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Aug 13
Onset announces new version of web-based monitoring software
Onset Computer Corporation, the "HOBO" data logger company, today announced a new version of HOBOlink, the company's web-based energy and environmental monitoring software. Compatible with the company's HOBO U30 GSM and Wi-Fi-based Remote Monitoring Systems, HOBOlink provides 24/7 web access to energy usage and environmental data. The new version provides a number of new features designed to help users manage their monitoring applications, including: ° Expanded data scaling that provides users with more options for scaling energy and environmental data so it can be viewed in real-world measurement units. This includes linear and pulse scaling, which allows scaling for kWh, kW, or for any device data that is output in electronic pulses. ° Enhanced rainfall graphs, which enables users to display hourly and daily rainfall totals for the last day, week or month. ° A signal strength indicator, which displays signal strength so users can confirm that their HOBO U30 systems have strong...
Aug 13
Final Draft announces Big Break International Screenwriting
Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft, the #1-selling scriptwriting software, announces jury members for its 9th annual Big Break International Screenplay Contest. These stellar jury members represent award-winning writers and development executives. They will judge the top-10 scripts in September, and the top-three winners will be announced at an awards event in October. The 2008 judges are * Dana Stevens--Writer: Life or Something Like It; For Love of the Game; City of Angels * Benderspink management/production--A History of Violence; The Ring; Red Eye * Blake Snyder--author: Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need * Bruce Feirstein--Writer: The World is Not Enough; Tomorrow Never Dies; GoldenEye The Big Break contest is an annual, global screenwriting competition designed to promote emerging creative talent. The winner is awarded $15,000 cash plus meetings with industry professionals and a year-long mentorship through CineStory. Now in its ninth year...
Aug 13
Net Nanny for Mac to be powered by Intego
Intego (http://www.intego.com), the Macintosh security specialist has announced that it has partnered with ContentWatch Inc. to provide a Macintosh parental control solution for the company's Net Nanny product line. Intego will produce a version of Net Nanny for Macintosh based on its technology and content-filtering engine. "We're very happy that ContentWatch has chosen our technology," said Laurent Marteau, Intego's CEO. "We have a long experience with parental control software, and our content-filtering engine is recognized as the best for Mac. We're looking forward to working closely with ContentWatch on Net Nanny for Mac." "In response to our customers' requests and the rapid growth of the Mac market, we felt we needed to extend our top-rated range of parental control solutions to Mac OS X," said Jack Sunderlage, president and CEO of ContentWatch. "It was clear that Intego was the best partner to work with, given their experience, the quality of their technology and their...
Aug 13
MacProVideo releases Sibelius tutorial
MacProVideo (http://www.macProVideo.com), a supplier of software tutorial-videos, has released a new three-hour Sibelius tutorial called "Sibelius 101: Core Sibelius." Sibelius is an application for any musician that needs to create custom scores and lead sheets. In this new tutorial by veteran educator Gary Atkins, you'll learn how to create complex scores and musical arrangements using Sibelius. Entering notes, creating chords, navigating your arrangement and printing lead sheets are topics that are covered in fine detail. You'll also learn how to format your lead sheets. Sibelius 101: Core Sibelius is available on for Direct Download or on DVD-ROM for US$49.50, exclusively at macProVideo.com. Until Aug. 19, you can save 15 percent off the cover price of this tutorial using the following coupon code: 08sibeliusnews15
Aug 13
KeynoteUser releases new Gradient Pack 08 Theme Set
KeynoteUser(http://www.keynoteuser.com ) has releasedGradient Pack '08, an US$12.95 "theme pack for lazy people." It contains six brightly colored, gradient backed themes in all the standard and HD presentation sizes. It comes with matching charts and objects, and utilizes the Keynote 08 image placeholder system. Gradient Pack '08 was built and priced so that Keynote users in any budget can add a little color to their presentations. Gradient Pack '08 requires iWork 08 (Keynote specifically)
Aug 13
Eye-Fi, SmugMug offer free geotagging for digital pictures
Eye-Fi (http://www.eye.fi), which makes a wireless memory card for digital cameras, and SmugMug (http://www.smugmug.com), an online photo sharing site, announced a partnership that will provide free geotagging and hotspot access for SmugMug members using an Eye-Fi Share card or original Eye-Fi Card. The Eye-Fi cards automatically upload pictures from a digital camera to a computer and to the web for photo sharing. For a limited time, Eye-Fi Share and Eye-Fi Card users who choose SmugMug for photo sharing will receive one year of free hotspot access, allowing photo uploads on-the-go from more than 10,000 Wayport hotspots, and geotagging, which automatically adds geographic information to each photo to indicate where the image was taken. "SmugMug users who have Eye-Fi cards love how easy it is to upload photos and share those memories in cool ways on our site. Our photo map has become extremely popular and sets us apart from other online sharing sites," said Chris MacAskill, president...
Aug 13
65bit Software releases EasyCatalog Module
65bit Software (http://www.65bit.com) has launched the latest version of their database publishing solution for Adobe InDesign, EasyCatalog. EasyCatalog increases InDesign productivity by providing dynamic, two-way, linking of data from a CSV file, XML structure or ODBC database to text or images in InDesign documents. EasyCatalog CS3 3.0.7 adds support for a new module that allows users to work with complex, structured, data. "We're constantly developing EasyCatalog to make it the most powerful and flexible database publishing solution for Adobe InDesign," said Mark Haden, Director of 65bit Software. "Since its launch in 2003, EasyCatalog has been used to create catalogs, brochures and price lists in over thirty countries around the world. One of the biggest problems has always been how we import complex structured data that's stored in a relational database such as MySQL. This latest module overcomes this by allowing the user to reproduce their database structure in EasyCatalog and...
