Primera Technology (http://www.primera.com) has announced its Bravo 4102 XRP Disc Publisher (DP-4102 XRP in Europe, Scandinavia and Middle East) at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NAB Show is being held from April 11-14/ Bravo 4102 XRP Disc Publishers are the newest addition to Primera’s Bravo 4100-Series. These units are purportedly the fastest in their class, printing a full-color, 100% coverage disc in just six seconds each. This compares to 20 to 120 seconds on competitive machines to print discs with comparable print quality. With built-in high-speed recorders, direct-to-disc printing and fast robotics, Primera’s disc printers and publishers automate the process of burning and printing quantities of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. Applications for the Bravo 4102 XRP Disc Publishers include the archival and distribution of video and audio in broadcast television, film, content-on-demand at retail stores, kiosks, video production studios...

The Tolis Group (http://www.tolisgroup.com) has announced the availability of LTO-5 LTFS volume support in BRU Producer's Edition at the 2011 NAB Show. BRU Producer's Edition version 2.3.0 provides native LTFS (Linear Tape Filesystem Support) for Mac OS X users. LTFS allows the use of LTO-5 media as if it were a disk volume and provides a self-documenting format that is compatible with other platforms supporting the LTFS standard, says Bob Christ, Tolis Group executive vice president. While LTFS provides an easy-to-access mechanism for writing and reading data on LTO-5 volumes, once a volume is un-mounted for storage, the system has no knowledge of the contents of the offline tape. BRU Producer's Edition extends the usefulness of LTFS by providing the support needed to properly parse and search LTFS volumes, even if the media is currently offline or even offsite by maintaining local catalogs of known LTFS volumes, says Christ. LTFS makes tape more accessible and provides users with...

Dalet Digital Media Systems (http://www.dalet.com) has debuted at this week's NAB show the debuted today at NAB 2011 the Dalet Sports Factory, which the company says is the industry's first enterprise MAM (Media Asset Management) workflow solution developed specifically for sports production. Dalet Sports Factory manages the challenges of fast-paced, live event and post-game coverage by leveraging the MAM capabilities of Dalet Enterprise Edition with purpose-built sports logging, clipping and replay tools. The combination produces a cohesive, high-speed workflow that delivers winning results, says Stephane Schlayen, chief operating officer, Dalet. "In addition, our enterprise MAM layer natively brings the support of a wide range of video servers or I/O ports, including our Brio but also EVS, K2 or Omneon," he says. "In short, it is now possible to empower an existing sports platform with our MAM framework." The Media Asset Management platform in Dalet Sports Factory "glues" together...

The iPhone 5 should go into production in September Avian Securities said in a note to clients -- as reported by "Business Insider" (http://macte.ch/M3Ts3). This suggests the iPhone won't be on the market until the end of this year, or even early next year possibly, says the research group. Apple may also be developing a lower price/lower spec iPhone model, says Avian. "Our conversations also indicate the existence of a lower-spec/lower-priced iPhone in Apple's roadmap," the research group told clients. "However, while our contacts have seen the placeholder in the Apple roadmap, they do not yet have insight into specs or production timing. This leads us to believe that any launch is likely a very late 2011 or more likely a 2012 event. As a reminder, Avian has uncovered several data-points in recent months pointing to the existence of a lower-spec/lower-price iPhone. A lower-spec/lower-price iPhone has also been speculated in the press and gadget blogs, though we do not believe...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has finally agreed to participate in a book about his life, reports "CBS News" (http://macte.ch/BK1Tk). Simon & Schuster has announced that Walter Isaacson's "iSteve: The Book of Jobs" will be published in early 2012. Isaacson has been working on the long-rumored biography since 2009 and has interviewed Jobs, members of his family, colleagues at Apple and competitors. Spokeswoman Tracey Guest of Simon & Schuster told "CBS News" that no further details were available and that neither Jobs nor Isaacson would be commenting. You can read more about Issacson at http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/10/the-man-who-won-steve-jobs-trust-2/ .

Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, and its smaller rival Aircel separately said on Monday they would launch the iPhone 4 in India in the coming months, reports "Reuters" (http://macte.ch/gIc4K). Both companies gave no specific dates for the planned launch. Bharti and Vodafone Essar already sell earlier models of the iPhone in India. With nearly 800 million mobile subscribers, India is the world's second-biggest market for mobile phone services and is also the fastest-growing. But smartphones are estimated to account for just over 5% of the mobile handset sales, notes "Reuters."

