave
InventoryT. The new version allows customers to meet the ever-growing
requirements for asset and inventory management, according to Ben
Forsyth, director of Software Development for FileWave.
New features include: purchase order management, maintenance contract
management, as well as a vendor and product database. FileWave
InventoryT is FileWave's IT software and hardware inventory
management solution for Mac OS and Windows systems, as well as for
all SNMP supported devices. Client computers automatically send all
information to the centralized SQL database where reports are run to
verify license compliance and compute financial values useful in
Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) compliance.
FileWave InventoryT 9 brings a new way to manage all of the IT assets
in an estate. The new solution also offers increased security
features such as being able to limit data accessibility by
department, OS type, location and other user...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90323"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">As part of the Open Screen Project Adobe announced in January plans
to publish the Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) specification,
which is designed for high-performance transmission of audio, video,
and data between Adobe Flash Platform technologies.
The documentation is now available and developers and companies who
want to utilize the open specification can access it at
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/rtmp/
RTMP is available as an open specification to create products and
technology that enable delivery of video, audio and data in the open
AMF, SWF, FLV and F4V formats compatible with Adobe Flash
Player. Developers and companies now have free and open access to the
documented RTMP specification so they can provide users with
optimized audio, video and data.
To benefit customers who want to protect their content, the open RTMP
specification won'tinclude Adobe's technological measures to secure
content. However, developers will be free to use their own
technological measures to secure...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90321"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At last week's Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC),
Wibu-Systems (http://www.wibu.com) presented the beta version of the
CodeMeter software protection solution for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow
Leopard").
With a new release of AxProtector for Mac, CodeMeter -- designed for
developers -- offers protection of Mac OS applications and a
licensing system for distribution and protection against reverse
engineering of Mac OS applications. CodeMeter is available as a cross
platform solution for Mac OS as well as Linux, Sun Solaris and
Windows platforms.
CodeMeter offers the highest security possible through the use of
hardware (dongles) to store the license information, according to
Oliver Winzenried, CEO and founder of Wibu-Systems. What's more, the
company offers CodeMeterAct; an activation-based system that can be
applied online completely without the use of dongles.
Software vendors not only benefit from protection of their
intellectual property but also from highly flexible license...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90316"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">RealVNC has launched the latest version of its enterprise class VNC
solution for remote desktop control. VNC Enterprise Edition 4.5 is
the first remote access software to offer fully cross-platform remote
printing, enabling users to print documents from the remote machine
to the local default printer on the VNC Viewer. Other new features
include enhanced cross-platform chat, support for international
characters, as well as greater speed and even more robust performance.
Designed and built by the original inventors of VNC, VNC Enterprise
Edition 4.5 has a wide range of applications from desktop support and
assistance in a business environment to delivering complex Unix
applications to Windows or Mac users. Also, because it is designed
specifically for the enterprise it includes multiple configurable
security mechanisms and is backed up with full technical support and
maintenance.
The latest version of VNC Enterprise Edition includes additional
features that further improve the user...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90315"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Black Cat Systems announces the release of DX Toolbox version 3.5.0,
a radio propagation / conditions analysis and forecasting tool for
amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners, and other radio
enthusiasts.
This version adds maps showing real time VHF Packet propagation
distances in the USA and Europe.
DX Toolbox sells for $24.99. Complete information about DX Toolbox as
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90314"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Media 100 -- a provider of advanced editing systems for the
corporate, broadcast, postproduction, and new media industries -- has
announced that Media 100 Version 13.0.3 is now available. Media 100
13.0.3 adds support for AJA's KONA LHi video card, taking advantage
of the KONA LHi's new HDMI output feature.
AJA KONA LHi bridges the gap between legacy analog devices and the
latest HDMI v1.3a enabled products. KONA LHi interfaces with the
latest PCIe Apple Mac OS X hardware and offers integrated support for
Media 100, allowing editing, monitoring and mastering of professional
quality video in an affordable, easy to use product.
Media 100 13.0.3 also adds new support for importing P2 media in the
DV100_720/50p codec. Media 100 Version 13 customers may download the
v13.0.3 update free of charge from the Media 100 web site at
http://www.media100.com/support/downloads.php. A full-functioning
14-day trial version of Media 100 is also available for free download
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90313"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple today announced that more than 11 million copies of Safari 4
have been downloaded in the first three days of its release,
including more than six million downloads of Safari for Windows.
Safari 4 is the world's fastest, most innovative browser and is built
on the world's most advanced browser technologies including the new
Nitro JavaScript engine that executes JavaScript nearly eight times
faster than IE 8 and more than four times faster than Firefox 3.
Safari quickly loads HTML web pages more than three times faster than
IE 8 and three times faster than Firefox 3/
"Safari 4 is an incredible success on Mac and Windows with more than
11 million downloads in the first three days," said Philip Schiller,
Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari
users love the incredible speed and innovative features like Top
Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow."
Starting with the development of the open source WebKit browser
engine, Apple has been leading the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90312"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Griffin Technology Inc., creator of all things iPhone and iPod, today
announced new and updated cases for iPhone and iPod touch. Reveal and
Elan Form with Sky Blue Trim, both for iPhone 3G, are now available
in stores nationwide in time for the June 19th release date of
Apple's new iPhone 3G S.
iPhone 3G S, debuted at this week's WWDC, was showcased alongside the
current iPhone 3G as an expanded line of iPhone models. Both devices
share the same striking design and form factor while presenting users
with choices in capacity, features, and performance. Griffin's entire
line of iPhone 3G accessories, including the new cases above, are
available for both the new iPhone 3G S and iPhone 3G.