Aug 13
HyperOffice introduces HyperMeeting
HyperOffice (http://www.hyperoffice.com) has introduced HyperMeeting, a web conferencing tool for small and mid-sized businesses. HyperMeeting supports integrated audio, online application sharing, presentations, file sharing, whiteboard, network-based recording, remote control, and other built-in tools. Unlike other online meeting services where only the presenter controls the meeting, any HyperMeeting attendee may share any desktop, switch on the built-in recording capabilities and control other meeting functions. "This makes HyperMeeting ideal for sales conferences, webinars, online seminars and project meetings where anyone can contribute a great idea," says Farzin Arsanjani, president of HyperOffice. "You can fire up customer service and live tech support on the fly. Or collaborate with large audiences spread across the globe." HyperMeeting integrates with HyperOffice, an award-winning suite of web-based applications that make it easier for owners, employees, clients, partners...
Aug 13
Tesline-Service announces Rohos Logon Key 1.1 for Mac OS X
Tesline-Service SRL, is a small software company specializing in PC security solutions today announced that it's Rohos Logon Key - authentication solution supports Mac OS X Tiger and Mac OS X Leopard. The solution provides a hardware-based authentication. You can access your Mac with the hardware USB key. The Mac is protected but you don't need to enter your password manually each time you unlock your Mac; You can automatically lock your Mac screen when the USB Key is unplugged; unlocking your Mac with a USB token is fully automatic and fast. "Tesline-Service continually works to provide to its valued customers with the best solution to protect their Mac. Rohos Logon Key 1.1 is not just a desktop locker anymore like 1.0 has been, but an authentication solution" said Alexander Silonosov, general manager, Tesline-Service. "As the unique software developer, Tesline-Service is pleased to announce support for Mac's latest operating system." The program enables users to access Mac in an...
Aug 12
Storyist Software releases Storyist 1.4
Storyist Software, a developer of creative writing tools for Mac OS X, today announced the release of Storyist 1.4, an update to their popular story development tool for novelists and screenwriters. Storyist 1.4 incorporates many user-requested features, including a new formatting inspector window, the ability to read and write additional formats, enhancements to import and export functions, and new text tools. "Our writers are a diverse group," says Steve Shepard, CEO of Storyist Software. "We listened carefully to their requests and expanded the software's capabilities accordingly. The result is a tool that works even more effectively with a variety of workflows." Highlights of the release include: ° The Inspector: A new floating Inspector panel offers quick access to text, style, and document formatting properties. ° New File Formats: Storyist now provides converters for the Microsoft Word .docx and Open Office .odt file formats (Leopard only) and the Final Draft .fcf format, in...
Aug 12
CommuniGate Systems delivers Pronto! Unified Communications
CommuniGate Systems (http://www.communigate.com) has announced the availability of Pronto! 2.2, the latest version of its powerful, yet lightweight Unified Communications user interface framework. Pronto! is built with Adobe Flex 3, and deployed in the browser with the Adobe Flash Player and to the desktop with Adobe AIR. Pronto! 2.2 provides network operators with a client framework to deliver VAS (Value Added Services) for Rich Media Communications and advanced collaboration for Unified Communications in the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. The CommuniGate Pro Unified Communications platform is a multi-tenant hosting solution for Network Operators providing Unified Communication in the SaaS model. CommuniGate Pronto! is a web 2.0 client that unifies all forms of communications together with a framework that allows expansion or new applications to snap into the server or UI as modules. The new features within Pronto! 2.2 allow carriers to build modular services e.g....
Aug 12
Ubermind unveils Maperture, a geotagging plug-in for Aperture
Ubermind (http://www.ubermind.com) has released Maperture, its first plug-in for Aperture, Apple's software for professional photographers. It's am edit plug-in for Aperture that lets you geotag your photos a snap. With Maperture you can geotag a few images, or your entire library. In conjunction with the launch of Maperture, Ubermind is also releasing an updated version of its Aperture to Picasa Web Albums plug-in. Version 1.4.2 capitalizes on Maperture's capabilities by adding support for uploading geotagged images to Google's photo sharing service.
Aug 12
Microsoft offers special student, teacher pricing for Office for
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is packed with tools and features that aid in every aspect of the learning process for all students. The new suite allows students to create great-looking reports and presentations with ease as well as study tools to use on an iPod or iPhone. Several aspects of everyday coursework can cause stress for students, however, a recent education-based study* shows how Office 2008 for Mac can simplify students' work. Fact: Today, nearly half of all college students in the United States use both a Mac and a PC to complete their schoolwork, and a majority of students feel it's important to be able to share and edit documents on both platforms. Simplified with Office for Mac. The new suite addresses students' need to confidently share Office documents that are the same on either platform. Office 2008 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system share core technologies, including Office Open XML-based file formats and OfficeArt. Fact: More than 75 percent of surveyed college...
