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Nashville, Tennessee – RingtoneFeeder has announced their “Christmas on your iPhone” theme. This holiday season, RingtoneFeeder is wishing iPhone owners a Merry Christmas with 24 unique iPhone optimized Christmas ringtones. You get 6 ringtones each week for 4 weeks this December for only $4.99 – starting Monday December 1st 2008.

The theme is “Christmas on your iPhone” and the concept is in line with the RingtoneFeeder business model of subscription ringtones for the iPhone. The twist is that these tones are all one theme and they are all released during December 2008. This product is one-time payment unlike the monthly or annual subscription services which are recurring.

The subscribers will be receiving 6 iPhone ringtones every week for 4 weeks in December via iTunes. All the ringtones will be made available in two versions, with and without a ringing sound embedded. The concept is to be able to have a variety of cool ringtones this holiday season and by releasing 6 every week the subscribers will have enough to literally have a new Christmas ringtone on their iPhone every day until Christmas.

“We are really pleased with the strong subscriber base we have built up since the launch of RingtoneFeeder earlier this year. We will continue to expand and improve our product range – Christmas is an obvious theme and we are excited about this new type of product.” said Geoff Smith, Partner and Producer at RingtoneFeeder.

RingtoneFeeder is a new and innovative approach to ringtones offering a subscription model which automatically installs new original ringtones on the iPhone via iTunes every week. The earlier a subscription to the service is made the bigger collection the subscriber will have. When a ringtone has been released it will not appear in the weekly updates ever again. The 10 latest ringtones are delivered when subscribing and then an additional two new ringtones every week.

RingtoneFeeder Plus provides access to the entire archive of ringtones produced by RingtoneFeeder in two separate feeds – one for vocal and one for instrumental iPhone ringtones from just $9.98 (an active annual subscription is required) or $29.95 for an annual subscription with archive access.

There is a free demo feed available so the service can be tried out with no obligations. The free feed contains sample ringtones as well as an introduction video and a PDF guide to managing ringtones via iTunes.

Geoff Smith has been producing and playing music most of his life and is mostly known online from his jingles heard on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code Podcast, GeekBrief, Tips from The Top Floor, ScreenCasts Online, the successful iYule project and recently the theme song for TWiT Live. Geoff began composing jingles and theme songs for podcasters back in 2005 and has literally written hundreds.

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RingtoneFeeder was launched on April 29th 2008 by Geoff Smith and Klaus Lovgreen and is a weekly automated delivery of original ringtones exclusively produced and optimized to sound great on the iPhone. The majority of the ringtones are written and performed by Geoff Smith who has been producing and playing music most of his life and is mostly known online from his jingles heard on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code Podcast, GeekBrief, Tips from The Top Floor, the successful iYule project and recently the theme song for TWiT Live. (C) 2008 RingtoneFeeder. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iTunes and iPhone, are registered trademarks of Apple Inc in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Flower Mound, Texas – Tapbots is proud to announce Weightbot 1.1, the newest version of the best weight tracking program for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Weightbot is a weight-tracking robot. Whether you are trying to lose (or gain) weight, tracking your progress has never been more fun. Set your goal, record your weight, view your BMI, and see your progress on a beautiful graph. Weightbot was designed for everyone to use.

New in this version:
* Month and year graph views
* Moving average line in graph views
* Backup and restore

Features:
* Input your weight up to once a day with a streamlined user interface
* Easily change or remove your weight from any day
* Instantly view your BMI as you set your weight
* Set your goal weight to know where the finish line is
* View your weight over time on a beautiful and easy to read graph
* Toggle units between lbs/kg for weight and ft/cm for height
* Set a numeric passcode to protect your data from being viewed by others

Coming Soon (Free Updates):
* Export data into a portable format
* Data summary view. Tells you average weight lost per week/month, forecasts, and more
* Localization

System requirements:
iPhone or iPod Touch with OS 2.0 or later.

Pricing and Availability:
Weightbot 1.1 is available now world wide and can be purchased from the iTunes App Store for $3.99 (USD).

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Tapbots is a small software company focused on providing innovative and beautiful solutions for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. Copyright 2008 Tapbots. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Liverpool, UK – For the first time, ScreenCastsOnline is participating in the Black Friday frenzy by offering a 50% discount to all new ScreenCastsOnline Extra! members joining today. Acknowledged as one of the premier sources for mac based tutorials on the Internet since launching in 2005, ScreenCastsOnline has established itself as a favourite with many thousands of delighted mac users throughout the world.

Each weekly tutorial is created as a screencast – a high resolution video captures of the mac desktop, narrated by the UKs Don McAllister, with his own unique laid back delivery and easy to follow approach to teaching mac software. Delivered via iTunes or downloaded from the members site, each tutorial is yours to keep and watch as many times as you like.

Suitable for all levels of Mac users, the tutorials cover all aspects of using a Mac – from using Leopard, to Apples own iLife and iWork applications, to best of class third party mac software applications and web services.

