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Mireth Technology adds CDRW shredding to ShredIt X – Version 5.5. released

Vancouver, BC, July 30, 2004 -- Mireth Technology Corp. has released version 5.5 of ShredIt X, its computer privacy software that shreds instead of deletes data so it can't be recovered. Version 5.5 adds CDRW shredding.


As new medias evolve, so does ShredIt

With this new version, ShredIt X now shreds CDRWs in addition to shredding files, folders, disk free space, hard drives and external hard drives. “I was shipping a business card layout to the printer using a used CDRW when I realized that I had no idea whether the previous data on the CDRW was confidential and was it recoverable, said Donna Johnson, President of Mireth Technology. “We'd either have to restrict CDRW use to strictly in-house, restrict CDRW use to non-confidential data, or find a way to shred CDRWs before they were re-used. Our solution was to add CDRW shredding to ShredIt X."


The need for ShredIt

Because throwing data in the computer trash does not remove the file contents from the hard drive, the data can be recovered by someone else. Users who need to dispose of confidential data on an ongoing basis appreciate how easy ShredIt is to use - just drag the file on to the ShredIt icon and ShredIt will securely delete the data so it can’t be recovered. Users who want to erase the contents of a hard drive before disposing of a computer can be confident that using ShredIt as directed will accomplish the job. And there’s a ShredIt version for every Macintosh and every Windows computer.


Pricing and Availability

ShredIt X for Mac OS X is available for immediate download, or on CD, starting at $19.95. Registered users of previous versions of ShredIt X can upgrade for free. Educational pricing and volume discounts are available. ShredIt is also available for Mac OS7, OS8, OS9 and for Windows. For more information, visit www.mireth.com/shredit.html


About Mireth Technology Corp.

Founded in 1991, Mireth Technology Corp. (www.mireth.com) produces easy-to-use and cost effective Macintosh software, including ShredIt, NetShred, iVCD, MacMP3CD, and MacVCD, the best selling Macintosh VCD playing software in the world. Mireth is well-known in the industry for providing robust, well-tested products and outstanding customer support. A Vancouver based corporation, Mireth Technology produces “The right software for the job.”(TM)

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Ipod Deal on new 4th Generation 20 or 40 GB with free shipping $259 or $359 SAVE $40

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Apple & Real disharmony

Following Real Network's announcement of Harmony, which allows music in other formats to be played on an iPod, Apple issued the following statement:

We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a
hacker to break into the iPod(R), and we are investigating the implications of
their actions under the DMCA and other laws. We strongly caution Real and
their customers that when we update our iPod software from time to time it is
highly likely that Real's Harmony technology will cease to work with current
and future iPods.

Real replied that they believe "Consumers, and not Apple, should be the ones choosing what music goes on their iPod".

"Harmony follows in a well-established tradition of fully legal, independently developed paths to achieve compatibility. There is ample and clear precedent for this activity, for instance the first IBM compatible PCs from Compaq. Harmony creates a way to lock content from Real's music store in a way that is compatible with the iPod, Windows Media DRM devices, and Helix DRM devices. Harmony technology does not remove or disable any digital rights management system. Apple has suggested that new laws such as the DMCA are relevant to this dispute. In fact, the DMCA is not designed to prevent the creation of new methods of locking content and explicitly allows the creation of interoperable software." said Real in their statement.

My opinion: Choice is good. Harmony doesn't remove DRM or allow you to steal music; instead it converts music to other formats while preserving the DRM. It effectively opens the iPod to music downloaded from other sources.

One common criticism of the iPod in the PC press is that it's tied in to iTunes Musc Store and won't play music downloaded from other stores. Harmony can eliminate that disadvantage, and I'm sure it would help sell more iPods by allowing it to play more formats.

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iMovieFest.com showcases amateur filmmakers around the world

July 29, 2004 - iMovieFest.com, a new Web site community for Mac users, gives creative outlet to amateur filmmakers around the world. iMovieFest.com makes it easy for anyone with a video camera and a copy of iMovie or other Mac video-editing software to show off their movies online. The site gives everyone a chance to showcase their digital movies and receive ratings, reviews, and real-time movie statistics in return.

Basic membership at iMovieFest.com is free and not only gives filmmakers the ability to share movies with the world, the site also offers free sound effects, iMovie tutorials, filmmaking resources, and active forums for it's members. The site also offers an optional VIP upgrade where filmmakers can show an unlimited number of movies on the site, along with other VIP perks. In late August, iMovieFest.com will release the details of their first Mac filmmaking contest for its members. The site also has plans to offer video hosting this fall.

In the last two weeks since its launch, iMovieFest.com has grown to almost 700 members and more than 150 active movies. For those not interested in making movies, the site offers indie film entertainment covering most popular genres from documentaries to action movies. Audiences are encouraged to rate and review movies they have seen.

iMovieFest.com is the most effective and cost efficient way to get Mac-made movies seen by a global audience, including those in search of new talent. Unlike other film sites, iMovieFest.com allows filmmakers to retain the rights to their movies. Amateur filmmakers can get their movies in front of a worldwide audience by joining iMovieFest.com located at http://www.imoviefest.com

iMovieFest.com is owned by MNM Productions, LLC., a private Austin, Texas based partnership started by two amateur filmmakers. iMovieFest.com is an independent website and is not affiliated with Apple Computer, Inc.

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LoadPod invades Canada with local service in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal

LoadPod, the service that loads your CD collection into your iPod so that you don't have to, is now bringing local service in the following Canadian cities:

- Toronto (Ontario)

- Montreal (Quebec)

- Edmonton and Calgary (Alberta)

The LoadPod network now includes thirty-five States and three Provinces, including major metropolitan areas such as New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix, Nashville, St. Louis, Baltimore, Orlando, Salt Lake City, and San Diego, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Minneapolis, Denver, Fort Worth, and Washington, DC. To learn more about the service, or to schedule an on-site pickup, visit LoadPod.com.

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Buena Software Releases Au Naturel for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Combustion

Buena Software, Inc. today announced the release of Au Naturel, a new plugin for Adobe After Effects, Apple’s Final Cut Pro, and discreet Combustion for both Mac OS and Windows. The plugin, which sells for $79.00US through the end of SIGGRAPH (August 12th, 2004), includes tools for producing realistic lens blurs, adjusting the exposure of your footage in f-stops, performing extremely high quality transformations, and compositing with multiple alpha channels. Users can download the plugin and obtain a free time limited serial number by going to the Au Naturel web page at [url]http://www.buena.com/aunaturel.shtml[/url].

Buena Software, Inc. president Darrin Cardani explains how Au Naturel works: “When you film a scene, then convert it to a digital format and bring it into your host application, the data has gone through many different transformations. Between the electronics in the camera, the conversion to digital data, and the compression applied to it, the data your editing or compositing application receives is no longer representative of what really happened in the scene you filmed. Au Naturel strips away the transformations that were added to your footage and allows you to work in linear RGB, which more closely mimics how light works in the real world.”

Au Naturel works in a 32-bit per channel floating point linear RGB color space, giving it a realism not found in other plugins. Blurs produced with Au Naturel cause the same type of blooming in bright areas that defocusing your camera’s lens does. Motion blur produced with Au Naturel’s directional blur looks more realistic than the host application’s built-in tools, too.

In addition to reproducing real blurs, the plugin also includes an extremely high quality transformation tool that allows users to scale, rotate, skew, and translate their footage with sub-pixel accuracy. This produces much higher quality results than the transform or motion tools built into most host applications. And unlike other plugins that only improve the scaling, Au Naturel lets you perform transformations that include rotating, skewing, and translating, too, giving you the most freedom with the highest quality.