Aug 12
Yazsoft releases ShareTool update
Yazsoft i(http://www.yazsoft.com) has release a new version (1.2.2) of ShareTool. Developed for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, ShareTool is hands down, the fastest, easiest, and most secure way to access all of your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world. No server or technical skills required. Just a simple mouse click. Also works with VPN connections. For anyone that's been itching to get Bonjour working over VPN, ShareTool is for you! ShareTool lets you access all of the Bonjour services on your home network from anywhere in the world. This includes iTunes Music Sharing, Screen Sharing, File Sharing, printing, and more. With ShareTool, you can listen to your entire iTunes music library at work, control the screen of any of your home computers, or grab that important file you forgot to bring with you. And this is simply the tip of the iceberg. With ShareTool, it's as if you've never left your own network. Some Key New Features in ShareTool: * Simple Setup: ShareTool automatically...
Aug 12
Follow the Olympics on your iPhone with Fandora's Box
Marvel Apps, LLC is proud to announce the release of the first product from the Fandora's Box franchise, the 2008 Summer Games iPhone and iPod touch application (http://www.marvelapps.com/index.php/products/summergames). The application provides medal standings for all participating countries, news native to the app, events schedule and results. Track your country's medal performance and see who is dominating the Olympics with the touch of your finger. It is available today in Apple's App Store in the Sports and Entertainment categories. In addition to this application, the Fandora's Box franchise consists of a website of the same name that is currently in beta development with a production release target of September 1, 2008. The site is the place for fans to go inside to get news, photos, forums, and other information about their favorite players and teams. Make your personal Fandora's Box and keep track of 'My Players' and 'My Teams' in one easy to navigate site. Sign up today....
Aug 12
slide:ology is new book from O'Reilly
No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, chances are you're required to deliver visual presentations to your peers, boss, or your customers. Indeed, presentations have become the de facto business communication tool. Yet unlike verbal communication, thinking visually isn't easy, natural, or commonly taught in schools or business training programs. Fortunately, O'Reilly's newest release--slide:ology ($34.99)--fills that void. This highly anticipated resource is written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design in Mountain View, CA, the firm that created the presentation for "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's Oscar-winning film. Combining conceptual thinking and inspirational design, slide:ology offers practical approaches on how to create ideas, translate them into pictures, display them well, and then deliver them in your own natural way. "A great slideshows is determined by the type of interaction a presenter has with their slides" declares Nancy Duarte. "If...
Aug 12
Ubermind announces iLightr for iPhone
Ubermind, Inc. today unveiled iLightr (http://www.ilightr.com), a new entertainment application released exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. By harnessing the iPhone's revolutionary user interface, iLightr creates the most realistic virtual lighter experience available for any mobile device. Seattle, Washington - Ubermind, Inc. today unveiled iLightr, a compelling new entertainment application released exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. By harnessing the iPhone's revolutionary user interface, iLightr creates the most realistic virtual lighter experience available for any mobile device. "Understanding the unique features of the iPhone has allowed us to produce a particularly captivating app," said Bryan Hansen, iLightr's Lead Developer. "Our obsessive attention to detail is what separates iLightr from other entertainment apps currently available." Rather than a static image or stale, unchanging video loop of a flame, iLightr combines high-resolution OpenGL graphics (...
Aug 12
Macvide announces VideoFlash Converter 1.7 for Mac OS X
Macvide (http://www.macvide.com/ ) has announced VideoFlash Converter 1.7, their video to Flash conversion utility for Mac OS X. Developed specifically for Mac users, VideoFlash Converter allows conversion of QuickTime compatible video to Adobe (Macromedia) Flash SWF and FLV files. The most popular formats are supported, including AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, ASF, DivX and more. VideoFlash Converter offers an easy-to-use interface that guides the user through the conversion process. The application automatically provides ideal default settings, as well as offers the flexibility to crop video, set duration, adjust quality, and control many other audio/video preferences. Feature highlights include: * Convert all popular video formats, including AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, ASF, and DivX * Choose between FLV or SWF output formats * Modify resolution, frame rate, video and audio bit rates, width, and height for particular needs * Crop videos to remove black sides * Preview your video from the first to...
Aug 12
Sonnet serves up 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Cards
Sonnet Technologies, a leader in upgrades and useful accessories for Apple Mac desktop, server, and notebook computers, announces the introduction of the Presto Gigabit PCIe Server PCI Express network adapter card and the Presto Gigabit PCI-X Server network adapter card. These Sonnet cards add two Gigabit Ethernet ports to any compatible computer, offer enhanced performance through support for jumbo packet data transfers and link aggregation, and deliver improved reliability with transparent failover protection in case a cable gets disconnected or a port fails. Presto Gigabit PCIe Server features a native PCI Express x4 host bus interface for maximum performance in most recent computers, while Presto Gigabit PCI-X Server features a 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X host bus interface for maximum performance and even wider compatibility in older computers. Both Presto Gigabit Server network adapter cards deliver enhanced networking support in compatible computers and gigabit speeds over common CAT...
Aug 11
August MacBUS Meeting to Focus on Automator in Leopard
The next meeting of The Macintosh Business Users Society of Greater Philadelphia (MacBUS) will be held on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at 6:45 pm. With Automator in Leopard, there is now more reason than ever before to begin automating time consuming and repetitive tasks on your Mac. Join Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, and author of "Automator for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Visual QuickStart Guide," as we explore Automator's potential, discuss its benefits, and learn how to use Automator to automate tasks in your own unique workflow, giving you more time to focus on being creative. We will also take a look at Automator's new features in Leopard, including its ability automate virtually any Mac OS X application by recording your manual tasks, and then playing them back as part of a workflow. Anyone looking to get started with Automator, and anyone interested in learning more about Automator's new Leopard-specific features, will not want to miss this presentation. Ben...