ScreenCastsOnline Extra! Membership Benefits include:
* A brand new video tutorial every week for six months
* Choice of resolutions available – HD, Apple TV, iPod and iPhone
* Full chapter marks for easy navigation
* Immediate access to a huge library of over 170+ tutorials
* Download or Stream library tutorialsto your desktop
* DRM free videos – you keep what you download
* No risk – To remain a member after six months you opt in!
* Just a single payment for the full six months
* Access to the ScreenCastsOnline Extra! members website
* Access to the ScreenCastsOnline Extra! members RSS feeds

All for 50% off the usual membership fee of $57 – Just use the coupon code BLACK08 to receive 50% discount when registering.

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Located in LIverpool, UK, ScreenCastsOnline was formed in 2005 by Don McAllister and specialises in screencast production for ScreenCastsOnline and corporate customers. All Material and Software (C) 2005-2008 ScreenCastsOnline / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, the iPod logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Luxembourg – Houdah Software offers a Black Friday discount to customers using coupon code BLACK08. With this code, critically acclaimed HoudahSpot and HoudahGeo are on sale at 50% off. The discount applies to single user, single household and single student licenses. Discounted copies come with the same upgrade rights as regular copies. Did we mention that a major free upgrade to HoudahGeo is on track for a January release?

HoudahSpot is Houdah Software’s best-selling file search tool for the Mac. Unleash the full power of Spotlight to find, manage and clean up your files.

* Keep frequently used files within reach
* Retrieve the files you didn’t know you still had.
* More precise than Spotlight: pinpoint files using a myriad of criteria
* More detailed than Spotlight: show any number of file attributes
* Fully customizable: set your preferred criteria, columns and sort order
* BlitzSearch: the ease of use of Spotlight, the power of HoudahSpot

HoudahGeo is a pure software solution for geocoding photos with latitude, longitude and altitude information. Just like a GPS camera, HoudahGeo can store this information right within the image file – invisibly with no loss of quality.

Unlike a GPS camera, HoudahGeo allows you to export your photos directly to Google Earth or Flickr! More features, more flexibility, more control. Lower price tag.

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Houdah Software s.a r.l is a small company based in Luxembourg Europe. The company was founded in late 2005 by Pierre Bernard. We specialize in quality Mac OS X software. Apple, Macintosh, Mac, Spotlight, WebObjects and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Gracion Software is offering Gracion Enclose, the Macintosh file sending application that beats email attachment limits, for only $9.99 through November 30. The special price (regular price $34), is available at Gracion Software’s online store.

Enclose connects to the server of your choice, such as Apple’s MobileMe or your web server, automatically uploads your file, and creates an email with a clickable link to the file. Address and send your email within Enclose–just drag, click, and send.

Use Enclose-created links on web sites, blogs, in instant messages, or on your social networking page. Enclose works with most Internet servers to upload and deliver files. When used with MobileMe, Enclose configures itself. Or, use web servers via FTP, WebDAV, SMB, or AFP. It frees users from navigating server directories or assembling files or complex URLs.

Major Features:
* Drag-and-drop upload and creation of download-link email in one step
* Automatic public key lookup and file encryption when used with PGP Desktop
* Complete email sending system optimized for sending Enclose links
* Drag URL to iChat for immediate download by recipient
* iChat Presence indicators
* View and resend previous messages and files. Messages are Spotlight indexed
* Use multiple servers automatically on a time or space-available basis
* Setup assistant that discovers server and email settings
* Pre-configured for Gmail and MobileMe email

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or higher, 10.5 supported with Quick Look
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel

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Gracion Software LLC, in Ashland, Oregon, USA, makes Macintosh Internet and security applications, such as Gracion Enclose and DigiTunnel VPN. Founded in 1991, Gracion also provides software engineering to Open Door Networks, Inc. for products such as the DoorStop X Security Suite. PGP is a registered trademark and the PGP logo is a trademark of PGP Corporation. Apple, iChat, and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. All other product and brand names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Castrop-Rauxel – Germany – Daniel Schwill has announced a Black Friday Special for Tables – the easy way to spreadsheets on Mac OS X. Purchasers can receive 33% off by using the coupon code “thanks08″ when they purchase a Tables licence on Black Friday – November 28, 2008.

Tables enables you to organise and present data very simply. With Tables you can not only organise data but also do calculations and comparisons with it. Add, sum or multiply numbers or process data by using more than 100 functions. Data can not only represent numbers but a date or an amount, too.

Tables offers extensive options to format the data. Format them as an amount, as percentage rate, scientifically or with different date formats. Create visually attractive invoices, lists or reports and even add some photos, PDF documents or charts to present your data with great visual impact.

The upcoming Tables 1.5 will add additional formatting options as well as an OpenDocument format (ODF) exporter. Tables 1.5 will be available as a free update for all registered customers. Tables requires Mac OS X “Tiger” version 10.4 and is available for download now. Tables offers a full functional free 30-day trial. A licence can be purchased from the reseller share-it! for 29 EUR (approximately $39 USD).