But it doesn’t stop there! You also get the ability to perform composites in linear RGB. Since linear RGB mimics how light interacts in the real world, this gives you results that are far superior to compositing with other tools. And you can even choose to have a separate alpha channel for each color channel, allowing you to create even more realistic results.

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Audio Hijack Pro 2 Now Available

From http://www.rogueamoeba.com/company/pr/audiohijackpro20040728pr.php

Rogue Amoeba has just unveiled Audio Hijack Pro 2, a major upgrade to our popular audio recording and enhancing tool. Audio Hijack Pro will drastically change the way you use audio on your computer by giving you the freedom to listen to audio when you want and how you want. Record and enhance any audio with Audio Hijack Pro - it's the cornerstone of your digital audio experience.

Audio Hijack Pro has always been a great way to record internet streams, import records and cassettes, or grab DVD audio. Now it's even better than ever. With Audio Hijack Pro 2, users can now record to AAC and Apple Lossless (ALAC), in addition to the original MP3 and AIFF formats. With the new Recording Bin, recordings can be previewed, post-processed and even burned to CD. Improved timers can be set to run once or recur, and even wake the computer and launch Audio Hijack Pro automatically.

Visit http://www.rogueamoeba.com/ for more information and to download Audio Hijack Pro 2.

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MacMod Announces "The Great Mod Challenge"

MacMod.com is pleased to announce the first annual mod competition. "The Great Mod Challenge" showcases the ingenuity and creativity of the mac community while building interest and excitement around mac modding. Please gather up your friends or go it alone to tackle that mod that has been in the back of your mind for the last few months. We want you to win the INCREDIBLE ;) prizes we are giving away. Visit MacMod for more information.

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Stepwise

Cocoa development info

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REAL SOFTWARE RELEASES REALBASIC 5.5.3

AUSTIN, Texas (July 28, 2004) - REAL Software, Inc. announced today
the release of REALbasic 5.5.3. REALbasic is the powerful,
easy-to-use development tool that enables Windows and Mac users to
create software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.



"We want to send the message that REAL Software is committed to
quality and committed to providing world-class tools for building
cross-platform software applications," stated Geoff Perlman,
president and CEO of REAL Software, Inc. "With its new capabilities
for building plug-ins with common development tools and over 100
unique software improvements, REALbasic 5.5.3 keeps us right on
track."



In addition to improving the product's overall reliability, REALbasic 5.5.3:

• Adds more options for building REALbasic plug-ins. Developers can now use
  familiar environments like GCC, Visual Studio and Apple's Xcode to
  create REALbasic plug-ins.
  
  
• Provides more reliable cross-platform group project management
  capabilities in REALbasic Project Manager.
  
  
• Improves support for Apple's Address Book for Mac OS X.
  
  
• Supports XML in console applications and supports RBScript in Linux
  console applications.
  

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Advanced Web Ranking v3.0 Released

Release date: July 26, 2004

Manage Your Search Engine Web Rankings

Caphyon LLC is pleased to announce the release of Advanced Web Ranking 3.0, a tool that helps check your web site position on all major search engines. Advanced Web Ranking runs on Mac OS X, Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux and Solaris.

Checking your web site position is a very time consuming task. For example, if you have 10 keywords that you want to monitor, and you want to check the top 20 positions for 10 search engines, you need to perform about 200 (10 keywords * 10 engines * first 2 pages) individual searches to get the results. Then you need to compare the results one by one to find where your site is positioned. It may take you days to complete this task if you do this manually. That's where Advanced Web Ranking comes to help.

Advanced Web Ranking is able to query over 200 search engines and quickly find out if you're moving up or down in the rankings, or if your site is listed at all. It will track the progress of your rankings over time and display that information in an easy to read and understand graphical and tabular reports. It can help you check not just the position of your website but the position of your competitors' web sites as well.

Advanced Web Ranking has the ability to generate and email reports after an update was finished. Couple that with the Scheduled Updates ability, and you will be able to turn on your computer in the morning and find reports on your websites ranks waiting for you in your Inbox. As a SEO, you can have updates being run and sent to your customers every night without even lifting a hand. Various types of reports (Current Rank, Top Sites, Web Site, etc.) can be created in any of the formats Advanced Web Ranking supports (PDF, HTML, Excel, XML or Text). Then they can be emailed to any of the addresses you pick from the Address Book, or saved to a folder where you can access them over the Internet.

What's new in Advanced Web Ranking 3.0

This version features a new way of matching the URLs using regular expressions, the ability to display change information in the Overview report, and many improvements to the printable reports.

- Matching URLs using regular expressions.
- Added change information to the Overview Report.
- Added filters to the Overview report.
- Link to the search engine results page in the printable reports.
- Show preferred search engines.
- Added new language translations: German, Italian, Spanish.

Advanced Web Ranking costs USD $99 for the Professional edition. Users who don't need to create printable reports, or schedule automatic updates can purchase the Standard edition for USD $49.

The application can be downloaded from:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com/download.html

More details about the application can be found at:
http://www.advancedwebranking.com

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A look at the new iPod

While I was at ADHOC, I got a chance to check out the new iPod.

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Compared to my 3rd generation 40G iPod, the 4G is quite a bit smaller and thinner. The click buttons are actual buttons, not touch buttons like the ones on the 3G. They require a bit of pressure, so you can't click them accidentally. The new iPod has a built-in speaker which can be used for audible feedback when clicking buttons.

The menus have been rearranged, with a new Music menu which includes the playlist & browse features.

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RealNetworks introduces Harmony for iPod compatibility

Harmony Technology Enables Consumers to Transfer Secure Digital Music to All Popular Devices including the Apple iPod and devices from Creative, iRiver, RCA, Rio, Samsung, and palmOne.

"Compatibility is key to bringing digital music to the masses," said Rob Glaser, founder and CEO, RealNetworks, Inc. "Before Harmony, consumers buying digital music got locked into a specific kind of portable player. Harmony changes all that. Thanks to Harmony, consumers don’t have to worry about technology when buying music. Now anyone can buy music, move it to their favorite portable device, and it will just work, just like the way DVD and CDs work."

"Interoperability of devices and jukebox software is one of the biggest challenges for today's music consumer," said Thomas Hesse, Chief Strategic Officer and Head of Global Digital Business, BMG. "RealNetworks' Harmony Technology is the first to address this issue by giving the consumer flexibility and choice."

"EMI's goal is to allow consumers to access our music on as many legitimate platforms as possible, and seamlessly, across a range of devices. RealNetworks’ Harmony Technology will make it easier for consumers to enjoy their digital music in a truly flexible way," said Ted Cohen, SVP Digital Development and Distribution, EMI Music.

"I'm excited about anything that means more flexibility and availability in terms of how people enjoy music. It's great to see RealNetworks make this step so that people can stop worrying about whether the music they buy will work on their favorite device," commented Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam.

Harmony technology will be demonstrated for the first time on Tuesday July 27th at the Jupiter PlugIn conference in New York City. Beginning on Tuesday, a beta test version of RealPlayer® 10.5, the first consumer product to use Harmony Technology, will be available at www.real.com/harmony. Harmony Technology will be available later this year in other music products from RealNetworks including Real’s market-leading Rhapsody® subscription service.