Other cases announced today are Reveal for iPod touch, Elan Passport
Metal, and FlexGrip, all designed for the current iPod touch 2nd
generation.
The new Reveal minimal case is Griffin's thinnest case yet, adding
just over a millimeter to the thickness of the iPhone or iPod touch.
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90308"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The National Gallery is the first ever gallery to make its paintings
accessible through a downloadable iPhone application, making it
possible to take a mini tour of the Gallery anywhere in the world.
The Gallery, in partnership with Antenna Audio and Apple Inc., has
designed a new application for iPhones and iTouch devices that
enables people to explore a sample of the collection while they're on
the move. Designed to appeal to art enthusiasts and fans of the
Gallery, this application is the first of its kind to be released by
a major gallery.
This Pentimento application, called Love Art, features 250 paintings
from the collection along with around 200 minutes of audio and video
content, including interviews with National Gallery Director Dr
Nicholas Penny, dramatist Robin Brooks, artist Maggie Hambling and
Girl with a Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier.
Making use of special iPhone features such as its large touch-screen,
zoom, Rolodex and scrollable menus, Love Art offers a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90307"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Maintain has announced the release of Cocktail 4.3.1 (Tiger Edition),
a new version of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.4.11.
This version (http://cocktail.maintain.se) adds major improvements on
the clear potentially harmful files procedure and the clear font
caches procedure, adds clearing of the Renepo.A-B, RSPlug.F-G,
Tored.A trojans and Inqtana.B-C worms, fixes an issue with secure
deletion of files installed by trojans and worms, addresses an issue
in which Adobe Illustrator font caches were not deleted from users
home directory, fixes compatibility with Firefox and Google Gears as
well as addresses minor bug fixes discovered in the previous release.
The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Tiger
Edition).
Cocktail 4.3.1 (Tiger Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary
and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Cocktail 4.3.1
(Tiger Edition) requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.4 - 10.4.11
and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90304"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Applied Acoustics Systems has released Lounge Lizard EP-3 3.1.2
(http://www.applied-acoustics.com/buy_loungelizard_online.htm), an
update of the virtual electric piano for Mac OS X and Windows. This
is a maintenance update.
Among other things, it fixes an automation problem from the plug-in
window in Logic 8, audio cuts when the plug-in window was displayed,
and a MIDI Link crash on the "Default" channe. Lounge Lizard now
works with Cubase 5 64-bit VST Bridge and Sonar 64-bit BitBridge.
The Lounge Lizard EP-3 3.1.2 Update is available now, free of charge
to all registered users. For new users the cost is US$229.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90303"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">At this week's Apple Word Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), SecuTech
will dispatch its newly released software rights management solution
packages to thousands of developers and engineers from all over the
world.
The UniKey evaluation kit includes one to five fully functional
UniKey hardware keys, one brochure and one Protection Kit software
CD. There are numerous sample codes in various programming languages
in the kit. Developers can use hardware-accelerated software
protection solution to integrate their software to realize the IP
protection, licensing management and software rights control,
according to the folks at SecuTech.
Developers can use this UniKey Hardware Key without any limitations
for your protection. Before you order actual UniKey dongles, you
should get a UniKey Developer Kit (http://www.esecutech.com/) to
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90301"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">HazelMail has released a self-titled app for the iPhone and iPod
touch that turns photos taken on an iPhone into personalized
postcards -- and then prints, stamps, and mails them for you. It's
free and comes with a credit for one free postcard.
HazelMail also launched a feature that allows users to pre-purchase a
dozen postcards for US$12 (vs. $1.50 per individual postcard). In
addition, a personal address book feature enables travelers to access
the addresses of friends and family no matter where they are in the
world, says HazelMail founder Michael Lato. He says that HazelMail
utilizes a global network of printers based in North America, South
America, Europe and Asia which print and deliver postcards from the
location closest to the recipient.
HazelMail is currently available in six languages: English, French,
German, Italian, Portugese and Spanish. To download the app and start
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90300"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Tri-Edre has released a public beta of GrandReporter
(http://www.tri-edre.com/download/grandreporter.html) for Mac OS X
10.5 ("Leopard"). It lets you automatize the searches over the
Internet. You create queries in GrandReporter for all the subjects
that you're interested in.
GrandReporter will periodically and automatically check the web for
you. It surveys the web for you in background, and you're warned as
soon as a new page is referenced on the Internet for one of the
subjects you are surveying.
GrandReporter distinguishes new pages (to immediately see what is new
on each subject), and can display preview of the pages in its
build-in browser. You can store, quote and classify the interesting
pages to retrieve them later. GrandReporter provides tools to handle
the pages (bookmarks, smart lists, and groups) and to share them with
by e-mail other users.
