FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MacTech Makes Mac HelpMate Utility Available - An easy-to-use graphical user interface for a collection of command-line utilities and open-source tools - Allows maintenance tasks to be run as a scheduled job, and more January 9, 2006 -- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- MacTech today that it's making Dean Shavit's Mac HelpMate available for free download, and as a free CD during Macworld Expo this week. Mac HelpMate is a collection of tools and utilities that help novice and experienced admins alike with maintenance, support, and other tasks. Mac HelpMate performs a long list of functions. As an example, Mac HelpMate cleans up "trash" files, cleans out caches, and removes unwanted log files. It's good for "peeking under the hood" of Mac OS X and users can accomplish in seconds what takes minutes of typing in the Terminal. Mac HelpMate allows for scheduled maintenance tasks and notifications via the Finder or via Growl when completed (http://growl.info). And, Mac...

MacTech Announces MacForge.net - Presenting the industry's Mac relevant open source projects - Mac Filters, Searching, and Navigation the key January 6, 2006 -- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- MacTech today released the public beta of MacForge(tm). MacForge.net was created for not only the experienced open source user, but to introduce Mac technical folks to the wonderful array of Mac compatible open source projects available. With the huge availability of open source out there, it can be difficult to find projects most relevant to the Mac. MacForge seeks out open source projects that either have already been tested on the Mac, or are likely to run on the Mac, without major porting work. "MacForge was created out of necessity. When looking for open source solutions ourselves, there was too much to sift through to find those solutions that would work on the Mac. MacTech started looking for a solution that would not only serve MacTech's needs, but those of the community," said Neil Ticktin,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salem, NH, 2006-01-06: Macintosh speech recognition authority MacSpeech has released a new ScriptPak for Quicken 2006. The new ScriptPak installs over 200 commands into iListen that allows the user to do virtually anything by voice in Quicken 2006 that they would normally do using keyboard shortcuts or menus. The new ScriptPak also includes voice commands for Emergency Records Organizer and Home Inventory, two companion programs that come with Quicken 2006. "Our ScriptPak for Quicken 2004 was one of our best selling ScriptPaks," said MacSpeech Chief Evangelist Chuck Rogers. "This new ScriptPak is over twice the size and includes the ability to control the other applications that come with Quicken." The ScriptPak for Quicken 2006 is available immediately from the MacSpeech web site and sells for $10. iListen 1.6.8 or later is required to use the new ScriptPak. Macworld attendees are invited to stop by the MacSpeech booth, #738, to learn the latest about MacSpeech...

Automator Sessions at Macworld -- MacTech Author, and Scripting Expert, Ben Waldie to Moderate Phoenixville, Pennsylvania -- January 5th, 2006 -- Ben Waldie, president of Automated Workflows, LLC, and author of the Mac OS X Technology Guide to Automator (http://www.spiderworks.com/books/ automator.php), will moderate several Automator-related sessions at Macworld Conference and Expo 2006 in San Francisco. Sessions to be held include the following: Putting Automator to Work This session will be held on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 from 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM. This session will be part of the User Conference track. With the release of Mac OS X Tiger, users have more reason than ever before to begin automating time consuming and repetitive tasks. There are amazing possibilities with the introduction of Automator, the unique new technology that brings the power of automation to the user level, with no programming required. This session will provide an introduction to the Automator application...

Redbug Upgrades Mapwing, Announces Virtual Tour Contest (Dillsburg, PA) - Redbug Technologies has released Mapwing Creator Pro 1.1, a free upgrade including enhancements and bug fixes. Redbug has also announced a virtual tour contest with over $2000 in free software awarded for the best tours. Contest rules and information can be found at http://www.redbugtech.com/contest/ . The Mapwing Creator Pro 1.1 updater can be downloaded from http://www.redbugtech.com/downloads.html . Mapwing Creator Pro 1.1 is a major rewrite of the application. The free upgrade includes improved image and hotspot performance, new circular styled points, an enhanced undo system, and numerous bug fixes. Also, Mapwing Viewer has been upgraded to version 1.1.4. The virtual tour contest challenges users to build tours using the demo version of Mapwing Creator Pro. Creators of the best tours will receive retail copies of Mapwing Creator Pro. The contest begins today (January 5th) with a winner chosen about every...

