SilverWiz (http://silverwiz.com) has released MoneyWiz 1.4 for Mac OS X 10.6 and higher. The update to this personal finance software, adds more than 50 new features and is free for all existing customers.

MoneyWiz is a complete personal finance software that allows people to manage accounts, budgets and bills, generate reports and much more. It features a custom made cloud syncing solution that allows people to automatically synchronize their financial data across multiple devices.

MoneyWiz costs US$24.99 and is and available through the Mac App Store in the Finance category (http://tinyurl.com/a49v5ok). iPad and iPhone versions are also available.

Excel Software (www.excelsoftware.com) has announced OfficeProtect 2.0 to protect Microsoft Office documents with a secure software license.  Using OfficeProtect with either QuickLicense or AppProtect, a user-editable Excel spreadsheet is converted into a protected application.

OfficeProtect now supports two protection models: the VBA Bound License and Encrypted XLSM. A VBA Bound License uses password protected VBA code to bind an Office document to the QuickLicense runtime file. The Encrypted XLSM approach allows an Excel spreadsheet to be distributed as an application that's activated for a specific computer, but allows editing changes to be saved as encrypted documents.

The VBA Bound License supports Excel spreadsheets, Macros or Add-Ins for Excel, Word or PowerPoint. OfficeProtect includes ready-to-paste Visual Basic code and step-by-step instructions to bind a document to a license...

Satechi has released the 10-port USB 3.0 Hub, a Mac/PC accessory that allows users to connect an array of devices including digital cameras, printers, external hard drives, keyboards, flash drives, smartphones and tablets in one easy solution.

It features nine USB 3.0 ports compatible with most USB-based devices and one 2.1 Amp charging port that's powerful enough to charge iOS and Android tablets.  The nine USB 3.0 ports are divided in sets of three, each with an on/off switch and blue status indicator lights for each connected device to maximize efficiency.  The 2.1A charging port also has an on/off switch to distribute the additional power to other ports when not in use.  

Additionally, the hub is equipped with its own power supply. The Satechi 10-Port USB 3.0 Hub is available for an introductory price of US$49.99 at Satechi.net and Amazon.com .

App Studio (www.AppStudio.net) has announced new pricing plans for InDesign users. Now, for US$99 per month, designers who work with InDesign can create multi-issue native iOS apps for iPad and iPhone, or can create single issue apps for a one-time charge of $199.95 per app.

With App Studio designers use the layout tools they already know to create interactive content for tablet and smartphones with no coding required, according to App Studio. Designers only need InDesign and an App Studio account to get started. App Studio works with InDesign CS5, CS5.5 and CS6.

Interactive content can be previewed and tested in-full on iOS and Android devices using the free App Studio Issue Previewer app. InDesign layouts can be enhanced with slideshows, video, audio, native animation, 360º photography, hot buttons, cross-linking, swiping, scrubbing, pinching, tilting and more

Learn more about App Studio...

Passengers flying Australian carrier Qantas will now be provided with individual iPads which can stream more than 200 hours of movies, TV shows and music, reports "Hindustan Times" (http://tinyurl.com/bwmhtbd).

The new service will supply an iPad for use during the flight and is being offered in all classes on flights between Sydney and Honolulu on the airline's Boeing 767 aircraft. Entertainment programs are streamed directly to the Apple tablets using the aircraft’s inflight entertainment technology, Q Streaming, which taps into the plane’s onboard WiFi. Over the next few months, new interactive games, travel and business-related apps, as well as digital newspapers and magazines will be added, according to Qantas.

PCI Geomatics, a developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, has announced that, together with its Australian Reseller, GeoImage, will offer a series of free workshops in Perth (March 22), Brisbane (March 26) and Canberra (March 28).

The workshops are designed to provide a better understanding of the variety of offerings from PCI Geomatics and how you can use the software to gain operational efficiencies. Informative sessions will be delivered on: PCI’s Desktop Image Processing software and Geomatica Discover, a new, standalone software tool for automated data discovery on local or network storage devices.

To attend the free workshops, you must RSVP. For more info go to http://tinyurl.com/b6f6xmb .

Native Instruments has announced the latest generation of its two industry-standard Komplete software bundles.

Komplete 9 includes 33 instruments and effects with six new additions, including the new Monark monosynth, plus the completely redesigned Battery 4 drum sampler. Komplete 9 Ultimate includes all 65 current Komplete Instruments and Effects at the time of release and over 370GB of content.

Each bundle now also features studio effects. And Komplete 9 and Komplete 9 Ultimate are available for the same prices as their predecessors Komplete 9 is available for pre-order at a suggested retail price of US$559. Komplete 9 Ultimate is available for a suggested retail price of $1,099. Updates for owners of Komplete 2 through 8 are available from $149. For more info go to www.native-instruments.com/Komplete .

Judge Lucy H. Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division, has ruled that a patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung may continue, reports "AllThingsD" (http://tinyurl.com/b6lnwax). Last Friday she had said she might consider putting the case on hold pending resolution of an appeal in another lawsuit.

Evidently, Koh decided there’s little to gain by postponing Apple’s second suit against Samsung until an appeals court renders a decision on the first, notes "AllThingsD." However, she decided that the case would benefit from a little streamlining, and Koh told both companies to "significantly" reduce the scope of the case by trimming down its claims and expert witness testimony.

This is all part of the ongoing, global legal battle. Apple and Samsung have filed more than 30 lawsuits against each other across four continents. For example,...

Microsoft has changed the license agreement for Office for Mac 2011, Office Home & Student 2013, Office Home & Business 2013 and Office Professional 2013 and standalone applications purchased through retail/resellers.

Based "on feedback from our customers who asked for additional flexibility," the company says the changes allow customers who have already purchased, or newly purchase, the WinOffice 2013 or MacOffice 2011 suites to transfer the software from one computer to another, effective immediately, says Microsoft. For the last several months, users were previously able to install on one computer, but not transfer to another.

Customers can now transfer their license and activate it on a new or different computer as many times as they want but not more than once every 90 days. In the event of a computer failure within 90-day period, the customer should call Microsoft customer support. Also, Office can be reinstalled on the same computer, as needed.

SilverWiz (http://silverwiz.com), creator of the personal finance software, MoneyWiz for iPhone, iPad and Mac, has announced update 1.4, which adds than 50 new features and is a free upgrade for existing customers.

MoneyWiz allows people to manage accounts, budgets and bills, generate reports and more. It also features a custom made cloud syncing solution that allows people to automatically synchronize their financial data across multiple devices. Among the new features in version 1.4 is the:

° Ability to auto-pay scheduled transactions;
° Ability to convert normal transaction to a scheduled transaction;
° Ability to split income transactions;
° Ability to make Scheduled split transactions (expenses & incomes);
° Ability to duplicate scheduled transactions;
° Ability to hide an account from the list of accounts;
° Ability to set the language of MoneyWiz within the...

ATTO Technology will showcase its line of high-performance storage and network connectivity products in interactive workflow demonstrations at the 2013 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8 through April 11.

Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing at ATTO Technology, says ATTO’s booth will feature the industry’s only complete line of 16Gb/s Fibre Channel solutions, including Celerity Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), FastStream RAID Storage Controllers, and FibreConnect Switches. Also on display will be ATTO’s ExpressSAS/SATA HBA and RAID Adapter family, including exciting next-generation SAS technology.

Additionally, ATTO will exhibit their FastFrame line of Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) that leverage ATTO’s expertise in FibreChannel and Ethernet technologies to support the increasing demands of network and storage bandwidth. ATTO is also showcasing their Thunderbolt technology-enabled Desklink devices, ThunderLink and...