Aug 11
Lenova, Intel release Summer Games widget
Lenovo and Intel have released a free mobile widget focused on the summer games for iPhone, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry users available via mobile browsers at http://Lenovo.zumobi.com. The new widget, powered by Zumobi, showcases content from Lenovo's "Voices" and "Olympic Podium" websites, keeping mobile users in touch with athletes and news coming in from Beijing. For those who have used Zumobi previously, the new app features its "Zumobi 4" interface, an on-phone Tile gallery and has a smaller foot print for quicker movement -- and for the first time is available for the iPhone.
Aug 11
Discarded online, free MMO beat-em-up launches
Discarded Online is now in open beta at http://discarded.gamedozer.com . Discarded is a mix of beat-em-up, RPG, and card game where the action is king rather than the grind. Both during beta and after launch Discarded Online will be free to play. After beta, players will be able to purchase in game equipment, clothing, and items to aid them, but such purchases will not be required. Leveling in the game has taken a unique approach, with players able to change their stats at the start of each game. Items in the game temporarily use stats you assign, so while one mission may be best suited for hard power slugging, the next may have you focusing on defense and abilities. Form a team of up to 4 players from all over the world and go on a huge number of missions with variable level of difficulty, equip dozens of items, dozens of different clothing accessories, and of course slay a multitude of beasts. Discarded is a child-safe game with only animated violence and no blood, gore, or...
Aug 11
Oncore develops 6-Bay battery charger designed for classroom
A leading supplier of replacement power products for the education market, Oncore Power Systems today announced it has developed a 6-Bay Charger specifically for Apple MacBook and iBook computers that recharges up to six batteries. Oncore is also introducing a power upgrade kit that includes the 6-Bay Charger and six replacement batteries, specifically intended to give new life to older classroom computers. The new 6-Bay Charger is designed to serve a need within the education market where laptop usage in the K- 12 classrooms has grown steadily over the past 15 years. Students first began using Apple computers in the classroom back in 1983 when Apple offered every classroom in California a free computer. Today classrooms across the U.S use laptops and teachers have incorporated the technology into their lesson plans. In classrooms, students work at their desks with laptops, many of which are older models still using original batteries. With new batteries offering a maximum of 3 hours...
Aug 11
BVS to unveil new dual-band transmitter at WiMAX World
Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc, continues to Clarify RF by releasing the latest reptile in the growing family of stimulus transmitters used around the globe for drive-study analysis. The engineering team at Berkeley will showcase the Tortoise a high power stimulus transmitter containing ultra-clean, Class A amplifiers for simultaneous, dual-band independent transmissions from one portable unit. Quad cooling fans keep Tortoise cool, while the internal dual amplifiers simultaneously transmit up to 45 watts each allowing for more efficient drive-studies to be conducted within two distinct bands. Tortoise is easily controlled directly from the unit's top panel or through the ethernet, USB or RS-232 ports using the supplied remote control PC software. The unit has built-in over-voltage protection, forward and reverse power measurement as well as internal and external temperature measurements. Unique to the Tortoise will be an optional WiMAX modulator allowing users to simulate a...
Aug 11
Dragon Forged introduces Trivial 1.0 for iPhone, iPod touch
Dragon Forged Software has released Trivial 1.0 (http://trivial.dragonforged.com), a trivia game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Trivial is the core application for a suite of trivia games, including General Knowledge, Sports, and Pop Culture. Pulled from a multitude of categories, there are over one thousand questions per game within a selection of difficulties. The question difficulty adjusts in real time to match the users abilities. Each of the General Knowledge, Sports, and Pop Culture questions are pulled from a multitude of categories such as art, business, technology, geography, health, history, languages, literature, medicine, sciences, celebrities, movies, music, preforming arts, TV, video games, baseball, basketball, boxing, football (American), football (soccer), golf, hockey, and tennis. The application integrates a score system based on difficulty level and time.
Aug 11
HiLo Media Creates A Unique High-Def Tutorial Video for Kinemac
A recent creative international collaboration between HiLo Media (http://www.hilomedia.com ) (http://www.kinemac.com )and Kinemac developer yields a unique high-definition tutorial video to orient new users to the software. Web and viral video production company HiLo Media recently completed a high-definition 11-minute tutorial video for Mac OS X 3D Animation software Kinemac. Kinemac developer Lorenzo Puleo worked tightly with HiLo Media producer Joseph Nilo in the creation of the video. Asheville, NC - Web and viral video production company HiLo Media recently completed a high-definition 11-minute tutorial video for Mac OS X 3D Animation software Kinemac. Kinemac developer Lorenzo Puleo worked tightly with HiLo Media producer Joseph Nilo in the creation of the video. "It's great working with an independent developer on a video for their software. They take great pride in their product, and great interest in what we do, making our job much easier and very effective," said Nilo. "It...
Aug 11
Default Folder X Updated to Version 4.0.8
St. Clair Software is happy to announce the release of Default Folder X 4.0.8 (http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html), a compatibility update for our award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs. Default Folder X 4.0.8 is a free update that corrects problems that users have reported when using Bias Peak and QuickBooks Pro. It also adds to Default Folder X's "recent folder" tracking, keeping tabs on files and folders that you drag onto applications in the Dock. These changes my also improve performance with other applications, so we encourage all users to update to version 4.0.8. Default Folder X 4.0.8 is a free update for existing users who purchased a license or upgrade on or after June 1, 2007. The upgrade is $14.95 for users who bought their copies before that date. Default Folder X costs $34.95 for a new license. Installers are available now in English, Japanese, French, German and Danish.
