2K and Firaxis Games have announced that Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World, the second expansion pack for the Civilization V, is currently in development and will be released this summer for Windows-based PC and brought to the Mac by Aspyr Media.

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World brings a massive amount of new gameplay to the Civilization V experience, providing gamers with even more rewarding ways to achieve world domination, says Sarah Anderson, senior vice president of marketing for 2K. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World provides new depth and replayability through the introduction of international trade and a focus on culture and diplomacy, she adds.

The player’s influence around the world will be impacted by creating a number of Great Works across a variety of crafts, choosing an ideology for their civilization, and proposing global resolutions in the new World Congress. As players move through the ages of history, they will make...

Syncro Soft, the producer of Syncro SVN Client, has announced the availability of version 8.1 of its Subversion (SVN) client.

The upgrade offers support for committing changes to multiple repositories at once. Also, the functionality of the commit operation was enhanced and further improvements were added regarding the representation and deletion of working copy items.

Syncro SVN Client 8.1 can be freely evaluated for 30 days. You can download a copy at http://tinyurl.com/bv72vwl . It's compatible with Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris systems.

Syncro SVN Client with One Year Maintenance Pack costs US$59. Syncro SVN Client Site License with One Year Maintenance Pack costs $2,970. Volume discount rates are available starting with 5 licenses.

The new Accounting Flowcharts Solution extends ConceptDraw PRO 9 giving users the ability to draw flowcharts that represent accounting process that need to be described in an organization.

The accounting flowchart samples that are provided by this new solution illustrate a receiving process, purchasing process, payment process, and voucher payable process. ConceptDraw PRO runs on both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows systems.

It retails for US$199; competitive upgrade pricing is available upon request. For more info go to http://tinyurl.com/cqeu3rn .

Remo Software has launched a new repair tool to repair damaged PSD files. The Remo Repair PSD for Mac tool is for users who would like to repair corrupt Adobe Photoshop files.

It has a built-in engine to repair severely damaged PSD files on Mac and make them reusable again. The software recovers data, layers and formatting from any damaged Photoshop PSD.

Remo Repair PSD for Mac OS X and Windows is available for US$69 from the Remo Software website (www.remosoftware.com). A trial version is available for download.

Quark has announced an update to QuarkXPress that's available free of charge to all version 9 users. The update optimizes App Studio for QuarkXPress with improvements made to file size, font compatibility, and interactive features.

App Studio is the digital publishing solution that allows designers to create HTML5 apps for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire and Android devices with the page layout software they already know. The updates to QuarkXPress to enhance app creation with App Studio include:

° Issue file size optimization to create even smaller App Studio  downloads;

° Option to embed any TrueType or OpenType font into App Studio layouts;

° New horizontal scroll box interactive enrichment;

° Scroll support for web views;

° The ability to add interactivity to anchored boxes;

° New “Open File” action for embedding additional media within HTML5 content

You can download QuarkXPress 9.5.1 at...

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday announced that it will delay final judgment of assertions that Apple infringed on certain FRAND patents owned by Samsung when it made the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, reports "Reuters" (http://tinyurl.com/c8pra2j).

In September an ITC administrative law judge said in a preliminary ruling in September that Apple didn't infringe the patents. The full ITC said it would review the matter. If the full ITC reversed its internal judge and found Apple guilty of infringement, the ITC could order its products banned from the U.S. market.

The ITC now says it will issue a decision on May 31. And it's requested filings on questions related to the effect of banning the Apple products on the public interest and whether there were acceptable substitutes for the Apple products if they were to be banned.

This is all part of the ongoing, global...

Avatron (http://avatron.com) has revved Air Login, a wireless remote log-in app, to version 1.0.2. With the software, you can access all of your files on your Mac from your iPad or iPhone.

Air Login requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and costs US$1.99. It's available at the Apple App Store in the Business category (http://tinyurl.com/a2yryff).

Stellar Data Recovery has revved Stellar Phoenix JPEG Repair, an app for repairing damaged JPEG/JPG image files, to version 2.0. The new version is faster and sports some user interface tweaks.

The new version has a scanning and recovery engine that is up to 30% faster than the previous version and has a better user experience, says Sunil Chandna, CEO of Stellar Data Recovery. This new version is also more functional and capable of extracting thumbnails from completely unusable or corrupt JPEG files, he adds. The file repair process is completely automated now and is able to provide a distinction between thumbnails and repaired images.

A free version of the software can be downloaded from http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-software/jpeg-repair-mac.php. A full version of Phoenix JPEG Repair is available for US $39.

Adobe will stop boxed sales of its Creative Suite software, making its packages for creative pros available online or by subscription only, reports "TechHive" (http://tinyurl.com/a8vp32o).

"As Adobe continues to focus on delivering world-class innovation through Creative Cloud and digital fulfillment, we will be phasing out shrink-wrapped, boxed versions of Creative Suite and Acrobat products," an Adobe spokesperson told the publication in an email. The company continued, "Electronic downloads for Creative Suite and Acrobat products will continue to be available -- as they are today -- from both Adobe.com, as well as reseller and retail partners. We are in the process of notifying our channel partners and customers, as plans solidify in each region."

Matrox Graphics (www.matrox.com) has announced the Matrox Avio F125, a fiber-optic KVM extender, which separates dual HD video, keyboard, mouse, stereo analog audio and USB 2.0 devices from a workstation.

The Avio F125 features flexible connectivity options. Its transmitter/receiver pair extends two single-link DVI (2x1920x1200) or one dual-link DVI (2560x1600 or 4096x2160) video, and multiple high-speed USB 2.0 compliant devices from the host computer by up to 1,312 feet over multimode cable and 2.5 miles over single-mode cable.

The Avio F125 stands out for its ability to transmit all signals with zero compression and zero latency on a single duplex LC-LC fiber-optic cable, according to Caroline Injoyan, business development manager at Matrox Graphics. Designed for high-performance environments, Avio F125 delivers fluid graphics and video playback making it ideal for broadcast, post production, Pro A/V,...

Regional and rural wireless providers are backing several bills in Congress that would let consumers unlock mobile phones and tablet computers -- such as the iPhone and iPad -- without carriers’ permission, reports "Bloomberg" (http://tinyurl.com/bb9z33g). Big phone companies such as AT&T and Verizon often land exclusive rights to offer the hottest devices, and U.S. rules currently prohibit altering software to let new phones from one carrier to work on other networks, the article notes.

"Smaller carriers have a very difficult time getting access to smartphones and handsets," Steven Berry, president of the Competitive Carriers Association, which represents such companies as U.S. Cellular and Bluegrass Cellular, told "Bloomberg." "The unlocking is one way the consumer can make the decision that I can try someone else who has better coverage in the area where I live or play."

The Washington-...

Mac computers aren't immune to malware, despite popular opinion to the contrary, Zheng Bu, senior researcher for FireEye (a company that makes anti-malware products), tells the "San Jose Mercury News" (http://tinyurl.com/afvpq8k).

Some Mac users have this perception that the Mac is free from hacks "and that is completely wrong, he says. Kevin Haley, Symantec director of product management for security response, told the "Mercury News" that some Mac users "have let their guard down."

The article says that the Mac is becoming a more attractive target for hackers. Last year, the Flashback Trojan malware infected an estimated 600,000 Macs by appearing to be a browser plug-in but actually stole personal information. In February, Apple said Macs operated by Apple employees were infected with Java-related malware when they visited a software development website.

"Both Apple and Windows need...