At this week's NAB show in Las Vegas, Autodesk (http://www.autodesk.com) released Autodesk Smoke 2012 for Mac OS X (http://macte.ch/GGaQc). It's a new version of the all-in-one editorial finishing tool with an integrated 3D visual effects toolset. Smoke combines finishing tools with the familiar workflow of a nonlinear editor (NLE) to reduce complexity and streamline finishing of high-quality content, says Marc Petit, senior vice president, Autodesk Media & Entertainment. Autodesk Smoke 2012 enhancements include: ° A redesigned 3D lighting system in Action that produces cast shadows and realistic 3D lighting artifacts; ° Support for geometry cache animation import from Autodesk animation software via Autodesk FBX software, and Flame FX creative and technical tools for common finishing tasks; ° A stereo 3D (S3D) toolset for editing, monitoring, compositing and delivering S3D projects; ° Integrated tools for color correction, keying and advanced 3D compositing; ° The ability to...

Adobe has announced the new Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 product line, enabling designers and developers to target smartphone and tablet platforms. Adobe says advances to HTML5, Flash authoring, digital publishing and video tools as well as new capabilities that kick-start the integration of tablets into creative workflows, anchor the new Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 product family. The company now plans to have milestone Creative Suite product introductions at 24-month intervals and -- starting with Creative Suite 5.5 -- significant mid-cycle releases designed to keep the worldwide creative community ahead of the latest advances in content authoring, says Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO, Adobe. Today also sees Adobe debut an affordable and flexible subscription-based pricing plan, attractive to customers that want to get current and stay current on Creative Suite products, have project-based needs, or try the software for the first time. New Subscription Editions ensure customers are...

Independent games development team, Pixeljam Games has introduced Dino Run SE 1.0 (http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorunse), their web-based dinosaur themed racing game on the Mac App Store. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and costs US$2.99. Here's how Dino Run SE is described: "Players are invited to enter an immersive prehistoric world of pixels where they must race their dinosaurs to escape the inevitable pyroclastic doom wave of extinction. This single/multiplayer game includes an abundance of new features with its release, including new game modes, new levels, and enhanced gameplay. "Collect bones, eggs and other hidden items to unlock special features and collectibles to enhance and personalize your dino, including a huge assortment of colors and wearable hats, helmets and masks. Like the original Dino Run, players can choose to race their dinosaurs on their own in the deep single player campaign, or play online with up to three other people in a variety of new multiplayer levels...

CocoaWithChurros has introduced Photo Privacy 1.0 (http://macte.ch/X0lPS), a metadata removal tool on the Mac App Store. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and costs US$3.99. Photo Privacy removes the hidden metadata inside photos, which you can y use to upload to your favorite social network or image hosting service. It creates safe copies of your pictures without that private information, which can be safely posted on the Internet or emailed, being confident that your personal information isn't revealed, according to the folks at CocoaWithChurros. With Photo Privacy, a new image is created without any private information, keeping your original pictures unmodified. It supports RAW, JPEG, PNG, GIF and TIFF image files (RAW support is readonly. RAW files are converted to JPEG files)

EditShare (http://www.editshare.com) is unveiling a new tapeless workflow solution for multi-camera TV productions at this week's NAB 2011 (Booth SL4728). Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare, says that by integrating all its product lines, EditShare has provided an end-to-end production workflow for managing multi-camera productions. Geevs (ingest/playout), Flow (asset management), and Ark (archiving) manage the creation and movement of media across the production workflow with EditShare XStream (shared storage system) at the core managing central storage and content access. Geevs captures multiple channels of HD video in any codec -- including Apple ProRes, Avid DNxHD, DVCPro HD, AVD-intra or XDCAM -- and records files directly to EditShare's shared storage systems, as well as to local storage for redundancy. Geevs also automatically generates proxy files for viewing in Flow over a standard Gigabit network. The lighting director, dialogue coach, legal or continuity person,...