HESS MEMORIAL MACWORLD EVENTS LIST - FILL 'ER UP Boston Area, MA. 1/5/06 -- ilene Hoffman, Macintosh Consultant and Writer, is pleased to announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events List is ready for public consumption. Macworld Expo San Francisco starts next week and even if you don't go to the show, check the list for related Internet events and podcasts. There's no reason to be left out just because you're not in San Francisco! I made the list, so you should check it twice. Now in its eleventh year (20th show), the Hess Macworld Events list is *the only* source for every event and press function held during Macworld Expo week Jan. 9th through Jan. 13th. It is truly a unique page on the web that also boasts pass along readership! Companies and individuals are encouraged to email listings for the Hess Events page from the links on the site. Please send a short description and location so that users can get a head start on the best places to visit at the show. Contributions that...

FOR RELEASE ON: JANUARY 5, 2006 (any time of day) SUMMARY: disclabel 3.0.1 updates SmileOnMyMac's award-winning CD labeling software with media list interface enhancements, better montage performance, and other bug fixes and improvements. disclabel 3.0.1 (30-day free demo, $29.95) requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later. The free demo allows users to create and print CD labels of albums purchased through the iTunes Music Store without purchasing disclabel. DOWNLOAD LINK http://www.smileonmymac.com/disclabel/download.html San Francisco, CA - January 5, 2006 - SmileOnMyMac updates disclabel, the award-winning software that helps you create great-looking CDs, DVDs, and packaging. Updates in disclabel 3.0.1: - Improved "Edit Media List..." interface - Improved montage performance - Bug fixes and improvements disclabel features: - Start with a pre-designed template, or make your own - Import track lists from iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, Finder, and Toast - Import images from iTunes, iPhoto, and...

FastMac And MacMod.com Team Up to Showcase Mods at MacWorld Expo Salinas, CA - January 4, 2006 - FastMac and MacMod.com have teamed up to showcase a variety of custom Mac mods at the upcoming MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, CA. The mods will be available for viewing at the FastMac booth (#827) during the Expo (January 10-13th) and will include the 2005 Great Mod Challenge Mod of the Year, the Real Wood iPod. Other mods on display will include: the iTablet, a FastMac Powered Liquid Cooled Server, Wallstreet Road Warrior, Necronomicon PowerMac, and Evangelion Mac Mini. "MacWorld is a great opportunity to show off all the cool things that can be done with a Mac and support the Modding community" said Michael Lowdermilk, Business Development Manager for Fastmac Performance Upgrades, Inc. "And don't forget to stop by our website and receive a free MacWorld Exhibit Hall Pass so you can check these Mods out without paying a dime." "It's a great time for the Mac modding community" said...

MacGadget: More than just a preview viewer Allows you to see the content and other useful information of an item with one click directly from the Finder. Long description MacGadget is a contextual application that allows you to see the content and other useful information of any selected items in the Finder and of other participating software programs. It is very easy to use: select an item and see the content. MacGadget currently fully supports most of the common kinds of items that populate a disk, like: images, sounds, music, video, text, pdfs, web files, fonts, folders, applications and many more. MacGadget does not just provide a preview, it also allows you to navigate as a web browser, have full access to pdf and text files, read help and the recent items opened by an application simply by selecting it, hear music, see videos and, where applicable, print and search content. What's new First public release. Web Home page: (http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com) The direct links are...

AppZapper for Mac OS X 10.4 LEE, Massachusetts (January 4th, 2005) -- AppZapper.com has announced the release of AppZapper for Mac OS X 10.4 and above. AppZapper allows you to confidently uninstall virtually any application as easily as it was installed -- just drag and drop. AppZapper intelligently finds leftover support files and allows users to put them in the trash with a single click. Mac OS X users are used to installing most applications by dragging its icon from the downloaded disk image to their applications folder. When they decide they don't want the application, they drag it to the trash. However, this does not remove the extra preferences, caches, and other support files generated during launch - files that can sometimes be many times larger then the applications themselves. AppZapper helps clean up these leftover files, files that 99% of Mac users don't even know exist. By creating a non-destructive way to remove unwanted files, AppZapper is the uninstaller that the Mac...

