ROCHESTER, New York -- September 5, 2007 -- Ambrosia Software, Inc. announced today the release of pop-pop 1.0.5. This release brings support for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, and also provides enhancements to the pulse-quickening arcade game. pop-pop is a unique fusion of pulse-quickening arcade game action and Internetworkable combat that's more addictive (and more colorful) than a handful of jellybeans. Pick your pop and enter the bright happy world of fierce brick-bashing combat, where your paddle is your weapon, and your pop-fu must be strong to survive. This updated version, free to registered users of pop-pop, may be downloaded here: http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/pop-pop/ pop-pop 1.0.5 includes the following improvements and changes: -- pop-pop is now a Universal Binary that runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs -- Compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard WWDC Release -- Various bug fixes and enhancements pop-pop has over 100 built-in puzzle levels if you want to play solo to...

Apple Introduces New iPod classic New 160GB Model Holds Up to 40,000 Songs SAN FRANCISCO--September 5, 2007--Apple today introduced the new iPod classic, featuring 80GB or 160GB of storage that holds your entire collection of music, photos, video, podcasts and games--up to 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video. Now in its sixth generation, the new iPod classic delivers all the features customers love about their iPods, plus an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow and a new all-metal enclosure. iPod classic is priced at just $249 for the 80GB model and $349 for the 160GB model. "The first iPod put 1,000 songs in your pocket--this new iPod classic can put 40,000 songs in your pocket," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With a thinner, all-metal enclosure and an enhanced user interface, the iPod classic is ideal for people who want to hold everything on their iPod." The new iPod classic holds up to 160GB of storage in an all-metal anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel enclosure...

Apple Unveils the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Wireless Music Downloads Directly to iPod touch & iPhone Custom Ringtone Maker Now Built into iTunes SAN FRANCISCO--September 5, 2007--Apple today unveiled the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, offering music fans the ability to browse, search, preview, purchase and download songs and albums from the iTunes Music Store over a Wi-Fi network directly onto their iPod touch or iPhone. With the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, music fans can start enjoying their music purchases immediately on their iPod touch or iPhone with no computer required. Once they connect their iPod touch or iPhone back to their PC or Mac, downloaded music will automatically sync back into their iTunes library. If users have only partially downloaded a song or album onto their iPod touch or iPhone, their computer will complete the download automatically. Prices and selection on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store are the same as on the regular iTunes Store. "The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is...

NEW Techshell protective covers are constructed from Dura-Flex, the same material used to manufacture bullet-proof glass. Techshell's are tough, lightweight and stylish enough for both 007 men and Vogue women. * Snap on – no adhesives – perfect fit * Protection from scratches, stains and other damage * Easy access to all connections * Available in clear and assorted transparent colors * Customize/Personalize with photos, drawings, logos. * Retail SRP: 49.95 Now Available for: Powerbook 12-inch MacBook 13-inch MacBook Pro 15-inch (Core 2 Duo Revision 2 or Higher) MacBook Pro 17-inch Techshell Inc. www.techshell.com

MarsEdit 2 Released With Flickr Support, Redesigned User Interface Somerville, MA. September 4, 2007. Red Sweater Software announced today the release and immediate availability of MarsEdit 2, a major upgrade to the popular weblog publishing software for Mac OS X. MarsEdit 2 features a redesigned user interface, brand-new Flickr photo integration, and powerful new post-editing macros. "MarsEdit is indispensable for me," said Guy Kawasaki, co-founder of Truemors.com and noted Mac evangelist. "Every blog entry in 'How to Change the World' is written with it, and I use it to manage Truemors. This is a terrific update to an already terrific product." Bloggers appreciate MarsEdit's ability to manage one or more weblogs from the comfort of the Mac desktop. MarsEdit 2 expands on that functionality by adding features without complicating the interface. "I am extremely pleased with how MarsEdit 2 has turned out," said Daniel Jalkut, founder of Red Sweater Software. "The familiar Mac interface...