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Daniel Schwill, living in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, is a software engineer with more than ten years experience in professional software development. Since 2002, he has been using Objective-C, Cocoa and Mac OS X for his private software development. On April 1, 2006 he founded his own software company in Germany. The first commercial product is Tables – The easy way to spreadsheets on Mac OS X.

Los Angeles – “Welcome to Macintosh – The documentary for the rest of us” is now available on DVD. “Welcome to Macintosh” explores the history, culture and worldwide impact of Apple Inc. and the Macintosh. In addition to the film, the DVD includes over 3 hours of extra content including extended interviews, a making of featurette, trailers, photo journal, and more. The “Welcome to Macintosh” DVD is available now at their website for $19.84 with shipments beginning December 15th.

“Welcome to Macintosh is a work of art devoted to the passion that lies in being a Mac-Fan, lovingly created by Mac-Fans” – Mac Life Magazine, Germany

“Welcome to Macintosh” is the first documentary of its kind to mix history, criticism and an unapologetic revelry of all things Apple into a movie experience. The film explores the early years of Apple, the many challenges Apple has faced, and what the future may hold for the company and it’s products. Ex-Apple employees, engineers and community members offer insight on the company’s innovations, failures, cultural impact and what the future may be like beyond the reign of its co-founder Steve Jobs. Interviews include notable Apple personalities Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the original Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, long time Mac evangelist, Leander Khaney, author of the book “Cult of Mac”, Jim Reekes, creator of the Macintosh start-up sound and Ron Wayne, original co-founder of the Apple Computer Company.

With acceptance in five international film festivals, “Welcome to Macintosh” is reaching its goal of bringing the story of Apple and the Macintosh to the new generation of iPhone and iPod users around the world.

“Welcome to Macintosh is required viewing for any Mac user, new or old.” Says James Savage, co-host of the RetroMacCast, a popular podcast dedicated to classic Mac users.

“The film succeeds in chronicling the rich history of Apple through first-hand accounts by the colorful personalities who were there. For long-time Mac fans, it’s a trip down memory lane with a few surprises along the way. For new Mac users, they get an appreciation for those of us who bleed in six colors.” Adds James.

“The DVD goes far beyond the movie, exploring in-depth the stories and experiences that made the Macintosh what it is today” says Rob Baca, co-director of the film. “There are so many great stories to hear, we are very excited to have the opportunity to share them.”

“There are millions of people around the world who are just now learning about Apple through the iPhone or the iPod, and they are interested, they want to know more.” Says Josh Rizzo, co-director. “We worked hard to make the film entertaining and as non-technical as possible, but it does get a little nerd-friendly from time to time.”

“Welcome to Macintosh is an informative and entertaining film for the computer illiterate and Mac geeks alike. From industry insiders to hard-core Mac enthusiasts to eccentric Mac owners, Welcome to Macintosh covers the spectrum of “Mac People” and shows why Apple is unique in the industry.” Jason Dean, The Capital Times, Madison WI.

The widescreen DVD is NTSC Region Free and includes over three hours of extended interviews, a “making of” featurette, theatrical trailers, behind the scenes photo journal, Mac symbiosis montage, interactive menus and subtitles in English and Spanish. The filmmakers have some exciting public events planned for the coming months, all to be announced through their website and social network.

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“Welcome to Macintosh” is a documentary that explores the many ways Apple Computer (now Apple, Inc.) has changed the world.

Coeur d’Alene (Idaho, USA), DEVONtechnologies, LLC offers a discount of 25 percent on all its software products including upgrades on Black Friday, November 28, 2008.

Following an old tradition in the USA, DEVONtechnologies offers DEVONthink, DEVONagent, DEVONnote, and the Infoworker’s bundles (consisting of DEVONthink Pro or Pro Office and DEVONagent) with 25 percent discount on this year’s Black Friday. This year this also includes all upgrades, e.g., from the Personal to the Pro or Pro Office editions of DEVONthink or from DEVONagent 1.x to 2.x.

Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann, President of DEVONtechnologies: “Thanksgiving is the time to say ‘thank you’. And we want to thank all our faithful users for their long-standing support with good deals and the best software for a fair price.”

More information about the deal can be found on the DEVONtechnologies website.

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DEVONtechnologies LLC, founded in 2002, incorporated in 2004 and headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA, researches in the field of semantic and associative data analysis and synthesis, and develops key applications based on the DEVONtechnology. Named after the Devonian Period, the DEVONtechnology marks the departure into a new age of data processing. The main focus of all activities is clearly on using the robust, flexible and versatile architecture intelligently to create rock-solid applications for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to databases, intelligent agents, data-mining, information retrieval and human-computer-interfaces.