LaCie Kicks Off 2006 With 6 Fresh New Storage Solutions PORTLAND, OR (January 2006) -- LaCie brings New Year cheer to its loyal customers today with six new storage products designed to help people easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has again teamed up with world-renowned designers including Neil Poulton and Karim Rashid, and award-winning tech companies such as LightScribe and Roxio, to develop the freshest new hard drives and DVD burners on the market. New products will make their debut at Macworld Expo in San Francisco's Moscone Center from January 9-13. Visit LaCie Booth #2143 for a hands-on look. LaCie will also offer special Macworld pricing on its most popular hard drives for a limited time via the LaCie Store Online or direct at 503-844-4502. And stay tuned for the launch of a brand new "Customer Profiles" webpage on http://www.lacie.com (http://www.lacie.com/) that showcases how filmmakers, photographers, musicians and many others are using LaCie products to get things...

iSEE, THE FIRST VIDEO RECORDER FOR iPOD TO DEBUT AT CES LAS VEGAS -- to be announced January 5, 2005 -- Advanced Technology Office, LLC (ATO) announced today the iSee video recorder for iPod, the first and only portable media player that enables users to record video content directly onto most Apple iPods and then view it on a high-quality 3.6 inch LCD screen. The iSee video recorder for iPod extends the functionality of most Click Wheel iPods to include music, photos, video recording, storage and playback. With the iSee video recorder, iPod users will record and store their favorite shows and movies directly from TV, cable, satellite, DVR or any other analog source. In addition to viewing on the iSee, video files can be played back on any TV with an "analog in" connection at standard 640 X 480 TV resolution. The first iSee video recorder for iPod is the iSee 360i. "With the iSee video recorder millions of iPod owners can add the power of video to their unit without having to purchase...

Tidy Up! v1.0.8 With Tidy Up! you can search for duplicate files and packages; by the owner application, content, type, creator, extension, date modified, date created, name, label, visibility and more. You can also search by the tag, duration and bit rate of MP3s and AACs audio files, search the content of the iTunes and iPod dababases, and synchronize deletions with iTunes. Tidy Up! allows you to search for duplicate folders; by name, date modified, date created, label visibility, empty folders, their contents and more. Tidy Up! is fast, from 20% to 50% faster than the already fast Doublet Scan. With its multitasking capability, you can do more searches at a time and take advantage of the latest Macintosh computers and operating systems. Tidy Up! comes with a list of tasks with which to do some common searches. Tidy Up! offers a full-size preview of the most commonly used files such as: audio, media, text, pdf, graphics, fonts and more... One of the most interesting features of Tidy...

Torrent Station: New BitTorrent Client Torrent Station is a new BitTorrent client exclusively built for Mac OS. Version 1.0, released today, offers features such as queueing, individual and global limits and folders. Torrent Station requires Mac OS 10.4 or higher. In the unregistered version of Torrent Station the download speed is limited to 10kB/s every 30 minutes until you click a button. You can purchase a license for Torrent Station 1.x via PayPal. Your license key will be emailed to you immediately. 19.00$ 22.04$ (EU-residents, incl. 16% VAT) http://torrent-station.com/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AOLMemoImporter is available for America Online/Tiger Users! 2 JANUARY 2006, HAYMARKET, VA. Midnight Mage Software announced the release of their new AOLMemoImporter, a Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) Spotlight Importer. At last, AOL Client customers can use Spotlight to search the content of all of their AOL Memos. Spotlight is one the most useful and innovative new features of Mac OS 10.4. Tiger users are quickly learning to rely on this tool. With Spotlight, they can find almost anything, anywhere on their computer. Spotlight maintains an internal database of all data it understands, so that the users can search the content of their files at a moments notice. Unfortunately, the built-in importers (plug-ins that actually parse the files) that Apple provides does not support the AOL Memo format. Nor is AOL currently providing a solution. Midnight Mage Software steps forward to fill this need with AOLMemoImporter. AOL Memos are Rich Text Document (variable font text &...

