CoreMelt (http://www.coremelt.com) has launched Rolling Shutter Reduction inside Lock & Load X, a stabilizer for FCP.

Lock & Load X now has the ability to reduce rolling shutter artifacts as it stabilizes. This reduces the vertical distortion and horizontal skew effects in your footage.

CoreMelt has also included shutter coefficient settings for the Canon EOS 5D mkII, 7D and 550D. The rolling shutter feature is part of a free update for current users of Lock & Load. Lock & Load X is available for FCP, FCE, and Motion, After Effects version coming soon,

Lock & Load X requires Mac OS X 10.5.4 or later and one of the following hosts: Final Cut Studio 2, Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 (or later), Motion 3.0.2 (or later), Final Cut Express 4.0 or later.

Jumsoft has released Relationship 2.0 (http://www.jumsoft.com/relationship/), an update of the customer relationship management application for home-based or small businesses for Mac OS X. In the new version, Jumsoft expands its scope, turning Relationship into a contact and project management solution.

Relationship 2 features a series of improvements, including direct e-mail integration, a fully remade event feature, and project tracking capability. It features a series of improvements over its predecessor, including direct e-mail integration, a fully remade event feature, and project tracking capability.

Relationship is designed to help people organize and manage their contact information, titles, campaigns, and resources. With it, you can collect information about your customers, partners, and suppliers, organize contacts by groups and "smart groups," add custom columns...

Dexim (http://www.dexim.net) has released the US$79.95 DCA199 Foldable Solar-Powered P-Flip for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. It's purportedly capable of extending talk time up to eight hours, video or game time up to 15 hours, or audio playing time up to 60 hours.

The DCA199 is equipped with a 2000 mAh lithium polymer battery and two camouflage-colored solar panels that receive a charge from the sun. It can flip horizontally or vertically for hands-free video viewing, or fold together for storage and carrying.

To obtain a full charge, the DCA199 takes around 15 hours of exposure to natural sunlight. Users can also still charge and sync their device using the included micro USB cable.

As per the agreed extension between the parties, Psystar filed its opening brief with the Ninth Circuit yesterday. However, the entire thing was filed under seal, but you can find the actual filing at the "World of Apple" web site (http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2010/05/18/apple-v-psystar-psystar...). Apple’s response is due June 16.

In January Psystar officially filed its Notice of Appeal in the copyright suit it lost against Apple. The appeal involved a copyright infringement suit Apple brought against Psystar to stop the Florida company from...

On the new "MacVoices" (http://www.macvoices.com), Yuri Selukof, the founder of Good.iWare, profiles GoodReader for the iPhone and iPad.

Many think of GoodReader as an app to view PDFs on Apple's mobile devices, but it goes beyond that. Selukof covers all the file formats GoodReader will accept and why Good.iWare decided to make the list as broad as possible, as well as the multiple ways to get files into GoodReader, including WiFi, direct connect, internet access and from email.

"MacVoices" is an Internet show and podcast that delivers in-depth discussions with the most influential people in the Mac industry, as well as "the individuals who are out there making it happen on the front lines of the global Apple community," according to host Chuck Joiner.

SandForce is shipping production firmware with its SF-1000 Solid State Drive (SSD) Processor family of products (http://www.sandforce.com/go/SandForce-Driven). The silicon and firmware combination has been field-tested by numerous SSD manufacturers, who are now shipping qualified SSDs.

Additionally, the company has launched the “SandForce Driven” program, to help Enterprise server and storage original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and all SSD users recognize solid state storage that incorporate the most advanced SSD Processor technology proven to deliver industry-leading reliability and performance, says Kent Smith, senior director of product marketing at SandForce.

With integrated, patent-pending DuraClass Technology, SandForce SSD Processors are the first to enable the practical use of MLC flash memory in enterprise-class storage systems, he adds. By...

PLX Technology (http://www.usbduet.com), a global supplier of silicon and software interconnect solutions for the enterprise and consumer markets, says its USB Duet solution for mobile computers enables plug-and-play connectivity with the Apple iPad. Unfortunately, it's Windows only.

David Raun, vice president of marketing and business development at PLX, says the PLX USB Duet instantly allows users to load content to the iPad or, conversely, share the mobile PC’s larger tactile keyboard, and speakers -- all without the need for iTunes software. It's a combination of PLX-engineered hardware and application software designed directly into original equipment manufacturer's new netbook and notebook computers. 



The USB Duet allows Windows-based computers to share content and functionality with the iPad -- or other PCs -- simply by attaching a standard USB cable, thus enabling effortless connectivity...

Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com) has announced the availability of its new digital video service CinemaNow, which will provide customers same-day instant access to new release movies and TV shows.

The service will initially be accessible through select connected Blu-ray Disc players and HDTVs, and on most PCs via the web at http://www.cinemanow.com . Unfortunately, the service doesn't support playback on the Mac. Beginning this month, the service will be available on all new connected Blu-ray disc players and home theater systems from LG Electronics. CinemaNow is also expected to launch on an array of other devices from various manufacturers, including Insignia, later this year.

CinemaNow, the result of the previously announced strategic relationship between Sonic Solutions® and Best Buy, will be powered by the RoxioNow...

Dejal (http://www.dejal.com/blog) has updated Dejal Caboodle -- a Mac OS X application for collecting text, images, and other content -- to version 1.3.6. The upgrade offers performance tweaks for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").

To improve performance and reduce disk space, imported PDFs, files dragged to the Dock icon, or via the Save PDF to Caboodle print option are now copied to an Attachments folder within the Caboodle data folder, and aliased to the entries.

Caboodle is a tool to help store and organize such varied bits of information. You can arrange the items in an outline-like hierarchy, and include both structured fields and free-form text and pictures in each entry, along with web links, lists, tables, PDFs, and any other kind of file as attachments. When you create a new entry within an existing one, the custom fields are inherited, allowing quickly creating content in an organized...

Have you ever posted something that came back to bite you, like extreme political views, racy pictures, or complaints about your boss? If you did, you're not alone, and until now, foolish posts were all your own and only viewed by friends in your social media network and maybe the random high school classmate you decided to friend , the one you barely remember.

But what if everyone could see these blunders and more? What if your profile and interests were broadcast to a wider audience.

As you know, recent changes to Facebook's default privacy settings are slipping user's profile info to search engines, and newly proposed features are stirring up controversy in Congress as well as creating privacy concerns amongst users. Research by Retrevo (http://www.retrevo.com) earlier this year suggests that people were already getting themselves into trouble by hastily posting content that they find themselves...

Graebert GmbH  (http://www.graebert.com) has updated the beta versions of its ARES 2D/3D CAD software for Mac OS X and Linux and is accepting a new round of beta testers for these products.

The latest versions include new features, fixes and specific support for .dwg 2010 support via DWGDirect 3.2. ARES uses a common design interface and is the first CAD solution to run natively across Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, while also being optimized for specific operating system features and capabilities. iPad support is also under active investigation.

The latest beta of ARES requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher. Just remember: beta software is unfinished software, so use with care.

Tension Software has updated Password Repository (http://www.pomola.com/products_passwordrepository/passwordrepository.html), a Mac OS X password storage utility, to version 2.11.10. The upgrade beefs up the Preferences feature and lets you open apps and folders from a reference URL.

Password Repository lets you save all your passwords in documents protecting them on disk using a single password. Data is encrypted using strong and bullet proof algorithms, and the password protecting a document is not saved in any place. Password Repository costs US$30, though version 2.11.10 is a free update for registered users of version 2.0.

The software is Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.