With Harmony Technology, RealPlayer Music Store supports more than 70 secure portable media devices, including all 4 generations of the iPod and iPod mini, 14 products from Creative, 14 from Rio, 7 from RCA, 9 from palmOne, 18 from iRiver, and products from Dell, Gateway, and Samsung. Generally speaking, Harmony supports any device that uses the Apple FairPlay DRM, The Microsoft Windows Media Audio DRM, or the RealNetworks Helix DRM, giving RealPlayer Music Store support for more secure devices than any other music store on the Internet.

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ADHOC Conference Report

I've been at the ADHOC Conference, formerly known as MacHack, since Wednesday.

Although the conference had fewer attendees than previous years, it's still the same conference and all of this year's sessions were Mac related. We had as many high quality sessions as previous MacHacks, plus cocoa training from Big Nerd Ranch. We also had a great keynote by David Pogue. I've posted a picture album here.

ADHOC/MacHack 20 will be back next year at the same time, hopefully bigger and better.

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iStopMotion now available in Swedish

Boinx iStopMotion is now available in Swedish. The new version 1.3.1 has some small fixes and the Swedish Localisation. iStopMotion lets you create Stop Motion Animations and Time Lapse Capture with your digital hub and has cool features like onion skinning.
A free demo is available here

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NetScrape 1.5

Positive Spin Media is pleased to announce the availability of NetScrape 1.5, an update to the popular shareware image collector for Mac OS X. NetScrape can find images on the web, download them, and present thumbnail and full-sized views for you to browse.

About NetScrape

If you like images, you'll like NetScrape. It is page-sucking web spider, surgically attached to an "aqua-licious" image thumbnailer and viewer. In this regard, it's a lot like Frankenstein - and he's pretty cool, right? Give NetScrape a URL, and it will "scrape" all of the images from the site; feed it some keywords, and it will Google™ you some relevant images in no time flat. You can configure NetScrape to ignore images under a certain size or of the wrong type, and to stay on a particular site or wander the web.

New in version 1.5

User feedback continues to come in, and this app gets better and better as a result. In this version, the user interface has been refined and streamlined, and speed improvements have been made across the board. Many small user-submitted bugs have been addressed, resulting in more polish and ease-of-use than ever.

NetScrape is a shareware bargain at $15, and can be downloaded right now at:

http://www.positivespinmedia.com/shareware/NetScrape/

About Positive Spin Media

Positive Spin Media has been developing custom web, database, and multimedia solutions for clients large and small since 1999. PSM has also developed a series of shareware applications for Mac OS X: BombSquad, NetScrape, and Annette are available for download at:

http://www.positivespinmedia.com/

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MySQL crashing

This server has been having frequent MySQL crashes recently. The hosting provider is working on improving the stability.

On a different note, I'm now at ADHOC conference, so posting will be light for the next few days.

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MacJams.com announces MacJamboree: 500 Megs of free song hosting for artists and $1,000 in prizes

MacJams.com, a popular online community for musicians using Apple's GarageBand software, has announced the first ever MacJamboree. In connection with MacJamboree, MacJams.com is giving all users of the site 500 Megabytes of storage space for their GarageBand songs. Members of MacJams.com share their songs with each other, critique and comment, and help one another improve their work. In addition, MacJamboree will include a competition with over 28 winners and $1,000 in GarageBand-related prizes.

MacJams.com is one of the largest communities of amateur musicians using the Macintosh platform. The vibrant community of users features a wide array of user submitted songs for listening, discussion forums for collaborating with artists, and news, tutorials, and reviews relating to Apple's GarageBand software. Each MacJams artist is given a portal page featuring their works and detailing information about their artistry.

MacJams.com is located at http://www.macjams.com

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MacDesktops.net posts first New iPod Desktops

MacDesktops.net is once again hot on the tail of Apple new product announcements as it posts the world's first desktops featuring the New iPods. The collection consists of 8 desktops, 4 silhouette images in each iPod color and 4 iPod product shot desktops in each of the 4 colors. Free registration is required to download. MacDesktops.net is a venue for sharing desktop images and recently posted WWDC desktops.

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PC-Mac PasswordVault v3.2 helps protect users from trojan horses and other malware

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- July 19, 2004 -- Lava Software is now shipping PC-Mac PasswordVault v3.2, a password manager which securely stores website usernames and passwords, Internet banking data and software registration details for convenient and easy access on Windows, MacOS X, MacOS Classic and Linux (x86) computers.

This new version clears the clipboard when the application is closed, further increasing security for users. It also fixes a problem on the Windows version which prevented the pasting of text in some dialogs. Free downloadable versions of PC-Mac PasswordVault v3.2 are now available for all computer platforms.

PC-Mac PasswordVault helps protect Windows users from potential security problems when doing Internet banking and other sensitive online transactions. The one-click access to account numbers, passwords, PINs, etc. in PC-Mac PasswordVault defeats keyboard logger trojan horse programs. In addition, password and credit card information is stored by PC-Mac PasswordVault in a strongly encrypted data file, protecting user data from surreptitious malware programs which scan hard drives for sensitive information stored as clear text.

PC-Mac PasswordVault includes an auto-lock timer, auto-clipboard clear, random password generator, import and export of data (for easy backup and transfer), editable categories, editable notes, a global floating access window, master password recovery system and selectable skins. The portable version (called PC-Mac PasswordVault2Go Lite) runs directly off USB drives and can auto-sync to the desktop version.

Graphic screenshots for Windows and MacOS X can be found at:
http://www.lavasoftware.com/passwordvault.html

The free Lite Edition of PC-Mac PasswordVault supports up to 10 services, whilst the Standard Edition supports any number of services. The Standard Edition is priced at USD19.95 per license, and purchasers get download access to the current version of the software for all platforms (both desktop and portable versions), as well as free upgrades for one year. Site licenses for companies, universities and other organizations are available from USD99.00. OEM pricing, customization and rebranding options are available on request.

About the Company

Lava Software Pty. Ltd., a company incorporated in the State of South Australia, began developing its range of cross-platform software in 1992. More information is available from http://www.lavasoftware.com or by emailing service@lavasoftware.com.

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Mac presentation flair for Microsoft Office 2004

Have you waited for Microsoft's 2004® upgrade for the Mac and finally gave Bill's grovelers their due? Well now you can look just as good as a PC widget! Thrilling isn't it? Don't dismay, here is something that will put a smile on your face and the Apple back in your eye. Powerbacks® from BlueWorx, a trend setting template library for PowerPoint® and Keynote, has just added its 3,000th template. Designer Gary Blue has put together a phenomenal package that in its essence is very Macish at heart.

Powerbacks® gives you the ability to stand up there and blow the rest of the swaggering PC filled agenda away. The downloads and CDs are filled with glorious graphic environments that would make Steve grin in glee and Bill gnash his teeth in envy. They will ripple off your laptop with a digital art suave creating waves of adulation from your audience and remind you why you bought a Mac in the first place.

Powerbacks® boasts of one of the lowest prices around! $29.95 for 3,000 non-mass-produced templates! So run, hop, or surf over to http://powerbacks.com and peruse the entire collection that comes in both .jpg and .pot formats. Your pre-purchase viewing will be enabled via a complete selection of thumbnails and ample 640x480 watermarked previews. Powerbacks are also available at over 5,000 online stores powered by Digital River, including OfficeMax and Staples.

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New photo host built on Macs

New photo host with many image processing tools built 100% on Mac's. The [url=http://www.onclickpix.com]OnClickPix.com[/url](OCP) system allows you to edit your photo's in so many ways its almost like having a professional photo editing application installed on your computer! We have spent several months developing the tools you need to resize and touch-up your photos though an online interface. You can resize, manipulate RGB colors, adjust quality, rotate/flip, enhance, adjust brightness/contrast, adjust Hue/Saturation/Luminesence, add your own watermarks, add text with transparency, and add borders. Version two will support image cropping, red eye removal, DPI adjustment, and a few more tools and enhancements. OCP is 100% mac compatable using Cold Fusion and Safari. Come by and try out a free account!