Softhing has updated Entourage Exchange Accounts Optimizer to version 1.9.0. The upgrade adds a feature to move emails by date range. Also, when auto-run is set, the user has 20 seconds to stop the process before it runs. With EEAO, you can ensure your on-line Exchange mailbox never gets full. This utility automatically moves old mail from your Exchange account to a replicated structure within Entourage. You select how many days of mail to keep in Exchange and EEAO does the rest. It
can handle multiple accounts and be set to run automatically. EEAO 1.9.0 works with Mac OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x or 10.6.x and Microsoft Entourage2004, 2008 or 2008 Web Services Edition. It costs US$30 for a single-user license. However, version 1.9.0 is a free update for registered users.

AJA Video Systems (http://www.aja.com) says their Ki Pro Mini is the first recommended Apple Pro Res solution for the new Red Epic camera. The US$1,999 Ki Pro Mini snaps right onto the back of the Red Epic camera using the AJA Mini Mounting Plate ($74) with a standard V-Lock adapter. The camera comes in a package one third the size of a Red One, includes a 5K Mysterium-X(TM) sensor and a 27 layer ASIC, enabling Epic to capture up to 120 frames per second, each frame at full 14MP resolution. The JA Ki Pro Mini is a miniature field recorder for creating ready-to-edit professional digital video. It supports an Apple file-based workflow by recording standard Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files on industry standard Compact Flash (CF) media. Within its portable form factor, Ki Pro Mini offers broadcast quality SD/HD digital I/O including SDI, HD-SDI and HDMI, two channels of balanced analog audio input (2 XLRs) with switch selectable line/mic levels, and LTC timecode input.

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that prevents the United States government from implementing more stringent rules classifying lithium batteries as a hazardous material. That doesn't mean the batteries lack hazards. The move is based on lobbying and financial interests, rather than environmental or safety concerns, says "PC World" (http://macte.ch/o6HRJ). A "Bloomberg" report (http://macte.ch/UiWLDl) says that the Department of Transportation, with the backing of pilot unions and congressional Democrats, proposed new restrictions on air shipments of lithium batteries based on concerns that the batteries could overheat and ignite. Apple, Panasonic, Samsung and other companies could save US$1.13 billion under U.S. legislation barring limits on air shipments of lithium batteries that go beyond international standards, says "Bloomberg." The legislation, approved by the House legislation April 1, prevents President Barack Obama’s administration from enacting a proposed...

eComposite has published DeckApp (http://deckapp.com), a Mac OS X (10.6.6 or higher) player that leverages your iTunes library and allows you to listen to your albums, one by one. It costs US$14.99 and is available at the Mac App Store in the Music Category. Deckapp is designed to play without distraction. It replaces the iTunes player and is available by pressing a shortcut. DeckApp reads you iTunes library to find and catalog all your albums. It also connects to the Last.fm service. You then have a single playlist of albums to play. Once you have finished that playlist, it goes back to the beginning. DeckApp also provides a mini view available at the touch of a keystroke: press it and you get a controller to skip, rewind, change albums. "I am really looking forward to next sales and feedback from users on DeckApp. I really think that we need a simple, easy way to listen to our music, that's a pleasure to use and see, and DeckApp provides such a great experience. But I want to...

ITnovis has cooked up Cookiza! 1.0 (http://www.cookiza.de) for Mac OS X on the Mac App Store. Containing more than 10 categories, Cookiza! is the community cookbook. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later, costs US$9.99 and is exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Lifestyle category. The recipes compiled by the community often show a photo of the finished dishes, level of difficulty and preparation time, the caloric values and author. The recipes from the community are consistently updated by way of an update function, so that the collection becomes more extensive in the course of time. So far, only users with the iPhone, the iPod touch or the iPad had the opportunity to use the recipes. Now there is the "More than a Cookbook" cookbook, also on the Mac. It means that all Mac users can now at long last also retrieve new culinary ideas. In addition, the Mac App offers a shopping list, a portion calculator and a menu planner.

Nulana has launched Flexiglass (http://nulana.com/flexiglass), an application for management of Mac OS X windows. It requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and costs US$7.99. With Flexiglass, windows can be moved, resized, maximized and closed with a mouse, trackpad multi-touch gestures, and keyboard shortcuts. Application settings can be modified to move and resize, real zoom and quick layouts to suit user needs and preferences. Flexiglass supports English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. A demo is available for download.

