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Thu, 09 Dec 2004
Apple announces second Dashboard Widget Contest
Apple has announced a second Apple Dashboard Widget Contest. Now through January 5, developers have another chance to win a 40GB iPod and receive public recognition for their work. Enter the Apple Dashboard Widget Contest today to take advantage of this terrific opportunity to begin developing Widgets for Tiger. Entries will be judged on technical excellence, innovation, and ease of use. The contest is open exclusively to Apple Developer Connection members whose memberships include access to pre-release versions of Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Submissions must be made between December 9 and January 5, 2005.
What Is a Dashboard Widget?
The Dashboard and Dashboard Widgets are intriguing new technologies that will be available in Mac OS X Tiger. Dashboard is a semi-transparent layer that zooms across your screen at the press of a key. It’s also home to a new kind of application called a Widget. A Widget can be self-contained like a clock or calculator, display information from the Internet like headlines or the status of an order, or enhance an application by adding features or making the application easier to use. Great Widgets are small, lightweight, and simple, with a compelling interface that’s fun to use.
More information is available here.
iStopMotion helps to educate Isle of Man children
Munich, Germany - Oct. 9th 2004. Boinx iStopMotion is quickly gaining
importance in education. Most recently, the Isle of Man Department of
Education ordererd licenses for all 35 primary schools of the country in
recognition of the usefulness of the tool in the curriculum. At the
January BETT show in UK, iStopMotion will be playing a big part on the
show floor.
Technology for the future
"iStopMotion is giving our schools the opportunity to move their
creative use of ICT to new levels," says John Thornley, Information &
Communications Technology Adviser of the Isle of Man Department of
Education. "The simplicity of the software means that children can
concentrate on their project without being distracted by the
technology." Boinx iStopMotion will be used in the 35 primary schools of
the island. The Isle of Man is situated in the heart of the British
Isles. The country is an internally self-governing dependent territory
of the British Crown. It is not part of the United Kingdom but is a
member of the British Commonwealth.
iStopMotion at BETT
"The education market, especially in and around the UK, has taken well
to iStopMotion", says Oliver Breidenbach, head of Boinx Software, "at
BETT in January 2005, iStopMotion will be present at no less than 3
booths." Apple Destinguished Educator (ADE) Oscar Stringer of South
Street Studios and iStopMotion reseller Solutions Inc. will be at Booth
P15, iStopMotion reseller ICT-Links will be at Booth SW13 (close to
Betty's Food Court) and Anglia Polytechnic University's Ultralab will be
presenting the results of their summer school at the "Create at Bett"
booth.
About Boinx Software
Boinx Software is a trademark of GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH, based
in Munich, Germany. Boinx Software develops and publishes fun and easy
to use applications for the creative user. Boinx iStopMotion is the
leading solution for stop motion animation and time lapse capture for
your digital hub and won the O'Reilly Mac OS X Innovators Award in 2003.
Boinx FotoMagico is a tool to create and perform professional live
slideshows and won the Mac OS X Innovators Award in 2004. Boinx iVeZeen
turns your webcam into a digital camcorder. Information about Boinx
Software and its services can be obtained from its website
http://www.boinx.com
AFDragHandler 1.1 released
Basasoft has released the AFDragHandler 1.1 REALBasic plug-in. This plug-in delivers some long awaited functionality, allowing creation of applications with extended Mac OS X drag & drop support. It allows implementing translucent drag, drag tracking and Finder drop.
The new functionalities added by 1.1 include... among others: fixing drag to locations, deferred file content creation and determination of drag origin.
AFDragHandler may be tested for free. A license key is 20 Euro.
Press release: Now ConceptDraw users receive National flags.
For the last eighteen days, in Kiev the capital of Ukraine about one million people have remained stand still on the central square of Kiev expressing their political views. There are people both from all over the country and from abroad. And the whole wide world has once again realized how difficult it is to change the political structure of a state which has always been under somebody's authoritarian thumb. The current political situation in Ukraine can serve a bright example of a real democratic breakthrough. And millions of people all over the planet Earth have been closely watching the latest events in this country.
CSOdessa is a Ukrainian Company that has provided World Market with numerous software products for the last 11 years. Specializing in development and publishing of business graphic solutions CSOdessa takes the leading position as a producer of cross-platform software for Apple Macintosh and PC Windows. Its outstanding ConceptDraw products have been five-year decent competitors to MS-Visio and are world-recognized leading business tools for Macintosh users.
No matter to what outcome will the current political situation lead in the end, the latest developments in Ukraine have reflected people's good will and their firm intention to change their country's way of life. These days orange has been the symbol of these exciting events for the whole World Community. That is why CSOdessa has come up with a pioneer orange idea of donating to their users the National Flag of Ukraine.
About CS Odessa
Founded in 1993, Computer Systems Odessa supplies cross-platform productivity tools and graphics technologies to professional and corporate users. With headquarters in Odessa, Ukraine, CS Odessa sells ConceptDraw tools internationally from reseller offices in 25 countries. For more information please visit: http://www.conceptdraw.com.
The Mac Support Store Affiliate Program
The Mac Support Store has launched its first Affiliate Program on its website at: http://www.macsupportstore.com. Recognizing a demand for an Affiliate Program exclusively for Apple products, qualified Affiliates will earn unlimited commissions from web banner and text links placed at their own websites. As an additional benefit, Affiliates receive discount coupons for purchasing Apple products at The Mac Support Store. Those interested in signing up can view the program details at: http://www.macsupportstore.com/showpages.asp?pid=1020