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Apple Introduces 4G iPod

Apple® today introduced the new iPod®, the fourth generation of the world’s number one portable digital music player, featuring Apple’s patent pending Click Wheel, which combines the smooth and continuous scrolling of a touch-sensitive wheel with five push buttons for superior one handed navigation. The new iPod also features up to 12 hours battery life and Shuffle Songs, a new command in the main menu which gives users instant access to one of the most exciting new ways to listen to their music library. All iPods work effortlessly with Apple’s iTunes®, providing music fans with the best digital jukebox on either a Mac® or Windows computer and access to the iTunes Music Store, the number one digital music service in the world. The new iPod is available immediately in a 20GB model for $299 and a 40GB model for $399.

“The best digital music player just got better,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The fourth generation iPod features Apple’s amazing Click Wheel for superb one handed control, 12 hour battery life and the new Shuffle Songs command in the main menu—all in an even smaller design that puts up to 10,000 songs in your pocket.”

“HP has chosen iPod and iTunes as the best products to integrate in to our digital entertainment strategy,” said Carly Fiorina, chairman and chief executive officer at HP. “We decided to wait for this amazing new fourth generation iPod, as it will offer our customers an even better experience. HP’s version of the new iPod will be available in September.”

iPod features Apple’s patent pending Auto-Sync technology that automatically downloads an entire digital music library onto iPod and keeps it up-to-date whenever it is plugged into a Mac or Windows computer using FireWire® or USB. Users can transfer two songs per second from their Mac or Windows computer and can now conveniently charge iPod with either the included FireWire or USB cable.*

Pricing & Availability:

The new 20GB and 40GB iPods are available immediately for a suggested retail price of just $299 (US) for the 20GB iPod and $399 (US) for the 40GB iPod through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Both iPods include earbud headphones, 1.2m 30-pin to FireWire cable, a 1.2m 30-pin to USB cable, and a CD with iTunes 4.6 for Mac and Windows computers. The 40GB model also includes an iPod dock.

Optional accessories with the following suggested retail prices include the iPod Dock for $39 (US) and in-ear headphones for $39 (US). Laser engraving is available for iPod for $19 (US) and can include two lines of text with up to 27 characters per line.

iPod requires a Mac with a FireWire port and Mac OS® X version 10.1.5 or later (Mac OS X v10.2 or later recommended); or a Windows PC with a FireWire or USB port, or a Windows-certified FireWire or USB card and Windows 2000, XP Home or Professional.

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New iPod Leaked

The July 20 issue of Newsweek shows Steve Jobs holding the next generation iPod. The image has been leaked on MSN ahead of time. The new iPod appears to be the same form factor as the current full-sized iPod with the iPod mini's scroll wheel containing built-in buttons.

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Free RSS Screensaver

Mac3DWatch is a free ScreenSaver for MacOS X 10.3 or higher. It shows a live and spinning 3D metal watch synchronized with your local system watch, plus, optionally (in a overlaid scrolling text) up to 8 RSS news feeds coming from the following Macintosh related web sites: Apple.com, Versiontracker.com, MacFixit.com, MacWorld UK, MacNN.com, MacCentral.com, O' Reilly, (BBC News). So whenever the screensaver comes out, more than the local time, you will see your favourite latest RSS news scrolling on your screen. Simply hit the keys from 0 to 9 to select the RSS channel you want to see.

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Led Stock Quotes Ticker Applet v2.5

Led Stocks Quotes Ticker Applet is the perfect browser embedded tool you can enhance your site by showing real-time stock quotes values in a stock market similar led display. Based on Java technology, this applet offers the following features:

- real-time quotes values
- customizable stocks or indexes
- customizable fields to display
- customizable colors & speed
- text message
- pop-up on click
- pause on mouse over

more details => [url=http://www.stockapplets.com/ledticker/ticker.php]Led Ticker Homepage[/url]

Note: we offer free unlimited demo

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Review: WiFi Seeker / WiFi Spy

A few weeks ago I got Chrisalis Developemnt's WiFi Seeker, a convenient keychain-sized wireless network locator. Marware's recently announced WiFi Spy is a rebranded version of the same device, so it should perform identically.

To locate a wireless network simply press the button and watch the LEDs. When the lights stop sweeping back and forth, the number that remain lit will show the strength of the wireless signal. If the lights continue to sweep back and forth, you're not in range for any wireless network. Unlike other devices, the WiFi Seeker isn't fooled by other 2.5 GHz signals like microwave ovens or cordless phones, and it doesn't depend on 802.11 client activity to detect the access point. It detects both 802.11b and 802.11g.

I find that my 15" Aluminum Powerbook G4 can connect reliably anywhere the WiFi Seeker shows at least two lights and will often work where only one light is on. I walked around my home and it was able to detect a signal anywhere I could connect with my powerbook. It also found wireless networks at some of my neighbor's homes, although I haven't tried to access them. Note that the WiFi Seeker doesn't indicate whether a network is open or WEP protected.

Today I went to a local restaurant that has a wireless hotspot and the WiFi Seeker showed all four lights. I didn't have my powerbook with me to try it, but someone else was using a TiBook and was getting excellent reception.

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New Ipod Service Launched!

PackMyPod.com has just been launched. PackMyPod.com , a division of BK MEDIA, Inc. was founded to help encourage people to join the "digital music revolution", by making the process easier . Our CD Ripping Services make your tunes last forever, rather then the ripping process. We rip your cds for as low as $1/cd, pack them on your pod for no extra cost, you can have your ipod rockin' in as little as 3 days! There are no minimum orders, and no regional restrictions, packmypod.com services ipods worldwide. Our custom shipping containers insure a safe trip. Check Out PackMyPod.com for more information. For today only, login with username: grand and password: open, for 15 percent off all services.

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oXygen XML Editor version 4.2

We are glad to announce the release of the oXygen XML Editor version 4.2.
Version 4.2 of oXygen XML Editor adds as main feature support for presenting schema related information while editing or browsing an XML document. For more information see http://www.oxygenxml.com.

New in oXygen XML Editor 4.2
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* Schema Model View
* Content completion shows schema documentation
* Annotated XML schemas
* Contrast control
* User control over the transformation in progress
* Improved search support
* Breakpoint operations enhancements
* Allow to define XSLT extensions locations
* Ready to use JSP 1.2 XML editing support

Details...

* Schema Model View
The Model View provides schema related information for the document elements and attributes. The content model, the element type, the attributes, the attribute type and constraints are presented in a compact manner giving the user an insight in the document schema while editing or browsing the document. XML schema annotations are extracted and presented for both element and attributes thus offering an instant help to the document author.

* Content completion shows schema documentation
The XML Schema documentation is presented by the new content completion support. The content completion offers now additional information for the element and attribute proposals. It will lookup the schema annotation and will make the documentation available to the author in a simple and elegant manner.

* Annotated XML schemas
To take advantage of the schema documentation support oXygen bundles annotated schemas for XSLT stylesheets and XML schemas.

* Contrast control
The contrast control options allow to change the transparency levels for markup or text. With a smart popup button located on the toolbar the user can easily change the focus of attention from markup to text and viceversa. The transparent markup option combined with locking the tags can be used for instance for safe and easy text only editing.