Caller ID, a new tool that displays information about the person calling you before you answer the phone. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007 Apimac has released Caller ID, a shareware application for Mac OS X that works in background and provides a visual alert to inform you about the person currently calling on the phone. It's a very flexible tool and supports many options. The benefits to use Caller ID The Caller ID benefits are many: it lets you identify phone callers before answering the phone; it alerts you to the source of annoying or harassing calls; it lets you distinguish business from personal calls; it lets you decide in advance how to answer and respond; it provides you security; it alerts you to unwanted incoming calls. How work Caller ID? Caller ID uses your Address Book contacts to match and identify a phone number. To receive the caller ID information, you need a modem or a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. You can also forward this information to other clients in your LAN....

NICKENICH, Germany (August 30th, 2007) -- Monkeybread Software releases version 7.5 of the MBS plug-in for REALbasic. The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with over 800 classes and 2 controls featuring over 16000 documented functions. The plug-ins require REALbasic 5.5 or newer. Also required are 200 MB hard disc space and around 16 MB of RAM in addition to the requirements of REALbasic and your operation system itself. While all plug-in parts compile on Mac OS 8.x, Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X (universal), Linux and Windows, each function may depend on additional system requirements to work successfully. Plugin licenses are available for components or for the complete collection. Starting at 20 Euro (+VAT) for one component. If you buy a current license, you will get free updates for one year. After that year, you can update your license to cover an additional year. The plugins can be downloaded on MBS' website as...

Lasso Professional 8.5.4 Update Now Available LassoSoft announces the release of Lasso Professional 8.5.4 and Lasso Developer 8.5.4. This is a free update for all users of Lasso 8.5 and is recommended. The primary change in this build is to fix a performance problem which affected Lasso 8.5.3 on Mac OS X and Red Hat Linux. This problem did not affect Windows and did not affect Lasso 8.5.2 or earlier. This update also includes a new Lasso Connector for FileMaker Server which improves compatibility with FileMaker Server 9, SOAP enhancements, and other minor fixes and documentation updates. More information including change notes can be found here: (http://www.lassosoft.com/Downloads/Updates/index.lasso?9301) Lasso Studio 8.5 Now Available LassoSoft announces the release of Lasso Studio 8.5 for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. Lasso Studio 8.5 is a free update to Lasso Studio 8 which includes several new features, support for the new tags and features in Lasso 8.5, and...

BARCODE PRODUCER 4.5 DELIVERS MAJOR NEW FEATURES, PAGES '08 SUPPORT Major Update Delivers Barcode Templates, iWork '08 Support, GS1-128 Barcodes, CMYK Color Workflow Support, EPS Open Support, Light Margin Indicators RALEIGH, NC (August 28th, 2007) -- Intelli Innovations, Inc. today unveiled Barcode Producer 4.5, a major update to its award-winning barcode creation software suite for Mac OS X. The new release offers new features and enhancements for designing vector barcode graphics in EPS, PDF, and TIFF formats. Barcode Producer features an intuitive user experience for creating barcodes visually, with one-click export for Adobe Creative Suite products, including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat Distiller. "Barcode Producer remains the definitive industry standard for powerful, easy-to-use barcode software on Mac OS X," said Paul Scandariato, CTO, Intelli Innovations, Inc. "Our newest release supports Apple's Pages '08 software, which continues to grow in popularity for...

A Mac OS X application to monitor websites and servers for changes or failures. PORTLAND, Oregon -- August 27, 2007 -- Dejal today announced the immediate availability ofDejal Simon 2.3.1, the essential site monitoring tool for Mac OS X. It checks web pages, FTP and DNS servers, local or remote ports or volumes, and other services for changes or failures, and notifies you via e-mail, sound, speech, or HTML reports. Add tests to Simon to track updated sites, to alert you when an important server goes down or recovers, check on Samba SMB, take periodic screenshots of the system, track posts and new comments on your or friends' blogs, check for web mail, make sure a key application is running, get notifications of updates to favorite news and entertainment websites, keep an eye on auctions, and many other uses. Services include Web (HTTP) to check web pages (including secure ones, and supporting POST and cookies), FTP files and directory listings, DNS, Ping servers, watch a local...