Aug 11
Canon introduces new AIO printers, scanners
Canon (http://www.usa.canon.com) has introduced two new multifunction models, the Pixma MP480 and Pixma MP190 Photo All-In-One (AIO) printers and three new color scanners. The the PIXMA MP480 Photo All-In-One is equipped with a 1.8-inch TFT color LCD display and control pane. Canon has included Auto Photo Fix and Auto Scan Mode features, reducing the steps necessary to print a photo or capture a scan. Auto Photo Fix, with Easy-PhotoPrint EX software, automatically detects the type of photo being printed -- portrait or scenery -- and helps to correct red eye, facial tones, brightness, contrast and color saturation. The Pixma MP480 AIO also provides Auto Scan Mode, which detects the type of document being scanned -- photo, post card, business card, magazine, newspaper, document, etc. -- and automatically crops and saves files to PDF or JPEG format, based on image type. The MP480 is capable of text print speeds of up to 20 pages-per-minute (ppm) in black and up to 16 ppm in color, and...
Aug 11
AutoDesSys previews BonZai 3D
AutoDesSys is previewing BonZai 3D, the latest addition to the company's line of 3D software. It's a new 3D modeler developed. Some of the individual features in BonZai are: fluid, powerful, and smart interface; classic modeling tools (extrusions, sweeps, transformations, etc.); real time Booleans; NURBS curves and surfaces; smart 3D drawing; dynamic graphic editing; a Reshape tool; interactive rendering with shadows, transparencies, and textures; support for 3D printing; a graphic texture map editing; over 200 free materials (texture maps); a content library for trees, furniture, entourage elements; support of 3D Warehouse; Google Earth and SketchUp file compatibility; over 20 export/import formats; and embedded video tutorials BonZai 3D is being prepped for public beta testing . An announcement will go out as soon as it becomes available for download at Bonzai3d.com.
Aug 08
FMWebschool Releases FMTouch for iPhone Users
Richmond, VA - August 8, 2008 - FMWebschool Inc., Announced the availability of FMTouch. FMTouch enables you to deploy FileMaker Pro on your iPhone or your iPod Touch. FMTouch runs locally on your iPhone and does not require an internet connection. FMTouch is available in the Business section of the Apple App Store. In the Olympics, steroids are definitely a bad idea. However when used in the context of an incredible software application we think that enhanced performance is what everyone needs. FMTouch is a powerhouse that enables you to run multiple FileMaker databases locally on your iPhone or iPod touch. Yes, for the first time ever, multiple related tables and layouts are supported. If you are still asking yourself - what is it that FMTouch can do for me? I applaud your curiosity. If you use FileMaker Pro and you have an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch you can transfer that fully relational database to your iPhone or iPod. Yes you can run FileMaker locally on your iPhone. FMTouch...
Aug 07
FoneLink 2.1
Exchange files, music, photos, videos and synchronize organizer data between a Mac and Sony Ericsson cell phones Berlin, Germany -- FoneLink offers a familiar Mac-like solution to exchange files, music, photos and videos between a Mac and Sony Ericsson cell phones. The cell phone suite allows to synchronize organizer data and iTunes playlists, create ringtones, manage SMS text messages and to backup and restore cell phone contents. "FoneLink 2.1 supports more than 70 cell phones from Sony Ericsson, including the latest models." states Jan Fuellemann, PR spokesperson at nova media. "The software features a Bluetooth assistant to pair a cell phone to the Macintosh computer in one easy step. A menubar icon can be used to send a text message or synchronize the cell phone without the need to open FoneLink first. " FoneLink supports drag and drop throughout its new user interface. The built-in sync manager synchronizes contacts, dates, tasks, notes and bookmarks while an activity monitor...
Aug 07
PulpMotion Advanced 1.1 now Tiger compatible
PulpMotion Advanced 1.1 now Tiger compatible Montpellier, France - JUNE 20th 2008: Aquafadas is delighted to announce a new version of PulpMotion Advanced now fully compatible with Tiger and featuring new themes. 'We first developed PulpMotion Advanced to make the most of the incredible features offered by Leopard' says Claudia Zimmer, Aquafadas' CEO, 'but in the same time we made sure that our existing PulpMotion customers on Tiger (especially the whole education world) could also enjoy the new story telling functions introduced by PulpMotion Advanced. We have worked hard to bring the whole PulpMotion Advanced experience to our Mac OS 10.4 users despite the extensive changes in the Mac OS X graphics foundations between Tiger and Leopard.' With this release we also bring new themes (SummerBreeze, Factory, Sliding Revolution,LadyBug), mainly rewritten from the original PulpMotion themes with tons of new features and customizations. A large number of presets are now available to explore...