* User control over the transformation in progress
After starting a transformation a new action becomes enabled allowing the user to stop that transformation. Thus the user is in control and can decide to stop a time consuming transformation at any time.

* Improved search support
Support for finding all occurrences in a file was made available via the contextual menu and through a configurable shortcut. If no text is selected then the word at cursor will be automatically detected and searched for.

* Breakpoint operations enhancements
Added support to easily add, toggle or remove breakpoints in the Breakpoints Panel.

* Allow to define XSLT extensions locations
The XSLT processor's extensions paths can be specified using a system property. Please consult the user guide for details.

* Ready to use JSP 1.2 XML editing support
A new document template was added to allow easy creation of JSP 1.2 documents and the samples have now a JSP entry.


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oXygen Development Team

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Boinx Software released Untitled App Preview 2

Boinx Software released Untitled App Preview 2. Its a tool which lets you create professional slideshows easy. The new features are really cool: Advanced Pan & Zoom, Audio Support,... Its free as long as its a preview. So try it and create impressive slideshows! http://www.untitled-app.com

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Dave Matthews Band snubs iTunes Music Store

The Dave Matthews Band has started selling their music online through Napster and plan to add other services soon. However, they refuse to sell through iTMS on the mistaken belief that Apple requires each track to be sold separately.

As anyone who's shopped in iTunes Music Store probably knows, some albums are sold as entire album only, rather than individual tracks.

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EMPRESS RDBMS Now Available for Mac OS X

Empress Software announces the immediate availability of EMPRESS Embedded Database V8.62 for Mac OS X, combining the power of UNIX and the elegance of Macintosh, with the time-tested, proven reliability of EMPRESS RDBMS. EMPRESS on Mac OS X delivers robust performance and ease of use with pricing for EMPRESS RDBMS starting as low as $165.

EMPRESS Embedded Database for Mac OS X, single-user, multi-user and server, is a full-featured, zero-maintenance database management system for personal, Web, enterprise and embedded application development. Its lightning fast, small footprint database engine has open API's for C, C++, SQL, ODBC, JDBC, Perl and Tcl/tk. From scientists to engineers, web designers to system builders, development and deployment of applications is swift and simple, plus no system tuning or DBA is required. For flexible cross platform development, EMPRESS is also available for all major UNIX, Windows and real-time platforms.

"Whether developing a basic desktop application or a mission critical embedded system, database developers need not sacrifice quality for cost," comments John Kornatowski, president of Empress Software. "Without a hefty price tag, EMPRESS provides the discerning developer the best of all worlds, a powerful, stable, feature rich database that scales easily."

About Empress Software, Inc.

Empress Software develops and supports the EMPRESS embedded real-time data management system. EMPRESS Embedded Database is a full-featured, high-performance database engine especially designed for developers operating on UNIX, Linux, Windows or real-time environments. Empress has been utilized successfully in diverse fields including image & voice management, networking, telecom, military & defense, process control, automotive and data acquisition. For more information, please call 301-220-1919. Check our web site at www.empress.com or send e-mail to info@empress.com.

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Apple Third Quarter Results

Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2004 third quarter ended June 26, 2004. For the quarter, the Company posted a net profit of $61 million, or $.16 per diluted share. These results compare to a net profit of $19 million, or $.05 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $2.014 billion, up 30 percent from the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 27.8 percent, up from 27.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 39 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

The quarter’s results include an after-tax restructuring charge of $6 million. Excluding this charge, the Company’s net profit for the quarter would have been $67 million, or $.17 per diluted share.

Apple shipped 876 thousand Macintosh® units and 860 thousand iPods during the quarter, representing a 14 percent increase in CPU units and a 183 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

“It was an outstanding quarter—our highest third quarter revenue in eight years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Our Mac-based revenue grew a healthy 19 percent, and our music-based revenue grew an incredible 162 percent. We’ve got a strong product portfolio, with some amazing new additions coming later this year.”

“We were very pleased with our 30 percent year-over-year revenue growth and our operating margin expansion,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, we expect revenue of about $2.1 billion and earnings per diluted share of $.16 to $.17, including $.01 per diluted share in restructuring charges.”

A few interesting items:

* Portables accounted for a record proportion of Apple's sales, 53% - 240,000 iBooks and 220,000 PowerBooks.

* Apple sold 416,000 desktop Macs, including 183,000 eMacs, 173,000 Power Macs and 60,000 iMacs.

* IBM's problems delivering "G5" processors were blamed for Apple's delay in announcing and delivering the new (G5-based) iMac family, now due in September, as well as Power Mac G5 models. The 2.5-GHz (liquid-cooled) G5 is expected to be constrained throughout the current quarter, while 1.8- and 2.0-GHz models will be in short supply until August.

* Medium and large business represented about 9% of Apple's sales, according to the company's last internal estimate.

* Higher education sales were up 40% over the previous year's, while K-12 sales were constrained by low funding in the market but rose 3% year-over-year

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CreativePage 3.2.2 released

PineHill Products has released CreativePage 3.2.2, the latest upgrade to their HTML editor. CreativePage is very easy to use yet offers advanced features such as syntax coloring, built-in FTP, and over 30 XHTML assistants. Version 3.2.2 adds Safari preview support.

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Inventive Releases iClip 3.1 Productivity Software for Apple Mac OS X

New CD Version Available, Clipboard Recording Feature Added, Macworld Expo Discount Offered

Inventive, Inc. announces the release of iClip version 3.1 productivity software for Apple Macintosh computers with OS X. Newly available is a CD version of iClip. For version 3.1, iClip now automatically records changes to the Clipboard, making it serve as a more powerful multiple clipboard. Additionally, a 25% discount to celebrate the Macworld Expo in Boston this week is available by using the coupon code MWEB04 at purchase time (expires 7/15).

iClip is a multiple clipboard/scrapbook/launcher application designed to improve user efficiency and productivity for various computing tasks. iClip functions as a floating window that allows users to store and retrieve various clippings, such as text, pictures, URLs, file aliases, movies, etc. in it's multiple bins. Clippings can be arranged into groups to keep users organized. iClip helps eliminate redundant typing, especially in tasks like filling out online forms. It's widely used to assist general purpose tasks such as word processing, web browsing, and research, while webmasters, graphic designers, and programmers also find iClip to be useful in their more specialized tasks.

"iClip has quickly become a very popular productivity application for the Mac and we're extremely pleased that it will now also be available to users who prefer the retail experience. We're working with various Mac retailers and distributors and expect the CD version to soon be in widespread distribution," said John Casasanta, President of Inventive.

Pricing and Availability

iClip 3.1 is available now for Mac OS X 10.2 or later on CD or as a "try-before-you-buy" download at http://inventive.us/iClip/. It can be purchased for $29.95 USD for the CD version and $19.95 USD for the trial version. The version 3.1 upgrade is free to registered users of any previous version.

About Inventive

Inventive develops and publishes computer software applications designed to help people become more efficient and more productive. Inventive is a privately funded corporation founded in 2002.

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August Cocoa Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch

Atlanta, GA - July 13, 2004 - Beat the Summer Heat with Cocoa: the Big Nerd Ranch announces its Cocoa Bootcamp for August 23-27, 2004

Fresh from the WWDC buzz surrounding the release of the second edition of
"Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" by Aaron Hillegass, the Big Nerd Ranch is
announcing the newest offering of its popular Cocoa Bootcamp, August 23-27.
The book, which is also used as the course text, includes chapters on Cocoa
bindings and OpenGL.

