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Kool Tools: Autodesk Character Generator
Autodesk's Character Generation is a handy, web-based application that enables user to create customized, rigged and ready-to-animate 3D characters. Once designed, characters can be exported for a range of applications... Read more »
Kool Tools: LaCie's 5TB drive
LaCie recently announced the availability of 5TB, 7200 rpm hard-drive capacities in its 5big Thunderbolt Series, 2big Thunderbolt Series and d2 Thunderbolt Series. The deliver external storage products that range from... Read more »
Kool Tools: PDF Toolset
Enolsoft's PDF Toolset for Mac is a multifunctional PDF tool for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher with an optimized SDK [software development kit] and advanced OCR [optical character recognition] engine embed. PDF Toolset is... Read more »
Kool Tools: Retrospect 11 for Mac OS X
Retrospect's Retrospect Backup & Recovery Software for Mac OS X, version 11, gets even more powerful with the inclusion of block level incremental backup technology for smaller, faster backups, a new high-level... Read more »
Kool Tools: PhotoScissors for Mac OS X
How can you easily clean the background of a photograph? One way to do this is to run some Photoshop-like editor, select the Magic Wand tool and outline the silhouette of the object to cut. A professional designer can... Read more »
Kool Tools: QuickerTek wireless antenna upgrades
QuickerTek's wireless antenna upgrades can beef upApple's Airport Base Stations and Time Capsules. They provide dual-band 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz WiFi and can triple the range of any version of the Base Station Extreme and/or... Read more »
Kool Tools: ThunderBay IV 4-Bay
Other World Computing (OWC) has expanded its line of Thunderbolt interface storage products with the OWC ThunderBay IV four-bay external high-performance drive. It's a great fit especially for the new Mac Pro. The... Read more »
Recommended Reading: 'Programming Sound with Pure Data'
Sound gives your native, web, or mobile apps that extra dimension, and it's essential for games. Rather than using canned samples from a sample library, you can learn how to build sounds from the ground up and produce... Read more »
Kool Tools: MEI's TruEdit for cloud-based workflow
Managing Editor Inc. (MEI) has given us TruEdit, a collaborative workflow system for planning, creating, managing and delivering multi-channel content via its web client and Adobe InDesign Plug-in. Additionally,... Read more »
Recommended Reading: 'Learn to Program with Scratch'
Technological knowledge is more important today than ever, with even President Obama asking more students to learn to code. According to Code.org, computing occupations are among the highest-paying jobs for new... Read more »
Kool Tools: Akitio Thunder Dock
Akitio's Thunder Dock (US$269) dock provides users access to data on both legacy and future storage drives by providing multiple host ports for USB 3.0, eSATA and FireWire 800. With it you can pretty much keep your... Read more »
Kool Tools: Base Station Extreme/Time Capsule antenna upgrades
QuickerTek lets you upgrade your 802.11 ac Apple Airport Base Station Extreme by adding six high gain external antennas to the unit. This antenna upgrade provides dual-band 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz WiFi and also triples the... Read more »
Kool Tools: Scanning Slideshow for Mac OS X
Developer Chris Paveglio has introduced Scanning Slideshow 1.0.1 for Mac OS X. Photographers and display designers who need to show a slideshow or projection of images, and to update the show with newly shot images on... Read more »
Kool Tools: Stellar Drive Clone 3.0
There are times when you need to make a "clone" of your Mac's hard drive; Stellar Data Recovery's Stellar Drive Clone 3.0 is a useful tool for doing this. Clones provide a way to rollback your Mac OS X installation.... Read more »
Kool Tools: Aquafadas Digital Publishing System
Aquafadas's Digital Publishing System gets even beefier with version 3.2. The digital publishing solution now sports more than 30 new features and improvements. Content creators use Aquafadas technology to publish... Read more »
Kool Tools: VIPorbit for OS X, iOS
VIPorbit is a handy contact manager for both OS X and iOS devices. Think of it as a tool for instant recall and photographic memory. It enables you to remember and use the details that create value for the contacts you... Read more »
Kool Tools: AWK-5232 a/b/g/n Wireless AP/Bridge/Client
Moxa's AWK-5232 Industrial a/b/g/n Wireless AP/Bridge/Client that delivers high-speed wireless connectivity with up to 300 Mbps data rate and plug-and-play scalability. It's designed to frequent maintenance and system... Read more »
Kool Tools: Canvio Home Backup & Share
The Canvio Home Backup & Share from Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD) offers a simple and powerful network attached storage hub for the connected home that brings together content and allows easy access to... Read more »
Kool Tools: Data Pop for Final Cut Pro X
If you need to add info graphics to your Final Cut Pro X projects, check out Data Pop, a set of 16 customizable infographic HD titles and available at FxFactory. It includes 11 categories of customizable charts and... Read more »
Recommended Reading: 'The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript'
JavaScript continues to be a language of choice for programmers who want to create applications that work regardless of the platform. Yet elements of the language still remain a mystery even to longtime JavaScript... Read more »
 

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