HP (http://www.hp.com) has unveiled a new category of web-enabled printing solutions designed for the cloud that will print from any email device -- including the iPad -- to any new ePrint-enabled printer from anywhere in the world through the new HP ePrint platform. With the printers, you can store documents or files in the cloud and print direct when needed and manage and customize your printing experience through the new HP ePrintCenter . To showcase these new solutions, HP announced a full suite of web-empowered e-All-in-One printers for home and business that start at US$99. These will be the first printers able to “talk” to the “Google Cloud” without requiring a local proxy computer or web appliance, which means people will be able to access Google Docs, Photos and Calendar directly from their printers, according to Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. A selection of new print apps from partners such as Yahoo!, msnbc.com, Facebook, Live Nation...

Artman21 (http://www.artman21.com/en/jedit_x/) has updated Jedit X, the Cocoa-based text editor for Mac OS X, to version 2.22. It's a maintenance update with four improvements and two bug fixes. Jedit X is an Universal Binary app so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. The cost is US$28 for a single-user license, though version 2.22 is a free update for registered users.

Christophe Laporte, editor-in-chief of "MacGeneration," is a French language publication covering all things Apple, tells us that Safari 5 will be announced Monday during Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the Worldwide Developer Conferencer. Laport says that, according to their sources, Safari 5 will be announced at the WWDC. He says it will be "a nice release with a lot of improvements," including a 25% increase in speed, better JavaScript performance, Bing support, better page caching, a smarter address field, better HTML support, new developer tools and hardware acceleration for Windows. You'll find all the release notes (in English) on this page: http://www.macgeneration.com/news/voir/157341/exclu-mac-os-10.6.4-et-saf... .

Big Nerd Ranch Europe, a provider of training classes for programmers and system administrators, is offering the iPhone Bootcamp) Aug. 16-20 at Kloster Eberbach, near Frankfurt, Germany. The five-day class, taught by Scott Ritchie, looks at the integral components of iPhone development and emerge fully skilled in the ability to develop complex applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. The class price of €2800 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and ground transportation to and from the Frankfurt airport. Participants save Euro 200 when signing up before Aug. 14. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. The course requires no previous experience in coding in Objective-C or for the Mac or the iPhone, but students attending the bootcamp should be familiar with C and an object-oriented language like Java or C++. The class is taught on the latest...

Macware has updated Logo Design Studio Pro (http://www.macwareinc.com/products/LDSPro/overview.html), a vector based logo design application for Mac OS X, to version 1.9.800. The upgrade adds new vector design options, improves overall usability, and fixes all reported bugs from earlier versions. Logo Design Studio Pro lets you design logo objects, then add or change text, shapes, color gradients and more to get the look right. Vector design tools allow you to scale logos to any size without losing their sharpness and clarity. You can even make your logo background transparent to blend in on any web or print-based project. Logo Design Studio Pro is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. The software costs US$59.99, though the update is free for registered users.

If you were hoping to take advantage of AT&T's recently announced iPhone tethering capability in the U.S. to provide an Internet connection for their iPad, well, you're gonna be disappointed. Responding to a question posed on "TechFlash" (http://www.techflash.com/) by Steve Rubel, an AT&T spokeswoman told the publication via email that it won't be possible to tether the iPhone to the iPad to share Internet access with the Apple slate. Rubel says that's because the iPad doesn't have any USB ports to enable a wired connection between the devices. So what about Bluetooth? Apple own support page says the iPhone allows wireless Bluetooth tethering. But in another "TechFlash" comment, Mac guru Glenn Fleishman notes that he "discovered in testing that the iPad includes the Bluetooth profile required for tethering, but it is not enabled." Tethering is using a cell phone as a modem for your laptop or other device. Creating a connection either with cables or wirelessly "tethers" your...

nova media (http://www.novamedia.de) has launched support for South African mobile networks with its 3G connection manager launch2net Premium and 3G surfsticks. launch2net Premium now includes connection settings for the South African networks Cell C, MTN, Rentafone, Virgin Mobile as well as VodaCom. All nova media 3G surfsticks support the 900 and 2100 MHz frequency range used in South Africa and come bundled with launch2net Premium in a version for Macs. launch2net Premium can share a 3G modem connection using its Mobile Hub technology. Mobile Hub turns a Mac into a Wi-Fi hotspot and allows other WLAN devices to log into the new network just like any other Wi-Fi network. Mobile Hub features a blacklist to deny access and offers WEP 128-bit security. In addition, launch2net Premium offers a connection statistics and a SMS text message manager. launch2net Premium is available today for download at nova media's web site for approximately US$49.90. 3G surfsticks are available from...

