PocketMac, the creator of the original Mac-to-BlackBerry sync solution, has released version 5.0 of PocketMac for BlackBerry (http://www.pocketmac.com/PocketMac_for_BlackBerry.php). It comes with a synchronization engine redesigned from the ground up for Mac OS X 10.6 ("Snow Leopard").

The new engine accounts for the new quicker synchronization speeds, according to Tim Goggin of PocketMac. Also included are simpler, clearer preferences, reorganized to accommodate the way users want to work, he adds.

PocketMac for BlackBerry 5.0 includes two-way sync with the Apple Address Book, iCal, Daylite, Entourage 2008, LotusNotes, iTunes, iPhoto and Stickies. In addition, as part of every sync, PocketMac for BlackBerry will back-up all of your BlackBerry's SMS texts, and your call history. A separate viewer application is also provided so that you...

>Karelia Software has updated its free iMedia Browser (http://www.karelia.com/imedia/), an utility to add the familiar "media browser" experience to just about any Mac application, to version 1.2.2. The upgrade is compatible with Aperture 3, the latest version of Apple's software for professional and semi-pro photographers.

Built from the ground up to resemble the media browser found in several Apple applications, the Karelia iMedia Browser is a stand-alone utility that can be used to access a user's library of photos, sounds, movies, or bookmarks.

The Karelia iMedia Browser allows users to browse their libraries of photos (iPhoto, Aperture, and Pictures folders); music (iTunes library, GarageBand songs, and Music folders); movies (from iTunes, iPhoto, and Movies folders), and bookmarks (from several leading web browsers). It can be activated either from the dock or from a small...

Canto (http://www.canto.com) has released Cumulus Sites, a new product that "bridges web site ease of use with the power and control of Canto Cumulus digital asset management." It offers a live asset delivery platform organizations can stylize to suit their identities, and customize to suit their file sharing and distribution requirements.

Cumulus Sites features a “login-free” mode that offers instant “guest” level access. Common permissions for guests include browsing of approved files, and downloads of watermarked-on-the-fly variants, though any access level can be defined. Cumulus account holders can gain higher access levels through an “anytime” log-in option. User actions can be tracked for usage statistics reporting from within Cumulus.

Sites users can share one or more files using a collection link feature. Links can include passwords and expiration dates, and they may be emailed or even added to...

Amazon.com has announced "Kindle for Mac," a free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Macs.

The U.S. Kindle Store currently offers over 450,000 books, including New Releases and 102 of 111 New York Times Bestsellers. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC and Mac, and, soon, the iPad. Customers in over 100 countries can go to http://www.amazon.com/kindleformac to download the Kindle for Mac application for free today.

Kindle for Mac features Amazon’s Whispersync technology that automatically saves and synchronizes bookmarks and last page read across devices. A customer can read some on their Mac, read some on their Kindle, and always pick up where they left off.

According to Jay Marine, director, Amazon Kindle, with Kindle for Mac, readers can:

° Purchase, download, and read...

China Mobile hopes to offer both the iPad and a version of the iPhone that supports China's homegrown 3G mobile standard, comments by China Mobile's top executive showed on Thursday.

As reported by "Computerworld" (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9172598/China_Mobile_wants_iPad_a...), China Mobile is "interested in the iPad" and has told Apple it hopes to see a version of the iPhone that works with the government-backed 3G standard it is using, Wang Jianzhou, CEO and chairman of China Mobile Limited, said at a news conference.

Wang's remarks are the first from a Chinese company interested in offering the iPad, notes "Computerworld." And Apple hasn't even said whether it will sell the device in China....

Harman International (http://www.harman.com) is introducing new products this spring across three divisions: home entertainment, mobile/in-car and multimedia.

For the movie buff and sound enthusiast at home, Harman brings to the market new 5.1 home entertainment solutions: the Harman Kardon HKTS 20 (US$699) and HKTS 30 ($899). It boasts a 200W powered, 200mm subwoofer and two-way loudspeakers. It includes a dual-driver center-channel speaker.