Cocoa Bootcamp instructor, Aaron Hillegass, said, "It is clear from our
experiences at WWDC that Cocoa Bindings are going to take a major role in
the future of Cocoa. Starting in August, Cocoa Bootcamp will more heavily
emphasize and more deeply explore bindings and the NSController."

The course, like the book, is in keeping with the Big Nerd Ranch teaching
philosophy, which stresses a casual yet focused presentation. Brief
lectures are followed by exercises designed to give the student an
immediate and relevant understanding of the topic. By truly being a
bootcamp, where students undergo rigorous and intensive hands-on
instruction, students leave the five-day session having mastered the
necessary skills to begin programming in Cocoa.

For the complete syllabus, please visit
http://www.bignerdranch.com/classes/cocoa1.shtml.

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac
OS X programmers in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of
$3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour
lab access, and transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students
are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input
from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information,
call 678-595-6773 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.

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Maplesoft Announces Database Integration Toolbox

Waterloo, Canada, Monday, July 12, 2004 - Maplesoft, the leading provider
of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and
mathematics, announced today the Database Integration Toolbox.

This toolbox allows you to easily apply the power of Maple 9.5, the principal technical
productivity environment from Maplesoft, to technical datasets. You can
easily query, create and update JDBC-compliant databases within the
interactive, user-friendly Maple environment. The Maplet task assistants
allow you to compose complex queries without any detailed SQL knowledge.
Using state-of-the-art analysis and visualization tools, and innovative
Maplesoft technology, you can design, develop and deploy powerful
applications that use this data, across the enterprise.

Features of this toolbox include:

Maplet task assistant for writing queries, making knowledge of SQL
unnecessary Automatic data conversion between SQL and Maple, allowing
natural manipulations within each environment Powerful Maple technical
analysis and programming tools for data analysis, manipulation,
visualization and transformation Cross-platform and cross-database
implementation for maximum reuse and transferability

"Unlike conventional database application development systems, the
Maplesoft solution offers optimized tools to solve sophisticated modeling
and analysis problems unique to engineering and science," states Eithne
Murray, Product Manager at Maplesoft. "Using Maple's numeric and symbolic
solvers, unrivalled interactive visualizations, and special tools such as
unit management means you get greater insight into your data."


The Database Integration Toolbox will be available in August 2004. It is
part of the Maple Professional Toolbox Series from Maplesoft. The
commercial list price will be $995 US.

To learn more about the Database Integration Toolbox, please visit
http://www.maplesoft.com/products/toolboxes/database
or email toolboxes@maplesoft.com.

About Maple Professional Toolboxes

The Maple Professional Toolbox Series greatly extends the scope and
functionality of Maplesoft products for specialized application areas.
Designed to work seamlessly with the core Maple product suite, these
high-performance products deploy best-of-breed technology to deliver
maximum benefit from the world's most powerful technical software platform.
Toolboxes target key application areas in engineering and science, and
technical application development.

About Maple 9.5

Maple 9.5 is the environment of choice for scientific and engineering
problem solving, mathematical exploration, data visualization and technical
authoring. It transforms the way technical professionals and students use
technology. Seamlessly integrating the power of rock-solid numerics with
world-class symbolics, Maple 9.5 offers full computing support for any
projects involving mathematics allowing users to capture and manage
technical knowledge. In industry, this technology facilitates true
collaborative knowledge management. In the classroom, the technology frees
the student and teacher to focus on concepts and not the error-prone
manipulation. Supporting this powerful technology is a rich user
environment, unsurpassed product ease-of-use, and an extensive range of
features to shorten the learning curve and to maximize productivity.


About Maplesoft

Maplesoft is a world leader in mathematical and analytical software. Its
suite of products includes Maple 9.5, the standard among interactive
mathematical software; MapleNet, a comprehensive mathematical
infrastructure for the Web; Maple T.A., a system for automated assessment;
and the Maple Professional Toolbox Series for specialized application
areas. Maplesoft products embody the most advanced and integrated
technology for both numeric and symbolic solution of complex problems. Its
standards-compliant algorithms are renowned for their speed, accuracy and
reliability. In addition, Maplesoft leads the market with innovations that
make the management of technical knowledge - whether in industry or in a
classroom - more effective and efficient. Over 5 million users benefit from
advanced Maple technology. The Maplesoft industrial customer base includes
Boeing, Bosch, Canon, and NASA. Also, virtually every major university and
research institute in the world, including MIT, Stanford, Oxford and
Waterloo, has adopted Maplesoft products to enhance their education and
research activities. For more information, visit
http://www.maplesoft.com/.

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SimplyProjects 1.4.0

SimplyProjects is a project management system for small-scale and
shareware software development. Users can use SimplyProjects to enter
and track feature requests, to-do tasks and bug reports on a
per-project basis. Users can also export project information either as
plain text (ASCII) or HTML files.

Another feature of SimplyProjects is the ability to generate report
documents such as Read-Me's and Version Histories which users can
bundle with their finished software products. These documents can also
be generated as either plain text (ASCII) or HTML files.

A copy of SimplyProjects 1.4.0 can be dowloaded at the following URL:
http://members.shaw.ca/anarakisware/releases/simplyProjects_140.sit

More information about SimplyProjects is also available at the
following web page:
http://members.shaw.ca/anarakisware/pages/spro.htm

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DX Toolbox 2.1.0 Released

Black Cat Systems announces the release of DX Toolbox version 2.1.0, a radio propagation / conditions analysis and forecasting tool for amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners, and other radio enthusiasts. DX Toolbox is just $24.99.

This version adds the ability to specify custom image URLs to load, reduces the time to load images, and includes several bug fixes.

Complete information about DX Toolbox and downloads may be obtained from http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/dxtoolbox.html




DX Toolbox is an application which gathers a variety of solar and geomagnetic information from real-time online sources, and presents them in charts and tables, including:

• A - Index
  
• K - Index
  
• Solar Flux
  
• Sun Spot Number
  
• X-Ray Flux levels
  
• X-Ray flares
  
• Solar Wind
  
• Geomagnetic Field
  
• Radio Blackout conditions
  
• Geomagnetic Storm conditions
  
• Solar Radiation Storm conditions
  

• WWV Geophysical Alert
  
• 27 Day Space Outlook
  
• 45 Day AP Forecast
  
• Geomagnetic Data
  
• Daily Geomagnetic Data
  
• Daily Particle Data
  
• Daily Solar Data
  
• GEOALERT
  
• Daily Magnetometer Analysis Reports
  
• Hourly Magnetometer Analysis Reports
  
• Predicted Sunspot Numbers and Radio Flux
  
• Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity
  
• Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
  
• Solar Region Summary
  
• Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
  
• Current Space Weather Indices
  
• Space Weather Event Reports
  
• Daily Space Weather Indices
  
• Summary of Space Weather Observations
  
• 3-day Space Weather Predictions
  

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Atomic Mac 5.9.6 Released

Black Cat Systems (http://www.blackcatsystems.com) has released version 5.9.6 of the Atomic Mac, a periodic table of the elements and nuclear database for the Macintosh. The latest version adds additional isotopes for elements Hydrogen through Neon, a text window for selecting elements, as well as the ability to change the temperature in the state display using the keyboard.

The Atomic Mac is a periodic table of the elements for the Macintosh. In addition to the usual information found in such programs, The Atomic Mac also contains a wealth of nuclear information on each isotope,
including half life, decay mode, and daughter products. X-ray data (fluorescence and binding energies) is also available. A molecular weight calculator makes it easy to find the molecular weight of compounds. A shaded diagram showing the ranges of physical properties makes it easy to visualize relationships across the periodic table.



