Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Zacware has announced Soundtastic 1.0, an US$0.99 app available exclusively for the iPad. Soundtastic provides an interface for changing the pitch of a wide variety of built in sounds, as well as allowing the user to record as many of their own custom sounds as they want. Using the iPad's touch screen, users can then play these sounds in any combination, and can vary the pitch of each sound from the lowly bellow of a monster to the high pitched screech of a chipmunk.

xhumans has released Cinema for iPad 1.0, a $2.99 motion picture app exclusively for the iPad. It harkens back to the golden age of cinema going and presents a great number of films at specific showtimes throughout the day, just like a real repertory theatre.

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Quark will be onsite at EMC World (http://www.emcworld.com/) next week in booth #100 as a part of the Content Management Momentum Zone. At the event Quark will demonstrate the integration of Quark XML Author for Microsoft Word (http://dynamicpublishing.quark.com/xml_author/) with EMC Documentum.

The integration of Quark’s XML authoring tool with EMC’s leading content management system allows organizations to adopt XML in order to improve collaboration on content creation, enable content reuse, and comply with regulatory mandates.
 
With Quark XML Author any Microsoft Word user can purportedly create intelligent and reusable XML content with little or no training. Documentum users can then manage, review, and edit the XML content created with Quark XML Author.

Black Cat Systems has updated MultiMode (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimodeOSX.html), a Mac OS X application that lets you Mac decode several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave, to version 6.1.0. This version fixes bugs that can cause distorted audio on PowerPC Macs.

MultiMode is an US$89 application that lets your Mac decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave and ham radio. It allows you to decode and display morse code, RTTY, FAX, SSTV, ACARS, PSK31 and many other modes on your Mac, without any extra hardware. MultiMode now also allows you to transmit in most of the modes of operation. A lite version is also available which decodes CW, RTTY, and weather fax modes, which is ideal for the sailor and boating enthusiast.

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Eternal Storms (http://www.eternalstorms.at) has updated their flickr client, flickery, for Mac OS X 10.5 or higher to version 1.9. The upgrade features plugins for both Aperture and iPhoto for better integration and supports flickr Galleries.

With flickry, you can browse flickr's photos, view and comment on pictures of your friends, or upload and manage your own photos and favorites. flickery offers three ways of viewing photos: the miniature-overview of the photos where you can see multiple pictures at a time; the full-window-view, which lets you view one photo at a time in detail; and the full-screen view.

You can upload photos to your flickr.com account, as well. The app also gives you the possibility of editing your photos before you upload them. flickery costs US$19.95, though version 1.9 is a free update for registered users.

CBS has made only a limited number of promotional clips available for viewing on the tablet device, but Anthony Soohoo, senior VP and general manager of CBS Interactive, told us that by the start of the fall season it plans to have all the same video available on the Apple iPad that is available on CBS.com.

Unlike ABC, which built an iPad app to deliver its full-length episodes and promotional clips on the device, CBS decided to focus on delivering video through its web site, CBS.com. Since the iPad doesn’t support Adobe Flash, CBS has created a video site for the iPad through HTML5 instead, reports "NewTeeVee" (http://newteevee.com/2010/05/07/cbs-will-have-full-slate-of-web-video-on...). Soohoo expects CBS to deploy increasingly more video that's iPad-ready, until it reaches content parity...

Our next Migration Kit will look at veterinary software for the Mac. If you use or know of such goodies, drop me a line (dsellers@macsimumnews.com) no later than Wednesday, May 12.

Migration Kits appear on Friday and round-up Mac solutions for specific industries and areas as dentistry, engineering, sales, etc. Also, if you have a particular migration topic you'd like us to cover, drop me a line, as well.

Growth of the worldwide converged mobile device market (commonly referred to as smartphones) more than doubled that of the overall mobile phone market in the first quarter, a sign the segment is in high-growth mode again. And Apple had a banner quarter.

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 54.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010 (1Q10), up 56.7% from the same quarter a year ago. In contrast, the overall mobile phone market grew 21.7%. Converged mobile devices accounted for 18.8% of all mobile phones shipped in 1Q10, up slightly from 14.4% in 1Q09.