Available to anyone, the current beta will expire on June 30. This is
a fully functional version, widely tested, and without known...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90299"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Infinity Data Systems has released MailForge 1.0, the Eudora style
email client formerly known as Odysseus. Built from the ground up for
Mac OS X and Windows, MailForge is designed to be a successor to the
Eudora email client, providing users with a familiar look and feel,
while at the same time adding features and abilities to further
enhance the user experience.
Harnessing the power of SQLite, MailForge offers significant
performance advantages, ranging from the ability to have a virtually
unlimited number of emails in a single mailbox, to search
capabilities that offer near instantaneous results, according to the
folks at Infinity Data Systems. Even routine tasks, such as moving
tens of thousands of emails from one mailbox to another, takes only
seconds, they add.
Eudora users should feel at home with the multi-window (one window
per mailbox) paradigm that MailForge utilizes; users of other email
clients may feel more at home with MailForge Unified Mode, a more
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90298"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Eye-Fi (http://www.eye.fi,) has unveiled the Eye-Fi Pro, a new
wireless SDHC memory card for digital cameras that allows
professionals and photo enthusiasts to automatically upload images
straight from their camera to their computer and the web.
Available today, the Eye-Fi Pro includes RAW image support and
peer-to-peer connectivity for a direct connection between the camera
and a computer, no router or Internet connection required (also known
as ad hoc). Eye-Fi also announced today that all Eye-Fi card users
can now select which photos or videos they want to wirelessly
transfer from their camera to their computer or the web, using the
new Selective Transfer feature.
"People are engaged in photography at a deeper level than ever
before. They have moved from being casual photographers to passionate
enthusiasts, shooting in RAW for more extensive editing, adding
geotags for a richer experience or using an online gallery to share
their work," says Jef Holove, CEO of Eye-Fi. "These...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90297"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">DriveSavers has just launched its first iPhone app. The company says
it's the first and only hard drive simulator for the iPhone and iPod
touch. It's free and is available at the Apple App Store
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90296"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Ecamm Network (http://www.ecamm.com) has released PhoneView 2.2, an
update of the Mac desktop companion for the iPhone. The update adds
full support for iPhone OS 3.0.
Phoneview gives iPhone and iPod touch users access to iTunes media,
photos, notes, contacts, SMS and call history data stored on the
communications device. Also, Mac files and folders can be copied to
the phone for data storage and file transfer between Macs.
What's more, notes can be added to the iPhone or iPod touch Notes
program by dragging text files, Word docs, PDF files, and other
formats into the PhoneView browser. With version 2.2, iPhone OS 3.0
users have the ability to play back and manage iPhone Voice Memos.
A seven-day demo is available; registration is US$19.95.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90295"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Addonics Technologies has announced a family of hard drive
duplicators. The family of duplicators includes the HDD Duplicator,
HDD Duplicator PRO, the HDD Duplicator PRO S, and the Zebra HDD
Duplicator.
As an example of their copying abilities, the HDD Duplicator PRO can
copy from a source drive of any type, from 2.5" to 3.5" hard drive or
SSD with either SATA or IDE interface, to a target drive of any kind.
With this flexibility, the Duplicator PRO is an ideal tool for
cloning another hard drive, for making a back-up hard drive, or for
quick data migration from a hard drive or SSD to another any type of
hard drive -- no matter its interface or technology difference.
To protect sensitive data, The HDD Duplicator PRO S can be used to
make copies from ordinary hard drives to target drives with AES
256-bit data encryption or vice versa.
Simple to operate, the duplicators are stand-alone appliances and
don't require connection to a PC. To start copying data, users
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90293"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apago Inc., a software technology company that provides innovative
solutions to transform digital documents, today announces an upgrade
to PDF Enhancer 3.5, a powerful production tool for the creation,
automation, and optimization of PDF documents. Newly rearchitectured,
PDF Enhancer 3.5 is a faster and more robust application for
individual or batch processing of PDF files. Used by publishers of
all sizes to produce a wide range of PDF files, from brochures to
electronic editions of magazines and newspapers, this invaluable
production tool creates the highest-quality, smallest size, and most
reliable PDF documents possible for specific output purposes. In
addition to greater power for PDF-based workflows, the upgrade
improves font handling and color management, supporting more device
link profiles and color patterns. PDF Enhancer 3.5 is free for 3.x
users and is slated to be available this summer for download from
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90292"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for
video and film, announced that a public beta of Boris Continuum
Complete 6 AVX (BCC 6 AVX) for Avid editing and finishing systems is
now available.
BCC 6 AVX brings nearly 200 filters to Avid Media Composer, Avid
NewsCutter, and Avid Symphony. The new release features 15 new
filters including Extruded Text, Extruded Spline, Layer Deformer,
Cartoon Look, Lightning, and Swish Pan. In addition, BCC 6 AVX
delivers unique workflow enhancements such as the ability to animate
a BCC filter in Adobe After Effects and transfer the animation to the
Avid timeline -- while preserving After Effects keyframes. Highlights
include:
* 15 New Filters range from realistic 3D vector graphics extrusions
to painting and image restoration. The new 3D Objects category
includes Extruded Text, Extruded EPS, Extruded Spline, Type-On Text,
and Layer Deformer. New image restoration filters include DV Fixer,
Smooth Tone, and Pixel Fixer. New image...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90291"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Asigra, a cloud backup and recovery software provider, has announced
the Asigra Hybrid Cloud Backup and Recovery platform. The ninth
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90290"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Feral Interactive will release The Movies: Superstar Edition with an
added Stunts & Effects expansion pack and bonus music soundtrack on
June 30. The Mac OS X (10.4 and higher) game will retail in North
America for US$49.95; it's currently available to pre-order from
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90289"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">WD has introduced 4TB capacity My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive
storage systems, which are designed to work with Macs and provide an
ideal blend of high performance and power conservation. The new My
Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage systems are available now
at select retailers and the WD online store (http://www.shopwd.com).