Apple has ordered the developer of iCab, a web browser for iPhones and iPads, to disable some functionality. Apple has ordered it to disable JavaScript, and the developer says he'll comply, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/r5rXH), iCab was launched two years ago, and brings many more features to iPhones and iPads than the Safari shipped with the device, the article says. The developer Alexander Clauss says he'll comply with Apple's wishes by disabling third-party code. "But he's puzzled by the Jobsian logic," notes "The Register."

Rumors of an iPad 2 sales freeze that may have gotten Best Buy in hot water with Apple emerged Thursday night and have flitted all over the 'Net. However, "BRG" (http://macte.ch/XEbfy) claims to have the answer in an email from Best Buy: “Best Buy continues to receive iPad 2 inventory from Apple on a regular basis. As we’ve said previously, we are fulfilling customer reservations first. Our stores have been asked to temporarily hold non-reserved iPad 2 inventory for an upcoming promotion. This is a customary practice for us when there are supply constraints. Best Buy enjoys a great partnership with Apple, and we’re delighted by customer response to iPad 2.”

Dashwood Cinema Solutions (http://www.Dashwood3D.com), a developer of stereoscopic software, has revved its line of Mac-based stereoscopic 3D products: Stereo3D CAT. Stereo3D CAT is an on-location calibration and analysis system that's designed to remove all of the complexities associated with stereoscopic 3D camera calibration in production. Features include an Alignment Tracker, a Stereo3D Visualizer, and a Parallax Inspector to calculate the correct camera alignment points, illustrate the depth of the 3D scene and avoid divergence. Other features include: ° A Sync Checker to confirm appropriate shutter sync between cameras; ° Stereoscopic Preview Modes including anaglyph, difference, side-by-side, line-by-line, and top/bottom; ° Depth analysis tools that include Depth Mapping and Depth Preview modes; ° Discreet or muxed stereoscopic input; ° External output in side-by-side, top/bottom, or anaglyph; ° The ability to transmit slate and disparity data to an iPad for display in...

MyService (http://www.myservice.com) has released a new 750GB, 7200rpm hard drive upgrade for the MacBook and MacBook Pro. These new 2.5-inch drives by Seagate are the largest 7200rpm drives available for the Apple laptops. MyService has these drives in stock. The upgrade service costs US$299 and includes the new drive, round trip shipping, professional installation and data transfer. MyService makes the service process fast and easy. MyService sends a custom laptop shipping container to you. All shipping is insured and can be tracked online. Your old hard drive is returned to you and can be used for backups. Since MyService is an Apple Authorized Service Provider, the 750GB upgrade will not void your Apple warranty.

Iwascoding has released GarageSale 6.1, a free update for its listing solution for the Mac. For new users its available for US$39.99 in the Mac App Store. Version 6.1 adds a toolbar containing text formatting options in preview mode, adds a Batch Find & Replace function and uses a new iMediaBrowser 2 component for accessing iPhoto or Aperture image libraries. Also, handling time can now be set in the auction preview directly. GarageSale is a client application for the eBay online auction system that lets you compose auctions with a Mac-like interface. GarageSale integrates perfectly with iPhoto, offers WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editing and comes with over 70 free design templates. Garage Sale is a Universal Binary app, so runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.

AT&T and Verizon, the two iPhone carriers in the US, must let smaller competitors use their networks for mobile Internet service under rules approved today by a divided Federal Communications Commission, reports "Bloomberg" (http://macte.ch/RTBOD). The agency voted 3-2 with Democrats approving and Republicans dissenting to require large wireless carriers to strike commercial agreements with smaller carriers, the article adds. Such agreements are voluntary now. The rule extends to data traffic the network-sharing arrangements that already are mandatory for voice calls. The measure was opposed by Verizon and AT&T.

Isp.org.cn's (http://www.isp.org.cn/products/) latest report shows that the sales of Apple's iPad 2 surpassed iPad 1 in March, as the shipment volume reached 2.4 million units. Isp.org.cn says, pertaining to monthly shipments in Q2, the iPad 2 will grow from four million units to 4.5 million units. The total volume of shipments in Q2 will reach 12 million units. Isp.org.cn reports that the sales speed of the iPad 2 far exceeds that of the iPad 1. Isp.org.cn is an e-commerce company and a vertical search engine company in China.