Ekero, Sweden – Maintain is proud to announce the release of Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition). This version addresses compatibility issues with TechTool Pro and Safari 3.2.1, addresses a bug in which the “Prevent DS Store file creation on network volumes” setting could not be enabled, adds support for Flock 2 web browser, adds more languages to the “Startup language” setting, improves the uninstaller and contains updated Help files and Automator actions.

The update is highly recommended for all users of Cocktail (Leopard Edition).

Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition) is distributed as a Universal Binary and runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Cocktail 4.2.1 (Leopard Edition) requires Mac OS X / Mac OS X Server 10.5 or later and is tested for compatibility with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.5.5.

Cocktail 4.2 (Tiger Edition) for Mac OS X 10.4.x and Cocktail 3.7 (Panther Edition) for Mac OS X 10.3.x are available for download from our website.

Cocktail is an award winning general purpose utility for Mac OS X. It is a smooth and powerful digital toolset with a variety of practical features that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and helps hundreds of thousands of Mac users around the world to get the most out of their computers.

The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical interface. Most of Cocktail’s major features are arranged in five basic categories. In addition, a Pilot lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the button.

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Maintain develops tailored applications for Mac users. We work towards creating technical solutions which maintain your computer and make it as efficient and easy to use as possible. In addition, we offer comprehensive consultancy and support services which cover everything from operation of existing systems to purchase and implementation of new technical solutions.

Los Angeles, CA – app4mac today has announced their Black Friday savings promotion. From today till Sunday, they are happy to offer their six simple and effective product applications at a discount value of 50% off. app4Mac creates simple, intuitive and powerful applications that help keep your Mac in good health and boost the efficiency of your daily tasks. Take advantage of Black Friday savings with App4Mac.

Allow your personal and creative ventures to shine and prosper through this economic climate. Just enter the coupon code BLACKFRIDAY during the ordering process.

CheckUp
With its use of the latest Mac OS X technologies, breakthrough ease-of-use and innovation, all Mac users will find CheckUp very useful and even fun. It’s the dashboard of your Mac! CheckUp is first designed to monitor the usage of CPU, Memory, Disk Drives and Network Adapters. By adding rules that will be triggered when certain conditions are met for a specified resource on the computer, you can receive visual notifications. For example, CheckUp can alert you when a certain resource exceeds a certain value or when a hard drive seems to have hardware failures, even when the application is not opened (thanks to an innovative background process and the use of the S.M.A.R.T technology).

Sequence
Sequence is a simple way to capture and save an image or a movie of your screen to your computer’s clipboard, or a file. A video or screenshot can be emailed, uploaded on the web, or passed around however you want. Using a multithreaded code and a 64-bit enabled compression system, Sequence can handle capturing DVD, audio, or any other multimedia application. Sequence is powerful enough to simultaneously record from your webcam and your screen. With the voice recording function, you can easily describe what you are doing on your screen. Simply use your Mac’s built-in microphone

CutX
The CutX extension offers new ways to help you block unwanted websites from display in your Safari web browser. If a website has been blocked, the user is informed by a message and the page is not loaded. Part of the reason that CutX is the best parental control filter for Safari is that it is so easy for parents to install and manage. Let’s face it – these days, most kids know a lot more about computers and the Internet than their parents. That is why we designed an application that is so effective and, above all, easy to use. CutX is easy to install – it does so automatically and in just a few minutes. Not to mention that its easy to use interface makes configuring it a snap!

xTime Project
With xTime Project, creating, tracking and managing your projects will be much easier. Check out the features that xTime Project has to offer and explore how easy it is to manage your complex projects. xTime Project is designed to keep track of tasks and calculate a project’s cost. xTime Project provides all the tools you need for professional project management. We have madethe latest version even more powerful without sacrificing the simple and intuitive interface that helped make xTime Project a success with thousands of users worldwide. Whether your job calls for managing large construction projects, complex media activities or detailed time schedules, xTime Project is the tool you need. It is easy to use and will help you organize, administer and monitor your tasks allowing you more time to manage your projects and less time to learn how to use project management software.

FlexTeam
FlexTeam is an incredibly useful tool to manage people in your group, organization, or company. Our goal is to make the user’s experience as intuitive and task oriented as possible. FlexTeam is a really powerful schedule management tool that is visually appealing. It helps you share information, work jointly on schedules, and use all of your available human resources as efficiently as possible (you can check daily working schedules, manage days off for each person and track holidays). FlexTeam can show your schedule in different formats (view by day, week, month, or year). You can print your views, generate PDF files, or publish a schedule on your website with one click.

wKiosk
wKiosk is the ideal way for Mac OS X to present web-based content (HTML, Flash, PDF, videos, etc.) and applications in a safe and stable way in public access terminals with or without access to the Internet. You can use wKiosk to individually restrict access to Web sites, the operating system, system settings, and applications. Your computer will be protected against any manipulation from the time you boot up until you shut it down.