Compatible with Apple's Time Machine automatic backup feature and
formatted for Macs, the new 4TB My Book Studio Edition II external
storage system sports a dual-drive RAID 0 configuration and
high-speed interface. The system offers four interfaces: eSATA,
FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0.
The eco-friendly system uses WD's hard drives with WD GreenPower
Technology for power savings and cool and quiet operation, according
to Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD's branded
products group. The 4TB My Book Studio Edition II has a
manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$649.99.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90285"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">ngmoco (http://www.ngmoco.com), creator and publisher of games
exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, has launched Star Defense
(http://stardefense.ngmoco.com) on the Apple App Store. Developed in
collaboration with Rough Cookie, Star Defense is an US$5.99 strategy
genre with 3D environments and Multi-Touch user interface controls.
Here's how the game is described: "In Star Defense, players battle
hordes of alien S'rath invaders in their quest to save human outposts
across the galaxy. Using innovative Multi-Touch controls, players
twist, spin, and zoom-in on breathtaking 3D planets and examine the
terrain to plan their defenses.
"Armed with a powerful arsenal of five classes of towers, for a grand
total of 15 different weapons, players strategically place turrets
that unleash everything from burning hot plasma to high-voltage
decimation. The S'rath regularly fortify their troops with new unit
types, new formations and new armor. Survival depends on the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90284"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Today at the Worldwide Apple Developer Conference, Apple today
introduced the new iPhone 3G S, which the company says is "the
fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, packed with incredible new
features including improved speed and performance -- up to twice as
fast as iPhone 3G -- with longer battery life, a high-quality 3
megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands
free voice control.
iPhone 3G S includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, the world's most advanced
mobile operating system with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy
and Paste, MMS*, Spotlight Search, landscape keyboard and more.
iPhone 3G S customers get access to more than 50,000 applications
from Apple's revolutionary App Store, the largest application store
in the world where customers have already downloaded over one billion
apps. iPhone 3G S offers twice the capacity for the same price with a
16GB model for just $199 and a new 32GB model for just $299.
And beginning today, iPhone 3G is available at the...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90281"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple today released Safari 4, the world's fastest and most
innovative web browser. Available for Mac and Windows PCs and
introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the
Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari
3.* Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with
innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover
Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced
CSS Effects.
"The successful beta release helped us fine tune Safari 4 into an
even better, faster version that customers are going to love," said
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product
Marketing. "Safari is enjoyed by 70 million users worldwide and with
its blazing fast speed, innovative features and support for modern
web standards, it's the best browser on any platform."
Safari 4 is built on the world's most advanced browser technologies
including the new Nitro JavaScript engine that executes...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90280"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple today unveiled Mac OS(R) X Snow Leopard(TM), an even more
powerful and refined version of the world's most advanced operating
system and the foundation for future Mac(R) innovation. Snow Leopard
builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of
refinements, new core technologies, out of the box support for
Microsoft Exchange and new accessibility features. Snow Leopard will
ship as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users in September 2009 for
$29.
"We've built on the success of Leopard and created an even better
experience for our users from installation to shutdown," said
Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of Software
Engineering. "Apple engineers have made hundreds of improvements so
with Snow Leopard your system is going to feel faster, more
responsive and even more reliable than before."
To create Snow Leopard, Apple engineers focused on perfecting the
world's most advanced operating system, refining 90 percent of the
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90279"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apple today updated the aluminum unibody MacBook Pro line to include
13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch models featuring Apple's innovative
built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life. Each
MacBook Pro includes an LED-backlit display with greater color
intensity, the innovative glass Multi-Touch trackpad, an illuminated
keyboard, an SD card or ExpressCard slot, a FireWire 800 port and
state of the art NVIDIA graphics. Starting at just $1,199, the
MacBook Pro line is more affordable than ever, with some models up to
$300 less than the previous generation. The industry's greenest
notebook lineup, every Mac notebook achieves EPEAT* Gold status and
meets Energy Star 5.0 requirements, setting a new standard for
environmentally friendly notebook design.
"Across the line, all of our new MacBook Pro models now include
Apple's innovative built-in battery for up to seven hours of battery
life, while staying just as thin and light as before," said Philip
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90278"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has announced a way to add media player
functionality to existing storage devices. The US$99 LaCinema Classic
Bridge enables users to leverage the investments already made on
internal and external storage solutions, and turn them into dynamic
multimedia devices.
To use, you connect the Classic Bridge to a desired TV, add a storage
device, and play libraries of movies, music, and photos in flawless
1080p HD resolution. The LaCinema Classic Bridge enables two options
for adding storage. Option one allows users to connect an external
USB drive to the front of the device for access to their multimedia
content. Option two allows users to insert an internal hard disk
directly into the device. Users may also choose to implement both
options for expanded capacity.
