Bayhoff Software (http://bayhoff.4t.com/)has released AllCalc 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's an all-in-one compilation of several frequently used calculators, including calculators for Tips, Sales Tax, Sale Price, Amortized Mortgages, Body Mass Index (BMI), and Wages. Also included are over 45 unit conversions. AllCalc costs US$4.99 and is available at the Apple App Store.

ATTO Technology (http://www.attotech.com) is shipping the ExpressSAS H608 and ExpressSAS H680, which the company says is the industry's only 6GB SAS/SATA host adapters, to select OEMs and partners. Leveraging PCI Express 2.0 and 6-Gb SAS speeds, the H608 and H680 deliver the fastest available connection to SAS/SATA storage (up to 8GB/second full-duplex), say the folks at ATTO. ATTO's next-generation ExpressSAS H608 and H680 offer native x8 PCIe 2.0 to 6-Gb SAS/SAS2.0/SATA/SATA II connectivity, ensuring compatibility with the latest in SAS and SATA technology. The ExpressSAS H608 offers eight internal lanes of connectivity and the H680 offers eight external lanes of connectivity, each providing up to 1200 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput per lane. Available in a low-profile form factor to fit all physical server environments, ExpressSAS 6-Gb host adapters feature full driver support for Mac, Windows and Linux environments, and are backwards compatible with 3GB SAS and SATA...

Eye Scream Factory (http://www.eyescreamfactory.com), a Boston-based team providing automation design templates and royalty-free content for media hobbyists and professionals, has announced the availability of Eye Scream Factory DVD Clips, royalty-free animated backgrounds designed specifically for DVD menus. Backgrounds include Fire, Rain, Snow, Fog, Bubbles, Caustics, Curtains, and a variety of multi-purpose content for DVD projects. Each clip is provided as a 20-second QuickTime movie compatible with most any DVD authoring, video editing, or compositing software application. Twenty-four animated backgrounds are available immediately in NTSC and PAL format for US$9.99 per clip.

Freeverse has released Burning Monkey Casino, a casino game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It features seven different games in one app: Video Poker, Slots, Blackjack, Money Wheel, Pachino, Scratch-N-Win Lotto and 3 Card Monty. Here's how Burning Monkey Casino is described: "The games take full advantage of the iPhone's capabilities - a Money Wheel you spin with a swipe, a Pachinko game you can influence with a tilt, and a Scratch-N-Win lottery ticket you scratch off with your finger. In addition to 18 varieties of video poker, nine types of slot machines, and Blackjack with 1-8 decks, this casino also comes with a lounge act and stand-up comedian." Burning Monkey Casino is available immediately for $0.99 from at the Apple App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=295768...

Lexmark has introduced its X658 family of monochrome laser multifunction products (MFPs), which is targeted at the A4 letter-size (8.5 inch x 11 inch) office segment. Prices start at US$3,7994 for the Lexmark X658de, X658dme, X658dfe, X658dte, X658dtme and X658dtfe. The models deliver up to 55 prints, copies or scans per minute. Some models offer integrated finishing capabilities including a StapleSmart II finisher model to staple multiple sets of documents up to 50 pages each, or users can organize output with the four-bin, illuminated mailbox configuration. The MFPs also feature an input capacity of up to 2,300 sheets, workflow capabilities with scan destinations and formats, and fax with time-saving functions, such as fax forwarding. A large-capacity 80GB hard drive offers expanded functionality. The Lexmark X658 family also features Lexmark's e-Task color touch screen. Processes that involve multiple steps on competitive devices are purportedly reduced to the single touch of an...

Memopal (http://www.memopal.com) has released the iPhone version of its data storage and remote access software (online backup and storage) in both business and consumer versions. It includes preview and sharing functionality. "Smartphone users are now used to having permanent access to email, calendar and social networking applications on the move," Mempal CEO Marco Trombetti says. "We want to enhance the experience further, allowing the user to access all their files. Even if their computer at home or at work is turned off. A single account to manage all of your computers, past or present". Memopal for iPhone is available from the Apple App Store and is free for all Memopal customers. Memopal synchronizes your computer files, or only the folders you decide to back up, across all platforms (Mac OS X, Windows and Linux). With Memopal for iPhone, you can preview files and share them with friends and colleagues. If you already use Memopal on your computer, you can begin using the iPhone...