Kubota Image Tools (http://www.kubotaimagetools.com/store) has released its Dashboard 3 Pro software, as well as the Kubota Texture Tools and the re-released Kubota Sloppy Borders (now Dashboard 3-compatible). Dashboard 3 Pro (US$79) is a floating palette within Photoshop that acts like a mini search engine for Photoshop actions, enabling photographers to manage and run their entire actions collection. The latest version includes the ability to keyword search for actions, update action descriptions and mark favorites for future use. Also available immediately are the new Kubota Borders and Textures on their own Dashboard. The “Earth Textures -- Smooth Organic Pak” and the “Industrial Textures -- High Tech Electric Pak” provide users with a method to add textures to images. Each Pak includes 50 textures individually created in conjunction with professional photographer and philanthropist Benjamin Edwards. In addition, the re-released Kubota Sloppy Borders provide more than 100 classic...

Hyberbolic Software (http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com) has released Tidy Up! 2.2.3, the latest version of their disk, file and folder processing utility for Mac OS X. Tidy Up! can find duplicate files and packages using any criteria. Version 2.2.3 addsthe possibility to search for empty song tags within all supported tag information. Tidy Up 2.2.3 requires Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") or higher. Upgrades from version 1.x are $20, and upgrades from version 2.x are free.

The one U.S. computer OEM [original equipment manufacturer' that managed to outperform the personal computer market in the first quarter of 2010 was Apple, whose shipments rose by 32.4% from a year earlier, says a new report from iSuppli Market Research (http://www.isuppli.com). “Apple’s Macintosh line is benefitting from the halo effect of the enormous popularity of its iPhones and iPads,” Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms at iSuppli, says. Driven by booming sales among Asian OEMs, global computer shipments surged by 22.7% in the first quarter, marking the highest year-over-year growth ever recorded by iSuppli Corp. Shipments in the first quarter totaled 81.5 million units, up from 66.5 million during the same period in 2009. Apple places number seven on iSuppli's global list of computer vendors. iSuppli says the company has 3.4% global market share. Ahead of Apple on the list are: HP (19.6% market share); Acer (13.3%), Dell (13.1%), Lenova (8.6%), Toshiba (5....

E-on Software, maker of the Digital Nature solutions, has announced the upcoming availability of Carbon Scatter, a set of plug-ins that will allow the creation of complex populations using the native instancing technologies of leading DCC applications. The Carbon Scatter plug-ins will integrate e-on's EcoSystem algorithms directly into the host applications, allowing users to populate native scenes with millions of instances, and render them with their renderer of choice. The actual release date of Carbon Scatter hasn't been determined. E-on is looking for talented 3ds Max users willing to take part in the beta testing of Carbon Scatter for the mental ray and V-Ray renderers. No knowledge of Vue is required in order to become a qualified beta tester. However, candidates must possess the following qualities: persistence, imagination, and a desire to influence the final product, time, and of course testers should be proficient with 3ds Max and either the V-Ray or Mental Ray renderers....

MakeMusic (http://www.makemusic.com) is shipping Finale 2011, the latest version of its music notation software. It "adapts to the way musicians work,” says MakeMusic CEO Ron Raup. He says new features include: ° New staff layout capabilities that make it simple and intuitive to hide, move and edit staves, groups and brackets; ° Lyrics that are more easily entered and which instantly appear exactly as they’ll print out and are automatically spaced with even greater precision; ° Nearly 400 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra; ° An updated Garritan Aria player that offers control over these sounds with an integrated Ambiance reverb and a new Ensemble feature; ° New music that include a collection of percussion, mallet and handbell graphics, as well as enhanced percussion playback capabilities. Features of special interest to music educators include the Finale AlphaNotes music font and an expanded collection of more than 800 customizable music...