With the help of a remote control and intuitive navigation menu,
users can browse a centralized media library to select and play their
favorite media. Content can be viewed by file category through a...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90272"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Heckler Design (http://hecklerdesign.com/) has rounded out their
OneLessOffice suite of products. Now joining OneLessDesk, the minimal
computer desk, is OneLessStand and OneLessFile. Both new products are
available for pre-order starting now at the Heckler Design web site.
OneLessDesk is designed to be more flexible. You can re-arrange and
re-direct your work environment throughout the day. All the
OneLessOffice pieces are designed to nest, fully loaded when not in
use, according to Dean Heckler of Heckler Design. Your entire home
office now tucks away into a 40 x 12 inch space when not in use.
"OneLessStand is a great solution for anyone needing a place for
their printer, one-in-one," Heckler says. "It has a hidden shelf,
like OneLessDesk, for hiding a cable modem, wifi, networked hard
drive, and all that mess.Want to get you Mac Pro off the ground? Use
OneLessStand as a CPU stand. It's built-in wire guides and
rear-facing shelf tidy up all the mess you were hiding on the ground...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90271"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">eMedia Music Corp. has announced the upcoming release of IPE Music's
Piano Scores Unlimited. This invaluable addition to any home or
school music library is the largest digital collection of popular
piano scores from the masters available on one DVD-ROM.
The Piano Scores Unlimited DVD-ROM puts 630 major works from Bach,
Beethoven, Chopin, Joplin, Mozart, Schubert and many others at your
fingertips for less than ten cents per score. With 2,500 pages of
printable music, pianists at every level will find something new to
play. Piano Scores Unlimited allows you to print high-quality,
royalty free sheet music with no restrictions. Piano Scores Unlimited
is easy to navigate for everyone: scores are available sorted by
Composer, Level of Difficulty, Style or Alphabetical. An important
bonus feature of this product is the 26 hours of recorded scores.
The scores were recorded by virtuoso pianists, and listening to them
will engage players on a whole new level, inspiring them to emulate
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90270"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Lithium Corp. (http://lithium5.com) has released a beta version of
its Lithium Console 5 Lithium is a suite of network, server and
storage monitoring applications with support for industry standard
SNMP and proprietary monitoring protocols including those used by
Apple's Xserve, Xsan and Xserve RAID devices.The upgrade is
compatible with Apple's upcoming Snow Leopard.
Lithium 5.0 introduces a new visualization for displaying a vast
amount of graphed monitoring data when viewing a specific monitored
device. The new version now handles Recurring Incidents and Incident
Transition in the Incident Reporting and Action Script systems.
Action Scripts are built-in or third-party scripts that Lithium
executes when an Incident or fault condition is raised.
Lithium 5.0 now handles Recurring Incidents and Incident Transition
in the Incident Reporting and Action Script systems. Action Scripts
are built-in or third-party scripts that Lithium executes when an
Incident or fault condition is...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90269"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Vaughn S. Cordero of VSC/Macsupport has released MobileSyncBrowser
3.0 (http://homepage.mac.com/vaughn/msync/), a new version of the
iPhone backup browsing utility. The upgrade adds compatibility with
iPhone OS 3.0 and iTunes 8.2 and has been rewritten to provide both
new and improved previews, better performance and enhanced stability.
Language support has been expanded and now supports US English,
German, French and Spanish across all platforms. Available for
immediate download for Intel-based Macs, the 3.0 release for Windows
XP/Vista will purportedly follow shortly after final testing. The
current versions of MSB for PowerPC Macs and Windows (MSB II - 0.9)
are available for download on the site.
MobileSyncBrowser works with any system capable of running an
iPhone-capable version of iTunes. 3.0. Users can download and try out
MSB for free; previews and exports are limited until a registration
key is purchased. Classic and Plus keys can be purchased online for
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90268"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Scosche (http://www.scosche.com) has announced its new US$29.99
tapStick high impact polycarbonate case, which adds full control for
the third generation iPod shuffle.
The "Made for iPod" tapSTICK allows shuffle users to control play,
pause, adjust volume, skip tracks and navigate playlists using the
shuffle's VoiceOver feature. The tapStick will be available in both
white and black and ships with a three-foot long audio cable for
connecting it to most stereo systems.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90267"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">The party will be an opportunity to mix with other developers from the Mac
space, meet Serguei Beloussov, the CEO of Parallels and some of our top
developers who are eager to hear user feedback on our products and the
challenges developers face in working for the Mac platform. We hope the
party will be a casual, fun and informative celebration of innovation where
people can play some pool, grab a beer and some food and see some of our
recent innovation in action.
Details are as follows:
What: Parallels Innovation Party @ WWDC
When: 6.30pm, Tuesday June 9th
Where: Jillian's Billiards (first floor of the Metreon, located outside of
the Moscone Center)
Dress code: Casual
To RSVP and secure a place at the party, please reply to
sgibbons@parallels.com or checkout our twitter page
.
Also - You can get more information by checking Parallels blog at :</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90266"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">RadTech (http://www.radtech.com) has released the Bezel Blaster, an
USS$7.99 iPhone restoration kit. It allows you to remove the surface
abrasions, scratching and spotting that tend to occur on highly
polished bright and plated metal panels.