Screen Mimic 1.2 Press Release Screen Mimic 1.2 Released Roanoke, VA--January 2, 2006--Polarian Technology announces the release of Screen Mimic 1.2. Screen Mimic is an easy to use desktop recording program that records to Macromedia Flash (SWF), Flash Video (FLV), and Quicktime (MOV) formats, allowing for easy distribution of these recordings over the web or a company intranet. In addition, the FLV format can be imported into the Macromedia Flash authoring tool. Screen Mimic allows users to record demonstrations of software applications, create web-ready walkthroughs of complicated tasks, and much more. Screen Mimic gives users the ability to capture a selected area of the screen, a particular window region, or the entire desktop. New features in version 1.2 include: Visual mouse feedback (see mouse clicks) Export to Flash Video Format (FLV) (which can be imported into the Macromedia Flash authoring tool) Export to Quicktime format (MOV) Change hot key settings and temporary file...

Offenburg, Germany - January 1st, 2006 - E.R.S "Pleasant software for the people" updates ShowMacster to version 1.7. ShowMacster is an extension to Apple's iChat AV which enables the user to stream pictures, Quicktime movies and live screen captures during video conferences. ShowMacster is seamlessly integrated into iChat AV, adding a drawer to the video chat window. By pressing a button or hotkey ShowMacster will switch from the current iSight video stream to whatever assigned picture, movie or live screen capture. Thus, ShowMacster not only enables the user to show slide shows of his pictures or video clips but also to illustrate his actions on his screen to his opponent. With ShowMacster's "Sketchboard" tool the user is able to draw right inside the current streaming picture. The drawing (on a blank sheet or any photo) is updated live as ShowMacster streams any changes instantly. ShowMacster includes English, German and French localizations. New in version 1.7: A major new feature...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SMALL TREE COMMUNICATIONS TO ANNOUNCE INITIAL SUPPORT FOR PCI-E ON POWER MAC AT MACWORLD 2006 Support to Provide Higher Performance, Lower Cost Solution Chippewa Valley, WI, December 29, 2005-Small Tree Communications, leading manufacturer and designer of high performance networking products for Mac OS X, will remain on the forefront of leading edge technology for Apple users by being the first company to offer support for the PCI Express (PCI-E) IO Bus included in the recently announced Power Mac lineup. Product support availability from Small Tree is scheduled for early 1Q 2006. Designed to match the higher speeds of today's CPUs, PCI-E provides users with higher performance, lower cost solutions. PCI-E offers a high-speed, switched architecture, can accommodate GbE and 10GbE and generally provides higher average sustained throughput than a PCI-X design. "Small Tree Communications is committed to being at the forefront of networking technology for the Apple...

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 24U Software releases 24U SimpleCode Plug-In 2.0. The plug-in is designed to correct badly imported characters from FileMaker 6 Pro and to call old-style external functions with custom encodings. What is 24U SimpleCode Plug-In? 24U SimpleCode Plug-In addresses two main text encoding issues for solutions migrated from FileMaker 6 to FileMaker 7 and 8. It fixes text that was previously incorrectly converted to Unicode, and also lets you use old-style FileMaker 6 compatible plug-ins with non-English languages. With 24U SimpleCode Plug-In, text encoding issues are no longer an excuse for not upgrading to FileMaker 7 or 8. More info: http://www.24uSoftware.com/SimpleCode Download: http://www.24usoftware.com/SimpleCode#download Main features: - Reinterpret Unicode of incorrectly translated one-byte encoding - Bring foreign languages support back to old-style plug-ins Prices of 24U SimpleCode Plug-In! License for 1 user is $37 US, license beyond the first one is $...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PC-Mac-Net FileShare v5.4 Turns Any PC Into A Remotely Controlled Media Center ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- December 25, 2005 -- Lava Software is now shipping PC-Mac-Net FileShare v5.4, a fast and efficient file sharing and remote movie and music playback controller which operates over LANs and the Internet. It can turn almost any old PC into a media center and file server. Versions are available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. This new version includes remote file and folder searching (by any part or parts of a name, as well as by media type) and remote media player functions. Playlists containing a variety of media types can be created, and subsequent media playback can be controlled remotely over a wired or wireless LAN or over the Internet. A very wide range of media formats are supported by the bundled VLC player, such as MP3, Ogg, AAC, Avi, DivX 5, MPEG4, Quicktime, WMV2, Sorenson and H264. It is a free upgrade for all users. The new remote media player functions...

