Excel Software (http://www.excelsoftware.com) has updated MarketBuddy, a Mac OS X app to automate marketing, to version 2.1. The upgrade adds advanced features to compare, merge, remove duplicates and organize contact records. The tool records the communication history of each email message sent or news release distributed to PR distribution sites. Users can view the time-stamped history log of each contact or search the history to determine which activities are completed and what remains to be done. The MarketBuddy window has Group, Contact, Document, Email and Setup panels. Contact records, assigned to one or more groups, store address, web links, notes plus custom fields, checkboxes and choices. You can import or export data to any database or spreadsheet. You can also: organize and store newsletters, press releases and other text documents; manage email lists with add, remove, collect, clean and sort commands; individually customize and precisely target batch email messages with a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MACTECH MAGAZINE RELEASES "SHAME ON YOU AT&T" POLL RESULTS June 11, 2009 -- San Francisco, CA -- Earlier this week, MacTech launched the ShameOnYouATT.com poll to assess how users in the market perceived AT&T's lack of support for new iPhone technologies. The poll is not scientific, it had approximately 1000 respondents, and clearly points out the perception in the core of the Apple market. The poll results are as follows: Question 1: AT&T: You should be embarrassed for your support. Shame on you. 1. I agree: 97.8% 2. I disagree: 2.2% * Question 2: AT&T is not supporting tethering of the iPhone. This feature is: 1. Not important to me: 4.4% 2. Somewhat useful to me: 25.8% 3. Very important to me: 69.9% * Question 3: AT&T's network is not as robust as other networks. This feature is: 1. Not important to me: 0.7% 2. Somewhat useful to me: 5.5% 3. Very important to me: 93.7% * Question 4: AT&T is not supporting MMS for several months. This...

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...

Servoy (http://www.servoy.com/isv) -- a platform provider for SaaS solutions -- has announced a new release of its SaaS platform: Servoy 4.13. Servoy's platform allows development of hybrid applications -- which can be deployed as SaaS and on-premises through both a browser and a native client -- from a single code base. Servoy applications don't need remote video technology such as Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop to run over the web, according to Servoy CEO Jan Aleman. Servoy applications typically require up to 10x less server resources than applications deployed using Citrix and Remote Desktop, Aleman adds.. Additionally, Servoy addresses some of the problematic issues of remote desktop technologies -- mainly hardware access. "Printing and file system integration is always cumbersome and often requires additional tools and costs," Aleman says. "Servoy's native client technology has built-in capabilities to access any type of connected hardware with direct access to the local...

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 start.

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 sending postcards from your iPhone, go to http://www.hazelmail.com/iphone. Launched in fall 2008...

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 traditional three...

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 (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317700...). Known as DriveSaver, it features a virtual environment that allows you to explore the inner workings of a common hard drive. It simulates various types of hard drive failures using realistic sounds and visuals and includes essential backup and data loss prevention tips. "DriveSaver is a fantastic demonstration tool to help illustrate hard drive data storage technology," says John Christopher, senior data recovery Engineer at DriveSavers. "It's educational, it's functional and it's fun! It might even help you identify problems with a bad hard drive. Anyone who has ever wanted to see inside a hard drive or learn how drives work and why they fail, must try it."

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 simply load the...

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 Apago's online store at http://store.apago.us. "Our technical manuals...

Asigra, a cloud backup and recovery software provider, has announced the Asigra Hybrid Cloud Backup and Recovery platform. The ninth generation Asigra platform brings transformational backup architecture, allowing users to outsource backup to a public cloud, build a private cloud or select a hybrid of the two models. The latest generation offering brings industry firsts in automation, security and efficiency to reduce IT resources spent on mundane backup jobs, allowing redirection of those resources toward more strategic initiatives, according to the folks at Asigra. Traditional approaches to SMB and enterprise backup have not kept up with the exponential data growth, variances in information value and complexities within the IT environment as organizations seek to do more with less. Instead, there has been an unfortunate waste in brainpower and precious resources on backup and recovery when it should be a routine task in today's cloud computing era. Asigra now allows users to...

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.