Aug 06
NewerTech MiniStaack v2.5 FireWire 400/USB Powered Hub/Storage
NEWERTECH ANNOUNCES MINISTACK v2.5 FIREWIRE 400/USB 2.0 POWERED HUB STORAGE SOLUTION Stores 1 Million Photos, 350,000 MP3 songs, or 500 DVD Quality Movies Features One Central Plug & Play Access Point for Connecting Multiple Devices August 6, 2008 Woodstock, IL -- Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) http://www.newertech.com , the leading developer of PC, Macintosh, iPod, and iPhone performance upgrades and accessories, today announced the new miniStack v2.5 FireWire 400/USB 2.0 powered hub storage solution, a new addition to the award-winning NewerTech miniStack line of small footprint, high performance Plug & Play external powered hub storage solutions. NewerTech miniStack v2.5 is ideal for data intensive uses, such as Audio/Video editing, digital photography, MP3 music libraries, and high-speed back-up. Built for performance, it employs the latest generation Oxford 934 bridge chipset; a 7200RPM Serial ATA (SATA) drive; up to 1.0TB of storage capacity; and up to 32MB of disk...
Aug 06
Faster Loading Websites With RAGE WebCrusher 1.0
Toronto, Ontario (August 6, 2008) -- RAGE Software announced today the immediate availability of RAGE WebCrusher 1.0, an all new utility for website owner's to reduce their website's load time, providing a better experience for their visitors and customers. RAGE WebCrusher scans entire websites, including webpage files and image files, to intelligently remove all unneeded code, making websites load as fast as possible in a web browser. On average, visitors will wait up to 8 seconds for a website to fully load before closing their browser window or pressing the back button. Website owners need to ensure that their website loads as quickly as possible for all of their potential online customers. Now users can simply drop their website onto RAGE WebCrusher and let the software quickly remove all unneeded code from their webpages. RAGE WebCrusher was built with iWeb based websites in mind, which have generally been known for their large file sizes and slow loading image files. iWeb users...
Aug 05
Freeway 5.2
Oxford, UK - Softpress Systems today released Freeway 5.2, a free update to its award-winning web design software. With a traditional page layout approach, Freeway makes it easy to create dynamic websites without the need to write code. This release is available to all registered owners of Freeway 5. Additionally, free 30-day trials of Freeway 5 Express and Freeway 5 Pro are available from the Softpress website. "Web developers all over the world are designing rich iPhone-ready websites," Softpress Managing Director Richard Logan said. "With Freeway 5.2, it's easy to create beautiful sites that take advantage of the iPhone's great features. And since it's Freeway, you know the code will be efficient and standards-compliant." New Features in Freeway 5.2: In addition to the features added in Freeway 5 (CSS menus, Google Actions, Blogger templates, script.aculo.us Actions and dozens more), Freeway 5.2 brings the following: Homescreen Icon for Web Clip - Specify and include an icon for...
Aug 04
PandaWare DiskWrangler 3.0
PandaWare DiskWrangler 3.0 Released -- Universal Binary application features keyboard-based file launcher and browser Summary: The PandaWare Company has released DiskWrangler 3.0, a Universal Binary version of its Mac OS X file launcher and browser. This version includes a number of improvements to its interface as well as numerous bug fixes, particularly for OS X 10.5. The new version is available for download from The PandaWare Company's Web site. Unregistered copies work in demo mode for up to 30 days. SEATTLE, Washington (August 4, 2008) The PandaWare Company has released DiskWrangler 3.0, a Universal Binary version of its file launcher and browser for Mac OS X. DiskWrangler caters to users who prefer keeping their hands on the keyboard. DiskWrangler allows users to launch applications, documents, mail and Web URLs and user-defined sets of files, all without removing their hands from the keyboard to pick up the mouse. In addition to its powerful launching capabilities,...
Aug 04
eAuthorize 5.0: Credit Card Processing Plug-In for FileMaker
eAuthorize 5.0 ) Credit Card Processing Plug-In News from WorqSmart (formerly Waves in Motion) Phoenix, AZ - August 4, 2008 - WorqSmart is pleased to announce our latest release of the most popular and most robust credit card processing plug-in for FileMaker Pro: eAuthorize 5.0. eAuthorize 5.0 is now compatible with five, count ëem five, versions of FileMaker Pro (5 through 9)*. Other new features include a card-swipe parsing example (for Authorize.Net card-present merchant accounts) and support for the Sage Payment Gateway. Other supported payment gateways include: Authorize.Net (card-present and card-not-present), PayPal/VeriSign, Sage and SECpay/PayPoint.net. For more information about eAuthorize 5.0 or to try a demo please visit http://www.worqsmart.com/eauthorize. Our plug-in demos are fully functional and our example files are fully unlocked. Take 'em for a spin. C'mon... it' be fun! Upgrade pricing is available for eAuthorize 5.0. Please contact us at aakhavan@worqsmart.com or...
Aug 04
SMTPit Pro 4.1.1
COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES SMTPIT PRO 4.1.1, A FILEMAKER PRO PLUG-IN. Fort Worth, TX, August 4, 2008 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems releases an update to it's popular SMTPit Pro plug-in. SMTPit Pro supercharges FileMaker Pro databases with the power of sending customized emails. Version 4.1 works on the client side as well as the server side with Scheduled Scripts and the Web Publishing Engine (including Instant Web Publishing). This update fixes several bugs ranging from crashing bugs to speed issues to properly loading under FileMaker Server on Mac OS X 10.4. SMTPit Pro is available immediately at http://smtpit.cnsplug-ins.com/ for both Mac OS X and Windows. Description SMTPit Pro is an email plug-in for FileMaker Pro 7 and greater, built from the ground up, taking advantage of years of plug-in development knowledge and the latest FileMaker plug-in API. SMTPit Pro provides a vast array of email options. You can send simple text based messages or you can send complex...