In addition to the iPhone, products such as the Sony PSP, watches and
jewelry can all benefit from the Bezel Blaster, according to the
folks at RadTech.A typical, moderately scuffed and scratched iPhone
bezel can be fully restored in under two minutes, they add.
The kit can be used dozens of times. It includes a genuine Optex
polishing cloth and comes packed in a heavy-mil resealable poly
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90265"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Nemetschek North America has released its fourth Service Pack for the
Vectorworks 2009 product line. Many quality improvements have been
added to this Service Pack, including improvements related to stairs,
performance, and overall stability, says Mark Farnan, director of
Software Development at Nemetschek North America.
Currently, Service Pack 4 is available only for professional licenses
as a downloadable updater. All other license types will be available
in the next few weeks. To install the Service Pack, go to the About
Vectorworks dialog box in the Vectorworks 2009 application and click
Check for Updates.
Vectorworks 2009 was released on Sept. 15, 2008. The Vectorworks 2009
product line includes Vectorworks Designer, Vectorworks Architect,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90261"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Synectics Business Solutions has released BackJack 5.1.4
(http://backjack.com), a new version of the Macintosh backup service.
The company has also announced a "Summer Vacation Peace of Mind"
promotion to celebrate BackJack's 11-year anniversary.
BackJack 5.1.4 introduces a new DualSync capability that lets you
have a second Mac configured to synchronize the files being backed up
by your primary backup, allowing for restores to a second computer.
DualSync leverages BackJack's security and encryption features to
ensure all files remain fully encrypted until they arrive on your Mac.
BackJack 5.1.4 also has a number of under-the-hood enhancements that
improves the performance and throughput of backup and restore
actions. These improvements have shown increases of up to 27 percent,
especially on congested networks and Internet connections, according
to the folks at Synectics Business Solutions.
In celebration of BackJack's 11th year of offering this service to
Mac users, new subscriptions...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90260"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">MakeMusic (http://www.makemusic.com) is shipping Finale 2010, the
latest version of the Mac compatible (Mac OS X 10.4 or higher) music
notation software. In the upgrade, things grom percussion notation
and chord entry to rehearsal marks and measure numbering, dozens of
everyday tasks have been automated and simplified, says MakeMusic CEO
Ron Raup.
Finale's percussion notation has been simplified. The creation and
sequencing of rehearsal marks has been automated. Chord entry is
greatly simplified -- even when attaching chords to empty measures --
and more efficient, requiring far fewer keystrokes, Raup says.
In addition to ease-of-use and productivity enhancements, Finale 2010
now includes more than 350 sounds from the makers of Garritan
Personal Orchestra. Among the dozens of additions to 2010 are new
organ, guitar, bass, handbell, synthesizer and brush kit drum set
sounds. Finale 2010 also adds support for VST/AU effects as well as
instrument plug-ins.
Music educators will welcome...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90259"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Objective Development Software has updated Little Snitch
(http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html), the Mac OS X
software that provides a firewall to protect your Mac against
unwanted guests, to version 2.1.4. The upgrade adds support for guest
accounts, introduces global, computer-wide rules that are valid for
all users, provides improved Fast User Switching support and enhanced
support for network user accounts.
The upgrade to Little Snitch 2.1.4 is free for all Little Snitch 2
licensees. The full version is available starting at $29.95. Little
Snitch includes a free, full featured, time limited trial license.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90258"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Speck's CandyShell case (US$34.95) has made its way to the second
generation iPod touch. Available in two colors, Lemon Drop Liquorice
(high-gloss black shell with bright yellow interior) and Cranberry
White Truffle (high-gloss white shell with cranberry red interior),
the case can be purchased at Apple stores and at the Speck web site
(http://www.speckproducts.com).
According to Speck CEO Irene Baran, the CandyShell combines the
flexibility and shock-absorption of a soft rubberized case with the
durability and scratch protection of a sleek outer hard shell in a
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90257"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">CrossLoop (http://www.CrossLoop.com), an Internet company that
enables consumers and small businesses to receive help through
independent service providers and technology, says Mac users can now
gain easy access to immediate and qualified technical support.
Through a Mac-specific beta version of CrossLoop's award-winning,
free desktop sharing software, CrossLoop enables Mac users across the
globe to find immediate help and training for virtually any tech
issue -- anytime, anywhere, according to CrossLoop CEO Lisa Alderson.
CrossLoop Mac compatibility enables a more seamless experience while
providing application training and support across platforms, whether
users enlist tech-savvy family and friends for free or access
CrossLoop's network of tech Helpers for professional support, she
adds.
Users can now transfer files from Mac to Mac, Mac to Windows, or
Windows to Mac.Consumers can now receive tech support from
CrossLoop's network of trusted, qualified service providers,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90256"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">SMITH MICRO SIGNS EXCLUSIVE DEAL TO PUBLISH PIXELMATOR FOR THE MAC
Image Editing Software Expands Graphic Product Line in Retail Markets
throughout North America
ALISO VIEJO, CA - June 02, 2009 - Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI)
Productivity and Graphics Group today announced it has signed an exclusive
publishing agreement with Pixelmator Team to distribute Pixelmator, an
easy-to-use, yet powerful photo and graphics editing program for the
Macintosh.
