Realmac Software has updated Analog (www.realmacsoftware.com/analog/), a photo polishing app with filters and borders, to version 1.3. The upgrade includes eight new filters found in Analog Camera for iPhone, bringing the total number of filters to 35.

With Analog you can crop and rotate photos, as well as apply effects and borders.
Once you've finished processing an image, Analog allows you to publish images to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa and CloudApp with just two clicks.

Analog is available for an introductory price of US$7.99. The regular price is $19.99. It requires Mac OS X 10.7.4 or higher and is available at the Mac App Store (http://tinyurl.com/mdwow5x).

360Works (http://360works.com) has rolled out Plastic 2. The Plastic 2 plug-in for FileMaker is designed to make it easy to process secure, SSL-encrypted credit card payments from FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Web Publishing.

Plastic 2 can run charges and transactions with credit-card swipe readers, card-not-present accounts, direct check debiting, and more. It also introduces security features, such as profile based payments, to protect customer data.

Plastic 2 is included with the 360Works Portfolio Bundle, which means that current subscribers will receive a Plastic 2 Enterprise License for free. It can be purchased separately as an US$149 single user license, $195 workgroup license for 10 users, or $695.00 enterprise license for unlimited users and FileMaker Server/Web Publishing deployment. Upgrade pricing from version 1.x is also available. For more information, or to download a free...

Twocanoes Software has announced Winclone 4, an update to the application that lets Mac users image and migrate Windows installed in Boot Camp.

Winclone 4 features Real PC migration, network migration of Windows between Macs, direct disk-to-disk imaging of Boot Camp, and faster imaging and restoring. It also introduces features to make Boot Camp cloning faster and more flexible.

Twocanoes offers a support package that includes two years of technical support and maintenance, including access to priority technical support and all minor and major upgrades. Winclone requires Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, Windows 7 or higher, and a Boot Camp partition

Winclone 4 costs US$29.99 for an individual license (up to two computers), $99.99 for the pro version (unlimited computers by a single administrator), and $499.99 for a site license (unlimited computers by any employee or contractor). Winclone Pro with Support and Winclone Site License with Support are also available. All...

Apple has posted Tunes 11.0.4, a free download at the Mac App Store. It requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher (a Windows version is also available). According to Apple, this version of iTunes comes with several new features and improvements, including:

° A new MiniPlayer. MiniPlayer now includes a new view that showcases your album artwork. In addition, a progress bar is now built right into MiniPlayer.

° An improved Songs View. You can now enjoy your album artwork while in Songs view.

° Multi-Disc Albums. Albums with multiple discs now appear as a single album.
iTunes 11.0.4 also fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit if you switch between wired and wireless syncing and addresses an issue that may require you to log into the iTunes Store repeatedly.

AirTurn (www.airturn.com) has released the AirTurn DIGIT, which the company says is the world's first wireless remote for iTunes and iOS cameras that combines handheld control with foot pedal compatibility.

A silent, tactile button set on the AirTurn DIGIT provides the ability to turn pages, control teleprompter apps, advance presentation slides, and control iTunes playlists on all iOS devices (iPad, iPhone 3S and above, and the iPod touch), as well as iTunes for Mac and PC. The AirTurn DIGIT also gives users the ability to control iOS cameras for remote video and picture snapshots. For hands free pedal control, two 3.5mm (1/8 inch) stereo ports can connect to momentary, non-latching normally open (NO) pedals and switches that replicate the handset button controls (pedals sold separately).

Within iTunes, AirTurn DIGIT users can use the handheld buttons to play/pause tracks, navigate between songs in a...

The next version of QuarkXPress, the design and layout tool for print and digital publishing, is coming soon, according to the folks at Quark. In anticipation of version 10, Quark is offering anyone who purchases or upgrades to QuarkXPress 9 between now and June 30 a free upgrade to QuarkXPress 10.



QuarkXPress 10 will be sold as perpetual license software available through Quark sales outlets and authorized resellers. Until June 30, 2013 anyone who purchases or upgrades to QuarkXPress 9 from any previous version will receive version 10 for free.