FMF International (http://www.fmfapparel.com), a motor sports driven apparel brand, has launched their US$129.95 FMF Element Ride Jacket with "juiced-up" iPod power controls. Utilizing advanced electronics, FMF has integrated an iPod control system from Fibretronic into the sleeve of the jacket. The controls provide full iPod command so that tunes can be accessed from the sleeve of the jacket -- all with the iPod tucked away inside the jacket. Utilizing a patented control system from Fibretronic, the iPod power controls operate a five-button keypad with multiple capabilities including play/pause, track forward, track back, volume up and volume down. This self-powered system requires no batteries and supports all iPod players with dock connectors including the iPod nano, iPod touch and third generation or later iPod classic. The jacket is constructed to withstand the elements of rain, snow and wind. It sports a 600 mm PU coated shell, placket covered main zipper with Velcro closure,...

Relevant Logic has released (I)Real OOP with REALbasic(/a), a book designed to get you off to a running start learning Object Oriented Programming using the REALbasic programming language. It's written by Guyren G Howe, a long-time REALbasic developer, and a regular presenter on "Object Oriented Programming at the REAL World" conference. Purchasers of the beta downloadable version will get a discount on the purchase price (US$20 during the beta period; $25 thereafter), free updates through the release, a discount on the printed version when it is made available, and the ability to influence the final version of the book by contributing to discussion of its content. The final version is expected in early 2009. The book is about 30,000 words, or 150 pages. Purchase is available via Google Checkout, at http://relevantlogic.com/oop-book/about-the-oop-book.php There are three sections. The first is a walk-through tutorial showing the development of an example application. The second is a...

Eye-Fi Inc. (http://www.eye.fi) has announced a new, limited edition card -- the Eye-Fi Anniversary Edition -- to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. Like the Eye-Fi Share, the Anniversary Edition wirelessly sends photos from a digital camera to a computer and to one of more than 25 online photo sharing sites. The card comes in Eye-Fi's original slide-out package and is available only at Costco.com for US$99 to club members, or on the Eye-Fi web site for $129, while supplies last. The card can be upgraded post purchase to include additional features, such as automatic geotagging and hotspot access.

Native Instruments has introduced True Strike Tension, a new Kore Soundpack with percussion sounds that are specifically designed to add mystery and tension to cinematic film scores and similar musical styles. Created in collaboration with renowned sound design company, ProjectSAM, the production-ready sound material in True Strike Tension offers the sound shaping and browsing features in Kore 22 and the free Kore Player. True Strike Tension is built on studio-quality sample material that has been selected from ProjectSAM's "True Strike 2" library. It draws upon various percussion instruments from Africa, Japan and the Middle East, including the Kenkeni, Darabuka, Bendir, Okedo-Daiko and others. The sound shaping and preset morphing features in Kore 2 and Kore Player allow producers to adjust and animate all sounds in True Strike Tension, and make them better fit the dramatic requirements of any given scene. The included metadata also makes True Strike Tension integrate with any...

QuickerTek has announced the MacBook External Battery/Charger (http://www.quickertek.com/products/macbook_charger.php) for the 15- and 17-inch Apple MacBook laptops. This US$449.95 product charges and or powers the notebooks with up to 10 additional hours of power. I QuickerTek built MagSafe compatibility into the MacBook External Battery/Charger. Standard MagSafe connectors are supplied with the Battery/Charger, so users don't have to do anything different to gain additional battery power, Rick Estes of QuickerTek says. MacBook users can monitor the available battery power using the Apple battery charge indicator. While the stock MacBookrecharges in five hours using the Apple AC wall adapter, the MacBook External Battery/Charger recharges in only three hours, according to Estes. It measures 9 x 6 x 1 inches and weighs five pounds.

Imagine Products (http://www.ImagineProducts.com/) has updated P2 Log Pro the Mac, featuring support for the new Panasonic AVC-Intra Codec. The key benefit of the P2 Log Pro software is the ability toy preview and log clips. It can also repair damaged or missing components of P2 card contents. P2 Log Pro works with P2 formats ranging from DVCPRO HD to DV and now supports the new 10-bit AVC-Intra codec as well. In addition to viewing clip thumbnails, users can instantly play clips up to full screen, shot mark specific clips, edit a clip's metadata (support for multiple languages included) including the text memo field, print, and export selected clips to Final Cut Pro with complete metadata. AVC-Intra is Panasonic's new codec that uses an intra-frame compression system. It complies with the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 international standard based on advanced motion-image compression technology. Panasonic's AJ-HPX3700/HPX3000/HPX2700/HPX2000/HPX2100 camera-recorders let you record and play back in...