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app4mac is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make the Mac even more user-friendly. Copyright 2001-2008 app4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Neptune Beach, FL – Tropical Software today announced their award-winning TopXNotes and iListen bundle promotion for $140. For a limited time, this $200 value includes the MacSpeech script pack, and will end this Friday, November 28th. Quantities are limited, and when they’re gone, they are gone.

Get Organized With TopXNotes. Unless you are full time manger you don’t need a note or task manager that takes more time to learn than its intended purpose. You need a simple, easy to learn, easy to use personal note and task manager, like TopXNotes.
TopXNotes is a full-featured personal note manager. Create, view and multuview, organize, and instantly access your Mac notes with TopXNotes. You can also encrypt sensitive information to protect it and create iPod notes with TopXNotes.

TopXNotes has been awarded 4 out of 5 mice by Macworld magazine in their “Summer of Mac Gems” series of reviews. TopXNotes was favored by the reviewer for its “clean, single window interface that puts controls for highlighting and marking up your text right at your fingertips,” as well as its exclusive QuickNotes feature.

Minimum TopXNotes Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.4 Tiger or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* G4 Processor, 1GHz or faster
* 38.8 MB Hard Drive space

iListen provides you with the simplest and easiest way to get text into the applications that you use – simply dictate anywhere you would type. Dictation, transcription, editing, formatting, and speech navigation within any application. iListen frees you from the keyboard and mouse. You are able to dictate text, edit, and format it with just the power of your voice.

* Top Selling Speech Solution For Mac OS X
* Dictate into any application
* Control your Mac with your Voice
* Easy to Use
* Supported Microphone Required

Minimum iListen Requirements:
* Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS 10.1.5, Mac OS 10.2.x, or greater
* Power Macintosh G3 or Power Macintosh G4 computer
* 192 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM with Mac OS X

Pricing and Availability:
The TopXNotes and iListen bundle is only $140 USD ($200 value) and available for a limited time only. Sale ends this Friday, November 28th.

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Tropical Software’s flagship products, TopXNotes and TopXNotes iPod, are modern note organizing tools. Each emphasizes our dedication to providing easy to use and learn to use Mac productivity tools. For more information, email Tropical Software or call 904-249-4292.

Budapest, Hungary – KAMPO Interactive today announces the Mac release of Balance, a tilt puzzle game that can be played by simply tilting a laptop. Besides the mouse and trackpad, the game can make use of the accelerometers built into all Apple notebooks, including the various MacBook, PowerBook and iBook models. Players are invited to test the demo on Mac or PC and watch videos on how this works on various platforms at the game’s website.

Balance requires both puzzle solving and hand-eye coordination skills without any time pressure as players tilt the playfield to guide one or more balls between various 3D obstacles to their destinations. The game has 75 levels that are continuously expanded by downloadable level upgrades. Players can share their best times over the internet along with recordings of their sessions for others to watch.

Balance is also coming for the iPhone as well as other accelerometer embedded devices shortly.

Motion sensors are widely used in today’s notebooks to sense when the machine is dropped to protect their hard disks. Balance currently supports all Apple notebooks and certain Lenovo ThinkPad and Toshiba models with embedded accelerometers. Visit the game’s website for up to date information about device support.

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KAMPO Interactive is a game development and publishing company with a focus towards casual games for PC, Mac, mobile and handheld devices. Copyright 2008 KAMPO Interactive. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Frankfurt, Germany – TMMC is proud to announce the immediate availability of “Slam it!” A parlor game for the iPhone or iPod touch. “Slam it!” is a fun way to draw sticks, to have a shoot-out or to find a random winner. The game makes use of the multi-touch interface to recognize game participants and as part of the game idea makes use of the accelerometer to detect players slamming on the desk.

“Having a kids’ birthday and want to find a team captain? Need to determine who’s paying the next round? Who will be the designated driver? Which poor soul in your shared flat will do the dishes? Don’t just agree on it or, god forbid, command it – no, slam it!”, said Sven Schmidt, co-developer of “Slam it!”.

To play “Slam it!”, one player puts his or her iPhone or iPod touch on a table or desk. Participants gather around the device and each player then selects a playing field by placing a finger on the screen. Once every player has lifted his or her finger, a spinner in the middle of the game board will start to rotate and to accelerate. At full speed, players can slam on the desk. The internal accelerometer of the iPhone or iPod touch will detect the vibration and the spinner will decelerate, pointing out a player.

“Slam it!” can be played in two game modes (“Protect Yourself” and “Last Player Wins”). The game comes with three beautifully designed themes called “Roulette”, “Psycho” and “Techno”.

Supported Languages:
English, German, Italian and Japanese.

System requirements:
iPhone or iPod Touch 2.0 or later.

Pricing and Availability:
“Slam it!” for iPhone or iPod Touch is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the Apple App Store.

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“Slam It!” was developed by a privately founded development team in Europe that has years of experience in Software development for Mac OS X and professional graphics design. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Grantwood Technology, LLC today announced the release of the QuickFlipCase for Blackberry Storm, a premium leather case designed to comfortably secure the Blackberry Storm in place on your belt or waist.