The JBL MS-8 ($799) product for the mobile category. It's a system integration digital processor that can purportedly optimize any vehicle’s performance in about 10 minutes. By following a step-by-step procedure, the MS-8 maximizes frequency response, bass performance, dynamics, clarity, detail and stereo imaging.

In multimedia, Harman brings back new, improved versions of time-honored favorites such as the brand-new Harman Kardon Go + Play Micro ($299), the...

Apple has released Logic Pro 9.1.1 ("http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/download/), an update of the music creation and audio production tool. The new version delivers improved compatibility and numerous fixes, according to Apple.

Logic Pro 9.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later. For new users the cost is US$499.

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/).

App Cubby has announced KaleidoVid 1.0, an US$0.99 app for iPhone 3G and 3GS devices. It creates kaleidoscopic images from everyday objects using the iPhone's built-in camera.

FizzPow Game has released PandaMania: Legend of the Fu Manchu for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's a $1.99 arcade-style game.

Gamedoctors has launched ZombieSmash!, a $1.99 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It's a physics-driven castle defense game.

Smartphones Technologies has launched College Basketball Bracket Challenge for the iPhone and iPod touch. The $1.99 app is available just in time for the men’s basketball tournament. 

David Day, a hiking guide writer for trails in Utah and Colorado, and TalkingRockies, has shipped new mobile guides for Utah...

On this week's "Your Mac Life," you'll hear interviews with David Day about "Hiking Utah's Incredible Backcountry", Greg Scown, founder of Smile On My Mac about TextExpander 3 and a piece about "No Laptop, No Problem!"

You can listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm (Pacific). Live video is on Your Mac Life! You can watch the show live at http://yml.macosg.com/ -- or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/QT/stream.mov .

You can join one of the two Chat Rooms that run during the live show -- on the live video site or on the dedicated IRC Server at irc.chat-solutions.org in the #yourmaclife Channel .

Syncro Soft (http://www.oxygenxml.com) has released version 11.2 of its XML Editor and XML Author containing a set of tools supporting all the XML related technologies.

Oxygen combines content author features like the CSS driven Visual XML editor with a XML development environment. It has ready-to-use support for the main document frameworks DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML and also includes support for all XML Schema languages, XSLT/XQuery Debuggers, WSDL analyzer, XML Databases, XML Diff and Merge, Subversion client and more.

Version 11.2 of oXygen/XML Editor improves the XML authoring, the XML development tools, the support for large documents and the SVN Client. Also, he diff and merge support from oXygen is available also as a separate application, oXygen XML Diff.

Oxygen XML Editor and XSLT Debugger is available in three editions: Multi-platform Academic/Personal license: USS$64 (...

iPresentee (http://www.ipresentee.com), a developer of add-ons for Apple’s iWork and iLife applications, has released iWeb Themes 7.0 to be used with iWeb. iWeb is the web site creation component of Apple's iLife suite.

iWeb Themes 7.0 is available in standard and iPhone editions. The new release includes five themes for iWeb: Blue Style, Shining Star, Greenish Style, Tango and Developer. Each iWeb user may build a web site for a desktop computer and mobile device while maintaining the same site design within iWeb.

iWeb themes for iPhone are specific resolution and incorporates bigger fonts, images etc. New themes for iPhone includes everything to create the impression of iPhone native site, according to the folks at iPresentee. What's more, all themes have standard edition templates so you can build two specific sites -- for an iPhone and Mac or PC while keeping the same design within minutes...

Law firm Bingham McCutchen has announced that Daniel Cooperman, the former general counsel at Apple and Oracle, will rejoin its Silicon Valley office and focus on “corporate and transactional matters.”

Cooperman was at Apple between 2007 and 2009. "Perhaps in an indication of the pressures of Apple’s extra frenetic pace," Cooperman is the second of three general counsels that Apple has had since longtime counsel Nancy Heinen left the company in 2006, notes the "Wall Street Journal" (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/03/16/former-apple-counsel-joins-bingha...). The role is currently being filled by Bruce Sewell.

When Cooperman left Apple, the official statement was that he was retiring (he's 59). However, in an interview with the "WSJ," he said he...