Apple more than doubled its shipments from a year ago, with more iPhones arriving outside its home territory of North America. CEO Steve Jobs announced the latest operating system update, enabling multi-tasking, folders, enhanced email, iBooks for consumers, and iAd, a mobile advertising platform, for developers. A fourth generation...

IvySkin has announced the iPad SmartCase Quattro-T5 ($S69.99)and Xylo-T4 ($39.99) cases for iPad (http://www.ivyskin.com/ipad-cases), an addition to the Quattro, Xylo and SmartCase series.

Key to the cases are their shock-proof PolyCarbonate construction. The patent-pending Uni-body housing protects against vibrations, drops and shocks. Additionally, IvySkin' anti scratch- and corrosion-resistant soft touch finish is a more durable surface than TPE, TPU or silicon and ensures that the cases maintain their attractive styling and brand new look, according to the folks at IvySkin.

What's more, the SmartCase version ($99.99) comes with 3000mAh internal battery, featuring patented technologies for accurate and back-up power, with OTA testing for maximum signal transfer and circuit protection. A Touch-Thru glass protects the screen and withstands heavy-duty use, as well as the...

Virtual Programming will publish a Mac version of Supreme Commander 2 (http://www.supremecommander2.com/) later this year. Pricing and system requirements haven't been announced.

Here's how the game is describe: "A single shot. That’s all it takes to end the tenuous peace between the United Earth Federation (UEF), the Aeon Illuminate, and the Cybran Nation, a mere 25 years after the three created the Colonial Defense Coalition and worked together to defeat the invading aliens known as Seraphim. The assassination of the newly elected president of the Coalition brings the three to the brink of war in Supreme Commander 2, the sequel to the highly-acclaimed strategy title that captivated gamers three years ago."

Supreme Commander 2 will be available as a digital download at Virtual Programming’s Deliver2Mac.com service and will also ship to retail as a boxed product.

Black Cat has updated Audiocorder (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html), an audio recording app for Mac OS X, to version 5.4.0. This version adds an option to allow the format of the automatically generated sound filename to be set by the user. It also includes bug fixes with the scheduled recording option.

You can use Audiocorder in one of three ways. First, it can work like a standard tape audio recorder. Second, Audiocorder works like a VCR; you can program when it should start and stop recording. Third, Audiocorder can work like a VOX (voice operated) audio recorder. The Voice VOX feature attempts to distinguish between “real” audio, such as speech and music, as compared to static, making it easier to record off of shortwave radio, etc.

Audiocorder is available for Mac OS X 10.2 and later. It costs US$19.99....

On this week's "Tech Night Owl," Gene Steinberg, the Owl himself, and guests look at the U.S. government’s alleged inquiry into the affairs of Apple Inc. in the wake of the change in the iPhone developers agreement that effectively blocks use of Flash to port iPhone apps.

The episode also covers the strange soap opera of an online publisher’s “purchase” of an iPhone prototype and the curious aftermath. Along for the ride are Peter Cohen, from "The Loop," and Adam Engst, editor/publisher of "TidBITS" and Take Control Books.

You can tune into the live broadcast stream Thursday nights from 6-8 Pacific, 9-11 Eastern from http://www.technightowl.com/radio ; an archive of the show will be available for downloading and listening at your convenience within four hours after the original broadcast. You can also access our show's podcast feed, now available at...

The iPad 3G remains sold out in most of the company's retail stores, prompting "Notify Me" waiting lists that will give customers first priority when supplies are replenished, reports "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com).

Ten Apple stores across the U.S. contacted by the web site Thursday were all sold out of the 3G-capable model of the iPad, in all storage capacities. Some of the stores said they were also sold out of all Wi-Fi models, while others had limited stock, the article adds.

Customers who want the iPad 3G, first released last Friday, can sign up for Apple's "Notify Me" service, which will e-mail customers when the product comes back in stock. Those who sign up for the list have first priority on the iPad 3G, and will have 24 hours to pick up the device when it arrives in store.