Pixelmator is designed for users who want to transform and enhance their
growing library of images without learning overly-complicated and expensive
image editing software. Pixelmator allows users to achieve professional
results in minutes and offers over 130 filters and special effects that
work with all major image formats. With Pixelmator, users can see their
creations in real-time as they apply different filters and effects, from
the standard blur and sharpen functions to unique filters such as
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90255"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">GamersGate (http://www.GamersGate.com), a digital distribution
platform for PC games, has launched a GamersGate store for Mac
compatible games. The initial launch includes titles such as World of
Goo, the Hearts of Iron series, the Europa Universalis series,
Flatout 2, and others. New titles will be added on a regular basis.
"For years, digitally delivering games to Mac users has often been
overlooked by the gaming industry," says Theodore Bergquist, CEO of
GamersGate. "With the increase in the popularity of gaming among
Apple users, we've been getting requests worldwide for our library of
accessible, client-free titles on Mac computers. Our mission is to
offer a convenient solution for all gamers and offering Mac titles is
another step in that direction."
GamersGate now has over 1,100 titles in its growing catalog from
publishers such as EA, Ubisoft, THQ, and many others. GamersGate
recently unveiled a redesigned web site that adds new social aspects,
including profiles, internal...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90254"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LaCie (http://www.lacie.com) has announced new products to expand
their range of Wireless HD media players -- the LaCinema Black PLAY
and LaCinema Black RECORD with designs by Neil Poulton. The new
LaCinema Black products are built to optimize how consumers access
and play content right from their HDTV.
LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD provide home networking capabilities.
Users can choose from a direct network connection, or use the
built-in Wi-Fi connection to store music, movies and photos from any
computer on the local network. A built-in UPnP client player lets you
access media content from a networked Mac or PC.
Designed with High Definition in mind, LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD
allow users to watch downloaded HD movies and television programs
directly on the television. These new products are capable of
decoding 1080p resolution movies, HD JPEG photos and 1080i upscaling
of Standard Definition movies. Users can also enable surround sound
through the optical audio output....</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90253"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Projecturf (http://www.projecturf.com), a provider of on-demand
project and collaboration management software, has launched
Projecturf, a scalable, web-based project management tool with
unlimited storage space that's browser, platform and database
independent.
Projecturf was specifically designed to support the project
management needs of design firms and developers, according to CEO
Chuck Pearson. The task tracking software allows developers to define
initiatives and projects, automate processes, and distribute data
through a secure, stylish, intuitive and easy-to-use online
environment with almost no learning curve, he adds.
Projecturf doesn't require complicated software to be installed or a
large in-house IT department to manage and upgrade, Pearson says.
Project management features and benefits for all Projecturf plans
include: unlimited storage on all plans; customizable design; a
workflow with three levels of system permissions: Administrator,
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90252"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Adobe has unveiled a free preview of Adobe BrowserLab, a new hosted
service that enables web designers to view and test their sites on a
wide variety of browsers and operating systems.
Previously code-named Meer Meer, Adobe BrowserLab provides web
professionals with real-time accurate screenshots of browser
renderings and includes multiple viewing and diagnostic tools to help
designers pinpoint compatibility issues that can compromise the
design and layout integrity of a web site or page, according to Lea
Hickman, director, Creative Solutions Business Unit at Adobe.
Key Features of Adobe BrowserLab include support for all modern
browsers and operating systems so that web designers can see how
their web pages will appear across multiple browsers and on a variety
of platforms. The initial set of browsers that are supported include:
Safari 3.x; Windows Internet Explorer 6.x and 7.x; Firefox 2.x and
3.x. This capability is enabled by virtualization technology, hosted
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90251"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Cocktail 4.3.4 (Leopard Edition), a general purpose utility for Mac
OS X, has been released (http://cocktail.maintain.se). This version
adds clearing of Renepo.A, Renepo.B and Tored.A trojans, fixes
compatibility issues with Mac OS X 10.5.7, Firefox and Google Gears
as well as addresses minor bug fixes discovered in the previous
release. It also contains updated Automator actions.
The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Leopard
Edition). Cocktail 4.3.4. (Leopard Edition) is distributed as a
Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It
requires Mac OS X/Mac OS X Server 10.5 or later and is tested for
compatibility with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.5.4.
Cocktail 4.3.4 costs US$14.95 for a single user license. It's a free
update for registered users of version 4.x.</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90250"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">LTB Soft has announced LTB Light 8.0 (http://www.ltblight.com), an
update of the US$299 Mac OS X application that permits natural and
artificial lighting calculation with a color radiosity method applied
to a finite elements plan.
LTB Light implements OpenGL. Data management take places through an
internal CAD system, directly in a perspective view. It's possible to
introduce flatten surfaces with colored glazing, furniture, curved
surfaces like cylinders, cones, ellipsoids, hyperboloids and complex
objects like cross vaults. LTB Light is able to share information
with other CADs through DXF and PICT files.
Light sources are totally managed inside the main program; it's
possible to import, show, modify and use the IESNA LM-63 photometric
data files (ASCII text file commonly used by North American lighting
fixture manufacturers) EULUMDAT (an European standard) and even PICT
and DXF files (the program can convert a drawing in a photometry).