After June 30, 3 only QuarkXPress 8 users will be eligible to upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 for a free upgrade to QuarkXPress 10. Also after June 30, QuarkXPress 3-7 users will no longer be eligible to upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 or 10 and will to need to purchase new full licenses. For more info go to www.quark.com/10 .

Tension Software (www.tensionsoftware.com) has updated Data Creator, a Mac OS X tool that can create sample tables (rows and columns) fill them with pseudo-random proper content (rows of content) with a single click, to version 1.2. The upgrade offers two new export format for web developers: HTML table and HTML full page

With Data Creator, you can select which kind of fields (columns) you like (name of animals, colors, fruits, etc.) and have all the contents filled for how many rows you like in a click. The app can export to comma separated value, tab separated values, HTML tables, even web pages.

Data Creator requires Mac OS X 10.7.3 or higher and costs US7. It's available at the Tension Sofware web site or the Mac App Store (http://tinyurl.com/k4z48jn).

TLA Systems has rolled out a new release of PCalc, their 20-year-old scientific calculator for the Mac. Version 3.9 is available now on the Mac App Store, and also as a direct download from pcalc.com.

The biggest change in 3.9 is support for the user constants, conversions, and functions created by the latest version of PCalc on iOS. You can import them from the iOS version, and they will sync across all your devices -- iOS and OS X -- automatically via iCloud. You can also create and edit an unlimited number of user constants using the Mac version, and those will sync across too.

Automatic syncing is currently only available in the Mac App Store version, due to Apple's restrictions on iCloud usage. However, you can still manually import and export in the non-MAS version.

PCalc 3.9 also adds constant functions in algebraic mode. Just press equals again to repeat the last calculation, or enter a new value and then press equals to repeat it on that value.

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Apple has posted Mac OS X 10.8.4, which is available as a free download via the Mac App Store. According to Apple the update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users and includes features and fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including the following:

° Compatibility improvements when connecting to certain enterprise Wi-Fi networks;
° Microsoft Exchange compatibility improvements in Calendar;
° A fix for an issue that prevented FaceTime calls to non-U.S. phone numbers;
° A fix for an issue that may prevent scheduled sleep after using Boot Camp;
° Improves VoiceOver compatibility with text in PDF documents'
° Includes Safari 6.0.5, which improves stability for some websites with chat features and games;
° A fix for an issue that may cause iMessages to display out of order in Messages;
° Resolves an issue in which Calendars Birthdays may appear incorrectly in certain time zones;
° A...

Today at Computex, Intel (www.intel.com) unveiled new processors -- dubbed "Haswell" -- that scale all the way from thinner tablets to touch notebooks to the highest-end workstations.  And just in time for Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, which runs next week. Make of that what you will.

The new line of processors are Intel’s fourth gneration of processors. Their silicon can go as low as six watts, measured by SDP (system design power), "a dramatic decrease," according to "Forbes" (http://tinyurl.com/mx33mug). Haswell also supported "connected standby, where your information will always be fresh three times longer and also improved battery life by up to 50%," the article adds.

Intel also beefed up the graphics performance on its more expensive configurations called "Iris Pro," by adding eDRAM.  "Adding discrete graphics memory...

Real Software, Inc. a provider of cross-platform software development tools, will change its corporate name from Real Software to Xojo, Inc. and the product name will change from Real Studio to Xojo.

Xojo is a cross-platform software development tool that enables developers to create software for OS X, Windows, Linux, the web, and soon, mobile. Xojo, Inc. will continue to offer innovative cross-platform development tools with the goal of enabling ordinary people to create extraordinary apps, according to Geoff Perlman, Xojo’s founder and CEO. To complement this goal, Xojo will now be free to use for learning and development.

Developers can use the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for free, and will only need to purchase a license once they want to build a distributable version of their application. Licenses are purchased per target platform, including Web, Desktop, Database, Console, and Xojo Pro, which is a bundle license that includes all deployment...