WebAssist partners with CSS guru Eric Meyer on new Web layout tool Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor, created in collaboration with WebAssist, makes it easy for Dreamweaver users to create Web standards compliant CSS-based layouts Encinitas, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2007 -- With today's release of Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor from WebAssist, Adobe Dreamweaver users can now quickly create completely customized, Web standards compliant CSS-based layouts. Modern Web design increasingly demands page layout rely on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for better cross-browser compatibility and user accessibility. Creating proper CSS-based layouts that are cross-browser compatible is a daunting task for even an accomplished Web professional--Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor is the answer. "We created CSS Sculptor to help Web designers master the complexity of creating Web standards compliant CSS-based layouts," said Eric Meyer, an internationally recognized HTML, CSS, and Web standards expert and author. "I worked...

METACOMMUNICATIONS SHIPS PRODUCTION PACK 5.0 Major upgrade provides Mac OS X universal binary plug-ins for Adobe CS 3 automation. IOWA CITY, IA-August 22nd, 2007. Today MetaCommunications, Inc. shipped Production Pack 5.0, a plug-in automation module for its recently released Workgroups 2007 software suite. Production Pack 5.0 now includes Mac OS X universal binary support and automation tools for Adobe's Creative Suite (CS) 3. Users of Adobe's CS 3 can now automate page layout and illustration tasks by accessing digital assets, electronic job tickets, and schedules directly from their native applications. Production Pack 5.0's plug-in interface integrates directly with the Workgroups 2007 suite, enabling users to quickly access information about the job or project they are working on. "Production Pack 5.0 integrates Adobe's CS 3 with our Workgroups 2007 process and productivity suite. Users can pull up job tickets that contain page layout instructions, schedules, and even the images...

MacForge.net: Now Over 45,000 Mac Open Source Projects - In 20 months, Mac open source index has grown substantially - MacForge continues to present open source that runs on the Mac August 21, 2007 -- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- MacTech Magazine announced today that its MacForge Mac open source project index now has over 45,000 projects. MacForge.net was created for not only the experienced open source user, but to introduce the Mac technical community to the wonderful array of projects available. With the huge availability of open source out there, it can be difficult to find projects most relevant to the Mac. MacForge indexes open source projects that either have already been built for/tested on the Mac, or are likely to run on the Mac, without major porting work. "MacForge was originally created out of necessity, but has quickly become popular among thousands of users looking for open source solutions on the Mac," said Neil Ticktin, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine. "And, we...

Odessa, Ukraine - August 20, 2007 - BeLight Software releases Disc Cover 1.5, an update to its software for designing CD/DVD labels, covers, inserts, jewel cases and more. The update brings Leopard beta compatibility, improves support for Primera printers, adds new paper formats, more. The update is free for all Disc Cover users: http://www.belightsoft.com/disccover/ Disc Cover 1.5 Version Changes: - Improved compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard Beta (version 10.5). - Substantially improved support for Primera printers (Bravo SE, Bravo II, Bravo Pro). - Support for Imation D20 Disc Publisher printer. - Support for new Canon printers added. - Paper formats Avery, Staples, Pelican and more has been updated. - Support for Verbatim Digital Vinyl CD-R added. - Importing pictures from iPhoto 6.0.6 and higher is fixed. - Bleed and cut marks export corrected. - Problem with changing shape of Smart Shapes with an inserted image is solved. Read the complete list of changes: http://www....

pdf-Office Professional in Version 7.0 Available The newest version of the German solution for creating PDF forms, pdf-Office Professional Version 7.0, has been announced for release. The software is compatible with Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms. Apart from various extensions to the functionality, the package sports the new Windows Vista look & feel. Priced at =A4117.81 including VAT, a free try-before-you-buy version can be downloaded from (http://www.pdf-office.com/)www.pdf-office.com. The pdf-Office Professional package is an innovative software solution for creating and designing professional PDF forms. The solution developed by UNIVERSE Software GmbH, based in Solingen, Germany, provides an intuitive way of making interactive PDf forms without any training needed -- forms that the user can simply fill out electronically on the screen and print, with all of the additional features that the PDF format offers to be be displayed and processed on any workstation at any...