Data is displayed for the following physical properties:

• Density
  
• Heat of Vaporization
  
• Heat of Fusion
  
• Specific Heat
  
• Thermal Conductivity
  
• Linear Expansion Coefficient
  
• Melting Point
  
• Boiling Point
  
• Atomic Radius
  
• Covalent Radius
  
• Magnetic Susceptability
  
• Electrical Resistivity
  
• Electron Affinity
  
• Electric Dipole Polarizability
  
• State (gas, liquid, solid)
  
• Photoelectric Work Function
  
• Electronegativity
  
• Crystal Structure
  
• Abundance in Earth's Crust
  
• Abundance in Earth's Sea
  
• Abundance in Earth's Atmosphere
  
• Abundance in Solar System
  
• Photon Interactions
  
• Visible Light Spectra
  
• Magnetic Dipole Moment
  
• Electric Quadrupole Moment
  
• Nuclear Spin
  
• Superconducting Critical Temperature
  

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BasaOne Web Classes

Basasoft has just made available for free download its BasaOne Web Classes.

Those classes allow you to expand the BasaOne development environment, and speed up development of Web Applications through the reuse of already developed objects. Amongst others are Menus, Panther tab-panel, Server with authentication, Countries popup, etc.

You can download them through the BasaOne Web Classes page.

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Conviveon announces Enterprise Content Management for the Xserve

New Release of Conviveon SiteConnect Server Delivers Enhanced Content Management and Integrates Shopping Cart Capabilities to Substantially Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

Altamonte Springs, Fla. (July 9, 2004) Conviveon Corp. today announced Version 6.0 of SiteConnect Server; Conviveon’s comprehensive content management application for Apple's Xserve® platform and Mac OSX Server. SiteConnect Server is designed to quickly deploy, manage and integrate multiple Web initiatives throughout the enterprise.

The new version of SiteConnect Server incorporates built-in shopping cart functionality with customizable fulfillment workflow capabilities. SiteConnect’s new shopping cart functionality is seamlessly integrated with its already robust content management, collaboration, and e-marketing functionality providing new opportunities to leverage existing organizational content. SiteConnect Server 6.0 now allows the creation of enhanced RFQ functionality and more traditional e-commerce solutions. Managing all aspects of a web site’s content from product catalogs to news and events has never been more seamless.

Version 6.0 also includes a new XML based interface for providing dynamic content on existing web sites using virtually any existing technology, including Microsoft .Net, PHP, Cold Fusion, and Active Server Pages. Content searching also got a boost with new features for ranking search results by relevancy and the ability to index documents attached to a content record. Additional enhancements to SiteConnect Server include upgraded multi-lingual content management and development capabilities, expanded options for content organization, and seamless processes for installation and configuration.

Conviveon SiteConnect Server simplifies the process of creating and maintaining multiple Web sites and portals with shared content to help ensure the consistency, accuracy and quality. Centralizing content management capabilities helps eliminate the high cost of content redundancy. Business users become empowered to control the production and delivery of content and sites in one automated and integrated process. With its multi-site management capabilities, Conviveon SiteConnect Server also enables business users to rapidly create new sites that inherit characteristics from existing "parent" sites such as look and feel, color schemes, organization, and content components.

"Conviveon enhanced SiteConnect Server to increase the ease of use for those employees charged with managing the information and commerce their company delivers internally and externally," said Peter Eberley, senior vice president of products at Conviveon. "Now business users interact with a single web based solution for everything from content submission to product shipping, making it faster, easier and less expensive to manage the entire process."

The enhancements to Conviveon SiteConnect Server deliver a comprehensive content management application for faster implementations that increase time to benefit. With Conviveon SiteConnect Server, companies continue to experience a lower cost of ownership by repeatedly leveraging existing content and multiple online channels and sites. The new version of Conviveon SiteConnect Server is available now.

About Conviveon and SiteConnect Server
Conviveon is the leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. The company's flagship product, SiteContent Server, allows businesses to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy multiple content-driven business initiatives, such as intranets, extranets, portals, corporate Web sites, catalogs and Web applications. Conviveon has approximately 200 customers including AES, Johnson Polymer, the FAA, and Owens Illinois. Founded in 2002, Conviveon is headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. For more information about Conviveon's products and services, visit www.conviveon.com.

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The Dashboarder

The Dashboarder is a new site dedicated to Dashboard gadgets. The currently available gadgets at the site will work in Panther's version of Safari.

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<oXygen/> XML/XSLT Editor version 4.1

We are glad to announce the release of the <oXygen/> XML/XSLT Editor, version 4.1.
Version 4.1 of <oXygen/> XML Editor adds as main features the XSLT Debugger for the Eclipse plugin and support for file system folders in projects.<oXygen/> XML Editor can be freely evaluated for 30 days and can be purchased for a price of $96 ($48 for academic use). For more information see http://www.oxygenxml.com.

New in <oXygen/> XML Editor 4.1
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* XSLT Debugger in the Eclipse IDE
* Support file system folders in the project
* Matching tag highlight and navigation
* Import remote folders into the project
* Improved search support
* Learn attribute values
* Handle BOM on save
* Close editor tabs on middle button click
* Improved German translation

Details...

* XSLT Debugger in the Eclipse IDE
Oxygen adds a new perspective to the Eclipse IDE providing a special layout that shows the source and the stylesheet documents side by side and also the results and special debugging views: "Context", "Call stack ", "Trace history", "XPath watch", "Templates ", "Variables", etc. All debugger capabilities are provided: step into, step over, step out, run, run to cursor, run to end, pause, stop.

* Support file system folders in the project
The user may create linked folders in the project tree. A linked folder has a correspondent in the file system. When browsing the project tree the user will see the file system folders that exist in that folder. An option for refreshing the content is provided in the contextual menu.

* Matching tag highlight and navigation
When having the cursor inside a tag name both the start-tag and the end-tag are underlined. The user can move the cursor to the matching tag using an action from the contextual menu or a shortcut.

* Import remote folders into the project
The user may choose to import a folder that exists on a WebDAV or FTP server. The project will have a logical structure similar to the content of the remote folder. The files from all the remote sub-folders are added into the correspondent logical folders.

* Improved search support
The find operation wraps when searching in the editor. A new option to search in the project files has been added to the contextual menu of the project tree.

* Learn attribute values
With this option enabled the learn document structure can learn also the values of the attributes and will present them in the content completion popup after a learn structure operation.

* Handle BOM on save
For documents with UTF-8 encoding the user can specify if the Byte Order Mark should be written or not or preserved if a BOM was present when the document was loaded.

* Close editor tabs on middle button click
This is a really handy way of closing the editors.

<oXygen/> Development Team

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A Better Finder Launcher 1.5

A Better Finder Launcher provides instant access to all your applications, documents and folders.

Simply press the Control-Command-L hot key and start typing the name of the item you are looking for. After just a few keystrokes A Better Finder Launcher will have found the right file. Just hit return to launch it.



FEATURES

• fast and highly configurable indexing of your applications, files and
  folders.
  
• intuitive semi-transparent user interface
  
• instant response times
  
• full keyboard access
  
• wildcard support for the Unix-savvy power user
  

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Upgraded to PowerPoint 2004®? Make it seem like a whole lot more!

Have you waited for Microsoft's 2004® upgrade for the Mac and finally gave Bill's grovelers their due? Well now you can look just as good as a PC widget! Thrilling isn't it? Don't dismay, here is something that will put a smile on your face and the Apple back in your eye. Powerbacks® from BlueWorx, a trend setting template library for PowerPoint® and Keynote, has just added its 3,000th template. Designer Gary Blue has put together a phenomenal package that in its essence is very Macish at heart.