Dobry Backuper 1.3 adds support for entire system volume backup Odessa, Ukraine - December 22, 2005 - DobrySoft releases Dobry Backuper 1.3, an updated version of its brand-new backup software built natively for Mac OS X. This version adds better support for entire system volume backup, improves backup info file writing reliability and fixes some minor bugs. The update version is free for current users. The free 30-day trial version and update are available from: http://www.dobrysoft.com/download/ Dobry Backuper 1.3 update contains: - Added better support for entire system volume backup (including hidden unix files/folders like: /bin, /sbin, /private, /usr, etc.). - Improved procedure of backup info file writing that avoids the corruptions in case when unexpected quitting, system reload or power off occurs. - Added some optimization during the backup processes to increase the speed and stability. - Some other minor improvements and bug fixes. ABOUT DOBRY BACKUPER Dobry Backuper is an...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SubRosaSoft.com LLC. Ships CopyCatX Version 3.0. --Latest generation of the Mac OS X backup software features blazing fast performance, optimized backup storage space, and drive recovery-- SubRosaSoft.com LLC. today announced the immediate availability of the version 3.0 of CopyCatX. The fastest software based drive duplication system for Mac OS X, CopyCatX version 3.0 incorporates a new backup feature and a recovery function featuring SubRosaSoft's fault tolerant algorithms. The biggest innovation to CopyCatX is a proprietary technology to work around media faults to create disk images from damaged media. When the drive is so sick that the recovery cannot all be done in a single pass, CopyCatX's resume function will allow the recovery process to carry on after the drive has cooled down or has been restarted. Automatic block matching for damaged media such as scratched data CDs or physically damaged hard drives further enhances CopyCatX's recovery capability....

Computer Software Builder Releases Free FileMaker Pro 8 New Features Guide Application Architects, a computer software builder, releases free demonstration software highlighting powerful new features of FileMaker Pro 8. West Lafayette, IN (PRWEB) December 21, 2005 -- Application Architects, LLC, an international custom computer software application builder, has released free, unlocked, fully-customizable FileMaker Pro 8-based demonstration software highlighting, via real-world examples, the many new features of FileMaker Pro 8 and FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced. "FileMaker, Inc. deserves a standing ovation for the many powerful features included in the FileMaker 8 product line," said Chris Kubica, Application Architects President. "We hope our new, comprehensive, free FileMaker Pro 8 New Features Guide will convince existing FileMaker users to upgrade to version 8.0 as well as entice new users to explore the ever-more-wonderful world of FileMaker Pro." New FileMaker Pro 8 features explained...

Sonnet Technologies Announces USB Power Adapters for iPod Small Adapters Charge iPod On-the-Go or at Home, are Available in White or Black and Include Matching Dock Connector Cable IRVINE, CA-- December 21, 2005--Sonnet Technologies, a worldwide leader in upgrades for Apple Macintosh computers and iPod digital music players, announces a new line of compact USB power adapters for 4th and 5th generation iPod models, iPod mini, iPod shuffle, and iPod nano. Sonnet's iPod USB Power Adapter is small, curvy, and versatile--it's about 2/3 the size of its competition--the blades fold away when not in use for easy travel storage, and its universal power compatibility enables worldwide use. Its non-polarized blades allow the adapter to be plugged in with the USB outlet face up or down, perfect for use in tight spots. With an MSRP of only USD $19.95, it's a great value too--the included USB-to-dock connector cable is a $19 value alone! Sonnet's iPod USB Power Adapter is a simply fast way to...