WORLDSYNC, INC. EXTENDS DEVCON SPECIAL FOR fmDATAGUARD TO NON-ATTENDEES -- fmDataGuard Provides Technology to Meet Regulatory Compliance, Instant Data Rollback and Quick Recovery from Crash or Corruption -- BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 14, 2007 -- WorldSync, Inc. today announced that all FileMaker(R) developers can take advantage of the fmDataGuard FileMaker DevCon Special Pricing. fmDataGuard provides the technological basis for regulatory compliance, logs all data changes and allows for instant data rollback or quick recovery from a crash or corruption. Available immediately through Friday, August 17, 2007, FileMaker DevCon Show Special Pricing on fmDataGuard is US$1000 for a server license (regularly US$1250/server); US1480 per application for a vertical application developer license (regularly US$1850/application); or US$120 per user for a single user license (regularly US$150/user). fmDataGuard requires FileMaker Pro 8.5 or higher and FileMaker Server 8.0v4 or higher. FileMaker...

NEWERTECH INTRODUCES MINISTACK NAS HOME/BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKING Drag & Drop Shared Storage up to 750GB for Home or Business 6 Times Faster Performance - Extra Security with NDAS Technology August 14, 2007, Woodstock, IL, -- Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech) http://www.newertech.com, a leading developer of PC, Macintosh and iPod performance upgrades and accessories, today announced the newest addition to its award-winning storage line, the miniStack NAS Network Attached Storage solution for storing and sharing music, videos, photos, and files at home or at the office. miniStack NAS easily connects to computers via Ethernet or USB 2.0 ports for Plug & Play storage and sharing of up to 750GB between up to 20 Windows or Mac users. Server for the Digital Lifestyle Based on the award-winning miniStack, winner of Macworld Magazine "Top Product," MacAddict Magazine "Editor's Choice," and 123macmini.com "Accessory of the Year" Awards, miniStack NAS addresses the...

PDFpen 3.3 Released With Enhanced Annotation Display San Francisco, CA - August 14, 2007 - SmileOnMyMac has released PDFpen 3.3, its PDF editing and form-filling tool for Mac OS X. The update adds greater compatibility with Adobe Acrobat mark-up by displaying additional drawn annotations, including stamps. The update also features a new preference to lock large images automatically, simplifying the task of editing scanned document pages, which are images. All the new features of PDFpen 3.3 have also been added to PDFpenPro 3.3, the Pro version that has the ability create fillable PDF forms in addition to all the features of PDFpen. PDFpen 3.3 can be downloaded at http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/download.html. The update is free for registered users of PDFpen 3.x. PDFpen costs $49.95. PDFpenPro costs $94.95. Upgrades from earlier versions of either application are $25.00. Upgrades from PDFpen to PDFpenPro are $45.00. Mac OS X 10.4 or later is required. What's new in PDFpen 3.3? -...

Zoho Viewer Opens Files View Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Other File Types in a Browser PLEASANTON, Calif. -- August 13, 2007 -- (http://www.zoho.com/) Zoho just made viewing and sharing files a lot easier for people who work online with today's announcement of Zoho Viewer at (http://viewer.zoho.com/). For a video demonstration, visit (http://www.viddler.com/explore/raju/videos/2/) Zoho Viewer lets users do three things: 1) view documents, 2) share document as URLs, and 3) embed documents. Users simply upload a Microsoft Office, PDF, or other document type to Zoho Viewer, which provides a link to that document. The link can then be shared with other users, who can view the document from their browsers when they click on the link. "This simplifies document viewing and sharing for our customers, as well as other application providers," said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. "It should not be hard for users to attach or view documents. Emailing URLs, instead of documents, eliminates...