Boinx Software has announced BoinxTV 1.0, a live?production software for video podcasters that turns any recent Mac into a TV studio. BoinxTV is an audiovisual mixing application for recording video podcasts, sports events, concerts, interviews, sermons, lectures, seminars and more using just your Mac and up to three cameras. Its interface allows a single person to operate BoinxTV during the recording session, says Boinx CEO Oliver Breidenbach. After the starting of BoinxTV, the user can choose from the many predefined templates, or one he previously created, making it easy to produce, for example, a news show. In education, BoinxTV opens new horizons for school TV whether students are recording a sport event or setting up an interview with two cameras, Breidenbach says. In enterprise, BoinxTV can be used by sales managers who want to address their staff in a weekly podcast, he adds. And because it runs on a MacBook Pro it can be used in the field as well as in a studio. BoinxTV uses...

IK Multimedia is shipping T-RackS 3 (http://www.t-racks.com), the company's Mac compatible, high-end mixing and mastering suite. It sports nine analog-modeled and digital Dynamics/EQ processors. According to the folks at IK, T-RackS 3 offers a full suite of classic tube-toned and transparent digital mixing and mastering tools for every step in the recording process. It combines new processors modeled after tube and analog gear, cutting-edge digital processors, and upgraded versions of the original T-RackS models. A new modular processing chain provides fast navigation and A-B-C-D compare options, and a new complete metering section makes it easy to view every aspect of the final mix, the company says. The standalone version offers pro editing features such as the ability to write fades, automation and batch processing. Included in the box are both plug-in and standalone versions, offering users unprecedented value. T-RackS 3 is now available from IK's online store and international...

Oakley and Surfline have teamed up to release Surf Report for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's designed to help you "find the best waves." Surf Report is available at the Apple App Store (http://apple.com/iphone/appstore/). It provides users with live surf and weather information for thousands of beaches around the world. Thanks to the iPhone's GPS, you can find and research all your local beaches. Surf Report integrates multiple web services from Surfline (surf and weather) and Oakley (community news). It implements a theme by Mark Jardine from Oakley for many of the iPhone software development kit elements. Surf Report uses the iPhone's GPS to find local beaches and touch interactions to give it a native iPhone feel.

Griffin Technology (http://www.griffintechnology.com) has released updated versions of their TuneBuds Mobile and SmartTalk audio solutions for the iPhone and iPod. TuneBuds Mobile and SmartTalk are now both equipped with inline microphones compatible with iPhone, iPod nano 4G, iPod touch 2G and iPod classic 120 GB. TuneBuds Mobile (US$39.99) offers earphones with buds designed to fit the ear snugly. They have washable ear cushions in a selection of sizes, and conform to the ear. Built-in is Griffin's ControlMic, a high-sensitivity microphone and control button. The TuneBuds Mobile cord is made of nylon braiding. SmartTalk ($19.99) is a headphone adapter solution with the same icrophone and control button features as TuneBuds Mobile, but which allows users to plug in their own favorite earphones. The ControlMic button allows Play, Pause, and Skip forward controls. SmartTalk features a 30-inch cable sheathed in nylon braiding.

Web Help Desk (http://www.webhelpdesk.com, a Mac OS X web-based help desk software solution from MacsDesign Studio, now integrates with LANrev Client Manager, a cross-platform client and patch management software suite. Automated imports of LANrev's reliable asset discovery data into the Web Help Desk provide support personnel with up-to-date hardware and software details for the computer identified in the service desk ticket. If additional software license management analysis is required or software patches need to be deployed, Web Help Desk provides instant, asset-specific accessibility to the the LANrev Admin application, according to MacsDesign Vice President Terry Siddall. Web Help Desk's integration with LANrev Client Manager makes initiating an LANrev desktop control session a simple mouse click away, he adds. From within a Web Help Desk ticket or asset search, support professionals can instantly access all of LANrev's features and benefits.