The QuickFlipCase features a horizontally designed case with a smooth leather exterior with classic contrast stitching and a sturdy permanent belt clip. It also uses a secure magnetic enclosure for the lid, and simple center push-up hole to allow easy removal of your Blackberry Storm.

The soft leather covering was designed to not only to be protective but to allow easy removal of the Blackberry Storm with just one hand. The magnetic closure is strong but not overpowering and unlike Velcro, it quietly opens and will not wear out. Simply open the lid and slide out the Blackberry Storm with ease. Every aspect of the QuickFlipCase was designed for durability, comfort and style.

“Building on the success of our QuickFlipCase for the iPhone,” states Michael Banks, co-founder and CEO of Grantwood Technology, LLC, “we wanted to have a leather Blackberry Storm case designed with all the best features without the expense of competing products.”

The QuickFlipCase for the Blackberry Storm is compatible with the recently released Blackberry Storm, and retails for $18.99 USD.

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Grantwood Technology, LLC specializes in unique and functional iPod/iPhone accessories and Mac accessories. We also are a database development and consulting service company, specializing in Filemaker Pro. Copyright 2008 Grantwood Technology, LLC. All Rights Reserved. QuickFlipCase, and tuneband are trademarks of Grantwood Technology, LLC. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

London, UK – The Pixelmator Team today released Pixelmator 1.3.1, an update to the revolutionary GPU-powered image-editing tool that provides everything needed to create, edit, and enhance still images. Available today as a free software update, Pixelmator 1.3.1 features a new Color Management sheet, a new Refine Selection tool, and more.

Since color management is a hard to understand part of image editing Pixelmator 1.3.1 fixes that by delivering new Color Management sheet. Color Management sheet is a single, easy-to-use place for managing color profiles in images and still keeps all the functionality of previous Assign to Profile and Match to Profile tools.

Pixelmator’s new Refine Selection tool allows the artist to dramatically improve selections made with selection tools. Refine Selection now features Smooth, Feather and Size settings and works in real-time showing the results instantly. Other new and improved features in Pixelmator 1.3.1 include improved Type tool stability, minor user interface and compatibility improvements, and some bug fixes.

Pricing and Availability
Pixelmator 1.3.1 is available to order for $59 (USD). Pixelmator 1.3.1 is a free update to current Pixelmator customers. System requirements, as well as a 30-day Pixelmator trial and more information on Pixelmator, can be found at their website.

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Founded in 2007 by two brothers, the Pixelmator Team develops practical, fun, innovative, and easy-to-use software for the world’s most sophisticated operating system, the Mac OS X. Copyright 2007-2008 Pixelmator. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – publicspace.net announces the forth minor update to the recently released A Better Finder Rename 8. The new version adds three new ways of inserting file and image dates & times into existing file names.

The utility is already well known for its ability to handle digital photography image formats, including the industry standard JPEG/EXIF and many proprietary RAW camera formats.

Version 8.0 delivered a new user interface, save-able presets, automatic software updates and a brand new multi-threaded renaming engine that enables the software to automatically resolve file name conflicts, re-order renames to avoid deadlocks and provide an improved interactive experience.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
* Universal Binary for Intel and PowerPC
* 5 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
A Better Finder Rename may be purchased for $24.95 (USD). Family, Business and Enterprise licensing is also available. Customers may chose to include a “forever upgrade” with their purchase.

A Better Finder Rename has long been the most comprehensive file renaming solution for the Macintosh and has transformed the tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple files into a simple matter of seconds for thousands of creative professionals across the world. It is based on over 10 years of listening to our users and addressing their requirements to the best of our abilities.

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publicspace.net was founded by Frank Reiff in 1996 with the aim of producing affordable best-of-breed software for the Macintosh. In the past decade, our A Better Finder series of file utilities and our MacBreakZ personal ergonomic assistant have become familiar fixtures of the Macintosh community. publicspace.net is also active in the Windows software market.

Suffolk, United Kingdom – iWebTemplate has announced the addition of new family based iWeb themes to its collection. These family based templates are perfect for giving customers a way to show off his or her family members on their personal iWeb website. There are seven iWeb themes to choose from, including “Baby,” “Boy,” “Girl,” “Tree,” “Old Album,” “Wall,” or “White Album”. iWebTemplate has collaborated with various providers to bring you one of the internets largest iWeb and Rapidweaver templates and themes collections.

Customers can create a calendar of all family members birthdays to help everyone remember each other on their special day. Moreover, he or she can do a Christmas gift wish list that will help everyone avoid the boring and useless shopping hours we have all wasted in an attempt to satisfy a teenage son or daughter. The iWeb Family themes are also great for companies that provide goods and services for families. As always, each theme contains numerous page layouts that a designer is likely to need – Welcome, About Me, Photos, My Albums, Movie, Podcast, Blog, and Blank.