AMR Research has released the findings from its sixth annual Supply Chain Top 25. The goal of the Supply Chain Top 25 research initiative is to raise awareness of the supply chain discipline and how it impacts the business. Apple held onto the number one position for the third year in a row. This is the first time a company has been ranked number one for three consecutive years in the Supply Chain Top 25 research. Analysts attribute Apple's success to its ability to consistently bring both operational excellence and innovation excellence to bear in some of the most competitive markets in the world. Apple has broken new ground in transforming a supply chain into a value chain by starting with the consumer experience and designing its network to serve that master first and foremost, according to Kevin O’Marah, group vice president at AMR Research. Analysts announced the findings from this year's research at the sold-out AMR Research Supply Chain Executive Conference, which is being...

Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has released BatchOutput 3.8, a compatibility update to its professional solution to automate printing and exporting from Adobe InDesign. adds support for InDesign CS5 and introduces several new features, such as export to Flash CS5 Professional (FLA) and new advanced SWF and JPEG export options. BatchOutput 3.8 includes a free license of File Courier to support automatic digital delivery. BatchOutput is also available in a server version which offloads printing and exporting to PDF and PostScript to a central system leaving InDesign workstations free from the output process. BatchOutput is designed to automate and simplify InDesign production workflows of service providers, printers, ad agencies and publishers. With BatchOutput, users only need to select the files to output and adjust the settings, and the rest will be done automatically. BatchOutput 3.8 can be purchased for US$129.95. A demo is available for download. Upgrade to BatchOutput...

The average iPhone user should pay the same or less for service under the new data plans announced by AT&T, according to a "Consumer Reports" analysis. The new plans replace a US$30-a-month flat fee for unlimited data service with plans that start at $15 per month for a limited amount of data. The reason: most iPhone users typically use less data per month than the amounts that would trigger a $30-plus bill under the new pricing schemes, says "CR." The average iPhone user consumes 273 MB of data per month, according to the unique data on iPhone usage reported a few months ago. More than half of owners use less than 200MB per month, that data reveals. The new $15 iPhone plan provides 200MB per month, and so would cut data costs in half for the majority of iPhone owners. Under the new plans, those who use more than 200MB in any month can add an extra 200MB for an additional $15 -- taking the bill for that month to $30, or the same as they’re paying under the current unlimited plan....

A Verizon iPhone is coming soon. No, it's not. Yes, it is. No, it's not. Well, the latest version is that it's not. Verizon Wireless spokesman John Johnson said during an interview with Beet.TV at All Things Digital's D conference that the company has "no plans to carry the iPhone in the immediate future," reports the "Silicon Valley Business Journal" (http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/05/31/daily41.html?a...). Last month "TheStreet" (http://www.thestreet.com/story/10769660/1/apple-verizon-iphone-set-for-h...) reported that Apple has bumped up its iPhone production plans, which include a Verizon iPhone that will be available for the holidays. Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, who has been monitoring the production plans in Asia, said Apple has asked its supply and manufacturing partners to prepare for a production rate of four million iPhones a month by September, a 25% increase. The company has also told its manufacturing partner Asustek to plan on starting full-...

Open Planet Software has introduced Smoovie 1.0 (http://www.openplanetsoftware.com/smoovie), which offers a way for Mac OS X users to create stop motion movies on the Mac and share them. It's designed exclusively for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard") and has support for the Mac's iSight camera and Apple Remote. With Smoovie, you can use the Mac's built-in iSight camera along with the Apple Remote to capture images straight into the app. Onion skinning overlays existing frames with the live video to help make decisions about getting the next frame just right. For users who prefer to capture the action with a digital camera away from the computer, Smoovie can also import images from disk, iPhoto and Aperture. Smoovie's editing tools are modeled after a strip of film. Playback speed can be fine-tuned and both standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) aspect ratios are supported. Smoovie also allows a music soundtrack to be chosen from iTunes. The app features built-in uploading to YouTube and...

RadVision (http://www.RadVision.com), a technology and end-to-end solution provider for unified visual communications, has announced advancements to its Scopia solution, including extending video conferencing data collaboration to the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, providing interoperability with video conferencing systems for data. The new advanced data collaboration is also the first in the video conferencing industry to provide users with extended capabilities with H.239 interoperability, according to RadVision Chief Technology Officer Yair Wiener. RadVision’s new Scopia advanced data collaboration delivers interoperable H.239 based data collaboration with access from the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. With this capability, materials such as presentations, spreadsheets, documents and images shared in a video conference can be viewed on these Apple mobile devices. This advanced data collaboration will be available in RadVision’s Scopia Mobile product offering, a free application...