Powerbacks® gives you the ability to stand up there and blow the rest of the swaggering PC filled agenda away. The downloads and CDs are filled with glorious graphic environments that would make Steve grin in glee and Bill gnash his teeth in envy. They will ripple off your laptop with a digital art suave creating waves of adulation from your audience and remind you why you bought a Mac in the first place.

Powerbacks® boasts of one of the lowest prices around! $29.95 for 3,000 non-mass-produced templates! So run, hop, or surf over to http://powerbacks.com and peruse the entire collection that comes in both .jpg and .pot formats. Your pre-purchase viewing will be enabled via a complete selection of thumbnails and ample 640x480 watermarked previews. Also available for at over 5,000 online stores powered by Digital River, including the OfficeMax and Staples.

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Tune Media Announce Tune-Up for GarageBand

Tune-Up for GarageBand is a collection of over 500 loops exclusively created in Apple Loop format for use in GarageBand. Unlike many other loop producers we offer a variety of loops, this is probably the nearest thing out there to Apple's own Jam Pack. We want to give users the ability to create whole tracks using our loops rather than just giving them a disc full of drums. Tune-Up Pack 1 is available at just $34.99 including delivery worldwide....an absolute bargain!

Check out our site at www.tuneuploops.com for more information. Better still download the demos to see just how good it is at www.tuneuploops.com/downloads.html

To see what other people are already saying about Pack 1 go to www.tuneuploops.com/reviews.html

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Techie Tours, TidBITS & EuroRevCon

Valletta, Malta - 2 July 2004 Techie Tours announces an offer
of a $100.00 discount for all attendees of the European Revolution
Conference to be held 14-15-16 November 2004 in Malta who
also attend the TidBITS - Macs in the Mediterranean week of
workshops during 7-13 November.

Runrev application software conference and five days with
Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS! Techie heaven on the
gorgeous island of Gozo in the middle of the Mediterranean.

Gozo is filled with photographic opportunities and overflowing
with fascinating history. The oldest standing architecture on
Earth, the temples of Ggantija in Gozo, were more than one
thousand years old when the Pyramids were being built.
Legend says that Gozo is Homer's Ogygia, the island home of the
nymph Calypso with whom Odysseus fell in love. The movie Troy
used Gozo for many scenes, the ships seen in the movie cross the
same Gozo channel that you will cross if you attend.

Adam and Tonya Engst of TidBITS will be giving morning workshops
on OS X, iPhoto, and all sorts of techie topics and Techie Tours will
be arranging outings to stunning locations every afternoon where
you can swim, put your digital camera to use, or simply relax and enjoy!
http://techietours.com/TidBITS/

The EuroRevCon will feature an outstanding group of Rev professionals
who will add to your Rev skills.
The November 2004 EuroRevCon Features...
Kevin Miller, Rev CEO Keynote Sunday evening and daily discussions, Two full
days of Rev presentations and discussions by expert Rev developers
Malte Brill, Richard Gaskin, Klaus Major, Frederic Rinaldi, and Jan Schenkel.
Also offered are special pricing on Dan Shafer's book Revolution: Software at
the Speed of Thought, and Special Rev License pricing for attendees.
For more information: http://techietours.com/Rev/

To take advantage of this special offer email sims@TechieTours.com
Sign up now as space is limited!

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Drums On Demand Release Vol. 3 For GarageBand

Drums On Demand's™ new "Upbeat & Aggressive" is a 2-CD set featuring 1,700 royalty free loops, Loop Layers™ and matching single hits in 25 easy-to-use Song Sets. Users simply drag and drop from an average of 45 modular verse, chorus, fill, bridge, break, intro, ending and other loops to to quickly build a drum track that feels and sounds like a live session drummer with a veteran engineer at the console.

To further enhance creativity and control, nearly 250 Loop Layers™ are also included. Simply put, Loop Layers are isolated kick, snare, rim, hat and ride loops (based on the major grooves in a Song Set) that allow you to create and mix other groove loops, breakdowns and sparser elements you might need.

Each Song Set includes an average of 11 Loop Layers™, 237 in all. And with some editing, the possibilities are almost endless. When combined with the other loops and single hits in a Song Set, Drums On Demand™ provides a kind of control never before available with stereo loops.

The matching sets of single hits (more than 500 in all) include 3-velocities of Kick, Snare, Closed Hat, Hi-Tom, Middle-Tom, Low-Tom. Plus, single-velocity open hat and rim/side stick. There are also 40+ megs of crashes, rides and other cymbals that work within all Song Sets.

For previews of all 25 Song Sets as well as a Loop Layer demo go to www.drumsondemand.com/samples3.htm

FEATURES INCLUDE
-- Appropriate for alternative rock, aggressive pop & rowdy country
-- 73 to 188 BPM (most above 120)
-- Longer loops and many more loop choices for lifelike tracks
-- 12 different snares used on multiple drums kits
-- 1200 royalty free loops
-- Loop Layers™ for creating your own multichannel loops
-- 525 Multi-velocity single hits
-- Some half-time, double-time, breakdown sections
-- Some odd-time Song Sets
-- Rim-based loops and rim single hits
-- Available in Acid®-ized WAV (16- or 24-Bit) and Apple® Loops formats.

Price for the 2-CD set is $79.95

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My new Mac design blog

I'd like to introduce my new blog called Creativebits. Bits of information about the Mac OS X system and the popular graphic design applications. Be creative, efficient and make the most out of the bits in your Mac.

Check out: http://creativebits.raszl.net

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Reader Specials from MacResQ

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gCount v0.3.1 Released

gCount is a menu bar item that displays the number of unread messages in the inbox of a recently popular email service. Version 0.3.1 has a number of important fixes from version 0.3.

This version has the following critical bug fixes:

• Sound notification fixed.
  
• Internet connection checking disabled in this build. It caused a lot of trouble. If you don't want gCount to update for a while, change the update interval to 'Manual'. I'll investigate this code more, and get back to it in the next release.
  

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Mono 1.0 available

Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET development platform, including the C# language. Installers are available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, as well as source code.

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Preview Tiger gadgets in your web browser

Erik Veland has posted previews of several Dashboard gadgets at his site.

Gadgets are basically web pages consisting of standard HTML & JavaScript. Several of the gadgets are fully functional, although they don't have the 3D effects when viewed in a web browser.

Dave Hyatt has also posted a nice explanation of how Gadgets work in Surfin' Safari.

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gCount v0.3.1 released

gCount is a menu bar item that displays the number of unread messages in the inbox of a recently popular email service. Version 0.3.1 has a number of important fixes from version 0.3.

This version has the following critical bug fixes:

• Sound notification fixed.
  
• Internet connection checking disabled in this build. It caused a lot of trouble. If you don't want gCount to update for a while, change the update interval to 'Manual'. I'll investigate this code more, and get back to it in the next release.
  

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Apple's 100 Millionth Song Give Away

"When the number of songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes Music Store crosses 95 million, Apple will begin the countdown to 100 million songs by giving away 50 special 20GB iPods—one to the purchaser of each 100,000th song downloaded between 95 million and 100 million songs. In addition, the person who downloads the 100 millionth song will receive a 17-inch PowerBook, a 40GB iPod, a gift certificate for 10,000 iTunes songs to create the ultimate music library for the iPod and the opportunity to create a Celebrity Playlist to be published on the iTunes Music Store."

http://www.apple.com/itunes/100million/

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