Theme Details:

Baby:
This iWeb theme is a perfect way for new parents or even new brothers or sisters to save memories of the new baby. You can convert the Baby theme into a digital diary about your quickly growing baby, or sister or brother, of course. Moreover, this diary will be accessible via the Internet, so everyone will be able to rejoice over the maturing baby’s milestones.

Boy:
This theme is the perfect venue for your teenage boy. He can reveal his hobbies and thoughts using this modern iWeb theme design. Reading his Blog (with his permission, of course) might be a first step to understanding him and avoiding the misunderstandings that occur in parent-child associations. The iWeb Boy theme is also great for companies that provide goods and services for boys, such as sports equipment and accessories.

Girl:
The Girl theme will help girls perfectly reveal the sweet details about their lives that will fascinate visitors to their Web sites. It is also a great way to get to know your daughter or a friend, and it can help build parent-child relationships. The iWeb Girl theme is also great for companies that provide goods and services for girls, such as sports equipment, accessories, and clothes.

Tree:
This Tree theme is just great to represent your family tree and more. Reveal newly discovered relatives, and laughs are guaranteed. Create a Web site together to celebrate your family. Why not create a calendar of all the birthdays. Add a gift wish list, too! Don’t hesitate; start your journey with family members today.

Old Album:
Think about that lovely photo of you as a child. There’s only one copy, and it’s in your grandmother’s photo album. And how about the other one of your young and funny-looking parents holding you with huge smiles for the camera? Oh, it is also part of your grandmother’s photo collection. Haven’t you dreamed of showing pictures like these to your friends or colleagues? An Old Album page is great for saving and displaying all the precious moments of your family members’ lives. This theme is a perfect way to start creating a historical family archive.

Wall:
This theme will undoubtedly be appreciated by grandparents. It has some sweet details, such as photo frames. Share your thoughts in your blog, photos in your digital album, and movies from your family’s daily life and get to know each other better.

White Album:
The White Album theme design fits between the Old Album iWeb theme and the Tree. If your aim is to combine a family tree with old photos that have been converted into digital ones, this theme will help you achieve your goal.

Requirements:
* iWeb 2.0 or later

Pricing and Availability:
Each iWeb Family theme may be purchased for only $9.99 (USD).

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iWebTemplate offers iWeb Templates and standard website templates, flash templates and other products that can be used as a basis for fast and high-quality website. Website templates, flash templates and all other products are completely customizable and ready for immediate download. Copyright 2008 iWebTemplate. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iWeb are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Lake Dallas, Texas – Mac evangelist MacScripter LLC is pleased to announce the launch of MacDeveloper, their networking and beta testing resource for Apple enthusiasts. MacDeveloper helps companies and individual software developers alike improve the quality of their products by providing a platform to have their applications properly tested from a well informed, and energetic Beta Pool.

MacDeveloper is a free, opt-in service for Apple enthusiasts who love what the Mac community offers. It is squarely aimed at providing Apple users around the globe a place to connect, build a strong sense of community and an excellent compliment to bundled software avenues. Register to try out the latest software releases and receive coupons for FREE software, or purchase software at huge discounts.

MacDeveloper for Testers:
* Register and Test software absolutely free
* Testers may choose only the Software Categories that interest them
* Earn Points for Testing your favorite Software
* Use points to purchase software for FREE
* Use points to purchase software for huge discounts
* Earn valuable Star Ratings for being a Quality Tester

“For Mac users, the software buying experience is an event unto itself”, cites Ray Barber. “We want to further that experience by offering the ultimate testing network, geared towards helping developers get their software properly tested, while at the same time giving back to the community who supports them.”

MacDeveloper’s sole mission is to connect willing and responsible beta testers to software developers. As an enhancement to software distribution, MacDeveloper believes that every business should have access to the state-of-the-art tools necessary to manage every aspect of their organization’s testing activities. No longer do developers have to spend time recruiting testers. MacDeveloper does all of this for them. Now, they can spend more time coding great software and taking care of their customers.

MacDeveloper for Developers:
* Create Project Channels for only $16.75 (USD)
* Upload as many binaries to Project Channels as necessary
* Search the Beta Pool for Quality Testers
* Find Beta Testers who genuinely have a desire to test
* Developers use Coupons for Testers to purchase their Applications for free or at a discount
* Excellent platform for Customer Building

Pricing and Availability:
MacDeveloper is immediately available, and already has a growing member base. Developers who register to the service may create their first Project Channel free of charge. Subsequent Projects are only $16.75 (USD) each. Developers may upload as many binary builds as they wish or until the beta cycle is complete and the project is closed.

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Headquartered in Lake Dallas, Texas, MacScripter LLC is a leading evangelist for Applescripting the Mac since 1999. MacDeveloper helps companies and individual software developers alike improve the quality of their products by providing a platform to have their applications properly tested from a well informed, and energetic Beta Pool. Copyright 1999-2008 MacScripter LLC All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Los Angeles, California – 24x7digital has announced PhotoCopy 1.1, their iPhoto to Flickr mirroring utility for Mac OS X Leopard. Designed specifically to help protect media assets, PhotoCopy combines iPhoto’s ease of use with the great sharing features of Flickr, the premier online photo management and sharing resource.