Envivio has announced iLiveTV (http://www.envivio.com/solutions/ilivetv.php), a mobile video encoding and distribution solution for evaluating, developing and deploying Live and On Demand TV video services for the iPhone. It takes advantage of the new iPhone OS 3.0 mobile video format. According to Envivio CEO Julien Signes, iLiveTV delivers everything mobile operators and content owners need to deliver TV to iPhone users. It includes the Envivio 4Caster C4 world-class video encoding platform, content delivery server software, a web-based Cover Flow iPhone navigation portal, as well as integration and support from the world's most experienced team of mobile TV deployment experts. iLiveTV enables operators to offer iPhone users multiple channels of live broadcast TV over 3G and Wi-Fi networks with home theater quality and premium features such as Catch-up TV, Video on Demand and a client channel guide, Signes says. iLiveTV supports all of the advanced capabilities of the new mobile...

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 player's ability to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MACTECH MAGAZINE OPENS "SHAME ON YOU AT&T" POLL June 8, 2009 -- San Francisco, CA -- Today, in addition to a new iPhone 3GS phone, Apple spoke about iPhone 3.0 software and new features coming. Absent from the announcement is support for features in the United States at the same level as the support in other countries. In an effort for AT&T to understand the ramifications of their decisions, support levels, and more, MacTech Magazine has opened a survey for all to participate in to send AT&T a clear message as to what the community thinks. See http://ShameOnYouATT.com About MacTech Magazine Established in 1984, MacTech Magazine is the only monthly magazine focused on Macintosh at the technical level. Each month, MacTech and MacTech.com is read by 150,000 technical Macintosh users in over 175 countries ... from network administrators to programmers, from solution providers to Enterprise, and in general anyone that's interested in the Macintosh beyond...

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...

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 Schiller, Apple's senior vice...

Other World Computing (OWC) has announced DDR2 800MHz OWC memory upgrades (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade) up to 4GB for Apple's new May 2009 white 13-inch MacBook. Available are: ° OWC 2GB DDR2 800MHz memory module (US$30.99), you can add to the existing 1GB factory chip for 3GB total memory. This upgrade isn't available as a factory option. ° OWC 4GB (2 x 2GB matched memory modules) DDR2 800MHz Memory Kit ($60.99), which is, according to OWC, 39 percent lower cost than factory 4GB upgrades. Additional money savings are available for customers who take advantage of OWC's memory trade-in rebate program, which offers $5 cash back per 1GB of Apple Factory Standard memory module.

The Abvent Group, editor and publisher of Artlantis software (http://www.artlantis.com), has released four new media CDs, which can be used to enhance interior scenes, product designs, and technical illustrations. These latest additions bring to 27 the total number of Artlantis Media CDs available. The Antique Furniture CD contains 49 textured 3D models. The featured furniture styles range from baroque to neo-classic to rustic. The Bathroom & Spa CD includes 120 textured 3D models of furniture and equipment for spas and bathrooms. The Modern Furniture CD contains 120 detailed and fully textured 3D models of modern furniture and electronics products. Rounding out the new collection is the Office Furniture CD, which includes 240 detailed and fully textured 3D models of various objects that can be used to breathe life into office visualizations. A drag and drop is all it takes to place these objects in Artlantis scenes for presentations. The newest Artlantis Media CDs were all...

SONiVOX (http://www.sonivoxmi.com), a virtual instrument manufacturer, has released its latest virtual plug-in instrument, SoundStage. It's designed to provide a comprehensive standard palette of instruments for composers, home studio enthusiasts, songwriters, educators, live musicians, or anyone looking to expand their instrumental palette. SoundStage features over 200 instruments based loosely off of the GM GS spec including, drums, keyboards, guitars, basses, synths, ethnic percussion, orchestral instruments and much more, all master programmed by legendary sound designer Jennifer Hruska. The software comes equipped with its own virtual instrument engine complete with a selection of special effects by SONiVOX and iZotope, including Chorus, Delay, Reverb, and EQ, as well as easy to use filter and envelope controls section enabling the user easy sculpting of sounds. SoundStage has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of US$99. It's compatible with both Mac and PC systems as a...

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 master...

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 US$10 and US$20.

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 :

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, Vectorworks Landmark, Vectorworks Spotlight, Vectorworks Machine Design, Vectorworks Fundamentals, and Renderworks. For a product-by-product breakdown of all the new version 2009 improvements, and to see some of these features in action, go...