Aug 01
reQall Launches the iPhone's First Memory Aid
reQall Launches the iPhone's First Memory Aid Shake your iPhone to jog your memory reQall on the iPhone organizes your to-do list, appointments, shopping list and even visual reminders without typing reQall (http://www.reQall.com) released the first-ever memory aid specifically created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. reQall for the iPhone is available for free beginning Friday July 11th, exclusively from Apple's App Store (http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore). Based on pioneering research into memory prostheses from MIT's Media Lab, reQall enables you to simply say what you want to remember straight to your iPhone. Your voice reminders are immediately converted into text and delivered back to you at the right moment. reQall can remind you via text message, instant message, email, or as a calendar alert about what you need to do and when. And if you shake your iPhone, the patent-pending reQall Memory Jogger springs to action and identifies information designed to maximize memory...
Aug 01
Storage Enclosure Supporting Tool-less Hard Drive Install
Storage Enclosure Supporting Tool-less Hard Drive Installation -- TS2UT City of Industry, CA -- August 1, 2008 -- Sans Digital, a brand of high performance storage subsystems, is introducing an exceedingly straightforward and user friendly direct attached storage -- TS2UT. At the same time, the TS2UT is compact and affordable, fulfilling the standards of Sans Digital's portable consumer products. As the preceding unit of Sans Digital's newly developed TowerSTOR series, the TS2UT is a tray-less 2-bay storage tower with RAID capabilities. TS2UT's innovative tray-less feature is specifically designed for fast installation and access of the hard drives, where each hard drive could be easily installed or removed by opening the front plate handle. A turn-lock located at the front of each front plate handle allows the securing of hard drives without the use of screws or other tools. In addition to easy hard drive access, the TS2UT features four different RAID modes, including FAST (RAID 0),...
Jul 31
Vvidget: Release 10.5.7 Improves Reliability
Vvidget: Release 10.5.7 Improves Reliability July 31, 2008 VVI today announced the release of Vvidget version 10.5.7 which improves existing features. Notable improvements for this version include: - Faster: This version of Vvidget is compiled with the latest toolset. Using the best toolset makes Vvidget faster and enables additional multiprocessing capabilities. - Cursor Information: Vvidget Builder provides instant feedback on cursor modes via the Cursor Information feature. This has been made more robust and works better for palettes, edit modes, and all other cursor related operations. - 3D Graphs: Fixed a bug that could theoretically cause Vvidget to crash while making a 3D graph. Although this bug has never been reported by users there is a possibility that previous versions could be prone to it. - Parser Editor: Fixed a bug that could cause the parser editor to crash. - Table Editing: Tabbing through table cells now works better, thus data can be manually inserted more...
Jul 31
Intego Personal Backup X5 adds FTP/SFTP backups
INTEGO PERSONAL BACKUP X5 ADDS FTP/SFTP BACKUPS Intego Personal Backup X5 10.5.2 Backs Up Files To and From FTP and SFTP Servers Austin, TX, July 31, 2008: Mac users want to back up their files to and from a variety of locations, and Personal Backup X5 helps them do so. Intego, the Macintosh security specialist, today announced the release of Personal Backup X5 10.5.2, a free update to its popular data protection software. This new version provides performance enhancements, and also offers the ability to back up files to and from FTP and SFTP servers. Most people who have their own web sites access these sites via FTP, or file transfer protocol. With Personal Backup X5, users can now back up to and from their FTP server, using standard FTP or SFTP (SSH file transfer protocol). To do this, users merely choose Network Drive as either a source or destination for a Personal Backup X5 script, then enter the server's address (beginning with ftp:// for a standard FTP server, or sftp:// to...
Jul 31
Mesa Dynamics Revamps Beholder, Web Image Search Client
Mesa Dynamics Revamps Beholder, Web Image Search Client for OS X Washington, DC -- July 31, 2008 -- Mesa Dynamics today released Beholder 3.0, a completely overhauled upgrade to its dedicated image search client, originally released in 2003. Beholder searches for images on the web, automatically querying web search engines and presenting thumbnail results in a navigable contact sheet with URL and other link details. Designed for quick image inspection and discovery, Beholder also supports extended web searches via the scanning of image host pages, web directories and RSS feeds. Beholder 3.0 is rewritten from scratch as a Universal application for OS X and features a new WebKit-based image retrieval engine and a powerful new search engine plugin format. Additional improved features include size and safe search options for Google Image Search, sorting by image file and pixel size, and batch downloading of image results. A demo version of Beholder (which adds a watermark to images saved...
Jul 31
PandaWare Simple Help Editor 3.0 Released
PandaWare Simple Help Editor 3.0 Released Cross-platform Help Authoring Application Receives Major Upgrade Summary: The PandaWare Company has released a major upgrade to its cross-platform help authoring application, Simple Help Editor. Version 3.0 adds the ability to add custom HTML to help content pages, allowing virtually unlimited flexibility in formatting and styling. A number of other changes make Simple Help Editor more flexible and easier to use. It gives software developers and help authors more tools for creating platform-specific help systems from the same content. Simple Help Editor 3.0 can save files for display in Apple Help Viewer, Windows' HTML Help viewer, and Web browsers. The new version is available for download from the The PandaWare Company's Web site. Unregistered copies work in demo mode for up to 30 days. SEATTLE, Washington (July 30, 2008) The PandaWare Company announces a major upgrade to its cross-platform help authoring application, Simple Help Editor....