Epson America (http://www.epson.com) has announced its PowerLite Home Cinema 700. The latest in Epson's line of 3LCD home theater projectors, the Home Cinema 700 offers 720p high definition resolution for US$799. Featuring 3LCD technology for brilliant high-definition widescreen images and video with amazing detail and no possibility of color break-up or distracting "rainbow effect," the Home Cinema 700 offers movie theater-like images with up to 2,000 lumens of brightness, seven pre-set color modes and HDMI connectivity, says Marge Ang, senior product manager, Epson America. She adds that additional features of the Home Cinema 700 benefitting today's general AV consumers and do-it-yourself markets include: ° Easy set-up and installation with the Epson Universal Mount and 1.2x optical zoom; ° Instant On, Instant Off technology allows for no waiting time to start or shut-down projector; ° The ability to share photos and slideshows on the big screen via the USB 2.0 connection or SD...

Apeer (http://www.apeer.com), an all-in-one group communication and collaboration application for digital media, will debut its Mac version of Apeer Professional at the Henry Stewart DAM Conference in Los Angeles this week at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. Apeer Professional is a new vehicle for communicating with employees, customers, business partners, suppliers, vendors and other constituents by enabling synchronous and instant multi-user, participatory exchanges where all parties can simultaneously view photos, hear music, and see videos in real time over the Internet -- all in one window. Apeer also provides conversational tools with built-in voice and chat. Apeer Professional for PCs was launched in May at the Henry Stewart New York 2008 Digital Asset Management & Marketing Operations Symposium. You'll have to contact Apeer for pricing.

MacPractice (http://www.macpractice.com) has released MacPractice Kiosk Interface with signature pad for users of MacPractice MD, MacPractice DDS, MacPractice DC, and MacPractice 20/20. MacPractice Kiosk is a customizable solution for a paperless practice that makes registration, health history, HIPAA, consent, treatment acceptance, and all other patient forms available for completion and signature by patients electronically on a Kiosk computer in a doctor's office. After the patient electronically signs their forms on a Mac computer designated to operate as a kiosk, the forms are automatically incorporated into their Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or Electronic Dental Record (EMR/EDR) in MacPractice. Virtually any paper form may be recreated in electronic format in MacPractice EMR/EDR and made available for completion by the patient on the Kiosk computer. MacPractice Kiosk is available to users of MacPractice 3.5 for use with MacPractice EMR or MacPractice EDR through Dec. 31,...

Red Giant Software (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com) -- publisher of the Magic Bullet, Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode products -- has introduced Red Giant Warp (US$199), which lets you generate shadows and reflections and work with distorted video. The three plug-ins in the Warp toolset give users control over shadows, reflections and corner point warps. The Shadow tool renders realistic shadows for text or subjects shot on greenscreen, while the Reflection tool creates mirror-like reflections. The Corner Pin tool includes features for working with warped images, importing tracking data from Mocha for After Effects, and adding secondary transforms and motion blur. Warp includes features such as dual-warp corner pinning with full motion blur support, 3D shadows with user-definable bending effects, and reflection compositing. With these effects, users can generate these realistic without complex compositing tricks, according to the folks at Red Giant Software. Warp supports After...

Game developer PiddlePup Games (http://www.piddlepup.com) has released Majestic Forest for the Mac. It costs US$19.99 and is available for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.The game has 60 levels and six characters from which to choose. Here's how the game is described: "Explore the secrets of the Majestic Forest to discover what happened to the Forest Mother. Collect magical talisman and solve the many puzzles to find your way through the forest. Majestic Forest features 60 beautifully detailed levels to explore, magical potions, and challenging puzzles."

Aquafadas (http://www.aquafadas.com/) has released VideoPier and VideoPier HD 1.1. The VideoPier family of products is aimed at videographers who own MPEG-2 or AVCHD camcorders and who struggle with these video formats on their Mac. VideoPier and VideoPier HD are designed to make it very easy to transfer clips from these camcorders to a central location on their Mac, without requiring any conversion, without any loss in quality. The clips appear grouped by Events in the VideoPier user interface, ready to be viewed, organized and converted to any format. VideoPier handles data that has already been copied to disk and will let you access all your clips In addition, VideoPier HD lets you capture HDV material directly from tape based HDV camcorders. VideoPier comes with ae set of export functionality, to iMovie 06/08, iPhone, QuickTime and Final Cut (VideoPier HD only). Version 1.1: ° Adds support for the Elgato Turbo.264 encoding device; ° Adds support for a category of camcorders...