The ultimate Media Center for the Mac: MediaCentral now offers an even wider selection of IP TV channels equinux' MediaCentral now with more than 350 IP TV feeds San Mateo, USA / Munich, Germany - August 10th, 2007: MediaCentral users can better personalize their entertainment software, now with a wider range of IP TV channels. equinux has expanded its award-winning media center solution for Mac OS X by adding over 25 new IP TV feeds, totaling more than 350 channels. The newly added channels include everything from ABC, CBS, Discovery Channel and MTV to Comedy Central, Rocketboom sequels or Macworld videos. MediaCentral even includes european offerings like EuroNews and several local technology and entertainment channels. All of the recent IP TV additions introduced by equinux were feature requests made by their MediaCentral customers. All content suggestions or feature requests can be submitted via the equinux web interface (http://www.equinux.com/goto/mediacentral/submitcontent)....

Objective Development announces LaunchBar 4.3.2 for Mac OS X Vienna, Austria - August 9, 2007 -- Objective Development today announced the availability of LaunchBar 4.3.2, an update for the company's popular, award winning search and productivity utility. LaunchBar 4.3.2 is a maintenance update to last week's version 4.3 release. LaunchBar 4.3 comes with a brand new look, includes new features like Instant Open (hold the last abbreviation key to open an item), Instant Send (for quickly sending selections to LaunchBar and beyond), text items, a convenient Calculator, Fast User Switching, Google Maps integration, improved support for third party apps (Firefox, Camino, iTunes, Cyberduck) and much more. LaunchBar 4.3.2 is a free update for registered users of LaunchBar 4. A detailed listing of all new features is available at http://www.obdev.at/launchbar/releasenotes.html For more information on LaunchBar or to download a demo version, please visit http://www.obdev.at/launchbar/ About...

DEVONAGENT 2.2 -- WORKSPACES, BONJOUR, AND MANY IMPROVEMENTS Coeur d'Alene (Idaho, USA), August 9, 2007 -- DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases version 2.2 of DEVONagent, its intelligent Web research tool and alternative Web browser. DEVONagent 2.2 allows the user to save the addresses of all currently open web pages in a 'workspace' that can be recalled at any time later. This way, the user can create specialized workspaces for various browser-centric tasks such as news reading or database work. Also, DEVONagent shows the available web services advertised on the local network through Bonjour in the Go menu, the bookmarks drawer, and gives access to both workspaces and Bonjour services via the Dock menu. The Bonjour integration makes it easy to access, for example, shared DEVONthink Pro Office databases or other devices present on the local network. The Go menu and the bookmarks drawer use web page icons, too, to make it easier for the user to find the bookmark she or he is looking for. A...

tagtraum industries is proud to announce version 1.2 of beaTunes - an iTunes add-on for Mac & Windows, popular especially amongst DJs, athletes, audiophiles and iPod users. In the past year, beaTunes clearly has become one of the finest iTunes library management tools around. Its unique inspection feature is unrivaled by any other software on the market. Never before has it been this easy to correct typos, wrong genres etc. Goodbye R.E.M. vs REM! Additionally, beaTunes analyzes the color, tempo (BPM) and language of your songs, intelligently creates playlists of matching songs, lets you blog about your playlists, and more. Whether you need to build a compelling DJ set or workout-playlist for your Nike + iPod, beaTunes can help. It lets you build better playlists. Additionally to new inspections, a full-screen album charts mode, and other feature enhancements, version 1.2 adds a track identification feature for songs without artist or title information. This is made possible...

Automated GUI Test Tool Squish for Mac OS X Applications Released Hamburg, Germany - 2007-08-08. froglogic today released a beta version of Squish for Mac, the automated GUI testing tool for Mac OS X Carbon and Cocoa applications. Squish is the leading cross-platform GUI testing tool for automated testing of GUI applications based on a variety of GUI technologies such as Java Swing/AWT/SWT/Eclipse RCP, Trolltech's Qt, AJAX/Web/HTML and many more. The new Squish for Mac edition features automated GUI testing of native Mac OS X applications. The same rich set of features known from other Squish editions is now available for QA engineers dealing with Carbon and Cocoa applications on Apple's Mac OS X system. "While the popularity of Mac OS X is constantly growing, no professional tools for automated testing of native Mac OS X applications are available today. After the huge success of Squish for other GUI technologies, we are very excited to fill this gap by providing a solid and powerful...