CreativeBe has released Rucksack 1.1 (http://rucksackapp.com), an update to its archive and file system tool for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. Designed by Apple Design Award Winner Dietmar Kerschner, Rucksack lets users open, create and convert archives, as well as split and combine files. The biggest change in version 1.1 is that users can now open more than one archive at once by dragging the archives onto Rucksack's main window. Also new is the option to remove archives after opening them, either by moving them to the Trash or deleting them immediately. Plus, there's now an option to automatically show output files in Finder when Rucksack has opened an archive. Rucksack costs US$25, though version 1.1 is a free update for registered users. A 14-day demo is available for download.

In a new ChangeWave (http://www.changewave.com) survey of 1,009 smartphone owners who have purchased their phone within the last six months, the iPhone topped the list in customer satisfaction. Seventy-seven percent of new Apple owners said they were very satisfied with their purchase. Motorola came in second with 64% of their customers being very satisfied. Only 7% of iPhone owners said they were very likely to return the device. That compares to 12% for Motorola, 15% of HTC, 18% for Samsung, 21% of RIM and 36% for Palm. With rumors swirling about the release of a new iPhone that can be used on  Verizon's and Sprint's CDMA cellular network, ChangeWave asked respondents whether they’d have still purchased their new smart phone if the iPhone had been available at their cellular service provider at the time of purchase. Nearly one-in-three new smart phone buyers (32%) say they’d have instead bought the iPhone if it had been available at their service provider. Another 29% said they don...

Boinx Software (http://www.boinx.com) has released version 3.5 of FotoMagico, the slideshow creation tool for Mac OS X. The upgrade offers new plug-in support for Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion and Adobe After Effects. FotoMagico 3.5 Pro (including PhotoPresenter 4) is available today for US$149. A multi-license package is also available for $269.

The update to FotoMagico 3.5 is free of charge for existing FotoMagico 3.x owners at their current license levels. A built-in assistant will guide users through the process of acquiring the proper license. Existing FotoMagico 2.x owners at their current license levels can upgrade to FotoMagico 3.5 Pro for $89.

PocketMac has released PlayNice for Mac and Windows systems (http://www.pocketmac.com/PlayNice_for_Mac_and_Windows.php). The US$39.97 software allows the syncing of data back and forth between the two platforms. Unlike subscription services like MobileMe, it's a one-time purchase-and-install, and there are no subscription costs. With PlayNice, Mac and PC users can sync contacts, appointments and Tasks between Outlook on Windows and Address Book/iCal on Mac. "With PlayNice, users can sync between their Mac and their PC," says Tim Goggin of PocketMac. "They can sync between their Mac and their other Mac. They can sync between their two Macs and their PC. They can sync between their two PCs and their Mac. Now they can make sure their data is current on on all their machines. PlayNice also works with Parallels Desktop. That means you can sync between your Mac OS partition and your virtual Windows box. It's simple and automatic." One copy of PlayNice can be installed on up to three...

CS Odessa has released ConceptDraw MindWave (http://www.conceptdraw.com/mindwave), an updated version of its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no charge add-in, which enables users to collaborate with any amount of people, from two to 2000. ConceptDraw MindWave -- compatible with Mac OS X and Windows -- provides teams the opportunity to interactively collaborate on a mind map while building a map structure that represents the focus of collaboration. The mind map can then take full advantage of Google Wave playback and more, according to Olin Reams, general manager for the Americas at CS Odessa. He adds that improved functionality of ConceptDraw MindWave 2: ° A Getting Started mind map on first launch to introduce new users to functionality; ° A horizontal scroll bar for more versatile navigation; ° Automatic hyperlinking of URL topic text; ° The addition of help and privacy resources to gadget; ° New shortcuts and many usability improvements.

iPresentee (http://www.ipresentee.com) has announced iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 to be used with iWeb, Apple's web site building component of its iLife suite. iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 includes five new themes available in standard and flash edition: Clock, Golden, Relax, Architecture and Business World. The new release extends iPresentee's iWeb themes collection up to 70 themes. Each iWeb Theme for Business includes 12 templates: Home, About Us, Services, Support, Clients, Contact Us, Catalog, Presentations, Gallery, Events, Podcast and Blank. They can be customized. iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or higher and iWeb 2.0 (iLife '08) or iWeb 3.0 (iLife '09). Each theme is available for US$10 The set of five new iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 may be purchased for $30. Samples and more information about iWeb Themes for Business 7.0 are available immediately at the iPresentee web site.