Jul 31
Likewise Fall 08 Enhances Systems Authentication and Management
Latest Version of Open Source Software Enables Easy -- and Free -- Cross-Platform Authentication and Administration Likewise Open Fall 08 enhances authentication and management of Linux, UNIX and Mac-based systems Bellevue, Wash. -- July 30, 2008 -- A new version of a free, open source software application from Likewise Software enables administrators to remotely and uniformly manage all network computers, regardless of their operating systems, from a single point of control from virtually any computer. Likewise Software today announced Likewise Fall 08, which supports more than 118 platforms. Building on the success of the current version, this new edition includes features that further streamline the process of integrating Linux, Unix and Mac systems into a Microsoft Active Directory environment: * Likewise Identity Services (LWIS) provides Active Directory Authentication services for all non-Windows systems. LWIS is a next generation Active Directory authentication engine that runs...
Jul 30
VMware Fusion 2.0 Public Beta 2
The VMware Fusion team is proud to announce the availability of VMware Fusion 2.0 Public Beta 2. Beta 2 extends the seamless integration of VMware Fusion 1.x, adds new ways to protect and control your virtual machines, enhances video performance and adds a slew of power-user features. When released, VMware Fusion 2.0 will be a free downloadable upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x users, as a sincere "Thank You" to VMware Fusion early adopters. VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 is available as a free download (http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/fusion). Please note: Beta software can be prone to instability and bugs. Do not run beta software in mission-critical environments. Key features and highlights of VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 include: * Unity 2.0-Tighter Windows-Mac Integration: Building on Unity 1.0, you can now launch any Mac file with any of your Windows applications. Mirror your Mac and Windows special folders-like My Documents, Desktop, etc. Custom keyboard mapping between Mac...
Jul 30
iwascoding releases GaragePay 1.1
iwascoding releases GaragePay 1.1 Berlin, Germany, July 30th, 2008 - Mac software developer iwascoding releases GaragePay 1.1. The update expands GaragePay's usefulness with the ability to display and export shopping cart item information, now fully-configurable csv export, user notes and Address Book export. "We listen carefully to our customers." said Ilja Iwas, iwascodings co-founder. "Shopping cart item support and user notes were the two most requested features, so adding them was really a no-brainer and will make quite a few people very happy." PayPal puts quite some useful information into the transactions' cart items, which GaragePay 1.1 fetches from PayPal along with the transaction and displays all of them. CSV export is highly configurable now, it even supports tab and semicolon as a field divider for third party applications that need it. Every transaction now has a notes field, were the user can put whatever text she needs or wants. The payer name and address information...
Jul 30
MailSite Fusion 9 Now Fully Tested for use with iPhone 2.0
MAILSITE FUSION NOW FULLY TESTED AND VERIFIED FOR USE WITH IPHONE 3G MAILSITE FUSION 9 PUSHES EMAIL, CALENDAR AND CONTACTS OVER-THE-AIR WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE ON THE IPHONE Chicago, IL -- HostingCon 2008 -- July 30, 2008 -- MailSite Software, Inc. announced that it has completed its testing and verification of MailSite Fusion 9 with Apple's new iPhone 3G. MailSite has also tested and verified the original iPhone with the 2.0 firmware installed and the iPod Touch with the 2.0 firmware installed. MailSite Fusion 9 now pushes email, calendar and contact updates over-the-air to the iPhone without requiring any software to be installed on the device. MailSite Fusion 9 does this with its built-in ActiveSync server. Visit us in booth 229 at HostingCon to learn more. With this verification, MailSite Fusion 9 now pushes email, calendar and contacts over-the-air to most major smartphones in the market today. This includes the iPhone, Nokia E and N series, Microsoft's Windows...
Jul 30
ProVUE Introduces Panorama Enterprise Server
ProVUE Introduces Panorama Enterprise Server Huntington Beach, California - July 30, 2008 - ProVUE Development announces the release of Panorama Enterprise Server, the first totally RAM based general purpose database server for Mac OS X. The Enterprise Server product is designed to work in conjunction with ProVUE's Panorama 5.5 database software (released in December 2007) on client machines, and can also be used for web database publishing (for use with standard web browsers). Unlike traditional client/server systems that sequester all of the data on a central server, the Panorama Enterprise system uses a "mesh" architecture to distribute RAM based copies of the shared data across the network. This mesh technology dramatically cuts delays associated with common database tasks by spreading the load across the network. According to James Rea, President of ProVUE Development, "The Enterprise system works much like a formation of fighter jets teamed with an aerial tanker. Instead of...
Jul 29
Paragon Software Introduces CampTune for Mac Users
PARAGON SOFTWARE INTRODUCES CAMPTUNE FOR MAC USERS Free Pre-Release Software Addresses Dual Boot Mac OS and Windows Users IRVINE, Calif., July 29, 2008 -- Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative data security and data management technology, today announced free public access to the pre-release version of its CampTune software, which is designed for dual-boot users running both Mac OS and Windows on their Intel-based Mac. Paragon's CampTune solves the maintenance problem that Mac Boot Camp users encounter when they run out of free partition space. With CampTune, Mac users can redistribute free space between Macintosh and Windows partitions in minutes without data loss, adding free megabytes to partitions on either operating system quickly and easily. "Paragon is committed to using its 14-plus years of partitioning experience to help remove the barriers between the Windows and Mac operating systems," noted Tom Fedro, president of Paragon Software Group -...
 

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