Select which iPhoto albums and events to share, and let PhotoCopy do the rest. It uploads all of the photos in the selected album(s) and event(s) to Flickr and arranges them in matching sets. PhotoCopy also copies important image information from iPhoto, such as title, date, time, rating, keywords and description.

PhotoCopy’s main feature is its ability to mirror selected iPhoto albums and events to Flickr sets. It compares the current iPhoto library with the users Flickr account and figures out what changes to make and ensures they both match. Whatever is done to an album or event in iPhoto, whether adding, deleting, reordering, or editing images, PhotoCopy will dutifully make the same changes to the matching Flickr set automatically.

PhotoCopy helps protect the user’s most precious media assets from fire, theft, and any other local disasters by creating offsite backups of iPhoto media. It will automatically backup all assets and remembers which photos it has uploaded so the user doesn’t have to. Only those changes in iPhoto are mirrored in Flickr, and only for the albums the user has specified.

Feature highlights include:
* Copy Photos from iPhoto to Flickr
* Update Flickr Automatically
* Create Offsite Backups

PhotoCopy is much more than a simple iPhoto to Flickr uploader. With its ability to mirror files, users don’t have to login and maintain their Flickr account manually, which saves time by allowing them to manage photos in one place: iPhoto. Coupled with Flickr’s excellent resource to share photos with family and friends, PhotoCopy is the perfect companion to Apple’s iLife Suite, and uniquely serves the dual role for offsite backups.

New in Version 1.1:
* iPhoto event support
* Proxy server support
* iPhoto scanning optimized for speed
* CPU load issues while uploading fixed
* Better error handling of movie uploads
* Log entry detail text added to more easily see long log entries
* Improved iPhoto scan logging
* Multiple stability issues fixed

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 5.2 MB Hard Drive space
* iPhoto 6 (iLife ’06) or iPhoto 7 (iLife ’08)
* Flickr account (free or pro)
* Internet connection

Pricing and Availability:
PhotoCopy 1.1 is priced at only $20.00 (USD), and is a free upgrade to registered users of PhotoCopy 1.0 and greater. A full-featured demo is available for download. The unregistered application is limited in that all uploaded images will include a watermark, and movies in a iPhoto library cannot be uploaded. More information about PhotoCopy, along with an online tutorial, is available at the 24x7digital website.

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Based in Los Angeles, California, 24x7digital is a privately funded company founded in 2002 by Rei Yoshioka and Mark Yamashita. Leveraging their longtime experience in development and consulting, 24x7digital’s focus is developing high-quality, simple, and easy-to-use utilities for the Mac platform. 24x7digital is also the creator of the highly rated HappyNewYear calendar program and HappyHolidays photocard program. Copyright 2002-2008 24x7digital. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and iPhoto are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. Flickr is a registered trademark of Yahoo Inc.

Rockaway, NJ – Today Acclivity announced it has acquired MYOB US Inc. and its Mac (and PC) development team from MYOB Limited of Australia. Acclivity will now drive global development of MYOB’s Mac OS business management products – FirstEdge, AccountEdge and AccountEdge Network Edition.

Acclivity will continue to enhance and deliver these products to its US customers. Acclivity will also develop the Mac OS products for MYOB who will be its exclusive republisher in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Additionally, Acclivity’s new development team will continue to develop the Windows product line for their US customer base.

“This deal delivers benefits to our customers on several fronts,” said Scott Davisson, Acclivity Managing Partner. “First and foremost, it allows us to author the product roadmap for our US customers on Mac and Windows. We think they’ll be thrilled with the product direction in the coming years.”

“We’ll also be able to assert our Mac focus by building great solutions for small businesses that use Macs; an often underserved group,” Davisson said.

“This deal also allows us the flexibility to enter markets outside of the US,” added Tom Nash, Acclivity Managing Partner. “We’re now free to explore how we will bring AccountEdge back to Canada. By popular demand, I might add.”

Current MYOB US customers, as well as Australian and New Zealand Mac customers, will continue to use the same products and have access to the same support resources to which they’ve grown accustomed. “There will be no customer disruption,” Nash said.

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Acclivity develops, sells and supports award-winning small business accounting and management software for Macintosh and Windows platforms. Acclivity also offers a portfolio of business services that help small business owners to better serve the needs of their customers, their employees, and themselves. For more information, visit Acclivity LLC.

Werck, Acclivity’s Dutch joint venture with Sofa BV, develops Checkout Point of Sale for Mac, used by retailers around the globe to manage their sales and inventory needs. Recent runner up for an Apple Design Award (Best User Experience), Checkout has revolutionized Point of Sale software by allowing retailers to quickly and easily start selling in fifteen minutes.