Photometric data is modeled through 36 "C" (...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90249"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Primera Technology has partnered with Imagine Products to offer
support for Imagine's award-winning ShotPut Pro software. Primera and
Imagine recently introduced their combined solution at NAB 2009 in
Las Vegas. The products are now shipping.
Video professionals can now streamline their workflow and
automatically archive content onto write-once DVD and Blu-ray Disc
media using Imagine's software and a Primera Bravo-Series Disc
Publisher. The entire offloading and archival process is automatic
and hands-free, says Mark Strobel, Primera's vice president of sales
and marketing.
As soon as a video volume is detected, an offload is started to
multiple drive locations which can include hard drives and a
Bravo-Series Disc Publisher. The burned disc is printed
direct-to-disc with customized information that can include Metadata
directly from the camera's memory card.
The shipping version of ShotPut Pro can be installed on any Mac
running Mac OS X, 10.4 or higher. A Windows XP/Vista version...</div></div></span>
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90248"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Apimac (http://www.apimac.com) has released version 7.0 of Mac
Notepad, the Mac OS X application that helps users organize text. The
upgrade sports: user interface improvements, a new mail note feature,
a new categories source list; and support for multiple selection of
notes.
You can also now drag and drop to export and import notes. Mac
Notepad 7.0 offers new import and export formats. The supported
formats now are: Plain text; Styled Text (Simple Text); RTF; HTML;
Open Office .odt; Word .docx; Word XML .xml; Word (97-2004) .doc
Mac Notepad lets you save and organize any piece of text you need at
hand. You can paste it in, drag it from other applications, drop it
as a text file from the Finder or, of course, write it yourself. A
title and a category can be assigned to each note; notes can be
retrieved by category via a popup menu, or by content via typing the
text to be found in a search field.
Mac Notepad 7.0 is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90247"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">iPresentee (http://www.ipresentee.com), the developer of add-ons for
Apple's iWork and iLife applications, releases free Keynote Countdown
Timer to be used with Apple's Keynote presentation software. Keynote
is the presentation component of Apple's US$79 iWork bundle.
Keynote Countdown Timer includes three different colors countdown
timer animations: white, red and green. Each Keynote Countdown Timer
can countdown from 90 minutes or less. You can use it to, among other
things, get audience back in their seats promptly after breaks.
Countdown timer can be used to show the time before the actually
presentation or meeting should start. Teachers can use timers during
classroom instruction to help students to maintain attention and
ultimately to become better "time-managers."
To start with Keynote Countdown Timer, download it, drag to the
slide, set the countdown time and you are ready to start. Each
countdown timer can be used on any colored background. Each animation
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90246"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Freeverse, a developer and publisher of games for the iPhone and iPod
touch, will be publishing two titles from Icelandic developer, On The
Rocks Productions: Thor and Legion of Amon.
Thor brings the son of Odin on a quest to save the world with his
legendary hammer, tossed from Valhalla and into the player's hands.
Legion of Amon is an action-adventure RPG that thrusts the player
through epic battles against a horde of cultists. Both games are
being created specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch platform.
Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse has said, "On The Rocks
Productions is one of the most purely talented studios we've come
across and we're thrilled to be working with them to bring these
amazing games to the iPhone."
More information and screenshots can be found at Thor:
http://freeverse.com/games/game/?id=9002 and Legion:
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90245"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Blue Crowbar Software (http://www.bluecrowbar.com) has released
iPhoto2Twitter 1.0, a new plug-in for iPhoto, Apple's photo editing
and management application that's part of iLife. iPhoto2Twitter lets
you send short messages and photos to Twitter from within iPhoto.
iPhoto2Twitter provides the same functionality found in
Aperture2Twitter, the plug-in for Aperture that was released in
April. With it you can: send your tweets without leaving iPhoto;
include an image with a tweet; and switch between different
Twitter-accounts.
iPhoto2Twitter requires Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") and iPhoto '08 or
'09. A demo is availabel for download; registration is approximately
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90240"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Opera Software has released the first beta of Opera 10, the newest
version of the company's web browser. Opera 10 beta sports new
features, a fresh look and feel, and enhanced speed and performance.
It's completely free for Mac, Windows and Linux users and can be
<span class="field-content"><div class="body-row" id="body-row-90239"><div style="background:#F5F5F5;">Smart Loops has released three new SL MultiTracks drum loop libraries
in ACID WAV format for use with Mac and PC software samplers and
audio software.
Fast Rock 3 is for aggressive rock and punk tunes that need a solid
groove; it includes heavy tom grooves suitable for a bridge or solo
section. Medium Straight Rock 9 is for songs with many different
sections -- with light hi-hat patterns to some big fills and
hard-hitting rides.
Slow-Medium Straight Rock 4 includes grooves with a sharp snare
back-beat and some unusual crash hits; it sports some train-type
beats too. With SL MultiTracks, computer-based musicians and
producers can take control of the drum mix by discretely controlling
volumes, EQ and FX on individual drum and cymbal loops (kick, snare,
hats, overheads, and toms). Each MultiTrack groove and one-shot is
provided in two ways: as a set of multitrack drum and cymbal loops,
and as a complete stereo mix loop.
Fast Rock 3, Medium Straight Rock 9, and Slow-Medium Straight Rock 4...</div></div></span>
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